PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drew Pinksy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bang The Hero of Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Hero of Justice has chosen Bang Install as his entrance music. 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?

Pinksy
vs
The Hero of Justice

213 cm
24
285 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

192 cm
23
231 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drew Pinksy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bang The Hero of Justice!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Hero of Justice takes a swing at Pinksy's ribcage but misses.
The Hero of Justice misses with an uppercut.
The Hero of Justice thows a body shot but no joy.
Pinksy lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The Hero of Justice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pinksy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bang The Hero of Justice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Hero of Justice throws out a loose jab but Pinksy uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Hero of Justice throws a jab when Pinksy was well out of range.
The Hero of Justice misses with a wild body shot.
Pinksy connects with a body shot.
The Hero of Justice waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pinksy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinksy moves away from the strike by The Hero of Justice.
The Hero of Justice throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pinksy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Hero of Justice throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pinksy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The Hero of Justice looks gassed!
Pinksy scores with a decent looking hook.
Pinksy staying out of range there.
Pinksy lands with a cross.

It looks like Bang The Hero of Justice has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pinksy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Pinksy drops The Hero of Justice with a beautiful combination! The Hero of Justice stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pinksy is looking for the KO!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Hero of Justice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Hero of Justice misses with an uppercut. Pinksy saw that one coming.
Pinksy loads up on a big right hand but The Hero of Justice slips the punch.
The Hero of Justice swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pinksy counters with a stiff right hand.
Pinksy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pinksy throws a series of strikes that have The Hero of Justice backpedaling.
Pinksy swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy digs a good body shot into The Hero of Justice's ribs.
Pinksy slips a straight right by The Hero of Justice.
The Hero of Justice jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pinksy lands a right hook to the body.
Pinksy connects with the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Hero of Justice throws a shot from downtown. Pinksy moves away and avoids it.
Pinksy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pinksy scores with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy throws a right hand that The Hero of Justice ducks under and follows up with a left that The Hero of Justice also avoids with ease.
Pinksy scores with a one two! The Hero of Justice had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The Hero of Justice on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Hero of Justice takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pinksy scores with a jab.
The Hero of Justice is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pinksy ducks under a wild hook from The Hero of Justice.
Pinksy just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Drew Pinksy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bang The Hero of Justice's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pinksy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Hero of Justice.
The Hero of Justice misses with a double jab
and Pinksy counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. The Hero of Justice is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Pinksy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jab by The Hero of Justice.
Pinksy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Hero of Justice.
Pinksy misses with a body shot.
The Hero of Justice tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pinksy was well out of range. Poor timing from The Hero of Justice.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as The Hero of Justice lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pinksy doesn't seem phased though.
Pinksy throws a sloppy head kick and The Hero of Justice moves out of range easily.
The Hero of Justice lands with an overhand left.
The Hero of Justice throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pinksy.
The Hero of Justice throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pinksy counters with a nice body kick.
Drew Pinksy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pinksy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pinksy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Hero of Justice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Hero of Justice.
Pinksy fails to land with a series of punches.
Pinksy slips a jab from The Hero of Justice.
Pinksy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Hero of Justice lands a jab.
A right-left combo lands from Pinksy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The Hero of Justice blocks a head kick by Pinksy.
A good leg kick by Pinksy.
The Hero of Justice defending well as Pinksy loads up on a big left hand.
No joy there for Pinksy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Drew Pinksy is winning the standup battle so far.
The Hero of Justice misses with a looping left.
Pinksy throws a shot from downtown. The Hero of Justice moves away and avoids it.
Pinksy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Hero of Justice can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The Hero of Justice throws a shot from downtown. Pinksy moves away and avoids it.
The Hero of Justice throws a right hand that Pinksy ducks under and follows up with a left that Pinksy also avoids with ease.
Pinksy avoids a punch combination nicely.
A slow jab from The Hero of Justice misses its intended target.
Pinksy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Hero of Justice moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pinksy is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The Hero of Justice digs a good body shot into Pinksy's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Bang The Hero of Justice will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bang The Hero of Justice's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

The Hero of Justice lands a jab.
The Hero of Justice misses with a jab to the body
and Pinksy counters with a one-two to the body.
The Hero of Justice misses with a double jab
and Pinksy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Hero of Justice fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Hero of Justice digs a good body shot into Pinksy's ribs.
Some wild striking there from The Hero of Justice.
No joy there for The Hero of Justice, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Hero of Justice will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Hero of Justice. Pinksy does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Hero of Justice throws the left hand but Pinksy avoids the punch easily.
Pinksy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pinksy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Hero of Justice.

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.
The Hero of Justice misses with an uppercut. Pinksy saw that one coming.
The Hero of Justice misses with the combination.
The Hero of Justice throws a jab but it's blocked by Pinksy.
The Hero of Justice lands a head shot.
The Hero of Justice staying out of range there.
The Hero of Justice changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy slips a jab and a cross from The Hero of Justice.
Pinksy walks into a stiff left hand from The Hero of Justice.
The Hero of Justice misses with a straight right.
The Hero of Justice is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pinksy.
Pinksy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pinksy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pinksy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pinksy staying out of range there.
The Hero of Justice misses with the combination.
Pinksy works over The Hero of Justice's head and body with a nice combination.
Pinksy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Hero of Justice.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bang The Hero of Justice comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Hero of Justice has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a draw!