PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominick De Struicao (ranked 2697 p4p, 331 weight class) and Arthur Pinto (ranked 2518 p4p, 313 weight class). De Struicao comes to the cage accompanied by Walk With Me In Hell. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

De Struicao
vs
Pinto

196 cm
33
189 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

175 cm
32
170 lbs
26 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Mockstar Energy Drinks 160Q
RAGS of a RONIN

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 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dominick De Struicao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arthur Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pinto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but De Struicao was well out of range. Poor timing from Pinto.
Pinto connects with the punch.
Pinto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Struicao moves away.
Pinto throws a jab but it's blocked by De Struicao.
De Struicao scores with a leg kick.
Pinto with a nice cross.
Pinto is looking to score with low kicks.
De Struicao loads up on a big right hand but Pinto slips the punch.
De Struicao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
De Struicao throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pinto throws a hook but De Struicao blocks it.
De Struicao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pinto.
Jab from Pinto.
Pinto stuns De Struicao with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
De Struicao drops his hands momentarily and Pinto takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Struicao tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pinto is able to avoid easily.
Pinto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Pinto clinches up against the cage.
Pinto misses with some punches.
Pinto lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.

De Struicao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pinto feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to De Struicao's calf.
Pinto misses with a looping left.
De Struicao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pinto.
De Struicao takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pinto scores with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Struicao. That's going to slow Pinto down.
De Struicao looks to land a left hand but Pinto moved out of range nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pinto lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and De Struicao has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from De Struicao and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De Struicao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pinto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Struicao drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
De Struicao takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pinto throws a hook to the side of De Struicao's head but De Struicao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A quick step to the side and De Struicao tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pinto connects with a leg kick. De Struicao looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Arthur Pinto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pinto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Struicao manages to avoid it.
As Pinto looks to move away, De Struicao throws a big counter combo but Pinto just gets out of the way.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pinto moves into the clinch successfully.
Pinto stalling in the clinch but De Struicao improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pinto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Struicao's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Pinto.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by De Struicao.
Pinto lands an uppercut.
Pinto misses with a punch to the body.
I was talking to De Struicao's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pinto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pinto lands a shoulder strike.
De Struicao throws a head punch that misses.
Pinto cracks De Struicao with a nice body shot.
Pinto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pinto is working De Struicao over against the cage.
De Struicao is breathing heavily.
Pinto pushes De Struicao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pinto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Struicao misses with a body punch.
De Struicao blocking some punches.
De Struicao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pinto's elbow.
De Struicao has a couple of punches blocked by Pinto.
De Struicao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pinto cracks De Struicao with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto lands a body punch.
Pinto can't find room to land a body shot as De Struicao controls the action.
De Struicao lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pinto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Pinto.
De Struicao tries to break the clinch but Pinto is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Struicao.
Pinto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pinto can't find room to land a body shot as De Struicao controls the action.
Pinto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Struicao backwards.
Pinto scores with a shoulder strike.
De Struicao misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from De Struicao fails to land.
Pinto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pinto struggles to land a body shot inside as De Struicao controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Pinto.
A head punch on the inside from De Struicao fails to land.
Pinto digs a right hand into De Struicao's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Struicao's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Struicao blocking some punches.
De Struicao misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto lands a body punch in the clinch.
De Struicao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Struicao blocks a body shot from Pinto.
Nice body punch from Pinto.
Pinto gets through De Struicao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Pinto.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pinto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pinto misses with a punch to the body.
Pinto lands with a right to the head.
Pinto taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pinto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Struicao being controlled against the cage.
Nice body punch from Pinto.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Struicao misses with a punch to the body.
Pinto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pinto.
Pinto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Struicao or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Pinto dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pinto lands with an uppercut that bounces De Struicao off the cage and back into range.
A left lands for Pinto.

De Struicao is rocked!
De Struicao attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Oh De Struicao is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
and Pinto counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts De Struicao! He's just covering up as Pinto starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arthur Pinto!
Arthur Pinto spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.