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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martez Lopez (ranked 1199 p4p, 164 weight class) and Harold Nicolas (ranked 916 p4p, 119 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nicolas's choice of entrance music: I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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220 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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187 cm
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214 lbs
21 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martez Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Nicolas!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicolas tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Nicolas fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lopez catches Nicolas with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lopez misses with an uppercut. Nicolas saw that one coming.
Lopez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Nicolas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lopez's waist but Lopez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nicolas off to one side.
Lopez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lopez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicolas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lopez is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez working for a triangle but Nicolas defends it easily.
Nicolas postures up.
Nicolas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nicolas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Nicolas postures up.
Lopez is really struggling to control Nicolas but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Nicolas throws a big elbow that misses.
Nicolas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lopez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lopez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nicolas tries to free his leg and advance position but Lopez is retaining full guard.
Nicolas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nicolas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lopez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Nicolas looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lopez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lopez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nicolas swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nicolas keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.
Lopez throwing strikes from guard but Nicolas blocks nicely.
Nicolas pulls Lopez in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lopez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lopez being controlled here momentarily.
Lopez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nicolas working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lopez.
Lopez throws a big right hand that misses.
Lopez postures up and lands a big shot to Nicolas's brow.
Lopez throws a big elbow that misses.
Lopez passes Nicolas's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas has hold of Lopez's hands but Lopez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lopez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nicolas can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lopez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lopez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lopez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nicolas defending well though.
Lopez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nicolas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lopez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nicolas's head.
Nicolas is trying to get back to full guard.
Lopez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lopez drops an elbow to the side of Nicolas's head.
Nicolas makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martez Lopez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Lopez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lopez closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Nicolas quickly recovers to half guard.
Lopez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nicolas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lopez.
Lopez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lopez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lopez working the head and body with strikes.
Lopez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lopez is controlling the pace.
Lopez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nicolas can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicolas wants to improve his position but Lopez is controlling well.
Lopez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lopez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Nicolas's head.
Lopez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nicolas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lopez.
Lopez throwing shots but Nicolas is blocking nicely.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Lopez is trying to control the action in half guard but Nicolas is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lopez is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Nicolas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lopez connects with a nice short shot to Nicolas's temple.
Lopez working over Nicolas with some ground and pound. Nicolas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lopez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nicolas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lopez.
Nicolas on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lopez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nicolas is refusing to be controlled, as Lopez sits in half guard.
Lopez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nicolas wants to get back to his feet.
Nicolas is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lopez scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is looking to take a break and control but Nicolas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nicolas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nicolas wants to control but Lopez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lopez thows a huge punch but Nicolas dodges it nicely.
Lopez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lopez throwing shots but Nicolas is blocking nicely.
Lopez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nicolas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lopez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lopez trying to control from half guard but Nicolas is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez drops an elbow to the side of Nicolas's head.
Lopez lands strikes from half guard.
Lopez throwing shots but Nicolas is blocking nicely.
Lopez working over Nicolas with some ground and pound. Nicolas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Lopez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lopez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lopez lands a nice short elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lopez working the head and body with strikes.
Lopez is looking to stall here but Nicolas recovers full guard.
Lopez stands up over Nicolas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martez Lopez dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A big right from Lopez misses.
Nicolas drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lopez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nicolas throws a big elbow that misses.
Lopez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lopez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lopez keeping moving, preventing Nicolas from controlling successfully.
Nicolas throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Lopez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Martez Lopez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nicolas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lopez.
Lopez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nicolas is staying active underneath Lopez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lopez passes into side control, despite Nicolas's attempt to control the position.
Lopez in side control lands a decent elbow.
Lopez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Nicolas avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lopez.
Lopez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Nicolas to see if he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lopez connects with a decent elbow.
Lopez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Lopez landing strikes.
Nicolas is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lopez connects with a decent elbow.
Lopez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Lopez landing strikes.
Nicolas is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Nicolas looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Lopez turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Martez Lopez!
A very excited looking Martez Lopez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Harold Nicolas spoke after the fight, saying 'I can't believe you touched my face! You'll be hearing from my lawyer, you animal!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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