PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Helio dos Passos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Homero Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

dos Passos
vs
Lopez

174 cm
33
155 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

176 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Helio dos Passos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Homero Lopez!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez throws a hook to the side of dos Passos's head but dos Passos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Homero Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
dos Passos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lopez is looking to land body kicks.
dos Passos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lopez wants to slow dos Passos down by chopping away at his legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lopez.
Lopez is looking to score with low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez scores with a head kick.
Lopez misses with a two punch combination.
Lopez with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
dos Passos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lopez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lopez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and dos Passos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from dos Passos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lopez motions for dos Passos to come forward. Lopez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lopez.
dos Passos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lopez.
Lopez scores with the left hand. dos Passos knows he should have avoided that one.
dos Passos blocks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Passos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
Lopez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lopez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
dos Passos ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.
Lopez misses with a lunging right hand
and dos Passos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Homero Lopez has been cut.
A bone on bone clash there as dos Passos blocks the leg kick.
dos Passos avoids the head kick by Lopez.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lopez, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Lopez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lopez throws a hook but dos Passos avoids it easily.
Lopez throws a hook but dos Passos blocks it.
dos Passos blocks the body kick.
Lopez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
dos Passos checks a low kick from Lopez.
dos Passos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
dos Passos staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez works dos Passos's body with a nice hook.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lopez scoring well with a low kick there.
Lopez tries to work over dos Passos's front leg with a kick but dos Passos checks it.
dos Passos avoids the head kick by Lopez.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but dos Passos is just out of range.
dos Passos staying out of range there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lopez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lopez walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. dos Passos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Homero Lopez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Homero Lopez's cut.
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.

Lopez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A bone on bone clash there as dos Passos blocks the leg kick.
Lopez lands a nice looking body kick.
Lopez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on dos Passos. That did some damage!
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
Lopez throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez throws an off balance right hand
and Lopez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
dos Passos drops his hands momentarily and Lopez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Lopez misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Passos checks the leg kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether dos Passos might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Lopez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but dos Passos circles away quickly and effectively.
Lopez has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lopez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and dos Passos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from dos Passos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lopez throws an off balance right hand
and dos Passos counters with a big right hand! Oh Lopez is in trouble here! dos Passos follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Helio dos Passos!
Our winner, Helio dos Passos, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.