PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diogo Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rebaldo Louza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pinto's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Do you really want to hurt me. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pinto
vs
Louza

189 cm
23
197 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

183 cm
25
190 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Good knees
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diogo Pinto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rebaldo Louza!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinto misses with a body kick.
Louza fails to land the takedown.
Louza shoots for a takedown but Pinto saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Louza shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pinto's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Pinto escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Louza gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pinto wants to sweep but no luck.
Louza trying to control the position from guard on top but Pinto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Louza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pinto is keeping the position for now.
Louza wants to control from the top but Pinto keeps moving.
Pinto is pulling down on Louza's head to control his posture.
Louza stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pinto swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Louza is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Rebaldo Louza was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Pinto closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Louza quickly recovers to half guard.
Pinto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Louza looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Pinto pushes past his half guard into mount!
Louza is looking to get to half guard.
Louza tries to hold on but Pinto pushes him away.
Pinto lands a big elbow.
Pinto looking to finish Louza with some ground and pound. This is bad for Louza!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Louza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pinto goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Louza turns into him and now he's in Pinto's guard.
Louza sitting in guard, not really doing much.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pinto is on top in guard.
Louza keeping moving, preventing Pinto from controlling successfully.
Pinto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Louza escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pinto gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto trying to control but Louza is working from the bottom.
Pinto wants to pass the guard but Louza is keeping the position.
Louza looking to control but Pinto passes into half guard.
Pinto passes the guard and advances to mount!
Pinto landing punches.
Pinto lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Louza hang on?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto lands a big shot there that rocks Louza but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Louza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pinto looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pinto working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Louza is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pinto working the ground and pound effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diogo Pinto dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pinto darts in and clinches Louza up against the cage.
Louza tries to pull guard but Pinto holds him up against the cage and eventually Louza drops back down to his feet.
Louza tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Louza is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Pinto to keep the fight standing.
Diogo Pinto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rebaldo Louza.
Pinto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Louza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Louza letting Pinto take a breather here.
Louza wants to take the fight to the mat but Pinto manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Pinto.
Pinto effectively controlling the action here.
Louza managing to block the knees to the body from Pinto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto trying to land knees to the body.
Pinto stops a takedown attempt from Louza.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pinto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Pinto tightens his grip and picks Louza up, before dumping him to the ground. Louza manages to land in guard.

Louza is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pinto is looking to advance position but Louza has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Louza wants to control the pace but Pinto is squirming around nicely.
Louza wants to take Pinto's back but he can't do it this time.

Louza jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Pinto is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Pinto and Louza has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto is trying to improve his position.
Pinto wants to control but Louza postures up.
Louza working the head with strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinto is looking for a sweep.
Pinto struggling a bit here.
Louza content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Louza trying to control the position but Pinto is working away.
Pinto is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Louza's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Pinto trying to control here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto gets full guard.
Pinto is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Pinto keeping full guard, as Louza tries to pass.
Louza must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Pinto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Louza's guard.

Louza escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pinto gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pinto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto passes Louza's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Diogo Pinto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Louza gets back to full guard.
Pinto stands and throws Louza's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Louza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pinto scoring with punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pinto misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Pinto landing a few strikes.
Pinto working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diogo Pinto dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pinto scores with a nice right hand.
Louza closes the distance and clinches up with Pinto, looking for a takedown. Louza pushes Pinto against the cage but Pinto circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Louza closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Pinto quickly recovers to half guard.
Pinto tries to roll over but Louza keeps him under control.
Louza wants to control but Pinto is keeping him busy.
Pinto keeping control of the position.
Pinto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pinto wants to improve his position but Louza is controlling well.
Louza passes the guard and advances to mount!
Pinto is in all sorts of trouble here.
Louza landing shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Louza fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pinto can't escape the position.
Louza looking to finish Pinto with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pinto!
Louza takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pinto is trying to escape the mount.
Louza wants to control the pace but Pinto is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pinto sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Pinto is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Louza's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Louza's back!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A lull in the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto looking to hold on to the position here but Louza rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Pinto is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Louza has his foot on Pinto's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Pinto works his way back into a safe position though.
Pinto trying to control the position from guard on top but Louza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pinto pushes down on Louza's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Pinto has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Pinto lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pinto tries to control but Louza wriggling away.
Louza's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Pinto is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Louza is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pinto lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pinto takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pinto with a couple of short strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinto cracks Louza with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Diogo Pinto is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Louza tries to lock up and control but Pinto gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto controlling from the full mount.
Louza is trying to escape the mount.
Louza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pinto controlling the pace for now.
Rebaldo Louza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Louza is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pinto controlling the position easily from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diogo Pinto showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pinto has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Diogo Pinto!
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight for Diogo Pinto!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Diogo Pinto!

Diogo Pinto wins by unanimous decision!