PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jp Greywar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alberto Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greywar's entrance music is I'm a Catholic girl.... A fine choice. Lopez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Apeman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alberto Lopez will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Greywar
vs
Lopez

150 cm
25
130 lbs
20 - 2 - 1

175 cm
23
146 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Jp Greywar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alberto Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greywar swings for the body but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez leaves Greywar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Greywar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A head kick by Greywar misses
and Lopez counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throws a leg kick
and Greywar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Greywar tries a head kick but it misses.
Greywar throws a head kick that misses
and Lopez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Greywar misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lopez. Greywar does a little dance to reset his feet.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lopez.
Greywar throws a right hand that misses
and Lopez counters with a left to the body.
Lopez throws a solid leg kick but Greywar takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lopez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Greywar misses
and Lopez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lopez checks a leg kick.
Greywar throws a looping overhand right but Lopez ducks down to avoid it.
Lopez tests Greywar's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Greywar lands a right hook to the body.
Greywar looks for a takedown but Lopez sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto Lopez dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A left lands for Greywar.
Greywar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Greywar looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez cracks Greywar with a good jab.
Greywar swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lopez counters with a straight right hand.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Greywar throws a sloppy head kick
and Lopez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greywar scores with a body shot.
Greywar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lopez.
Greywar misses with a hook to the body
and Lopez counters with a stiff right hand.
Greywar is looking to wear down Lopez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lopez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lopez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lopez misses with a lunging right hand
and Greywar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lopez's knee momentarily.
Greywar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Greywar
enabling Lopez to counter with a crisp jab.
Lopez lands with a good body shot.
Alberto Lopez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Greywar blocks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alberto 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.

Greywar darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Greywar bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lopez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Some bone on bone action there as Lopez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lopez. Greywar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lopez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lopez connects with a solid leg kick.
Lopez misses with a jab to the body
and Greywar counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Alberto Lopez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lopez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lopez slips a straight right by Greywar.
Greywar misses with a kick to the body
and Lopez counters with a good low kick that Greywar was not able to check.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Lopez misses the target.
Greywar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Greywar throws a sloppy head kick
and Lopez counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lopez scores with a jab to the head.
Greywar misses the body punch
and Lopez counters with a nice leg kick.
Greywar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lopez manages to avoid it.
Greywar shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lopez defends it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Jp Greywar did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice body kick there by Greywar.
Greywar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Greywar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Greywar misses with a left hand
and Lopez counters with a good low kick that Greywar was not able to check.
Lopez misses with a right hand
and Greywar counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Greywar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws an off balance right hand
and Greywar counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by Lopez.
Lopez misses with a leg kick
and Greywar counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Lopez misses.
Greywar tries a head kick but it misses.
A low kick from Lopez misses
and Greywar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lopez misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lopez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Greywar.
Lopez stuffs the takedown attempt from Greywar. Greywar gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lopez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Greywar has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jp Greywar had his way with Alberto Lopez in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Greywar misses with a kick to the body.
Lopez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Greywar takes a step back to recover.
The fighters circling - Greywar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez thows a leg kick but Greywar checks it
and Greywar counters with a nice uppercut.
Greywar throws a sloppy head kick
and Lopez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Greywar closes the distance and clinches up with Lopez, looking for a takedown. Greywar pushes Lopez against the cage but Lopez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lopez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Greywar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws an off balance right hand

and Greywar counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lopez!
Poor strikes thrown by Greywar there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Lopez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lopez wants to control but Greywar is having none of it.
Lopez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Greywar.
Lopez sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Greywar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez won't allow Greywar to pass to mount.
Greywar misses with a head shot. Lopez uses the momentum to regain guard.
Lopez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Greywar trying to control the position from guard on top but Lopez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Greywar landing some decent shots from guard.
Greywar scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lopez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Greywar looking to sit in guard and control but Lopez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Greywar looking for a sweep. Not yet Greywar, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greywar controls Lopez momentarily but Lopez frees himself.
Greywar wants to sweep here but Lopez controlling him for the moment.
Lopez postures up in Greywar's guard and throws a big left but Greywar blocks it.
Greywar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Lopez postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jp Greywar showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Greywar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 48:47
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 48:47
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jp Greywar!
Jp Greywar retains his bantamweight title!