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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alfonso Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Grundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grundy has chosen Lil Wayne - Fireman as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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207 lbs
15 - 3 - 0 |
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203 lbs
25 - 12 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alfonso Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjamin Grundy!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez connects with a right hand. Grundy shakes it off.
Grundy throws a head kick that misses.
Lopez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Grundy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lopez throws a nice looking combination but Grundy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lopez just misses with a punch to the body.
Lopez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lopez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Grundy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Grundy thows a leg kick but Lopez checks it
and Lopez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grundy wants to slow Lopez down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grundy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lopez throws a leg kick
and Grundy counters with a low kick, right behind Lopez 's knee.
Grundy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lopez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Grundy to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grundy tries to clinch up
and Lopez counters with a leg kick.
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Grundy slips the punch.
Grundy looks to throw the jab but Lopez is out of range.
Grundy's coach down at Impact MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Grundy's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lopez avoids the head kick by Grundy.
Grundy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lopez.
Grundy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
Lopez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Grundy. Grundy obviously looking to wear him down.
Lopez clinches with his opponent.
Lopez blocking some punches.
Lopez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Grundy.
A right hook to the body lands for Lopez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy misses with the head strike.
A short right from Lopez on the inside.
Grundy landing knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lopez can't find room to land a body shot as Grundy controls the action.
Lopez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grundy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lopez's elbow.
Grundy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grundy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lopez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lopez blocking some punches.
Grundy tries a body shot but Lopez blocks it.
Grundy swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lopez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Lopez fails to land.
Nice body punch from Grundy - that landed with a thud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grundy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lopez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Grundy managing to block the knees to the body from Lopez.
Grundy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lopez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lopez connects with a knee to the head.
Lopez looking to throw knees to the head but Grundy is blocking nicely.
Grundy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lopez misses with a punch to the body.
Grundy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lopez misses with a knee strike.
Lopez blocks an uppercut.
Lopez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grundy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grundy misses with the head strike.
Grundy misses with a body punch.
Grundy lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Alfonso Lopez has been cut.
Grundy scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopez tries a knee to the head but Grundy blocks it.
Lopez blocks an elbow strike from Grundy.
Lopez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Grundy up against the cage.
Lopez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grundy tries to work over Lopez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Grundy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lopez's elbow.
Knees to the body from Grundy.
Lopez is breathing heavily.
Grundy can't find room to land a body shot as Lopez controls the action.
A short uppercut from Grundy.
Grundy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grundy lands an uppercut.
Grundy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Grundy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lopez's face.
A head punch on the inside from Grundy fails to land.
Grundy blocks an uppercut.
Lopez blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benjamin Grundy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alfonso Lopez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Grundy.
Lopez misses with a looping right.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lopez checks a leg kick.
Lopez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Grundy connects with a looping right hand.
A jab from Grundy misses.
Lopez misses with a straight left.
Lopez throws a right hand that misses
and Grundy counters with a good low kick that Lopez was not able to check.
Lopez scores with a kick to the body.
Grundy moves out of range of the body kick from Lopez.
Grundy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lopez.
Lopez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grundy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grundy scores with a spinning back kick!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grundy's corner calls for a 1-2. Grundy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grundy lands with a left to the head.
Lopez dodges an elbow strike from Grundy.
Grundy misses with an elbow over the top.
Grundy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lopez's elbow.
Lopez misses with a knee strike.
Lopez misses with the head strike.
Grundy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Grundy scores with a shoulder strike.
Grundy tries to throw a body punch but Lopez avoids it by throwing Grundy back against the cage.
Grundy struggles to land a body shot inside as Lopez controls his hands.
A short right from Grundy on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Grundy.
Grundy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lopez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hand to the body from Grundy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grundy lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy landing knees to the head.
Grundy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Grundy lands a nice elbow.
Alfonso Lopez's cut is getting worse.
Grundy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Grundy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Grundy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Grundy lands an elbow that stopped Lopez in his tracks for a moment.
Alfonso Lopez's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Grundy lands with a left to the head.
Grundy tries to land a knee to the head but Lopez blocks with his arms.
Grundy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lopez.
Grundy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Grundy.
Grundy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Grundy lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Grundy.
Grundy lands an elbow just above Lopez 's eye.
Jeez, Alfonso Lopez's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A short right from Grundy on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Grundy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grundy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Grundy.
Lopez is rocked!
Grundy lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grundy.
Grundy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Oh Lopez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alfonso Lopez's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Benjamin Grundy!
Benjamin Grundy seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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