PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Firnanda Talha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Pinkman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pinkman is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by On the Rag. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Talha
vs
Pinkman

170 cm
34
154 lbs
21 - 22 - 0

180 cm
31
165 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Firnanda Talha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jesse Pinkman!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinkman swinging wildly here.
Talha feinted with a counter takedown.
Pinkman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Talha.
Jesse Pinkman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pinkman misses with a double jab.
Pinkman falls off balance throwing a combination

and Talha counters with a shoot takedown. Pinkman fights it but they end up in guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Talha throws an elbow that misses. Pinkman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Talha's guard. Nice move by Pinkman!

Pinkman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Talha throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Talha utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talha doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Pinkman trying to control the position from guard on top but Talha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Talha tries to strike from the bottom.
Pinkman preventing the sweep.
Pinkman looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Talha trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Pinkman slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Talha.
Pinkman seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Talha does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Talha tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Talha gets back to full guard.

Talha is working an open guard so Pinkman takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinkman misses with a hook.
Talha feinted with a counter takedown.
Talha moves out of range of the strikes.
Talha half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pinkman misses with a looping right.
Pinkman misses the jab.
Pinkman misses with a few strikes there.
Talha appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Jab, jab by Pinkman - just one landing.
Pinkman fails to land with a series of punches.
Talha tries to counter with a takedown but Pinkman is quick to defend against it.
Pinkman misses with a series of wild punches.
Talha half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pinkman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Talha working aggressively here.

Pinkman breaks the clinch.
Pinkman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Talha counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pinkman is looking for a sweep. Talha is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Talha looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pinkman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pinkman wants to control but Talha is keeping busy.
Pinkman is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Talha is staying active.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinkman has hold of Talha's hands but Talha slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Talha looks to land a strike but Pinkman avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Talha is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Talha trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Talha throws a strike but Pinkman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Talha doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Pinkman stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Talha swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Talha doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Talha scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Talha throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Talha punching to the body, from the bottom.
Talha has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pinkman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jesse Pinkman dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A telegraphed right hand from Pinkman misses the target.

Pinkman moves into the clinch.

Pinkman manages to break the clinch.
Pinkman throws out a powerful jab.
Firnanda Talha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Talha has a couple of punches blocked by Pinkman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinkman blocking some punches.
Talha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Pinkman breaks from the clinch.
A big left from Pinkman misses.
Some wild striking there from Pinkman.
Talha attempts a counter takedown but Pinkman avoids it well and moves away.
Pinkman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Pinkman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pinkman throws a right and a left that Talha avoids nicely.
Talha changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.

Pinkman gets a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinkman.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pinkman lands an elbow just above Talha 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Talha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pinkman blocking some punches.
Talha misses with the head strike.
Talha throws a punch but it's blocked by Pinkman.
Pinkman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Pinkman manages to break the clinch.
Pinkman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Talha counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Talha thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pinkman's head.
Pinkman trying to hold on to Talha's head to control him but Talha postures up.
Talha throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Talha missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pinkman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Talha slips a nice elbow through Pinkman's hands, connecting with Pinkman's forehead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Talha lands a nice short elbow.
Talha not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Talha misses with a head shot. Pinkman uses the momentum to regain guard.
Talha throws a big elbow that misses.
Talha is looking to work some ground and pound but Pinkman has wrist control.
Pinkman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Talha throws a big elbow that misses.
Pinkman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pinkman keeping full guard, as Talha tries to pass.
Pinkman trying to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Talha with a flurry of punches that miss.
Talha throwing strikes from guard but Pinkman blocks nicely.
Talha cracks Pinkman with a solid left hand.
Talha missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pinkman wants to stand up but Talha is controlling him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Talha throws a big right hand that misses.
Talha throws a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Firnanda Talha will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Pinkman misses with a looping left.
The fighters circling - Pinkman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pinkman misses with a straight left.
Jesse Pinkman seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Pinkman clinches.
Pinkman gets through Talha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Pinkman manages to break the clinch.
Pinkman looks to land a combination but Talha avoids it well.
Talha drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pinkman sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinkman throws a series of punches but Talha avoids them all with ease.
Talha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pinkman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Talha slips a straight right by Pinkman.
Talha attempts a counter takedown but Pinkman avoids it well and moves away.
Pinkman throws a series of punches but Talha avoids them all with ease.
Talha dodges the punch combination from Pinkman.
Talha changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Talha uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pinkman.
Pinkman looks to land a right hand but Talha moved out of range.
Talha attempts a counter takedown but Pinkman avoids it well and moves away.

Pinkman has closed the distance and engaged Talha in a clinch.
Talha throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pinkman breaks the clinch.
Pinkman throws a right and a left that both miss.
Talha appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Talha walks into a left hand.
Pinkman misses with a few strikes there.
Pinkman misses with a right hand

and Talha counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pinkman controls Talha momentarily but Talha frees himself.
Talha throwing strikes from guard but Pinkman blocks nicely.
Talha throwing strikes from guard but Pinkman blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Talha throws a strike but Pinkman rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Pinkman pushes down on Talha's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Talha is not content to let Pinkman control the position.
Pinkman passes the guard and advances to mount!
Talha throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pinkman. What's that going to do exactly?
Talha is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Talha working to try and regain half guard.
Talha regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinkman moves nicely into side control.
Talha tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pinkman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pinkman blocks the strikes from Talha.

Pinkman stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Pinkman misses with a jab to the body

so Talha counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinkman controlling the position.
Talha stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pinkman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Talha postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Talha postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesse Pinkman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pinkman 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesse Pinkman!
Post fight, an emotional Jesse Pinkman said 'My run for the title continues!'.