PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Axel Montenegro (ranked 877 p4p, 565 weight class) and Carlos Lopez (ranked 18 p4p, 9 weight class). Montenegro comes to the cage accompanied by Battle. Lopez has chosen Bob Dylan - Hurricane as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Montenegro
vs
Lopez

184 cm
26
225
8 - 4 - 0

193 cm
26
240
10 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

Vegan Gains
PWNAGE™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Axel Montenegro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carlos Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Montenegro tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Montenegro moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Lopez.
Lopez presses Montenegro against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lopez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Montenegro tries a body shot but Lopez blocks it.
Lopez lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Montenegro has Lopez pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Montenegro pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Lopez tumbling to the mat - Montenegro dives into Lopez's guard.
Lopez seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Montenegro is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Montenegro throwing strikes but missing.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Montenegro throws a big right hand that misses.
Montenegro loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lopez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Montenegro.
Lopez trying to keep a closed guard but Montenegro is proving a slippery customer.
Montenegro 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.
Montenegro lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montenegro is working Lopez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lopez is trying to keep Montenegro in close.
Montenegro connects with a couple of short punches.
Montenegro postures up in Lopez's guard and throws a big left but Lopez blocks it.
Lopez is pulling down on Montenegro's head to control his posture.
Montenegro throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montenegro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lopez is keeping the position for now.
Montenegro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Montenegro postures up in Lopez's guard and throws a big left but Lopez blocks it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Axel Montenegro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Montenegro wants to clinch but Lopez slips to the side
and Lopez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lopez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lopez unleashes a big counter combination but Montenegro bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Montenegro moves into the clinch.
Lopez tries to work over Montenegro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopez misses with some punches.
Lopez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Montenegro.
Lopez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lopez scores with a nice hook to the head.

Lopez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lopez lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Montenegro can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Lopez and Montenegro drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Lopez.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlos Lopez!
An out of breath Carlos Lopez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.