PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esko Tikkanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tikkanen has chosen Nyrkillä naamaan - Ei kannattais ees yrittää! as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pinto
vs
Tikkanen

175 cm
21
170 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

182 cm
23
184 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Worldwide Nutrition (160q)

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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arthur Pinto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Esko Tikkanen!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pinto drives through and clinches with Tikkanen against the cage.
Tikkanen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pinto is defending well for now.
A short right from Pinto.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pinto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Pinto.
A nice left hand lands by Pinto.
Pinto misses with the head strike.
Tikkanen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pinto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tikkanen backwards.
Tikkanen lands a hook that snaps the head of Pinto backwards.
Tikkanen misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pinto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tikkanen backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pinto.
Pinto misses with some punches.
A short right from Pinto on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinto.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pinto.
A short left from Pinto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pinto is stalling here.
A short right from Pinto.
Tikkanen misses with a punch on the inside.
Tikkanen tries to land knees in the clinch but Pinto avoids the damage to the body.
Pinto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tikkanen backwards.
Pinto avoiding damage.
Pinto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tikkanen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pinto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pinto lands a hook that snaps the head of Tikkanen backwards.
Tikkanen misses with an elbow strike.
Pinto lands with a short shot to the head.
Tikkanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto blocks a body shot from Tikkanen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tikkanen.
Pinto lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Pinto.
Pinto blocks an uppercut.
Pinto avoiding damage.
Tikkanen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pinto's face.
Tikkanen tries a knee to the head but Pinto blocks it.
Tikkanen misses with a punch on the inside.
Pinto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tikkanen blocks a body shot from Pinto.
Tikkanen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pinto misses with a body punch.
Pinto slows down the pace here.
Pinto swings wildly with an uppercut but Tikkanen uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pinto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tikkanen swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pinto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tikkanen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pinto is keeping busy.
The referee calls for Pinto to work.
Pinto taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Pinto.
Tikkanen trying to control the position but instead, Pinto has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tikkanen into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto lands with a light punch inside.
Tikkanen misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
Tikkanen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tikkanen pushes Pinto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tikkanen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pinto.
Pinto lands an uppercut.
Tikkanen blocking some punches.
Pinto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinto lands a hook that snaps the head of Tikkanen backwards.
Tikkanen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tikkanen is trying to maintain a safe position but Pinto gets an underhook and turns Tikkanen into the cage.
Pinto has a couple of punches blocked by Tikkanen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pinto, as that shot connected.
A shot to the body from Tikkanen misses
and Pinto counters with a left to the body.
Arthur Pinto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tikkanen moves out of range as Pinto strikes.
Pinto moves out of range as Tikkanen throws a body kick.
Pinto swings for the body but Tikkanen moves out of range.
Pinto misses with a body shot.
Tikkanen tries a head kick but it misses.
Pinto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tikkanen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pinto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pinto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tikkanen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pinto misses with a straight left.
Pinto has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tikkanen finds it's way round the side to connect with Pinto's head.
Pinto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pinto moves into range and connects with a jab.

Tikkanen is rocked!
Tikkanen lands with a slapping head kick.
Tikkanen is still on wobbly legs! Can Pinto finish him?
Tikkanen avoids the body shot from Pinto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tikkanen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tikkanen seems to have recovered his senses.
Pinto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pinto.
Tikkanen throws a good cross that connects.
Pinto with a nice cross.
Pinto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pinto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tikkanen manages to avoid it.
Tikkanen staying out of range there.
Pinto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tikkanen.
Pinto comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pinto throws a shot to the body.
Pinto checks a leg kick nicely.
Pinto tests Tikkanen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tikkanen throws a chopping leg kick but Pinto manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tikkanen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pinto thuds a left hand into Tikkanen's body.

Pinto moves into range and clinches up with Tikkanen.
Tikkanen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pinto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pinto misses with the head strike.
Pinto lands a left hand.
Pinto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tikkanens head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pinto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tikkanen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pinto blocks an elbow strike from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pinto blocks it with crossed arms.
Tikkanen working aggressively here.
Arthur Pinto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tikkanen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pinto backwards.
Tikkanen landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto blocking some punches.
Pinto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tikkanen tries to land a knee to the head but Pinto blocks with his arms.
Pinto on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pinto is leaning against Tikkanen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pinto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tikkanen backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tikkanen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
Pinto lands with a light punch inside.
Pinto tries a body shot but Tikkanen blocks it.
Pinto managing to block the knees to the body from Tikkanen.
Tikkanen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tikkanen trying to land knees to the body.
Tikkanen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pinto scores with a shot to the side of Tikkanen's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tikkanen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tikkanen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tikkanen struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinto controls his hands.
Tikkanen pushes off an throws an elbow but Pinto leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pinto scores with a shot to the side of Tikkanen's head.
Pinto stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pinto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pinto lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Pinto.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tikkanen or not.
Pinto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tikkanen backwards.
Tikkanen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur 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.

Nice defenses there by Tikkanen.
Pinto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tikkanen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tikkanen.
A low kick from Tikkanen misses
enabling Pinto to counter with a crisp jab.
Tikkanen on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pinto throws an off balance right hand
and Tikkanen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A low kick from Tikkanen misses
and Pinto counters with a crisp right that sends Tikkanen to the canvas! Pinto follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arthur Pinto!
A very excited looking Arthur Pinto rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.