PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marc Lopez (ranked 3858 p4p, 2316 weight class) and Iner Raledran (ranked 466 p4p, 303 weight class). Iner Raledran is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Lopez
vs
Raledran

176 cm
19
189
2 - 1 - 0

192 cm
20
185
5 - 1 - 1

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marc Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Iner Raledran!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Lopez with that takedown attempt.
Raledran looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Raledran lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fighters circling - Lopez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It seemed like Raledran was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Raledran closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Raledran connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Raledran lands a left and a right that send Lopez crashing to the mat, dazed. Raledran thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Marc Lopez has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raledran pounces like a tiger and cracks Lopez with a vicious hook! Lopez is down but not out! Raledran follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Iner Raledran!
Our winner, Iner Raledran, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.