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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martez Lopez (ranked 768 p4p, 112 weight class) and Kaspars Petrovs (ranked 1752 p4p, 238 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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178 cm
24
220 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
24
210 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Martez Lopez! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kaspars Petrovs! The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Petrovs lands a jab to Lopez's midsection. Petrovs displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lopez throws out the jab. Petrovs looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Petrovs misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lopez looks to throw the jab but Petrovs is out of range. Petrovs doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Lopez lands a lovely overhand right.
It looks like Kaspars Petrovs has been cut. Petrovs misses with a series of wild punches.
Lopez misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Petrovs to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Martez Lopez has been cut. Petrovs misses with a double jab.
Petrovs ducks under a wild hook from Lopez. Petrovs throws the left hand but Lopez avoids the punch easily. Petrovs ducks under a wild hook from Lopez. A little jabbing left from Petrovs on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Petrovs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lopez.
A big right from Petrovs misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lopez misses with a looping left. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Petrovs! But no joy. Lopez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Lopez misses with a right hand letting Petrovs counter with a right hand. Lopez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Petrovs counters with a nice uppercut. Nice defenses there by Lopez. Lopez throws a combination that misses and Petrovs counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Lopez badly! He tries to strike back but Petrovs puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Lopez out cold! Oh man, Lopez will never hear the end of this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kaspars Petrovs! During a confident post fight interview, Kaspars Petrovs thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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G |
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B |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
46% |
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