PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heavy Binto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Tiera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiera comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Judas Priest - Turbo Lover kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Binto
vs
Tiera

200 cm
21
275 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

201 cm
20
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Heavy Binto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Tiera!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tiera swats away the attempt to clinch by Binto.

Tiera closes the distance and clinches.
Tiera wants to break free but Binto has control.
Binto tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tiera wants to break free but Binto has control.

Binto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Binto misses the jab.
Tiera changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Binto tries to avoid it but Tiera manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Binto to the ground. Binto escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Binto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiera shoots in looking for a takedown. Binto tries to sprawl out of it but Tiera keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Binto manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tiera lands with a hook. Binto tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiera tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Binto counters with a solid body kick.
Tiera misses with an uppercut.
Tiera will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Heavy Binto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Tiera.
Tiera is trying hard to land a takedown here. Binto sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tiera throws a head kick but Binto moves out of range.
Binto tries to clinch

and Tiera counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Tiera looks gassed!
Binto throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Binto trying to control here.
Tiera thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiera winds up and cracks Binto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Binto is trying to stand up here but Tiera is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tiera not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tiera sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Binto defending well though.
Tiera working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Binto avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tiera.
Tiera is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Tiera working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiera looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Tiera winds up and cracks Binto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Binto on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tiera in particular looking to stall.
Tiera scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Binto trying to control here.

Tiera is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiera working the head and body with strikes.

Tiera is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Binto is just riding it out for now. Tiera eventually gives up the hold.
Binto tries to get to full guard but Tiera has control of the leg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Binto is refusing to be controlled, as Tiera sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tiera looks to throw the jab but Binto is out of range.

Tiera closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Binto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Binto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tiera scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tiera working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tiera slips a nice elbow through Binto's hands, connecting with Binto's forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiera scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tiera lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Binto taking some punishment here, with Tiera in his half guard.
Binto is not content to let Tiera control the position.
Tiera takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Tiera looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Tiera winds up and cracks Binto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Binto has hold of Tiera's hands but Tiera slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tiera working Binto over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tiera lands a nice short elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tiera working over Binto with some ground and pound. Binto looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiera looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Binto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tiera working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nice strikes from Tiera there.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Tiera lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tiera wants to control but Binto is keeping him busy.
Tiera not doing much here.
Tiera working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tiera connects with a nice short shot to Binto's temple.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tiera connects with a nice short shot to Binto's temple.
Tiera is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Binto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tiera scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tiera is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Tiera is working for a kimura but Binto is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiera is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tiera drops an elbow to the side of Binto's head.
Tiera takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tiera winds up and cracks Binto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tiera is nestled in close to Binto, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Tiera 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!

Tiera shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Binto's guard.
Tiera is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tiera's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tiera stands up over Binto, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Tiera is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Binto keeping full guard, as Tiera tries to pass.
Tiera with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tiera controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tiera advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Binto is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Binto takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tiera landing strikes.
Tiera scores with punches from side control.
Tiera landing strikes.
Binto takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Tiera in side control, just content to control the action for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tiera tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tiera has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Binto is looking for a sweep.
Binto on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tiera lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiera wants to lay and pray for a moment but Binto keeps working.
Tiera controls the position.
Tiera lands some shots froms side control.
Tiera landing a few strikes.
Tiera scoring with punches and elbows.
Binto takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Frank Tiera has got the better of the ground game so far.
Binto on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Tiera grinds an elbow into Binto's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tiera slows the pace down.
Frank Tiera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Tiera tries for a kimura but Binto is defending well.
Tiera lands a nice forearm strike.
Tiera cracks Binto with a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tiera cracks Binto with a big elbow.
Tiera lands an elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Tiera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tiera has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight for Frank Tiera!
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight for Frank Tiera!
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Frank Tiera!

Frank Tiera wins by unanimous decision!