PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Devecka (ranked 4656 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Lopez (ranked 4718 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Devecka
vs
Lopez

225 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Daniel Devecka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gabriel Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Devecka misses with a takedown attempt

and Lopez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lopez stalling against the cage.

Lopez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Devecka will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lopez throws a counter combo.
Devecka tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.
Lopez slaps away a takedown attempt from Devecka, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Devecka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lopez instigates a clinch.

Lopez manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Lopez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez lands strikes from half guard.

Devecka looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lopez in particular looking to stall.
Lopez tries to stand but can't do so whilst Devecka controls his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lopez lands with a punch from half guard.
Lopez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lopez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lopez trying to pass the guard but Devecka defending well.
Lopez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lopez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Devecka is rocked!
Devecka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
It looks like Lopez is going to stand back up.
Lopez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Devecka tries to get to full guard but Lopez has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Devecka is hurt! He's hurt bad - Lopez fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Devecka from any more punishment! Congratulations to Lopez! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Lopez!