PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baghdad Bob (ranked 3305 p4p, 386 weight class) and Luiz Lowe (ranked 1931 p4p, 248 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Bob
vs
Lowe

189 cm
25
195 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

189 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
Vikai Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Baghdad Bob!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luiz Lowe!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Bruno Lombardi and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lowe walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jab from Bob.
Lowe slips under a jab.
Bob throws a shot to the body.
Lowe looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lowe ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bob moves away.
Lowe throws a body shot but no joy.
Bob connects with a looping right hand.
Bob misses the body punch
and Lowe counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Bob instigates a clinch.
Bob misses with a punch on the inside.
Bob looking to stall.
A short uppercut from Lowe.
Lowe stalling against the cage.

Lowe breaks the clinch.
Bob definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bob with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bob misses with a body shot.
Lowe doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bob lands a right hook to the body.
Lowe swings for the body but Bob moves out of range.

Bob rushes Lowe and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lowe presses Bob against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lowe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bob's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Bob.
Bob displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lowe up against the cage.
Lowe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bob lands a left hand.
Lowe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bob's elbow.
Bob effectively controlling the action here.
Lowe tries a body shot but Bob blocks it.
Bob working aggressively here.
Bob has a couple of punches blocked by Lowe.
Lowe tries to throw a body punch but Bob avoids it by throwing Lowe back against the cage.
Lowe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lowe digs a right hand underneath Bob's ribcage. Bob let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lowe cracks Bob with a nice body shot.
Lowe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bob lands a left hand.
Bob throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Lowe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bob digs a right hand underneath Lowe's ribcage. Lowe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lowe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Bob misses with the head strike.
A short left from Bob.

Bob manages to break the clinch.
Bob displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bob is looking to wear down Lowe with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A slow jab from Bob misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bob. Lowe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bob keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lowe lands a slapping body shot.

Lowe has closed the distance and engaged Bob in a clinch.
Lowe struggles to land a body shot inside as Bob controls his hands.
Bob struggles to land a body shot inside as Lowe controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lowe.
Bob misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bob fails to land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lowe lands a body shot.
Lowe misses with a punch on the inside.
Bob misses with a punch on the inside.
Bob's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Bob lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lowe backwards.
Bob tries to work over Lowe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lowe misses with a body punch.
Lowe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bob's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bob.
Bob misses with the head strike.
Lowe works on Bob's body with a couple of short punches.
Bob working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Lowe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Baghdad Bob will probably get the nod.
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.

Lowe lands a slapping body shot.
Bob swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bob takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Baghdad Bob is winning the standup battle so far.

Lowe clinches up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Lowe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bob scores with a shot to the side of Lowe's head.

Lowe manages to break the clinch.

Lowe closes the distance and pushes Bob back into the cage.
Nice body punch from Lowe - that landed with a thud.
A body shot lands from Lowe.
Bob takes a shot to the head.
Lowe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bob struggles to land a body shot inside as Lowe controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lowe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Bob is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bob misses with a punch on the inside.
Bob prevents a body shot from Lowe.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lowe.
Lowe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lowe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lowe lands a shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lowe.
Bob throws a punch but it's blocked by Lowe.
Bob lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lowe backwards.
Lowe throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bobs head.
Bob misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lowe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lowe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Bob is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A left hand lands to the body for Lowe.
Lowe is working Bob over against the cage.
Lowe creates a bit of distance and cracks Bob with a massive left hook! Bob crumples out of camera shot, completely unconscious! He's been Nelmarked! Lowe stares at him for a moment then struts over to his corner, victorious.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Luiz Lowe!
Luiz Lowe decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.