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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hernandez comes into the arena with Cocteau Twins - Song to the Siren blaring out of the sound system. Oscar Hernandez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Johnny Lopez's chin.
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162 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
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160 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oscar Hernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Bruno Lombardi and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Hernandez defends it nicely.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hernandez moves away.
Lopez closes the distance and clinches.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lopez jumps into guard, dragging Hernandez to the mat.
Lopez wants to sweep here but Hernandez controlling him for the moment.
Hernandez trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lopez's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hernandez is fighting to break Lopez's control of his arms but Lopez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hernandez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lopez is fending him off so far but Hernandez persists. Nope, Lopez circles away and we're back to standing.
Hernandez shoots for a takedown but Lopez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hernandez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hernandez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lopez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hernandez was well out of range. Poor timing from Lopez.
Lopez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Lopez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lopez has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Lopez controlling the position easily from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez scoring with strikes but Hernandez is staying in there.
Lopez controlling from mount.
Lopez tries to control but Hernandez wriggling away.
Lopez controlling from the full mount.
Hernandez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lopez on the ground.
Lopez is landing with some decent strikes but Hernandez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Let's hope that Lopez has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hernandez is squirming around, avoiding Lopez's attempts to control the action.
Hernandez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Lopez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hernandez hang on?
Lopez controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez tries to lock up and control but Lopez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Hernandez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hernandez tries to get out of the position.
Lopez controlling his opponent.
Hernandez is in a horrible position here. Lopez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lopez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Lopez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hernandez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hernandez.
Danga de danga de dang - Lopez scores with a four punch combination!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hernandez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hernandez misses with an uppercut.
Oscar Hernandez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lopez throws a hook to the side of Hernandez's head but Hernandez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hernandez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lopez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Lopez.
Hernandez keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.
Lopez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hernandez keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez is pushing down on Hernandez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hernandez is fighting to maintain full guard but Lopez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Lopez prevents Hernandez from standing back up.
Lopez passes to full mount!
Lopez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hernandez taking shots to the head.
Lopez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lopez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hernandez?
Hernandez taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez with good strikes from the mount here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez controlling his opponent.
Lopez breaks from Hernandez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lopez controlling the pace for now.
Lopez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez working the ground and pound effectively.
Johnny Lopez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lopez cracks Hernandez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lopez controlling from the full mount.
Hernandez is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Lopez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lopez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Lopez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lopez tries to control but Hernandez wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez is in a horrible position here. Lopez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lopez lands a big shot there that rocks Hernandez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lopez looking to finish Hernandez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hernandez!
Lopez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lopez content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hernandez shoots in looking for a takedown. Lopez tries to sprawl out of it but Hernandez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lopez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lopez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hernandez swats away the attempt to clinch by Lopez.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Hernandez.
Lopez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lopez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Hernandez sprawls well initially but Lopez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lopez not doing much here.
Lopez stalling away here and it's allowed Hernandez to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Hernandez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lopez is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez is in close to Hernandez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hernandez tries to strike from the bottom.
Lopez pushes down on Hernandez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Lopez slips a nice elbow through Hernandez's hands, connecting with Hernandez's forehead.
Lopez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lopez in particular looking to stall.
Hernandez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lopez.
Lopez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hernandez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Well, if Lopez is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Johnny Lopez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Lopez clinches.
Lopez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lopez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lopez's calf.
Hernandez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lopez counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hernandez's guard now.
Lopez chips away with some ground and pound.
Lopez wants to control from the top but Hernandez keeps moving.
Oscar Hernandez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lopez showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Lopez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnny Lopez has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Hernandez enables Lopez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Hernandez manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Hernandez keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.
Lopez passes Hernandez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lopez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hernandez's head.
Lopez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Johnny Lopez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Lopez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lopez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight for Johnny Lopez!
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Johnny Lopez!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Johnny Lopez!
Johnny Lopez wins by unanimous decision!
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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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