PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Esteban Enrique (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stu Pidaso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Esteban Enrique has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Esteban Enrique seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Enrique
vs
Pidaso

188 cm
25
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

188 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Likes comics

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Esteban Enrique!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stu Pidaso !
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Enrique avoids the head kick by Pidaso .
Enrique tries to counter with a takedown but Pidaso is quick to defend against it.
Enrique looks to score with a jab to the body but Pidaso is just out of range.
Enrique misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pidaso .
Enrique misses with a two punch combination.
Enrique keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pidaso rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Enrique moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Enrique went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Pidaso bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Enrique shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Enrique wants to pass the guard but Pidaso is defending well.
Enrique prevents Pidaso from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Enrique not doing much here.
Enrique moves nicely into side control.
Pidaso is trying to improve his position.
Enrique lands an elbow.
Enrique is working Pidaso over with some ground and pound from side control.
Pidaso on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Enrique prevents Pidaso from escaping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Enrique working the head and body with strikes.

Enrique tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Enrique trying to control the action but Pidaso is working from the bottom.
Enrique scoring with punches and elbows.
Pidaso manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Enrique winds up and cracks Pidaso with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Enrique seems to be working for a kimura but Pidaso defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Enrique 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.
Pidaso wants to improve his position but Enrique is controlling well.
Pidaso is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Enrique scores with a couple of nice shots.
Enrique is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pidaso is trying to control but can't.
Pidaso is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Enrique lands strikes from half guard.
Enrique scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pidaso is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Enrique 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pidaso trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Enrique is landing with some decent strikes but Pidaso is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

It looks like Stu Pidaso has been cut.
Pidaso throwing hammer fists to the chest of Enrique. What's that going to do exactly?
Pidaso flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Enrique working Pidaso over with strikes here.
Enrique dominating with strikes here.
Pidaso looks winded!
Enrique working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Pidaso is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Enrique avoids the attempt from Pidaso to control.
Pidaso is still in real trouble! Can Enrique finish him?
Enrique lands a nice shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Esteban Enrique dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stu Pidaso 's cut.
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.

Pidaso shoots in looking for a takedown but Enrique manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pidaso 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pidaso seems to have recovered his senses.
Enrique displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pidaso .
Pidaso slips a jab and a cross from Enrique.
Pidaso throws a hook but Enrique avoids it easily.
Enrique looks for a takedown but Pidaso sprawls well.
Pidaso throws a head kick but Enrique moves out of range.
Enrique misses with a two punch combination.
Pidaso throws a series of punches but Enrique moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Enrique misses with a double jab.
Esteban Enrique is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sloppy strikes from Pidaso . Those never looked like landing.
Pidaso looks to throw a body kick

and Enrique counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Pidaso is breathing heavily.
Enrique lands a couple of digs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Enrique pushes down on Pidaso 's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Enrique is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Enrique winds up and cracks Pidaso with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Enrique lands with a punch from half guard.
Pidaso punching from the bottom.
Enrique passes the guard and advances to mount!
Pidaso is in all sorts of trouble here.
Enrique looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Enrique working Pidaso over with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pidaso takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Pidaso is rocked!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Enrique cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pidaso is still in real trouble! Can Enrique finish him?
The referee warns Pidaso that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Enrique tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Enrique lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Enrique is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Enrique lands a heavy elbow.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Enrique! Pidaso is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Esteban Enrique!