PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Timothy Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drew Pinksy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Timothy Bourque has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Bourque
vs
Pinksy

225 cm
34
270 lbs
33 - 13 - 0

213 cm
29
285 lbs
32 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q
Steel Terror-Trition: Video Proven 160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Timothy Bourque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drew Pinksy!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bourque slips under a jab from Pinksy.
Bourque really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Pinksy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Bourque has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bourque misses with a jab to the body
and Pinksy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Timothy Bourque has been cut.
Pinksy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bourque fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pinksy lands a lovely overhand right.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bourque crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pinksy - the referee stops the clock and Bourque gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pinksy. Bourque manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pinksy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decent striking displayed by Bourque there.
Bourque throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bourque ducks under a wild hook from Pinksy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque throws a hook but Pinksy blocks it.
Bourque moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pinksy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bourque.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pinksy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pinksy, as that shot connected.
Pinksy swings widly with a right hand
and Bourque counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bourque uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pinksy.
Bourque misses with a hook
and Pinksy counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bourque shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pinksy eats them both and turns towards Bourque to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Bourque catches Pinksy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pinksy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bourque closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pinksy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pinksy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pinksy throws a shot from downtown. Bourque moves away and avoids it.
Pinksy tries to bum rush Bourque with a series of wild strikes but Bourque uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinksy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pinksy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bourque sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bourque checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pinksy lands a high kick!
Bourque takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Timothy Bourque's cut is getting worse.
Bourque misses with a double jab.
Bourque is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Bourque misses with an uppercut
and Pinksy counters with a flying knee that drops Bourque! Pinksy dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drew Pinksy!
After winning the bout, Drew Pinksy thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.