PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Roach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Roach
vs
Pinto

195 cm
26
205 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Roach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thiago Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roach avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pinto blocks a jab.
Roach throws a leg kick
and Pinto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Pinto drops Roach with a right and a left! Pinto comes rushing in but Roach regains his composure and manages to keep Pinto in guard.

It looks like Frank Roach has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pinto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pinto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roach is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pinto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pinto tries to free his leg and advance position but Roach is retaining full guard.
Roach on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Roach tries to get out of the position.
Roach keeping moving, preventing Pinto from controlling successfully.
Pinto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Roach will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pinto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roach is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Roach working a defensive guard here.
Pinto passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Roach tries to buck Pinto off but Pinto is having none of it.
Pinto advances nicely into full mount.
Pinto is landing with some decent strikes but Roach is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Roach is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pinto scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Roach?
Oh Roach is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Frank Roach's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Frank Roach's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Thiago Pinto!
An out of breath Thiago Pinto thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.