PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Raygun (ranked 6145 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Pinto (ranked 3926 p4p, 0 weight class). Raygun comes to the cage accompanied by Dead Prez - Hip Hop. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Raygun
vs
Pinto

175 cm
23
165 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ronald Raygun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luis Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raygun scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pinto in his tracks.
Raygun moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Raygun scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Raygun fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pinto throws a sloppy body shot
and Raygun counters with a good low kick that Pinto was not able to check.
Pinto looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Raygun with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Raygun definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pinto closes the distance looking to clinch
and Raygun counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Raygun connects with a body shot that sends Pinto's belly button to the back.
Pinto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Pinto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raygun gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pinto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Raygun.
A short right from Raygun on the inside.
Raygun works on Pinto's body with a couple of short punches.

Pinto lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Raygun throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Pinto tries to pass to full mount but Raygun defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pinto perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Raygun tries to roll over but Pinto keeps him under control.
Raygun is trying to stand back up but Pinto is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Pinto lands strikes from half guard.
Pinto controlling the pace.
Let's hope that Pinto has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Pinto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Raygun trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Raygun is looking to improve his position but Pinto isn't that keen on the idea.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinto unloading with bombs!
Pinto landing strikes from the mount and Raygun is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raygun is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Raygun is trying to escape the mount.
Pinto with a couple of short strikes.
Pinto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pinto landing punches.
Pinto looking to finish Raygun with some ground and pound. This is bad for Raygun!
Pinto lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Raygun is rocked!
Pinto landing strikes, looking to finish!
Oh Raygun is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pinto content just to control the position here.
Pinto fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Pinto in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Raygun seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto avoids the attempt from Raygun to control.
Pinto working Raygun over with strikes here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinto with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pinto landing strikes from the mount.
Pinto connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oooh a big shot lands for Pinto! Raygun is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Luis Pinto!
Luis Pinto thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Ronald Raygun spoke after the fight, saying 'My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.'.