PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacare Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Knight
vs
Lopez

175 cm
25
177 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcos Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacare Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez dips to his left and cracks Knight with an uppercut!

Lopez rushes Knight and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lopez avoiding damage as Knight throws knees to the body.
Lopez keeps control of Knight as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez is trying to force a seperation but Knight has the dominant position.
Lopez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Lopez avoids the elbow strike from Knight, against the cage.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Lopez misses with an elbow strike.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Knight has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling him.
Knight wants to get back to striking at distance but Lopez won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throws an elbow but it misses.
Lopez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lopez has Knight pressed against the cage, preventing Knight from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lopez.
Lopez prevents Knight from breaking the clinch.
Knight misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lopez.
Lopez prevents Knight from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Knight just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lopez's brow.
Knight wants to get back to striking at distance but Lopez won't allow it.
Knight is trying to push Lopez away but Lopez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lopez scores with a shot to the side of Knight's head.
Knight prevents Lopez from breaking the clinch.
Knight is trying to push Lopez away but Lopez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Knight pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Knight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Lopez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lopez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lopez lands with a slapping head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Knight with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knight avoids the elbow strike from Lopez, against the cage.
Lopez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez prevents Knight from breaking the clinch.
Knight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Knight tries to circle away but Lopez has him pinned against the cage.
Knight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez has Knight pressed against the cage, preventing Knight from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lopez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knight is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knight.
Lopez keeps control of Knight as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Knight can't break the clinch.
Knight is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lopez is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling him.
A bit of stalling here from Lopez.
Knight is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knight blocks an elbow strike.
Lopez prevents Knight from breaking the clinch.
Lopez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Knight up against the cage.
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knight wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lopez misses with an elbow strike.
Knight tries to circle away but Lopez has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Marcos Knight will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Knight throws a jab when Lopez was well out of range.

Lopez pushes Knight up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lopez throws an elbow but misses.
Knight is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Knight manages to break the clinch.
Lopez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lopez there as he acknowledges the shot.

Knight gets tackled into the cage by Lopez. Lopez maintains the clinch.
Knight has had enough of the clinch but Lopez keeps him there for the moment.
Lopez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez lands a damaging elbow.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knight missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lopez throws an elbow but misses.

Knight pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Lopez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Knight, pushing him back against the cage.
Knight tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
Knight is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Lopez manages to break the clinch.
Lopez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knight throws out the jab.
Knight throws a body punch but Lopez moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight misses with a hook. Lopez ducked under it nicely.
Lopez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lopez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Knight's calf.
Knight misses with a straight right.
Marcos Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knight throws a jab when Lopez was well out of range.
Lopez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lopez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Knight on the side of the head.
Knight misses with a hook.
Lopez cracks the inside of Knight's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lopez misses with a looping left.
Lopez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lopez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knight counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lopez.
The fighters circling - Knight throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lopez pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez slips a jab and a cross from Knight.
Jacare Lopez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lopez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knight's sensitive parts.
Lopez lands a head kick!
Knight misses with a hook
and Lopez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lopez connects with an inside leg kick.
Lopez lands a glancing blow to the side of Knight's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez walks into a stiff left hand from Knight.
A jab from Knight misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacare 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. This is the final round!

Knight misses with a looping left.
Knight is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Lopez's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Lopez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Knight on the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lopez. That's going to slow Knight down.
Knight waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lopez.
Knight lands a glancing blow to the side of Lopez's head.
Knight misses with a hook. Lopez ducked under it nicely.

Lopez closes the distance and clinches.
Lopez with a knee to the head.
Lopez working hard to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lopez keeps control of Knight as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez keeps control of Knight as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lopez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lopez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knight is trying to force a seperation but Lopez has the dominant position.
Knight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Knight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Lopez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Lopez drives through and clinches with Knight against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight wants to break free but Lopez has control.
Marcos Knight has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Knight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Lopez instigates a clinch.
Knight tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
Knight tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
Knight is trying to break free.
Lopez has Knight pressed against the cage, preventing Knight from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lopez lands a good knee to the midsection. Knight won't want to take too many of those.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Knight is trying to push Lopez away but Lopez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez prevents Knight from breaking the clinch.
Knight tries to land knees in the clinch but Lopez avoids the damage to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Knight's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knight takes a shot to the head.
Knight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.

Lopez breaks the clinch.
Knight misses with a body shot.

Lopez clinches with his opponent.
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling him.
Lopez scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Knight blocks with his arms.
Lopez has Knight pressed against the cage, preventing Knight from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knight wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knight wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lopez misses with a knee strike.
Lopez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knight can't break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice elbow from Lopez.
Lopez misses with a knee to the head.
Lopez landing knees to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jacare Lopez.
I think Lopez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!