PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Tom Louis (ranked 5572 p4p, 5543 weight class) and Matt Lopez (ranked 549 p4p, 547 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Louis
vs
Lopez

186 cm
19
185
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
181
0 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
Big right hand

Excellent MT
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Lopez!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis throws a hook but Lopez blocks it.
Louis fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Louis throws a hook but Lopez avoids it easily.
Louis swings for the body but Lopez moves out of range.
Louis backing away here, and Lopez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Louis on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Louis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lopez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis throws a right hand that Lopez ducks under and follows up with a left that Lopez also avoids with ease.
Lopez flicks out a counter leg kick but Louis steps away.
Louis throws a body shot but no joy.
Lopez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lopez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis looks to score with a jab to the body but Lopez is just out of range.
Lopez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice cross by Louis.
Louis avoids a kick to the body.
Louis cracks Lopez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lopez manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Louis.
Louis scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Louis lands a nice looking body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lopez.
Lopez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two 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!
A slapping leg kick lands for Lopez.
Nice jab there from Louis.
Louis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That kick from Lopez tenderised Louis's leg. Louis is trying to keep his angry face on.
An inside leg kick lands from Lopez.
Louis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Louis misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
Louis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lopez.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis misses with a combination
and Lopez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Louis's knee momentarily.
Louis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lopez flicks out a counter leg kick but Louis steps away.
Louis misses with a hook.
Lopez tries a quick counter leg kick but Louis is wise to it.
Lopez feints and then cracks Louis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Louis down.
Lopez feints and then cracks Louis's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Louis down.
Louis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lopez on the side of the head.
Louis swings for the body but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez feints a counter leg kick.
Lopez throws an overhand right that lands on Louis's shoulder, as Louis tries to avoid the shot.
Lopez tried to score with a low kick but Louis checks it.
Louis swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lopez.
Lopez throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Louis.
Lopez slips a straight right by Louis.
Lopez feints a counter leg kick.
Louis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lopez swings widly with a right hand
and Lopez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Louis just misses with a punch to the body.
Louis lands a nice looking body shot.
An inside leg kick from Lopez misses.
Lopez scores with a head kick. Louis tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Louis misses with a lunging right hand
and Lopez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Louis dominated that round.
That's time! Louis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. Lopez does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Lopez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lopez looks to land a right hand but Louis moved out of range.
Louis staying out of range there.
Lopez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Louis's calf.
Lopez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lopez connects with an inside leg kick.
Lopez throws a nice inside leg kick.
A lazy left from Louis finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lopez.
Louis blocks a leg kick.
Louis blocks a low kick nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lopez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lopez looks to land a left hand but Louis moved out of range nicely.
Louis misses with a body shot.
Louis pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lopez wants to land a leg kick but Louis is out of range.
Lopez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lopez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Louis throws a lazy right hand but Lopez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Louis takes a swing at Lopez's ribcage but misses.
Lopez unleashes a big counter combination but Louis bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Louis misses with a jab to the body
and Lopez counters with an outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Louis lands a glancing blow to the side of Lopez's head.
The fighters circling - Louis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lopez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tom Louis is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez takes one to the chin there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab from Louis.
Lopez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses
enabling Louis to counter with a crisp jab.
Louis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lopez.
Louis misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez defending well as Louis loads up on a big left hand.
Louis misses with a left hand
and Lopez counters with a low kick, right behind Louis 's knee.
Lopez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Louis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lopez.
Louis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lopez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Louis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lopez.
Louis throws a hook to the side of Lopez's head but Lopez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Louis checks a low kick from Lopez.
Louis misses with a body shot.
Lopez misses with a body shot
and Louis counters with a two punch combo.
Louis throws a right hand that misses
and Lopez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lopez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lopez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lopez throws a leg kick
and Louis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Louis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lopez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Louis's calf.
Louis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lopez has time to react.
Louis checks a leg kick nicely.
Lopez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louis.
Lopez misses with a low kick.
Louis throwing a counter right hand but Lopez manages to avoid it.
Lopez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Louis lands with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Louis dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Louis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Louis misses with a body shot.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses.
Louis throws a jab but it's blocked by Lopez.
Louis misses with a hook.
Louis lands a nice shot that snaps Lopez's head back.
Lopez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis just misses with a punch to the body.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lopez manages to avoid it.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Louis.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis lands a jab to the nose.
Lopez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lopez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Lopez.
Louis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Louis keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lopez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Louis misses with a lunging right hand
and Lopez counters with a good low kick that Louis was not able to check.
Lopez misses with a head kick.
Lopez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis takes a swing at Lopez's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Lopez.
Lopez throws a front kick that sends Louis stumbling back into the ropes.
Louis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lopez on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good leg kick by Lopez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lopez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nice shot lands for Louis.
A looping hook to the body misses from Louis. Lopez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lopez tries to score with a low kick but Louis moves his leg out of the way.
Louis is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lopez throws a leg kick
and Louis counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis checks a low kick from Lopez.
Lopez slips under a jab.
Louis lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lopez at a distance.
Louis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopez was well out of range. Poor timing from Louis.
Lopez was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Lopez throws a sloppy head kick
and Louis counters with a nice body shot.
An inside leg kick from Lopez misses.
Louis misses with a straight right.
Lopez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Louis.
Louis digs a good hook to Lopez's body.
Louis looks to land a right hand but Lopez moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lopez manages to avoid it.
Louis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lopez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lopez looks to land a left hand but Louis moved out of range nicely.
Louis went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lopez lands a head kick!
Louis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lopez scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lopez in his tracks.
Lopez missing with a left hand there. Louis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matt Lopez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tom Louis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lopez lands with a slapping head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Louis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Louis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Louis!