PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cotton Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Javier Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pinto has chosen Three 6 Mafia featuring Akon & Jim Jones - That's Right as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Hill
vs
Pinto

173 cm
22
164 lbs
8 - 3 - 1

172 cm
22
166 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing™
Fight Club Clothing™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cotton Hill!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Javier Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pinto paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Hill has closed the distance and engaged Pinto in a clinch.
Pinto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hill blocks an elbow strike.
Pinto tries to land a knee to the head but Hill blocks with his arms.
Hill tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pinto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hill has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pinto throws an elbow but it misses.
Pinto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pinto has Hill pressed against the cage.
Hill blocks an elbow strike.
Pinto trying to stall but Hill improves his position.
Hill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hill lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hill - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pinto throws a head punch that misses.
Hill tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hill tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hill with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hill looking to stall.
Pinto has a couple of punches blocked by Hill.
Hill takes an elbow to the temple.
Pinto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pinto misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pinto.
Hill unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hill wants a takedown.
Pinto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hill's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pinto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hill lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pinto backwards.
Pinto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hill blocks an elbow strike from Pinto.
Pinto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hill misses with a knee strike.
Hill avoids the elbow strike from Pinto, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Hill.
Pinto misses with an elbow over the top.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Hill.
Pinto misses with an elbow strike.
Pinto blocks an uppercut.
Hill tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pinto smiles and moves away.
Pinto throws the kick towards the body but Hill avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hill checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto moves out of range as Hill strikes.
Hill avoids the body shot from Pinto.
Pinto scoring well with a low kick there.
Pinto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pinto throws a body kick that misses.
Hill throws a right hand that Pinto ducks under and follows up with a left that Pinto also avoids with ease.
Javier Pinto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Hill has closed the distance and engaged Pinto in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Pinto.

It looks like Cotton Hill has been cut.
Hill just leaning against Pinto, taking a breather.
Hill tries to pull guard but Pinto won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cotton Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pinto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hill avoids the elbow strike from Pinto, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Hill.

It looks like Javier Pinto has been cut.
Pinto lands a damaging elbow.
Pinto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pinto throws an elbow but misses.
Hill tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pinto pushes off an throws an elbow but Hill leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Hill has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Pinto is trying to keep an underhook but Hill manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Pinto moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Pinto trying to keep a closed guard but Hill is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pinto is looking for a triangle but Hill pushes his legs off easily.

Pinto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hill is aware though and is defending well.
Pinto looks gassed!

Hill drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hill jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hill throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Pinto had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hill defends it easily.

Pinto looking for subs off his back but Hill has passed one foot through into half guard.
Pinto has a hand on Hill's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Hill takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pinto sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Pinto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Pinto looking for submissions off his back.

Hill wants to work for an arm triangle but Pinto is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Pinto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Hill is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Pinto defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cotton Hill will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Pinto circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hill throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hill tries to clinch but Pinto moves away
and Pinto counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hill's knee momentarily.
Pinto throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hill.
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 Hill has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hill and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Pinto closes the distance and pushes Hill back into the cage.
Hill misses with an elbow strike.
Pinto throws an elbow but it misses.
Hill drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pinto pulls his leg out and moves away.
Pinto misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hill shoots in for a takedown but Pinto shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Hill blocks the leg kick.
Hill shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pinto as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cotton Hill. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto drops his hands momentarily and Hill takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pinto throws a leg kick that misses.
Hill closes the distance but Pinto moves to the side
and Pinto counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pinto swats away the attempt to clinch by Hill.
Pinto slaps away a takedown attempt from Hill, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Hill clinches up against the cage.
Pinto pushes off an throws an elbow but Hill leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hill missing with knees to the body.
Hill misses with a knee to the head.
Pinto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hill's defenses.
Pinto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pinto throws an elbow but it misses.
Pinto blocking some punches.
Hill is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hill using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pinto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto stalls.
Pinto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pinto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hill's brow.
Pinto with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pinto.
Pinto prevents a takedown attempt there.
Pinto misses with an elbow strike.
Pinto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hill blocks it with crossed arms.
Pinto pushes off an throws an elbow but Hill leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Hill pulls guard successfully.
Pinto advances to half guard.
Hill is not content to let Pinto control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pinto trying to pass the guard but Hill defending well.
Hill is looking to control Pinto's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hill avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto wants to take a breather but Hill is having none of it.
Hill wants to control but Pinto is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Hill looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pinto blocks a jab.
Pinto throws a shot to the body.
Pinto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Hill clinches.
Pinto will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hill up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Pinto.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pinto gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pinto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pinto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hill looking to stall.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pinto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pinto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pinto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pinto lands an elbow inside that Hill shrugs off.
Pinto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pinto avoiding damage.
Hill blocks an elbow strike.
Pinto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hill's defenses.
Hill dodges an elbow strike from Pinto.
Stalling in the clinch from Hill.
Pinto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hill takes an elbow to the temple.
Pinto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pinto throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Pinto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hill shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pinto sprawls well. Pinto wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hill gets slowly back to his feet.

Pinto closes the distance and pushes Hill back into the cage.
Hill tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hill tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pinto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hill blocks it with crossed arms.
Pinto throws an elbow but it misses.
Pinto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pinto tries to land a knee to the head but Hill blocks with his arms.
Pinto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pinto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Hill gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Pinto regains guard.

Pinto looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Pinto looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Hill got a little sloppy there for a moment and Pinto has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hill has managed to get both his arms back between Pinto's legs - danger averted.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hill advances position into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto tries to improve position but can't.

Hill thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Pinto is trying to get back to half guard.
Pinto manages to get back to half guard.
Hill lands strikes from half guard.
Hill prevents Pinto from improving his position.

Hill seems to be looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill wants to stand up but Pinto has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Pinto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pinto is trying to control but can't.
Pinto is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Pinto actively working from the bottom here.

Pinto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hill connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pinto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pinto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hill checks a leg kick.
Javier Pinto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Hill.
Pinto does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hill fails with an attempt to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hill.
Hill on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pinto. Pinto obviously looking to wear him down.
Pinto looks for the body kick but Hill saw that one coming.

Hill is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Pinto's half guard.
Pinto tries to roll over but Hill keeps him under control.

Pinto actively working from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto tries to get to full guard but Hill has control of the leg.

Pinto looking for subs from the bottom but Hill mounts him!
Pinto is trying to escape the mount.

Hill with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Pinto gets back to half guard.
Hill is trying to control the action in half guard but Pinto is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Pinto looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cotton Hill clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Hill wants to clinch but Pinto slips to the side
and Pinto counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Hill is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Hill moves into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pinto throws an elbow but misses.

Hill manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Pinto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hill swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hill not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Pinto tries to free his leg and advance position but Hill is retaining full guard.

Hill is looking for a triangle but Pinto pushes his legs off easily.
Pinto wants to control from the top but Hill keeps moving.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pinto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hill is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto trying to control the position from guard on top but Hill is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pinto preventing the sweep.
Pinto trying to control but Hill is working from the bottom.
Pinto looking to pass the guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hill fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hill is looking to clinch.

Hill is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Pinto's half guard.
Hill lands with a punch from half guard.

Pinto has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Hill escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Hill!
Pinto is looking for a sweep.
Pinto wants to control but Hill postures up.
Hill is working Pinto over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hill is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Pinto will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Pinto is not content to let Hill control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto tries to improve position but can't.
Pinto is not content to let Hill control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Hill feints and as Pinto raises his hands in defense, Hill changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hill wants to control from the top but Pinto keeps moving.
Hill controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Pinto is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hill defends well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Pinto is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Pinto throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Hill escapes and throws Pinto's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Pinto tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hill wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cotton Hill had his way with Javier Pinto in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Pinto.
Hill shoots in for a takedown but Pinto shows good takedown defense.
Pinto dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hill. That did some damage!
Pinto fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hill.
Hill wants to clinch.
Pinto misses with a kick to the body.
Pinto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hill was well out of range. Poor timing from Pinto.
Hill will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A head kick misses from Pinto.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinto looks for the body kick but Hill saw that one coming.
Pinto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Pinto lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hill will feel that in the morning.
Pinto throws a sloppy head kick

and Hill counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pinto tries to roll over but Hill keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hill lands a nice short elbow.
Pinto is not content to let Hill control the position.
Hill is controlling the pace.

Hill is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Pinto doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hill.
Hill is thwarting Pinto's attempts to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Pinto gets full guard.

Pinto working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Hill has passed into half guard!

Hill is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pinto sees it coming and defends easily.

Pinto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hill winds up and cracks Pinto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Hill wants to work for an arm triangle but Pinto is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Pinto is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hill pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pinto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pinto wants to get back to full guard.

Hill is trying to work for a kimura but Pinto is defending well.

Pinto actively working from the bottom here.
Pinto regains full guard. Nicely done.

Pinto working for a triangle but Hill defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Hill avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cotton Hill is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Pinto escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hill gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Javier Pinto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hill wants to control from the top but Pinto keeps moving.

Pinto has his foot on Hill's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hill works his way back into a safe position though.
Hill trying to control but Pinto is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Pinto throws a head kick but Hill moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cotton Hill showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hill has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 49:46
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 49:46
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cotton Hill!
Cotton Hill retains his lightweight title!