PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Mongrel (ranked 108 p4p, 1150 weight class) and Breno Pinheiro (ranked 17 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mongrel
vs
Pinheiro

191 cm
20
200
12 - 3 - 0

180 cm
27
201
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Mongrel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Breno Pinheiro!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mongrel throws a hook but Pinheiro blocks it.
Mongrel looks to score with a jab to the body but Pinheiro is just out of range.
Mongrel throws a looping overhand right but Pinheiro ducks down to avoid it.
Mongrel misses the shot to the body.
Mongrel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pinheiro misses with a wild body shot.
Mongrel lands with a nice body punch.
Pinheiro lands a jab to the head.
Pinheiro avoids the body shot from Mongrel.
Pinheiro's coach down at was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Pinheiro's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Pinheiro missing with a left hand there. Mongrel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mongrel appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Mongrel misses the shot to the body.

Pinheiro has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pinheiro can't find room to land a body shot as Mongrel controls the action.
Mongrel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pinheiro misses with a punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pinheiro takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mongrel misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinheiro lands a shot to the body.
Mongrel blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mongrel.
Still in the clinch, Mongrel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pinheiro has a couple of punches blocked by Mongrel.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mongrel.
A bit of stalling here from Pinheiro.
Mongrel lands a left hand.
Pinheiro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pinheiro lands a nice uppercut.
Pinheiro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinheiro.
Mongrel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mongrel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Mongrel.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinheiro.
Pinheiro looking to slow down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mongrel scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mongrel.
Mongrel scores with a shot to the side of Pinheiro's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinheiro tries a body shot but Mongrel blocks it.
Mongrel is working Pinheiro over against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinheiro.
Pinheiro blocking some punches.
Pinheiro taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mongrel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pinheiro tries to work over Mongrel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right hook to the body lands for Mongrel.
A head punch on the inside from Pinheiro fails to land.
Mongrel lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mongrel gets through Pinheiro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mongrel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pinheiro stalling against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinheiro has a couple of punches blocked by Mongrel.
Pinheiro lands with a short shot to the head.
Mongrel misses with some punches.
Pinheiro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Mongrel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mongrel works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mongrel is looking to wear down Pinheiro with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mongrel misses with a hook.
John Mongrel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pinheiro staying out of range there.
Pinheiro misses with a straight left.
Mongrel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pinheiro looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pinheiro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mongrel throws a shot to the body.
Pinheiro misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mongrel connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mongrel swats away the attempt to clinch by Pinheiro.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pinheiro.
Pinheiro takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Pinheiro is rocked!
Pinheiro tries to close the distance and clinch but Mongrel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pinheiro is still on wobbly legs! Can Mongrel finish him?
Mongrel is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Pinheiro flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Pinheiro is out cold! Mongrel holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Mongrel!
John Mongrel seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.