PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Nieto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Pinkman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nieto's entrance music is Bullet the Blue Sky. A fine choice. Pinkman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. On the Rag kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Alexandre Nieto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nieto
vs
Pinkman

170 cm
37
162 lbs
31 - 14 - 2

180 cm
32
165 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

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 31 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Alexandre Nieto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jesse Pinkman!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nieto misses with a wild body shot.
Nieto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pinkman takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Pinkman checks a low kick from Nieto.
Nieto looks to clinch
and Pinkman counters with a left and a right that stings Nieto.
A punch lands to the side of Pinkman 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nieto tries to work over Pinkman's front leg with a kick but Pinkman checks it.
Nieto misses with a looping right.
Pinkman ducks under a wild hook from Nieto.
Nieto is looking to clinch.
Pinkman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nieto.
Nieto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nieto attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pinkman now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nieto misses with a looping right.
Alexandre Nieto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nieto.
Pinkman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieto moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nieto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pinkman.
Pinkman wants to clinch up but Nieto keeps it at a distance.
Nieto thumps Pinkman with a low kick.
Nieto lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pinkman at a distance.
Nieto is looking to clinch.
Nieto thows a leg kick but Pinkman checks it
letting Pinkman counter with a right hand.
Nieto lands a head kick!
Nieto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nieto connects with a leg kick. Pinkman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nieto is looking to clinch but Pinkman is avoiding it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nieto.
A head kick by Nieto misses
and Pinkman counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nieto lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pinkman's sensitive parts.
Nieto just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pinkman doesn't seem bothered though.
Nieto thuds his shin into the meat of Pinkman's side.
Nieto throws a leg kick
and Pinkman counters with a straight right hand.
Nieto scores with a leg kick.
Nieto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Pinkman blocks the low kick.
Nieto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pinkman.
Nieto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Nieto.
Some wild striking there from Pinkman.
Nieto fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pinkman checks it well.
Nieto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pinkman manages to avoid it.
Nieto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pinkman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nieto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pinkman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pinkman misses with a wild body shot.
Nieto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nieto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pinkman counters with a straight right hand.
Nieto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nieto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pinkman moves away.
Nieto lands with a good body shot.
Pinkman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nieto finds it's way round the side to connect with Pinkman's head.

Nieto shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Pinkman manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Nieto with a flurry of punches that miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinkman keeping full guard, as Nieto tries to pass.
Pinkman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto is stalling in the full guard.
Nieto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandre Nieto dominated that round.
That's time! Nieto's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Nieto throws a poor cross that misses
and Nieto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nieto throws a leg kick that misses.
Nieto throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pinkman on the side of the head.
Nieto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pinkman was well out of range. Poor timing from Nieto.
Nieto is looking to clinch.
Pinkman tries to clinch there but Nieto circles away.
Nieto throws a leg kick
and Pinkman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jesse Pinkman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nieto shoots for a double leg takedown but Pinkman sprawls well. He's pushed Nieto's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Pinkman tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pinkman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nieto connects with a solid leg kick.
Pinkman fails to land with a series of punches.
Pinkman stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alexandre Nieto. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nieto scores with a leg kick.
Pinkman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nieto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pinkman can do to turn this around?
Pinkman avoids the head kick by Nieto.
Nieto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pinkman. That did some damage!
Nieto misses with a body shot.
Nieto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nieto tests Pinkman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pinkman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A solid body kick from Nieto.
Nieto works the jab nicely.
Pinkman slips under a jab from Nieto.
Pinkman misses with a wild combination.
Alexandre Nieto is winning the standup battle so far.
Nieto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pinkman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nieto lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto throws a nice head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pinkman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nieto.
Pinkman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nieto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nieto misses with an uppercut. Pinkman saw that one coming.
Nieto throws a sloppy body shot
and Pinkman counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nieto throws an overhand right that lands on Pinkman's shoulder, as Pinkman tries to avoid the shot.
Pinkman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nieto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nieto fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pinkman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nieto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pinkman manages to avoid it.
Pinkman scores with a body shot.
Pinkman bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nieto's head.
Pinkman misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinkman looks to land a combination but Nieto avoids it well.
As Pinkman tries to get set, Nieto tries to push him back and clinch up but Pinkman manages to avoid the attempt.
Nieto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pinkman.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nieto.
Pinkman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nieto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nieto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pinkman throws out a counter right but Nieto avoids it with no problem.
Nieto takes a swing at Pinkman's ribcage but misses.
Nieto wants to slow Pinkman down by chopping away at his legs.
Nieto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pinkman.
Nieto tries a low kick but Pinkman avoids it.
Pinkman throws a one two combo.
Nieto throws a leg kick
and Pinkman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nieto lands a nice hook to Pinkman's body. Pinkman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nieto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pinkman.
Pinkman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nieto.
Jesse Pinkman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nieto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pinkman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pinkman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nieto throws out the jab.
Pinkman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nieto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pinkman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nieto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pinkman.
A head kick misses from Nieto.
A countering left hand to the body from Pinkman misses.
Nieto is looking to wear down Pinkman with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nieto lands a jab to Pinkman's midsection.
Nieto darts in trying to clinch
and Pinkman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nieto lands with a thumping leg kick.
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 Alexandre Nieto will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Pinkman misses with a hook. Nieto ducked under it nicely.
Pinkman takes one on the button.
Nieto with a nice cross.
Nieto throws a sloppy head kick
and Pinkman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A head kick misses from Nieto.
Pinkman throws a series of punches but Nieto avoids them all with ease.
Pinkman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nieto tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pinkman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Nieto.
As Nieto backs off Pinkman throws a huge counter combo but Nieto manages to avoid it all.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nieto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nieto connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nieto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pinkman was well out of range. Poor timing from Nieto.
Pinkman lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Nieto fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nieto.
Pinkman misses with a series of wild punches.
Pinkman has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nieto misses with a low kick.
Nieto lands a high kick!
Nieto keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nieto tries a head kick but it misses.
Pinkman throws a series of punches but Nieto moves out of range.
Nieto tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pinkman manages to circle out of the way.
Nieto is looking to score with low kicks.
Pinkman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pinkman tries to clinch up.
Nieto connects with a body shot.
Nieto moves in looking to clinch but Pinkman pushes him off.
Alexandre Nieto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nieto dodges the punch combination from Pinkman.
Nieto shoots and misses
and Pinkman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nieto slips a jab from Pinkman.
Nieto throws a leg kick which misses Pinkman's front leg but catches the back leg as Pinkman tries to avoid it.
Pinkman takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A low kick from Nieto misses
and Pinkman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pinkman walks into a straight right hand from Nieto.
Nieto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pinkman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nieto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pinkman throws a big shot that misses.
Nieto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nieto misses with an uppercut. Pinkman saw that one coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinkman checks a leg kick.
Nieto loads up on a big right hand but Pinkman slips the punch.
Pinkman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Nieto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nieto is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pinkman.
Nieto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nieto. That's going to slow Pinkman down.
Nieto misses with a low kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pinkman tries to stall but Nieto uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nieto can't find room to land a body shot as Pinkman controls the action.
Nieto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pinkman's efforts to push away.
Nieto has Pinkman pressed against the cage, preventing Pinkman from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Nieto manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nieto throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nieto throws a head kick that half lands.
Pinkman misses with an uppercut. Nieto saw that one coming.
Nieto wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Pinkman avoids the head kick by Nieto.
Nieto tries a low kick but Pinkman avoids it.
Some wild striking there from Pinkman.
Nieto seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Nieto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nieto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pinkman tries to clinch but Nieto moves out of range.
Nieto misses with a leg kick
and Pinkman counters with a two punch combo.
Jesse Pinkman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nieto throws a head kick but Pinkman moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alexandre Nieto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nieto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexandre Nieto!
Our winner, Alexandre Nieto, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Jesse Pinkman was interviewed post fight and said 'Sorry everyone for my performance tonight. '.