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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Pilantra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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200 cm
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250 lbs
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187 cm
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244 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose Pilantra! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Carlos Lopez! The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pilantra tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Lopez counters with a nice uppercut. Pilantra throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Pilantra misses with a takedown and Lopez counters with a straight right hand. Pilantra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pilantra misses with a takedown and Lopez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Lopez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Pilantra manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Lopez works over Pilantra with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lopez working some strikes from top position. Lopez lands a couple of decent looking shots. Pilantra wants to stand up but Lopez is controlling him. Pilantra knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lopez on the ground. Lopez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Lopez passes into half guard. Lopez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Pilantra blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lopez. Lopez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Lopez drops an elbow to the side of Pilantra's head. Lopez not doing much here.
Lopez stops Pilantra from getting back to his feet.
Pilantra is not content to let Lopez control the position. Lopez thows a huge punch but Pilantra dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pilantra is trying to control but can't.
Pilantra taking some punishment here, with Lopez in his half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lopez lands a nice short elbow. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lopez connects with a nice short shot to Pilantra's temple. Pilantra is breathing heavily. Pilantra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lopez scores with a couple of nice shots. Lopez seems to be looking for submissions.
Lopez scoring with strikes to the body and head. Pilantra taking some punishment here, with Lopez in his half guard. Pilantra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lopez scores with a couple of nice shots. Pilantra blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lopez. Lopez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pilantra with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Lopez working the head and body with strikes. Pilantra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lopez scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lopez working over Pilantra with some ground and pound. Pilantra looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Lopez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Ground and pound from Lopez. Lopez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Pilantra trying to control but Lopez postures up.
Lopez is trying to control. Pilantra wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. Lopez stands up and beckons Pilantra to join him on the feet. Pilantra gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lopez to score an easy takedown into full guard. Lopez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Lopez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lopez's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Lopez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Lopez postures up and lands a big shot to Pilantra's brow. Lopez with a nice head shot there. Lopez passes Pilantra's right leg, so he's now in half guard. Pilantra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lopez scores with a couple of nice shots. Lopez passes to side control. Lopez connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Pilantra some visible discomfort.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Lopez landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. Lopez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pilantra keeps working. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Lopez dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lopez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Pilantra is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Lopez defends well. Lopez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Lopez with a nice head shot there. Lopez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pilantra, up you get! Pilantra wants to clinch and Lopez counters with a shoot takedown. Pilantra fights it but they end up in guard. Pilantra keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Lopez decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pilantra, up you get!
That's one minute gone in the round. Pilantra has his takedown stuffed and Lopez counters with a shoot takedown. Pilantra fights it but they end up in guard. Lopez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Lopez is in close to Pilantra's body, working some short punches and elbows. Lopez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Pilantra will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Lopez lands a couple of elbows. Lopez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Lopez controlling from the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lopez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. This has been an exciting period of action! Lopez scoring with some ground and pound. Carlos Lopez has got the better of the ground game so far. Lopez sitting in guard here, content to control. Lopez stops Pilantra from standing up. Lopez lands a couple of elbows. Lopez lands a couple of decent looking shots. Lopez postures up and lands a big shot to Pilantra's brow. Lopez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Lopez chips away with some ground and pound. Lopez works over Pilantra with some ground and pound from guard. Lopez with a nice head shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lopez lands a couple of decent looking shots. Pilantra keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully. Lopez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Lopez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pilantra's head. Pilantra not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lopez working some strikes from top position. Lopez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Pilantra keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully. Lopez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Lopez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pilantra's head. Lopez has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Lopez scoring with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lopez advances to half guard. Lopez is nestled in close to Pilantra, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Lopez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Lopez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Lopez lands strikes from half guard. Lopez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Lopez lands strikes from half guard. Lopez looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Lopez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Lopez trying to control the action but Pilantra is working from the bottom. Lopez working over Pilantra with some ground and pound. Pilantra looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Lopez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Lopez scores with a takedown into Pilantra's guard. Pilantra avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Lopez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. Pilantra is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pilantra preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Lopez is looking to work some ground and pound but Pilantra has wrist control. Lopez trying to control the position from guard on top but Pilantra is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Lopez passes Pilantra's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lopez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Lopez winds up and cracks Pilantra with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Pilantra wants to improve his position but Lopez is controlling well.
Pilantra taking some punishment here, with Lopez in his half guard. Lopez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Lopez moves into full mount! Pilantra won't be happy about that! Pilantra is in a horrible position here. Lopez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lopez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lopez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pilantra looks a forlorn figure.
Lopez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Pilantra working to try and regain half guard.
Lopez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Lopez lands a big shot there that rocks Pilantra but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lopez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
BOOM! Lopez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lopez lands a nice shot to the head. Lopez landing strikes from the mount. Lopez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Lopez loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Pilantra scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Lopez land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Lopez stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlos Lopez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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