PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steven de Pina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Professor Giggles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Professor Giggles has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

de Pina
vs
Giggles

175 cm
25
152 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
155 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steven de Pina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Professor Giggles!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Pina pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Giggles misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Giggles shoots in but de Pina avoids the takedown attempt easily.
de Pina throws an overhand right that lands on Giggles's shoulder, as Giggles tries to avoid the shot.
Giggles moves to clinch but de Pina breaks away
and de Pina counters with a stiff right hand.

Giggles fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with de Pina, pushing him back against the cage.
de Pina has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Giggles is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short right from de Pina.
Giggles is working for takedown but de Pina is calmly controlling the position for now.
Giggles leaning his opponent against the cage.
Giggles jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as de Pina walks away with a smile on his face. Giggles gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Steven de Pina has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Professor Giggles.
A solid leg kick lands there for de Pina.
Giggles closes this distance looking for a takedown but de Pina circles away.
de Pina takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Giggles connects with an inside leg kick.
de Pina fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Giggles ducks right into an uppercut from de Pina.
Giggles fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Pina throws a jab but it's blocked by Giggles.
Giggles tries to score a power double leg takedown but de Pina sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Giggles somewhat.
Giggles dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Giggles avoids the head kick by de Pina.
Giggles takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
de Pina wants to land a leg kick but Giggles is out of range.
de Pina displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Giggles.
de Pina moves out of range of the body kick from Giggles.
Giggles fails with the takedown.
de Pina lunges at Giggles with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Giggles's hand.
Giggles looks gassed!
Giggles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
de Pina will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A shot to the body from Giggles misses
and de Pina counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by de Pina!
de Pina jabs Giggles right on the nose. Giggles blinks but takes it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Pina throws a sloppy head kick and Giggles moves out of range easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
de Pina scores with a nice strike.
Giggles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab by de Pina.
Giggles tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but de Pina swivels and escapes.
Giggles avoids the head kick by de Pina.
Giggles fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
de Pina cracks Giggles with a good jab.
de Pina scores with a hook to the body. Giggles takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
de Pina throws a nice outside leg kick.
de Pina throws a head kick but Giggles moves out of range.
Steven de Pina is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Giggles takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Giggles checks a leg kick nicely.
Giggles drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Giggles is trying desperately to land a takedown but de Pina is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Giggles.
de Pina lands a nice looking body shot.
Donk. de Pina catches Giggles right on the button with a cross.
de Pina lands with a nice body punch.
Danga de danga de dang - de Pina scores with a four punch combination!
de Pina connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Pina lands a jab-cross combination.
de Pina goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Giggles on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
de Pina lands a leg kick that knocks Giggles off balance momentarily.
de Pina bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Giggles's head backwards.
A jab lands there for de Pina.
de Pina lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
de Pina looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Giggles throws a right hand that misses
and de Pina counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Giggles takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Giggles throws a head kick that misses.
A nice combination there by de Pina.
Giggles has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
de Pina connects with a body shot.
de Pina throws a body kick that misses.
de Pina pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Giggles moves forwards but de Pina connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Giggles needs to keep his hands up - de Pina had a free shot at his head there.
de Pina misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giggles throws a poor cross that misses
and de Pina counters with an inside leg kick.
de Pina with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Giggles checks a leg kick nicely.
Giggles throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by de Pina.
Giggles moves to clinch but de Pina breaks away
and Giggles takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Giggles throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and de Pina counters with a lovely straight right hand!
de Pina is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Giggles swings away with a body shot that misses
and de Pina counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice sprawl there from de Pina as Giggles shoots in.
de Pina jabs Giggles to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Giggles takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
de Pina tries a low kick but Giggles avoids it.
Giggles takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Giggles tries to clinch up
and de Pina cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good exchange - de Pina coming out on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

de Pina lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Giggles misses with a head kick.
Giggles tries to clinch
and de Pina counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Giggles tries to clinch but de Pina moves away
letting de Pina counter with a right hand.
de Pina throws a sloppy head kick and Giggles moves out of range easily.
Giggles tries to clinch
and de Pina counters with a lovely straight right hand!
de Pina thows a body shot but no joy.
Giggles shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
de Pina lands a two punch combo.
de Pina is looking to slow Giggles down with leg kicks.
Giggles's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Giggles tries to clinch up
and de Pina counters with a right hand to the body.
Giggles moves to clinch but de Pina breaks away
and de Pina cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from de Pina 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 Giggles has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Giggles and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
de Pina throws a leg kick which misses Giggles's front leg but catches the back leg as Giggles tries to avoid it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de Pina circles away from the clinch attempt
and de Pina counters with a left and a right that stings Giggles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Pina shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Giggles eats them both and turns towards de Pina to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Giggles throws a quick head kick that skims the top of de Pina's head.
de Pina lands an overhand right.
Nice jab there from de Pina.
de Pina thows a leg kick but Giggles checks it
and Giggles counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. de Pina is lucky that one didn't land flush.
de Pina ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
de Pina fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Giggles looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd cheers as de Pina lands an impressive looking overhand right. Giggles doesn't seem phased though.
Giggles tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
de Pina scores with a jab to the body.
Professor Giggles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
de Pina bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
de Pina bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Giggles's head backwards.
Decent striking displayed by de Pina there.
de Pina fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
de Pina is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Giggles can do to turn this around?
de Pina lunges at Giggles with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Giggles's hand.
de Pina cracks Giggles with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Pina tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Giggles is able to avoid easily.
Giggles tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but de Pina swivels and escapes.
de Pina scores with a leg kick.
Nice body punch from de Pina.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Giggles avoids the head kick by de Pina.
de Pina lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Giggles tries to clinch
and de Pina makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Giggles walks into a left hand.
de Pina tests Giggles's chin there with a solid looking shot.
de Pina throws a nice outside leg kick.
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!
de Pina fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
de Pina swings widly with a right hand
and Giggles counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. de Pina is lucky that one didn't land flush.
de Pina dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Giggles. That did some damage!
Giggles tries to close the distance and clinch but de Pina swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
de Pina misses with the body kick
and Giggles counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Giggles lands a high kick!
de Pina connects with a body shot that sends Giggles's belly button to the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giggles misses with a head kick.
A punch lands to the side of Giggles 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A left lands for de Pina.
Giggles tries a head kick but it misses.
Giggles blocks a head kick by de Pina.
de Pina lands with an uppercut that bounces Giggles off the cage and back into rage.
Nice shot by de Pina.
Giggles wants to clinch
and de Pina counters with a left to the body.
Giggles closes the distance but de Pina moves to the side
and de Pina counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Giggles scores with a nice body kick.
Steven de Pina is winning the standup battle so far.
de Pina misses with a combination

and Giggles counters with a single leg into guard. de Pina didn't expect that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Giggles won't allow de Pina to sweep him here.
Giggles pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. de Pina is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giggles is looking to stand up but de Pina won't let him.
Giggles trying to control the position from guard on top but de Pina is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
de Pina knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Giggles on the ground.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
de Pina is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steven de Pina dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Giggles tries to clinch but de Pina is having none of it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Giggles.
de Pina throws a leg kick
and Giggles counters with a nice uppercut.
de Pina lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
de Pina cracks Giggles with a good jab.
de Pina cracks Giggles with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
de Pina looks to land a right hand but Giggles moved out of range.
Giggles shoots in and drives through. de Pina sprawls well.
de Pina lands the left hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by de Pina.
Giggles tries to clinch but de Pina moves away
and de Pina connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Giggles wants to clinch but de Pina slips to the side
and de Pina counters with a nice body shot.
de Pina punishes Giggles's body with a nice straight punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Giggles.
de Pina slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Giggles takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
de Pina fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Pina keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giggles tries to clinch but de Pina moves away
and de Pina counters with a nice uppercut.
de Pina wants to land a leg kick but Giggles is out of range.
de Pina scores with a jab.
Giggles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Giggles shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. de Pina defends it nicely.
Steven de Pina has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Professor Giggles.
Giggles with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling de Pina to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice jab there from de Pina.
de Pina listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That kick from de Pina tenderised Giggles's leg. Giggles is trying to keep his angry face on.
A head kick misses from de Pina.
Giggles is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
de Pina lands a jab to the head.
de Pina stuffs the takedown attempt from Giggles. Giggles gets slowly back to his feet.
de Pina lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Giggles backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Pina feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Giggles's calf.
de Pina darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Giggles blocks a leg kick.
Giggles fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
de Pina with a hook.
de Pina scores with a hook.
de Pina smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
de Pina misses with an uppercut. Giggles saw that one coming.
de Pina throws a shot from downtown. Giggles moves away and avoids it.
Giggles checks the leg kick nicely there.
Giggles scoring well with a low kick there.
Giggles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Giggles connects with a body shot.
Giggles gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and de Pina counters with a three punch combo that has Giggles backing up. Giggles nods at de Pina to acknowledge the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Pina throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Giggles.
Giggles walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Giggles shoots in for a takedown but de Pina shows good takedown defense.
Giggles walks into a left hand.
de Pina misses with a low kick.
Giggles blocks a head kick by de Pina.
Giggles scores with a push kick.
de Pina walks forward, straight into a front kick from Giggles.
Giggles connects with a high kick.
de Pina throws a leg kick but Giggles sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Giggles plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
de Pina throws a nice looking combination but Giggles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Giggles is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down de Pina rather than just go for the knockout.
Giggles tries to clinch up but de Pina circles away and keeps his distance.
de Pina lands with a cross.
An inside leg kick lands from Giggles.
Jab by de Pina.
Giggles tries to clinch but de Pina moves out of range.
Giggles on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giggles tries to close the distance and clinch but de Pina swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Giggles takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
de Pina circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling de Pina to counter with a crisp jab.
Giggles closes the distance looking to clinch
and de Pina counters with a straight right hand.
de Pina throws a nice outside leg kick.
Giggles tries for a takedown but de Pina circles away easily
and de Pina counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Professor Giggles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
de Pina connects with a right hand. Giggles shakes it off.
de Pina scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
de Pina with a hook.
Giggles needs to keep his hands up - de Pina had a free shot at his head there.
Steven de Pina is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
de Pina scores with a jab to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Giggles.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steven de Pina showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for de Pina, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steven de Pina!