PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Mullin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez comes into a darkened arena with his song building. South Texas Death Ride kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mullin
vs
Lopez

186 cm
22
184 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

177 cm
21
172 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Mullin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mullin.
Mullin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Mullin throws a head kick that misses
letting Lopez counter with a right hand.
Mullin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Mullin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lopez feints a jab promting Mullin to slip. Lopez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Mullin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Pedro Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez throws a looping overhand right but Mullin ducks down to avoid it.
Lopez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mullin throws a nice head kick!
Lopez sizes up Mullin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lopez connects with an inside leg kick.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Lopez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mullin.
Mullin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lopez is fending him off so far but Mullin persists. Nope, Lopez circles away and we're back to standing.
Lopez fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullin tries a head kick but it misses.
Lopez looks to throw a body kick

and Mullin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Mullin wants a takedown.
Lopez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lopez scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Mullin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lopez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lopez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mullin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lopez takes one to the side of the head.
Mullin shoots in but Lopez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Mullin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lopez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Lopez connects with a crisp jab.
Lopez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mullin.
Mullin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lopez misses with the combination.
Mullin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Mullin or perhaps it was just good defense by Lopez which made him look bad.
Mullin misses with a takedown
and Lopez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mullin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mullin manages to avoid it.
Lopez throws out a powerful jab.

Lopez clinches with his opponent.
Lopez pushes Mullin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Mullin fails to land.
Mullin misses with a body punch.
Mullin swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mullin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Mullin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mullin is looking to clinch.
Mullin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mullin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mullin misses with an uppercut
and Lopez counters with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mullin falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lopez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mullin moves away.
Mullin closes the distance and clinches up with Lopez, looking for a takedown. Mullin pushes Lopez against the cage but Lopez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Lopez moves into the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Lopez.
Lopez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lopez has Mullin pressed against the cage, preventing Mullin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lopez prevents the takedown attempt.
Mullin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mullin is breathing heavily.
Lopez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lopez blocks a body shot from Mullin.
Lopez blocking some punches.
Mullin has had enough of the clinch but Lopez keeps him there for the moment.
Lopez has Mullin pressed against the cage, preventing Mullin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mullin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lopez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Mullin blocks with his arms.
Mullin swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lopez is leaning against Mullin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mullin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lopez stops a takedown attempt from Mullin.
Still in the clinch, Lopez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lopez goes for a takedown attempt but Mullin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mullin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez misses with a low kick.
Lopez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lopez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mullin shoots in looking for a takedown. Lopez tries to sprawl out of it but Mullin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lopez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lopez lands with a right hand.
Mullin clobbers Lopez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Lopez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Lopez displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mullin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lopez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Mullin throws a lazy uppercut

and Lopez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Lopez fails to land.
Mullin throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopez.
Lopez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Mullin backwards.
Lopez is stalling here.
Mullin is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lopez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mullin tries to work over Lopez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mullin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lopez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mullin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lopez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lopez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mullin.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Mullin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lopez scores with a hook to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Lopez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lopez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mullin blocks it with crossed arms.
Mullin wants to break free but Lopez has control.
Mullin drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lopez has a couple of punches blocked by Mullin.
Mullin blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Lopez.
Lopez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lopez taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullin is working for takedown but Lopez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mullin tries to score a body lock takedown but Lopez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Lopez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lopez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mullin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lopez lands a body shot.
Lopez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mullin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Lopez.
A nice left hand lands by Lopez.
Lopez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lopez lands a body shot.
Lopez lands with a light punch inside.
A right hand to the body from Lopez.
Lopez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mullin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mullin leaves Lopez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lopez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lopez misses with a hook. Mullin ducked under it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mullin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mullin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez scores with a hook to the body. Mullin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lopez jabs Mullin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lopez blocks a head kick by Mullin.
Lopez throws a sloppy head kick and Mullin moves out of range easily.
Lopez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Lopez lands with a good body shot.
Mullin staying out of range there.
Lopez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
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!
The fight stays on the outside here - Lopez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lopez misses with a few strikes there.
Lopez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mullin's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pedro Lopez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lopez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lopez misses with a lunging right hand
and Mullin counters with a leg kick.
Mullin throws a body punch but Lopez moves out of range.

Mullin clinches.
Lopez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lopez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lopez is trying to drag Mullin to the mat but Mullin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Mullin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Lopez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Lopez crunches a lovely knee into Mullin's ribcage.
Lopez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lopez lands with a left to the head.
Lopez is leaning against Mullin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lopez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lopez lands a body punch.
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!
Lopez wants a takedown but no success here.
Lopez keeps control of Mullin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Lopez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lopez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lopez lands a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mullins head.
Lopez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mullins head.
Good body shot from Lopez.
Lopez is trying to maintain a safe position but Mullin gets an underhook and turns Lopez into the cage.
Lopez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lopez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lopez is working Mullin over against the cage.
Lopez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lopez lands a left hand.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lopez misses with a punch on the inside.
Lopez scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Lopez on the inside.
Mullin swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mullin as Lopez tries to tie him up.
A short uppercut from Mullin.
Mullin takes a shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mullin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lopezs head.
Mullin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mullin.
Mullin tries for a takedown but Lopez manages to get underhooks.

Mullin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mullin throws a lazy uppercut
and Lopez counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro Lopez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Lopez connects with a right hand. Mullin shakes it off.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lopez.
Lopez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mullin under the eye.
Mullin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Lopez lunges at Mullin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mullin's hand.
Mullin loads up on a big right hand but Lopez slips the punch.
Mullin missing with a left hand there. Lopez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lopez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mullin swivels and escapes.
Lopez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lopez is looking to clinch but Mullin is avoiding it.
Lopez missing with a left hand there. Mullin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mullin swats away the attempt to clinch by Lopez.
Lopez thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez looks to land a body kick but Mullin moved away.
Mullin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lopez circles away.
Mullin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lopez misses the jab.
A head kick misses from Lopez.
Lopez closes the distance and clinches up with Mullin, looking for a takedown. Lopez pushes Mullin against the cage but Mullin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A left and a right from Lopez both land. Nice combination.
Lopez tries a head kick but it misses.
Lopez misses with a right hand
and Mullin counters with a left and a right that stings Lopez.

Lopez gets tackled into the cage by Mullin. Mullin maintains the clinch.
Lopez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mullin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mullin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lopez is trying to maintain a safe position but Mullin gets an underhook and turns Lopez into the cage.
Lopez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lopez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A left hand lands to the body for Mullin.
Michael Mullin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Mullin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Lopez on the inside.

Mullin wants the takedown. Lopez is fighting it off but Mullin persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Lopez's guard against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mullin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lopez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mullin throwing strikes but missing.
Mullin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lopez's head.
Mullin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lopez wants to sweep but no luck.
Mullin pushes down on Lopez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Lopez tries to get to full guard but Mullin has control of the leg.
Lopez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullin is trying to control the action in half guard but Lopez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Mullin is thwarting Lopez's attempts to control the position.
Lopez regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Mullin.
Mullin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Lopez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Mullin is fighting to break Lopez's control of his arms but Lopez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Mullin tries to free his leg and advance position but Lopez is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Lopez looking for a sweep. Not yet Lopez, not yet.

Mullin avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lopez keeping moving, preventing Mullin from controlling successfully.
Lopez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mullin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lopez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mullin.

Mullin drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Lopez manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Mullin has Lopez in his guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Mullin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lopez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro Lopez!