PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Barney Sumner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danilo Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Danilo Lopez struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 147.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sumner
vs
Lopez

172 cm
20
152 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

167 cm
23
153 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Barney Sumner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danilo Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Sumner coming out on top.
Lopez looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Sumner avoids the body shot from Lopez.
Lopez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sumner to score with a decent uppercut.

Sumner rushes Lopez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sumner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sumner will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Lopez up against the cage.
Sumner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sumner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sumner gets through Lopez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lopez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lopez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sumner takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Still in the clinch, Sumner scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sumner lands an uppercut.
Sumner has a couple of punches blocked by Lopez.
Sumner digs a right hand underneath Lopez's ribcage. Lopez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sumner pushes Lopez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Sumner - that landed with a thud.
Sumner lands a nice uppercut.
Sumner digs a right hand into Lopez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lopez's gas tank.
Sumner slows down the pace here.
Sumner unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Lopez! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Sumner is unloading with more strikes now! Lopez drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barney Sumner!
A victorious Barney Sumner thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.