PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Boyer (ranked 6230 p4p, 566 weight class) and George Lopez (ranked 23868 p4p, 664 weight class). George Lopez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Boyer
vs
Lopez

179 cm
18
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
157 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Forrest Boyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Boyer!
Boyer misses with a two punch combination.
Forrest Boyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Boyer does no damage.

Boyer rushes Lopez and presses him up against the cage.
Lopez trying to land knees to the body.
Boyer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Boyer is trying to break the clinch but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Boyer tries to break free but Lopez pushes him back against the cage.
Lopez tries to pull guard but Boyer holds him up against the cage and eventually Lopez drops back down to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lopez misses with a hook to the ribs.

Boyer breaks from the clinch.

Boyer moves into the clinch.
Lopez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lopez tries a body shot but Boyer blocks it.

That's two 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 throws an elbow that misses.
Boyer is looking to break free of the clinch but Lopez has double underhooks.
Lopez looking to slow down the pace here.
Lopez struggles to land a body shot inside as Boyer controls his hands.
Lopez tries to work over Boyer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopez struggles to land a body shot inside as Boyer controls his hands.
Lopez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lopez is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Boyer is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez missing with knees to the body.

Lopez breaks the clinch.
Boyer looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Boyer misses with the combination.
Boyer scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Boyer misses with a series of wild punches.
Boyer lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Boyer misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boyer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Boyer moves out of range.
Boyer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Boyer takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez misses with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Boyer.
Lopez tries to clinch but Boyer is having none of it.
Lopez doesn't manage to clinch there - Boyer circles away.
Lopez dodges the punch combination from Boyer.
Lopez was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lopez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Boyer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forrest Boyer dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lopez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boyer.
Boyer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lopez wants to clinch.
Boyer avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lopez slips a jab and a cross from Boyer.
We've been informed that Lopez has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Boyer moves out of range of the strikes.

Boyer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lopez, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez prevents Boyer from breaking the clinch.
Lopez gets underhooks to prevent Boyer's takedown attempt.
Lopez wants to take the fight to the mat but Boyer manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez is trying to pull guard but Boyer turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Lopez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boyer blocks it with crossed arms.
Lopez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch but Boyer keeps him there for the moment.
Boyer is trying to force a seperation but Lopez has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Boyer's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Boyer jumps guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Boyer is looking to stand up but Lopez isn't so interested in that idea.
Lopez wants to control from the top but Boyer keeps moving.
Boyer wants to get back to his feet but Lopez passes into half guard.
Lopez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Boyer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lopez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Boyer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Lopez wants to get back to his feet.
Lopez works his way into side control.
Boyer parries the strikes from Lopez easily there. Lopez is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Boyer to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyer tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Poor strikes thrown by Lopez there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Lopez wants to control the pace but Boyer is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Boyer hang on?
Boyer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lopez can do to turn this around?

Lopez working for a guillotine from mount but Boyer is in no mood to give up.
Lopez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lopez looking to control but Boyer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Boyer really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lopez throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Lopez is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Boyer is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Boyer flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Lopez anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Boyer and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Lopez slips an arm under Boyer chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Lopez has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Lopez is squeezing on Boyer like an anaconda would it's prey. Boyer fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). George Lopez!