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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alfonso Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dane Brigglett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alfonso Lopez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alfonso Lopez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dane Brigglett!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brigglett misses the jab.
Brigglett has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Brigglett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brigglett misses with a straight left.
Brigglett on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lopez slips a jab and a cross from Brigglett.
Lopez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Brigglett clinches.
Brigglett has a couple of punches blocked by Lopez.
Brigglett breaks the clinch.
Brigglett paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Alfonso Lopez has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lopez - that will leave a mark!
Lopez punishes Brigglett's body with a nice straight punch.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Brigglett on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigglett misses the shot to the body.
Brigglett misses with an uppercut.
Lopez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Brigglett misses with a leg kick
and Lopez counters with an outside leg kick.
A jab from Lopez does it's job there.
It looks like Dane Brigglett has been cut.
Lopez throws a hook but Brigglett blocks it.
Brigglett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brigglett scores with a hook.
Brigglett slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lopez misses with a body shot.
Brigglett takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lopez moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez lands with a right hand.
Brigglett tried to score with a low kick but Lopez checks it.
Lopez connects with a high kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lopez - that will leave a mark!
Brigglett misses with an uppercut. Lopez saw that one coming.
Brigglett takes a swing at Lopez's ribcage but misses.
Lopez scores with a kick to the body.
Brigglett showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lopez.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Lopez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brigglett. That did some damage!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lopez misses with a hook.
Brigglett thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lopez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brigglett on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lopez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lopez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brigglett.
Brigglett plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Lopez misses with a head kick.
Lopez just misses with a punch to the body.
Lopez lands a leg kick that knocks Brigglett off balance momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Brigglett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brigglett.
Lopez scores with a shot to the body.
Brigglett takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lopez connects with a right hand. Brigglett shakes it off.
Brigglett connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lopez's hands.
Lopez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brigglett.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brigglett takes a swing at Lopez's ribcage but misses.
Lopez misses with a hook. Brigglett ducked under it nicely.
Brigglett connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alfonso Lopez will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Brigglett scores with a push kick.
Brigglett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopez was well out of range. Poor timing from Brigglett.
Brigglett misses with a straight left.
Brigglett walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lopez.
Brigglett scores with a kick to the body.
Lopez feints and then cracks Brigglett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brigglett down.
Brigglett misses with a low kick.
Brigglett blocks a jab.
Brigglett lands a nice looking body shot.
Brigglett throws the kick towards the body but Lopez avoids it.
Lopez connects with a solid leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lopez slips a straight right by Brigglett.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brigglett's hands.
A low kick from Brigglett misses
and Lopez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brigglett lands with a nice body punch.
Brigglett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lopez.
Brigglett misses with a series of wild punches.
Brigglett blocks the body kick.
Lopez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lopez lands with a shot to the body.
Lopez lands a body shot.
Lopez jabs Brigglett right on the nose. Brigglett blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brigglett throws a jab when Lopez was well out of range.
Brigglett takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lopez throws an overhand right that lands on Brigglett's shoulder, as Brigglett tries to avoid the shot.
Brigglett tests Lopez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Brigglett is just out of range.
Brigglett throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.
Lopez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lopez swinging wildly here.
Lopez tried to score with a low kick but Brigglett checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez lands the left hand.
Lopez throws an off balance right hand
and Lopez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lopez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brigglett was well out of range. Poor timing from Lopez.
Brigglett throws a right and a left that Lopez avoids nicely.
Brigglett defending well as Lopez loads up on a big left hand.
Brigglett wants to land a leg kick but Lopez is out of range.
Brigglett connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Brigglett takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brigglett manages to avoid it.
Brigglett on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lopez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Brigglett stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Brigglett takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brigglett scores with a leg kick.
Brigglett looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Lopez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lopez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brigglett tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brigglett misses with a straight right.
Lopez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brigglett.
Brigglett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lopez finds it's way round the side to connect with Brigglett's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfonso Lopez dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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 lands with a kick to the ribs.
Brigglett lands a nice shot that snaps Lopez's head back.
Brigglett's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lopez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Lopez throws a looping overhand right but Brigglett ducks down to avoid it.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Brigglett is just out of range.
Lopez staying out of range there.
Sloppy strikes from Brigglett. Those never looked like landing.
Lopez is looking to slow Brigglett down with leg kicks.
Brigglett ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.
Lopez misses with a body kick.
Lopez takes a swing at Brigglett's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Brigglett crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lopez - the referee stops the clock and Brigglett gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lopez. Brigglett manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A jab from Brigglett misses.
Lopez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lopez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brigglett.
Brigglett fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lopez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brigglett has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lopez.
Lopez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A low kick from Lopez misses
letting Brigglett counter with a right hand.
Brigglett has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lopez.
Lopez scores with a nice right hand.
Brigglett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lopez throws a body kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brigglett manages to avoid it.
Lopez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brigglett swinging wildly here.
Brigglett throws a nice looking combination but Lopez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brigglett throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Lopez counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Brigglett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brigglett throws a head kick that misses.
Brigglett takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Lopez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Lopez.
Lopez feints a jab promting Brigglett to slip. Lopez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Brigglett slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lopez.
Lopez lands a nice hook to Brigglett's body. Brigglett takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lopez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brigglett, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Lopez.
Lopez lands a body shot.
Brigglett struggles to land a body shot inside as Lopez controls his hands.
Lopez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brigglett backwards.
That has opened up Dane Brigglett's cut even more.
Lopez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brigglett takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lopez lands with a right to the head.
Lopez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brigglett lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lopez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brigglett or not.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brigglett working aggressively here.
Lopez lands a right hand.
Lopez lands with a light punch inside.
Brigglett is rocked!
Lopez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brigglett is still on wobbly legs! Can Lopez finish him?
Lopez lands a nice shot to the body.
Brigglett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lopez presses Brigglett against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Brigglett seems to have recovered his senses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lopez.
Lopez is pushing Brigglett up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lopez throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brigglett misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Lopez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfonso Lopez clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lopez.
Brigglett misses with a hook. Lopez ducked under it nicely.
Good work by Brigglett as he checks the leg kick.
Lopez misses with a looping left.
Lopez connects with a solid leg kick.
Lopez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lopez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Brigglett on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Brigglett throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lopez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brigglett defending well as Lopez loads up on a big left hand.
Brigglett throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lopez thumps Brigglett with a low kick.
Lopez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brigglett throws a jab but it's blocked by Lopez.
Nice straight punches there by Lopez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lopez.
Lopez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brigglett looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brigglett.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lopez.
Brigglett 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brigglett avoids a kick to the body.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Brigglett misses with an uppercut
and Lopez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Brigglett if he has to take too many more of those.
Lopez throws a head kick that Brigglett semi-blocks.
Brigglett's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lopez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brigglett scrambles back to his feet.
Nice body kick from Lopez.
Lopez scores with a decent looking hook.
Lopez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brigglett.
Lopez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigglett throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lopez walks into a straight right hand from Brigglett.
Alfonso Lopez's cut is getting worse.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lopez.
Jab, jab by Brigglett - just one landing.
A big right from Lopez misses.
Lopez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A solid body kick from Lopez.
Brigglett looks to score with a jab to the body but Lopez is just out of range.
Lopez throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brigglett bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lopez's head backwards.
Brigglett misses with the body kick
and Lopez counters with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brigglett loads up on a big right hand but Lopez slips the punch.
Lopez connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brigglett. Lopez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brigglett walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brigglett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lopez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lopez lands an overhand right.
Lopez throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab by Brigglett.
Lopez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brigglett. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alfonso Lopez had his way with Dane Brigglett in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Lopez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Brigglett throws a leg kick that is checked
and Lopez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lopez lands a left and a right that send Brigglett crashing to the mat, dazed. Lopez thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brigglett takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lopez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lopez connects with a jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lopez lands with a light punch inside.
Lopez throws a punch but it's blocked by Brigglett.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lopez tries to stall but Brigglett uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lopez misses with a punch to the body.
Lopez scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brigglett lands with a short shot to the head.
Alfonso Lopez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Brigglett.
Brigglett throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopez.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Brigglett.
A head punch on the inside from Brigglett fails to land.
Brigglett doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lopez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brigglett stalling the fight.
Brigglett manages to break the clinch.
Brigglett tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Brigglett on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Brigglett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lopez throws out the jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brigglett. That's going to slow Lopez down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brigglett lands a really nice looking cross but Lopez seems unphased.
Lopez throws a jab but it's blocked by Brigglett.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brigglett closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Brigglett attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Brigglett tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brigglett tries to keep at a distance but Lopez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dane Brigglett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brigglett can't find room to land a body shot as Lopez controls the action.
Lopez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brigglett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lopez throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Brigglett.
Lopez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brigglett tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brigglett misses with a body punch.
Lopez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brigglett is leaning against Lopez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lopez lands a shot to the body.
Lopez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brigglett is keeping busy.
Brigglett takes a shot to the head.
Brigglett working aggressively here.
Lopez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brigglett has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brigglett blocking some punches.
Lopez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brigglett is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
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!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lopez taking a breather.
Lopez scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brigglett wants to break free but Lopez has control.
Lopez scores with a shot to the side of Brigglett's head.
Lopez misses with a knee to the head.
Brigglett is looking to control Lopez's arms but Lopez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brigglett has his back to the cage.
Brigglett misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Brigglett fails to land.
Brigglett swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brigglett lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lopez working aggressively here.
Brigglett lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Brigglett fails to land.
Lopez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brigglett blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Lopez on the inside.
Brigglett tries a body shot but Lopez blocks it.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Brigglett blocks with his arms.
Brigglett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alfonso Lopez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lopez 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 50:45
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 50:45
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alfonso Lopez!
Alfonso Lopez retains his light heavyweight title!
Alfonso Lopez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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