PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Try New (ranked 3838 p4p, 24417 weight class) and Heavy Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). New has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. This should be a great matchup!

New
vs
Pinto

225 cm
35
300
10 - 13 - 0

200 cm
28
300
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Try New!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Heavy Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

New forces Pinto back against the cage and clinches.
Pinto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
New lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pinto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pinto has had enough of the clinch but New keeps him there for the moment.
Pinto tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pinto goes for a takedown in the clinch but New prevents it.
New lands an elbow inside.
Pinto dodges an elbow strike from New.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by New as Pinto tries to tie him up.
New misses with an elbow over the top.
Pinto avoids a wild elbow strike from New.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinto has had enough of the clinch but New keeps him there for the moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pinto dodges an elbow strike from New.
Pinto avoids a wild elbow strike from New.
New pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
New is breathing heavily.

Pinto is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. New can't fight it off and eventually Pinto manages to take the fight to the floor. New looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto works a leg free and moves into half guard.
New on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pinto takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Pinto stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
New fails with an attempt to clinch.
New tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pinto paws at him with a jab and circles away.
New sets himself, and Pinto steps forward looking for the clinch! New avoids it this time.
New moves out of range as Pinto strikes.
Try New seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as New blocks the leg kick.

New fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pinto, pushing him back against the cage.
New lands an elbow inside.
Pinto is looking for a takedown up against the cage. New gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Try New has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heavy Pinto.
Pinto avoids a wild elbow strike from New.
New pushes off an throws an elbow but Pinto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from New.
Pinto is trying to drag New to the mat but New just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Pinto wants a takedown.
New throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pinto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
New lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Heavy Pinto has been cut.
Pinto has had enough of the clinch but New keeps him there for the moment.
Pinto is trying to break the clinch but New is controlling him.
Pinto fails to pull guard.
Pinto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from New.
Pinto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pinto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
New pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
New misses with an elbow over the top.
New pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto is trying to drag New to the mat but New just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, New just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pinto's brow.
Pinto is trying to maintain a safe position but New gets an underhook and turns Pinto into the cage.
Pinto blocks the elbow strike.
Pinto jumps guard but New stands there with Pinto around his waist. Pinto gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
New lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by New.
New throws an elbow but it misses.
New lands a damaging elbow.
New looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pinto tries to score a body lock takedown but New shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Pinto avoids a wild elbow strike from New.
Pinto dodges an elbow strike from New.
New throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto tries to score a body lock takedown but New shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Pinto is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pinto blocks an elbow strike from New.
Pinto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pinto blocks the elbow strike.

Pinto jumps guard and drags New to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
New wants to get up but he can't break Pinto's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Pinto looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but New is defending well. Pinto quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! New has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Pinto celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Heavy Pinto!
Heavy Pinto tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.