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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bray Wyatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez comes into the arena with Vamos blaring out of the sound system. Wyatt has chosen We're Here as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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162 lbs
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181 cm
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169 lbs
27 - 19 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
33 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Miguel Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bray Wyatt!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wyatt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wyatt misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wyatt fails with the takedown.
Lopez jabs at Wyatt's body.
Lopez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lopez lands a leg kick that knocks Wyatt off balance momentarily.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Lopez enables Wyatt to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lopez manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Lopez controls Wyatt momentarily but Wyatt frees himself.
Wyatt wants to control from the top but Lopez keeps moving.
Lopez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Wyatt is aware though and is defending well.
Wyatt avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lopez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lopez seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt wants to control from the top but Lopez keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lopez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Nice defenses there by Lopez.
Wyatt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lopez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wyatt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lopez circles away quickly and effectively.
A swing and a miss from Wyatt.
Wyatt lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt blocks a low kick nicely.
Wyatt misses with a straight right.
Wyatt shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wyatt showed some decent athleticism there.
Lopez is trying to stand up here but Wyatt is controlling him well.
Wyatt slows the pace down in half guard.
Wyatt not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lopez trying to control from the bottom.
Wyatt lands with a punch from half guard.
Lopez kicks Wyatt off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lopez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wyatt was well out of range. Poor timing from Lopez.
Wyatt connects with the punch.
Miguel Lopez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wyatt, right into the meat.
Wyatt fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lopez sprawls well initially but Wyatt persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Lopez is not content to let Wyatt control the position.
Lopez is looking to escape.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Wyatt in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lopez tries to get to full guard but Wyatt has control of the leg.
Lopez tries to kick Wyatt off but Wyatt keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Lopez pushes Wyatt off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Wyatt misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lopez. Wyatt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wyatt tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Wyatt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wyatt blocks the body kick.
Wyatt lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lopez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wyatt dives in for a single leg takedown but Lopez sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Wyatt prevents a body shot from Lopez.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lopez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short body shot lands from Lopez as the two fighters clinch.
Wyatt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wyatt tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bray Wyatt will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lopez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wyatt throws out the jab.
Wyatt throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lopez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lopez scores with a head kick.
Wyatt is rocked!
Wyatt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wyatt is still on wobbly legs! Can Lopez finish him?
Lopez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wyatt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lopez.
Lopez is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Lopez shuts the power down on Wyatt. Lights out, game over! Lopez is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Miguel Lopez!
Miguel Lopez very nearly forgot to thank Kangaroo Punch (Formally Happy Pills) - Laundry 90 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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