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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Satoshi Saitama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Satoshi Saitama has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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222 cm
28
300 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
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198 cm
28
300 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Satoshi Saitama! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Lopez! The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lopez avoids the body shot from Saitama.
Saitama leaves Lopez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. No luck with that takedown attempt from Lopez. Lopez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Saitama pinned against the cage. Saitama gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Satoshi Saitama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tony Lopez. Lopez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez shoots in and gets a takedown into Saitama's guard. It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup. Lopez trying to control but Saitama is working from the bottom. Saitama can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lopez controls the pace. Saitama will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Lopez wants to stand but Saitama has a closed guard, so he can't escape. Saitama wants to stand up but Lopez is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Tony Lopez was stalling too much, according to the referee. Lopez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Saitama is fending him off so far but Lopez persists. Nope, Saitama circles away and we're back to standing. Saitama scores with a hook to the body. Lopez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Lopez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Saitama manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Lopez throwing strikes from guard but Saitama blocks nicely. Lopez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Saitama wants to sweep but no luck. Lopez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Lopez passes into half guard. Lopez thows a huge punch but Saitama dodges it nicely.
Lopez is keen to just control but Saitama is a slippery customer. Lopez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Saitama defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lopez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Lopez works his foot free and advances to mount. Lopez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lopez breaks from Saitama's wrist control and lands an elbow. Lopez with good strikes from the mount here! Lopez throwing strikes here but Saitama is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Lopez lands with some strikes. Lopez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Saitama?
Saitama is in a horrible position here. Lopez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Saitama is rocked! Lopez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Oh Saitama is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lopez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Lopez trying to control but he's not successful this time. Saitama seems to have got his legs back now. Lopez softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Saitama is out cold! Lopez jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Lopez! Tony Lopez thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
66% |
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