PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Kaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bornas Lopette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopette is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Back from the dead. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Kaz
vs
Lopette

186 cm
36
175 lbs
28 - 22 - 0

190 cm
33
183 lbs
28 - 11 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 28 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Max Kaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Bornas Lopette!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaz tried to score with a low kick but Lopette checks it.
Max Kaz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kaz misses with a combination
and Lopette counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kaz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kaz misses with a straight left.
Kaz wants to land a leg kick but Lopette is out of range.
Kaz blocks the body kick.
Lopette ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaz moves away.
Kaz catches Lopette with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lopette throws a solid leg kick but Kaz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lopette.
Kaz throws a solid leg kick but Lopette takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kaz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaz looks to throw a body kick
and Lopette counters with a stiff right hand.
Kaz swings for the body but Lopette moves out of range.
Lopette connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kaz. Kaz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Kaz tries to land a leg kick but Lopette saw it coming and moves away.
Kaz misses with a hook. Lopette ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kaz. That's going to slow Lopette down.
Lopette cracks Kaz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lopette avoids the head kick by Kaz.
Kaz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Kaz scoring well with a low kick there.
Kaz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A leg kick checked by Kaz.
Kaz misses with a kick to the body
and Lopette counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kaz throws a leg kick that misses.
Lopette ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kaz moves away.
Kaz throws a leg kick but Lopette moved away.
Lopette keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kaz looks to score with a jab to the body but Lopette is just out of range.
Lopette now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lopette takes a swing at Kaz's ribcage but misses.
Lopette avoids the body shot from Kaz.
Lopette tried to score with a low kick but Kaz checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopette ducks under a wild hook from Kaz.
Kaz walks into a stiff left hand from Lopette.
Kaz throws out a leg kick but Lopette moves out of range and Kaz only half commits.
Kaz throws a shot from downtown. Lopette moves away and avoids it.
Kaz misses with a body kick.
Nice jab there from Lopette.
Lopette avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lopette.
A jab from Lopette misses.

Lopette gets tackled into the cage by Kaz. Kaz maintains the clinch.
Kaz misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lopette throws an elbow but misses.
Kaz managing to block the knees to the body from Lopette.
Kaz misses with a punch to the body.
Kaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lopette using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopette dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kaz working aggressively here.
Lopette blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kaz misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Kaz fails to land.
Kaz lands a body punch.
Lopette lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lopette prevents a body shot from Kaz.
Kaz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kaz can't find room to land a body shot as Lopette controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kaz.
Lopette blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lopette gets through Kaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kaz throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopette.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Lopette lands a nice uppercut.
Lopette blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopette.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaz struggles to land a body shot inside as Lopette controls his hands.
A right hand to the body from Kaz.
Kaz working aggressively here.
Kaz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kaz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lopette.
Kaz struggles to land a body shot inside as Lopette controls his hands.
Kaz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kaz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lopette blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Kaz.
A shot in the inside from Kaz.
Lopette content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Kaz.
Lopette blocks a body shot from Kaz.
Kaz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kaz blocks an uppercut.
Good body shot from Kaz.
Lopette comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lopette scores with a shot to the side of Kaz's head.
Kaz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lopette blocks a jab.
Lopette throws a head kick that misses.
Max Kaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Kaz lands a high kick!
Kaz throws out a leg kick but Lopette moves out of range and Kaz only half commits.
Lopette throws a fast counter high kick but Kaz manages to duck under it in time.
Kaz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lopette can do to turn this around?
Lopette avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Kaz clinches.
Kaz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lopette blocks an uppercut.
Kaz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kaz stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lopette missing with knees to the body.
Lopette landing knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Kaz fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short uppercut from Kaz.
Lopette avoiding damage as Kaz throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaz lands with a left to the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kaz tries to land knees in the clinch but Lopette avoids the damage to the body.
Kaz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lopette avoids it.
A short body shot lands from Lopette as the two fighters clinch.
Kaz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lopette blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kaz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lopette has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Max Kaz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kaz dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Lopette's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kaz throws a poor cross that misses
and Lopette counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lopette bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kaz's head.
Kaz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lopette.
A head kick misses from Kaz.
Lopette was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Lopette catches Kaz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kaz misses with an uppercut.
Good exchange - Lopette coming out on top.

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 body kick lands there for Kaz.
Lopette misses with a looping left.
A head kick misses from Kaz.
Kaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lopette throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kaz.
Kaz catches Lopette with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kaz tries to clinch there but Lopette circles away.
Lopette thumps Kaz with a low kick.
Kaz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kaz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lopette paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kaz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kaz throws a sloppy head kick and Lopette moves out of range easily.
Kaz misses the jab.
Lopette swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lopette avoids the head kick by Kaz.
The fighters circling - Kaz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lopette pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopette lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kaz backs up against the cage.
Kaz throws a head kick that misses.
Lopette dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kaz. That did some damage!
Kaz lunges at Lopette with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lopette's hand.
Kaz misses with a leg kick.
Kaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Lopette swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kaz misses with a head kick.
Kaz throws a low kick, looking for Lopette's leg but Lopette calmly moves out of range.
Lopette was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A leg kick checked by Lopette.
Kaz tries to clinch up
and Lopette counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Kaz is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Lopette bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lopette looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lopette on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Good work by Lopette as he checks the leg kick.
Lopette swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lopette connects with the punch.
Kaz misses with a hook
and Lopette cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kaz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kaz takes one to the side of the head.
Lopette scoring well with a low kick there.
Kaz takes a swing at Lopette's ribcage but misses.
Lopette on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kaz. Kaz obviously looking to wear him down.
Lopette uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kaz.
Kaz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lopette at a distance.
Lopette bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lopette getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lopette lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lopette misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kaz.
Kaz throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lopette.
It seemed like Lopette was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Max Kaz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Kaz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lopette was well out of range. Poor timing from Kaz.
Lopette feints and then cracks Kaz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kaz down.
Kaz misses with a body kick.
Lopette scores with a nice body kick.
Kaz lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lopette will feel that in the morning.
Kaz throws a leg kick
and Lopette counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lopette thows a body kick. Kaz tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kaz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Kaz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kaz misses with a body shot.
Kaz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A head kick misses from Kaz.
Lopette replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Kaz blocks it well.
Kaz throws a body shot but no joy.
A low kick from Kaz misses
letting Lopette counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopette throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kaz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kaz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lopette is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaz tries to land a leg kick but Lopette saw it coming and moves away.
Kaz lands with a cross.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lopette.
That kick from Lopette tenderised Kaz's leg. Kaz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lopette ducks under a wild hook from Kaz.
Kaz misses with a kick to the body

and Lopette counters by clinching up.
Lopette is leaning against Kaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Lopette.
Kaz being controlled against the cage.
Kaz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lopette.
A short right from Kaz.
A body shot lands from Lopette.
Kaz lands a damaging elbow.
Lopette tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lopette avoids a wild elbow strike from Kaz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopette tries a body shot but Kaz blocks it.
Lopette blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Lopette - that landed with a thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopette avoids a wild elbow strike from Kaz.
Lopette lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kaz.
Kaz misses with some punches.
Stalling in the clinch from Lopette.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lopette's brow.
Kaz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lopette misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kaz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lopette.
Kaz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lopette misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lopette blocks an elbow strike.
Bornas Lopette has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kaz tries a body shot but Lopette blocks it.
Kaz letting Lopette take a breather here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lopette.
Kaz looking to stall.
Max Kaz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopette is struggling to control the position.
Lopette gets through Kaz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lopette misses with a punch to the body.
Kaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lopette is defending well for now.
Lopette gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Max Kaz has been cut.
Kaz slowing the pace effectively.
Lopette lands an elbow that stopped Kaz in his tracks for a moment.
Lopette tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lopette lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kaz backwards.
Kaz tries to throw a body punch but Lopette avoids it by throwing Kaz back against the cage.
Kaz lands a left hand.
Lopette tries a body shot but Kaz blocks it.
Lopette unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kaz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lopette misses with a knee to the head.
Kaz struggles to land a body shot inside as Lopette controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kaz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lopette backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kaz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kaz misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Lopette scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lopette is struggling to control the position.
Kaz throws a head punch that misses.
Lopette misses with a body punch.
Kaz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kaz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice elbow from Lopette.
Kaz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lopette just leaning against Kaz, taking a breather.
Lopette throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Lopette pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kaz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kaz throws the left hand but Lopette avoids the punch easily.
Lopette replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Kaz blocks it well.
Lopette misses with a body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bornas Lopette comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kaz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!