PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Krwawy Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rumina Sato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lopez's entrance music is DJ Kronic feat. Bombs Away - Looking For Some Girls. A fine choice. Sato is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Call to prayer of islam. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Lopez
vs
Sato

179 cm
24
180 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
28
175 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Jihad Fight Gear-Outkast Infidels Version
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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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Krwawy Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Rumina Sato!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sato paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Lopez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sato to the ground. Lopez is now in Sato's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Lopez trying to control but Sato is working from the bottom.
Lopez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Sato escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lopez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lopez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lopez throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sato is looking to stand up but Lopez isn't so interested in that idea.
Lopez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lopez is working Sato over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sato keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez prevents Sato from getting back to his feet.
Sato controls Lopez momentarily but Lopez frees himself.
Lopez won't allow Sato to get back to his feet.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lopez tries to clinch there but Sato circles away.
Lopez checks a low kick from Sato.
Sato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lopez throws a body punch but Sato moves out of range.
Rumina Sato seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sato walks into a left hand.
Sato slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Sato avoids them all with ease.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Lopez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sato finds it's way round the side to connect with Lopez's head.

Lopez has Sato up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sato tries to throw a body punch but Lopez avoids it by throwing Sato back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but Sato blocks with his arms.

Sato breaks the clinch.
Sato misses with a hook.
Sato swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lopez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Lopez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sato to the ground. Lopez is now in Sato's guard.
Lopez tries to free his leg and advance position but Sato is retaining full guard.
Sato wants to stand but Lopez is controlling the position.
Lopez looking to pass the guard.
Lopez is working hard here to advance position.
Lopez prevents Sato from getting back to his feet.
Lopez wants to control from the top but Sato keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sato avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sato is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Sato looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lopez is one step ahead there.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lopez misses with a looping left.
Lopez tries to bum rush Sato with a series of wild strikes but Sato uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lopez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sato.
Sato throws a hook to the side of Lopez's head but Lopez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sato throws a body punch but Lopez moves out of range.
A big right from Lopez misses.
Lopez with a hook.
A big right from Sato misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sato throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lopez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good work by Lopez as he checks the leg kick.
Lopez misses with an uppercut.
Sato lands with a right hand.
Sato throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Lopez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Sato is trying to defend but Lopez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lopez is keen to just control but Sato is a slippery customer.
Sato preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Lopez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sato does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sato is trying to stand.
Lopez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sato tries to kick Lopez off but Lopez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krwawy Lopez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sato avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sato lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jab, jab by Lopez - just one landing.
Sato misses with a looping left.
Lopez fails with a takedown attempt.
Sato connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sato connects with a body shot that sends Lopez's belly button to the back.
Lopez takes one on the button.
Sato walks into a jab.
Sato takes a swing at Lopez's ribcage but misses.
Sato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some bone on bone action there as Lopez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sato throws a jab when Lopez was well out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Sato misses.
Sato lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A good leg kick by Lopez.
A low kick from Sato is predictable there
and Lopez counters with a good, hard body kick but Sato shrugs it off.
A big left from Sato misses.
Rumina Sato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sato paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sato throws a sloppy body shot
and Lopez counters with a straight right hand.
Lopez shoots in looking for a takedown. Sato tries to sprawl out of it but Lopez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sato manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Sato misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sato throws a hook but Lopez blocks it.
Lopez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Sato.
Sato lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sato throws a looping overhand right but Lopez ducks down to avoid it.
A jab from Lopez does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sato throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sato connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lopez momentarily.
Sato lands a slapping body shot.
Sato jabs Lopez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Lopez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sato lands with a right hand.
A big right from Sato misses.
Lopez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sato chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sato misses with a looping right.
Lopez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lopez needs to keep his hands up - Sato had a free shot at his head there.

Lopez gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez tries a body shot but Sato blocks it.
Sato prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Krwawy Lopez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sato wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lopez lands a right hand.
Sato misses with a punch to the body.
Sato wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sato tries to break free but Lopez pushes him back against the cage.

Sato breaks the clinch.
Sato lands a lovely overhand right.
Sato bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lopez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sato displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lopez throws out the jab.
Sato throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A cross from Sato lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Sato moves out of range.
Good leg kick by Sato there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lopez throws a jab but it's blocked by Sato.
Lopez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sato stuffs the takedown attempt from Lopez. Lopez gets slowly back to his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Sato misses the target.
Lopez ducks under a wild hook from Sato.
Sato throws a leg kick that misses.
Sato darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sato keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lopez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A slow jab from Lopez misses its intended target.
Lopez fails to land with a series of punches.
Sato attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rumina Sato showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Sato throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lopez scores with a jab to the body.
Lopez misses with a hook. Sato ducked under it nicely.
Sato with a hook.

Lopez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Lopez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sato is trying desperately to improve position.
Lopez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sato is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lopez with shots to the head and body - Sato looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lopez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lopez looking to control but Sato is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
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!
Sato is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sato tries to buck Lopez off but he can't manage it.
Sato is trying desperately to improve position.
Lopez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sato is squirming around, avoiding Lopez's attempts to control the action.
Lopez is landing with some decent strikes but Sato is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Lopez working the ground and pound effectively.
Lopez landing strikes from the mount and Sato is in trouble!
Lopez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sato hang on?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sato keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez landing strikes from the mount.
Sato tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lopez breaks from Sato's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Lopez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sato?
Lopez lands a big shot there that rocks Sato but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Lopez raining down hammerfists from mount.

Sato is rocked!
Lopez is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sato can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sato is still in real trouble! Can Lopez finish him?
Lopez connects with a bit shot that sees Sato covering up! More strikes from Lopez and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Lopez is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Krwawy Lopez!
A relieved looking Krwawy Lopez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.