PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Reckless (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Pintravon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tomas Reckless could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Travis Pintravon's chin.

Reckless
vs
Pintravon

183 cm
22
175 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

178 cm
22
178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tomas Reckless!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Travis Pintravon!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pintravon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pintravon connects with a solid leg kick.
Pintravon misses with an uppercut.
Reckless slips a jab and a cross from Pintravon.
Pintravon looks to land a combination but Reckless avoids it well.
Pintravon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reckless was well out of range. Poor timing from Pintravon.
Pintravon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pintravon tries to close the distance and clinch but Reckless swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pintravon works over Reckless's head and body with a nice combination.
Reckless gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pintravon thumps Reckless with a low kick.
Travis Pintravon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pintravon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Reckless shoots for a takedown but Pintravon saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Reckless slips under a jab from Pintravon.
Reckless takes a kick to the side of the head.
Pintravon throws a series of punches but Reckless avoids them all with ease.
Pintravon lands a jab-cross combination.
Pintravon stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pintravon wants it to stay on the feet.
Pintravon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Reckless tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pintravon throws a head kick that half lands.
Pintravon fails to land with a series of punches.
Pintravon throws a sloppy head kick and Reckless moves out of range easily.
Pintravon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pintravon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Reckless backs up against the cage.
Pintravon lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Reckless gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pintravon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Reckless is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pintravon throws a sloppy head kick and Reckless moves out of range easily.
Reckless has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomas Reckless. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pintravon swinging wildly here.
Reckless moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pintravon is working the combinations to good effect here.
Pintravon's corner calls for a 1-2. Pintravon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pintravon.
Jab from Pintravon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pintravon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reckless paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reckless takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pintravon scores with a nice body kick.
Travis Pintravon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pintravon goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pintravon misses with a head kick.
Pintravon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reckless's sensitive parts.
Pintravon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pintravon throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pintravon lands a head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Pintravon dominated that round.
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.

Pintravon scores with a head kick.
No joy there for Pintravon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pintravon getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Reckless steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pintravon. That one must have hurt.
Pintravon bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Pintravon looks to land a combination. Reckless sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pintravon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A nice combination there by Pintravon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pintravon tries to bum rush Reckless with a series of wild strikes but Reckless uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pintravon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pintravon lands with a kick to the temple. Reckless shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Pintravon cracks Reckless with a good jab.
Pintravon's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pintravon duly obliges.
Reckless takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Pintravon goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pintravon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pintravon lands a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pintravon throws a head kick that half lands.
Reckless avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pintravon jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pintravon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pintravon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Reckless.
Pintravon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pintravon.
Pintravon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pintravon's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pintravon duly obliges.
Pintravon lands a jab-cross combination.
Pintravon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Reckless backs up against the cage.
Pintravon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Reckless backs up against the cage.
Pintravon's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Pintravon duly obliges.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Reckless might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Pintravon throws a series of punches but Reckless avoids them all with ease.
Pintravon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pintravon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pintravon scores with a decent looking hook.
Some wild striking there from Pintravon.
Reckless looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pintravon misses with a double jab.
Pintravon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pintravon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reckless circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pintravon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Reckless swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pintravon scores with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Travis Pintravon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Pintravon throws a head kick that half lands.
Reckless misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Danga de danga de dang - Pintravon scores with a four punch combination!
Pintravon swinging wildly here.
Pintravon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Reckless.
Pintravon misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reckless on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pintravon scores with a head kick.
A combination from Pintravon does no damage.
A combination from Pintravon does no damage.
A head kick from Pintravon lands but Reckless takes it in his stride.
Pintravon thuds his right hand into Reckless's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pintravon connects with a body shot.
Reckless takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pintravon!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pintravon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pintravon misses with the combination.
Pintravon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Reckless circles away quickly and effectively.
Reckless moves forwards but Pintravon connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Pintravon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Pintravon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reckless has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Reckless there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pintravon lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Travis Pintravon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pintravon misses with a series of wild punches.
Travis Pintravon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pintravon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pintravon misses with a few strikes there.
Reckless takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pintravon throws a series of punches but Reckless avoids them all with ease.
Pintravon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Reckless.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pintravon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pintravon.
Pintravon lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Nice uppercut lands for Pintravon. That snapped Reckless's head back.
Pintravon scores with the left hand. Reckless knows he should have avoided that one.
Tomas Reckless has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pintravon throws a nice head kick!
Pintravon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Reckless backs up against the cage.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pintravon. Reckless shrugs it off though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Pintravon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pintravon has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 25:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 25:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Pintravon!