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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez has chosen Hurriganes - Get On as his entrance music. Pedro Lopez has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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149 lbs
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165 cm
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155 lbs
21 - 17 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacob Koch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pedro Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lopez. That did some damage!
Koch lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lopez's sensitive parts.
Lopez misses the body punch
and Lopez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Koch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lopez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lopez throws a lazy right hand but Koch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koch doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lopez blocks a low kick nicely.
Lopez takes a swing at Koch's ribcage but misses.
Lopez avoids the head kick by Koch.
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
Lopez staying out of range there.
Lopez throws a lazy right hand but Koch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koch looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Lopez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Koch avoids the body shot from Lopez.
Lopez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lopez scores with a shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lopez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A jab lands there for Koch.
A punch combination from Lopez misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez thuds a left hand into Koch's body.
Lopez with a jab.
Jacob Koch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lopez shoots for a takedown but Koch saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lopez throws a lazy right hand but Koch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Koch is just out of range.
Koch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lopez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lopez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lopez shoots in but Koch avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jacob Koch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Lopez.
Koch tries to bum rush Lopez with a series of wild strikes but Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pedro Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koch.
Lopez lands a slapping body shot.
Koch lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lopez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koch was well out of range. Poor timing from Lopez.
Danga de danga de dang - Lopez scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Koch scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Koch slips a jab and a cross from Lopez.
Koch darts in and clinches Lopez up against the cage.
Koch throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopez.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
A short left from Koch.
Koch scores with a nice hook to the head.
Koch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lopez works on Koch's body with a couple of short punches.
Koch breaks from the clinch.
Lopez throws a combination that misses
and Koch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Koch throws a nice inside leg kick.
Koch tries to score with a low kick but Lopez moves his leg out of the way.
Horrible takedown attempt by Lopez or perhaps it was just good defense by Koch, which made it look bad.
Lopez avoids a kick to the body.
Lopez misses with a left hand
and Koch counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Koch takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lopez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Koch rather than just go for the knockout.
Koch misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
Koch is looking to slow Lopez down with leg kicks.
A punch lands to the side of Koch 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Koch motions for Lopez to come forward. Koch throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Koch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Koch avoids the body shot from Lopez.
Koch takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Koch cracks the inside of Lopez's front leg.
Koch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lopez. That did some damage!
Koch takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Koch slips the punch.
Lopez sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tests Koch's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lopez misses with the combination.
Lopez misses with a hook
and Koch counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lopez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Lopez moves out of range as Koch strikes.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Lopez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Koch scores with a leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Koch.
Koch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lopez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Koch takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Koch takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Koch tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Koch throws a leg kick but Lopez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Koch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Koch throws a body punch but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koch bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lopez's head backwards.
Koch keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koch.
Lopez lands with a shot to the body.
Lopez cracks a nice hook into Koch's ribs.
Koch throws the left hand but Lopez avoids the punch easily.
Koch dodges the punch combination from Lopez.
Koch throws a front kick aimed at Lopez's knee but Lopez avoids it well.
Lopez lands with a good body shot.
Lopez lunges at Koch with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Koch's hand.
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Koch slips the punch.
Koch moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Koch looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Lopez with a hook.
Koch lands a nice looking body kick.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Koch. That's going to slow Lopez down.
Koch shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lopez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Koch seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Koch takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Koch throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Lopez looks for a takedown but Koch sprawls well.
Lopez looks winded!
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Koch fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Koch paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A left and a right from Koch both land. Nice combination.
Lopez misses with a hook. Koch ducked under it nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Lopez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lopez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Koch to the ground. Lopez is now in Koch's guard.
Lopez stopping the sweep attempt from Koch.
Koch trying to control the position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Koch controls Lopez momentarily but Lopez frees himself.
Lopez has gone for a leg lock! Koch slips out almost immediately though and dives into Lopez's guard.
Lopez working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lopez looking to control but Koch passes into half guard.
Lopez is looking for a sweep. Koch is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Koch not doing much here.
Lopez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lopez has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Koch. Oh but Lopez has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Koch goes limp - he's gone! Lopez jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Pedro Lopez!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Pedro Lopez made sure he mentioned Perkele!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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