PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jax Teller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Teller
vs
Pinto

183 cm
38
183 lbs
38 - 20 - 0

175 cm
25
170 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 38 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jax Teller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arthur Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Teller jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pinto throws a hook but Teller blocks it.
Pinto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Teller throws a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Pinto misses the target.
Teller ducks under a wild hook from Pinto.
Teller misses with a looping right.
Pinto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pinto scores with a jab to the body.
Teller defending well as Pinto loads up on a big left hand.
Teller is looking to counter punch.
Pinto looks to throw the jab but Teller is out of range.
It looked like Teller wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Teller bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teller throws out a loose jab but Pinto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Donk. Pinto catches Teller right on the button with a cross.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pinto darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Teller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pinto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinto misses with a left hand
and Teller counters with an outside leg kick.
Teller slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto scores with a three punch combo!
Pinto misses with a hook.
Teller uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pinto.
Teller appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Teller takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pinto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Teller is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Pinto throws the left hand but Teller avoids the punch easily.
Teller keeps the fight on the outside.
Pinto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Teller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pinto.
Pinto throws a body shot but no joy.
Pinto misses with a straight left.
Pinto connects with a body shot that sends Teller's belly button to the back.
Pinto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Teller.
Pinto misses with an uppercut. Teller saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Pinto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Pinto. Teller does a little dance to reset his feet.
Teller takes one to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto scores with a jab. Teller acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Teller looks to score with a jab to the body but Pinto is just out of range.
Teller swings widly with a right hand
and Pinto counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Teller thinking.
Pinto tries to clinch but Teller is having none of it.
Teller uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Teller drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Pinto has managed to clinch.
Teller lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pinto stalling against the cage.
Pinto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Teller throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Teller missing with knees to the body.
Pinto struggles to land a body shot inside as Teller controls his hands.
Teller tries to land knees in the clinch but Pinto avoids the damage to the body.
Pinto stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pinto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Teller's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto tries a body shot but Teller blocks it.
A short left from Pinto.
Pinto takes a knee to the side of the body.
Teller lands with a light punch inside.
Pinto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pinto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pinto is leaning against Teller and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Teller blocks a body shot from Pinto.
A hook to the body from Pinto.
Pinto stalling.
Pinto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Teller breaks from the clinch.
Teller with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Teller takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pinto misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Teller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Teller throws a head kick but Pinto moves out of range.
Pinto loads up on a big right hand but Teller slips the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Teller tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pinto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Teller takes one on the button.
A punch combination from Pinto misses.
Teller swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pinto wants to clinch.
Teller bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pinto looks to land a left hand but Teller moved out of range nicely.
Pinto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pinto moves out of range of the strikes.
Teller throws a big shot that misses.
Pinto throws out a counter right but Teller avoids it with no problem.
Teller ducks under a wild hook from Pinto.
Teller just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Pinto dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pinto is looking to clinch.
Pinto throws a hook but Teller blocks it.
Pinto throws a jab but it's blocked by Teller.
Pinto misses the jab.
Teller looks to land a left hand but Pinto moved out of range nicely.
Arthur Pinto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Teller looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pinto misses with a hook.
Pinto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Teller.
Teller looks to score with a jab to the body but Pinto is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pinto! But no joy.
A big left from Pinto misses.
Teller went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinto just misses with a punch to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Pinto there.
Pinto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Teller throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pinto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pinto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pinto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Teller counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
An inside leg kick from Teller misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teller moves out of range of the strikes.
Teller steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pinto.
Pinto might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Teller throws a hook but Pinto blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Teller. Pinto does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Pinto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Teller instigates a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Teller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pinto's brow.
Teller tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Teller blocks a body shot from Pinto.
A right hook to the body lands for Pinto.
Pinto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pinto in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A shot in the inside from Pinto.
Teller tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Arthur Pinto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Teller swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinto uses good head movement to avoid it.

Teller's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Teller throws a nice outside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Teller.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pinto clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pinto slows down the pace here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teller lands an elbow that stopped Pinto in his tracks for a moment.
Pinto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Teller comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Teller misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stalling in the clinch from Pinto.
Pinto misses with a body punch.
Teller scores with a shot to the side of Pinto's head.
Teller pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
Pinto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Teller throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pinto struggles to land a body shot inside as Teller controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teller with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pinto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Teller's elbow.
Pinto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pinto misses with a body punch.
Pinto struggles to land a body shot inside as Teller controls his hands.
Teller lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Arthur Pinto has been cut.
Teller blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pinto tries to work over Teller's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Teller.
Teller blocking some punches.
Pinto taking a breather.
Teller tries a body shot but Pinto blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Pinto as the two fighters clinch.
Teller creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nice body punch from Teller.
Teller presses Pinto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pinto is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pinto leaning against his opponent.
Pinto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teller prevents a body shot from Pinto.
Pinto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pinto lands a shoulder strike.
Teller working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Teller.
Pinto working aggressively here.
Teller tries to land a knee to the head but Pinto blocks with his arms.
Pinto keeps control of Teller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Teller gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jax Teller dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arthur Pinto's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Pinto misses with a looping right.
Pinto tries to bum rush Teller with a series of wild strikes but Teller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pinto lands with an uppercut that bounces Teller off the cage and back into range.
Pinto misses with a wild body shot.
Teller looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pinto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Teller.
Pinto connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Teller momentarily.
A lazy left from Teller finds it's target.
Pinto connects with a right hand. Teller shakes it off.
Teller tries a head kick but it misses.
Pinto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Teller.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teller displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pinto throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Teller on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pinto throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pinto misses with a double jab.
Teller appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pinto looks to land a right hand but Teller moved out of range.
Teller is looking to counter punch.
Pinto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto misses with an uppercut. Teller saw that one coming.
Pinto misses with a hook. Teller ducked under it nicely.
Teller moves away from the strike by Pinto.
Pinto just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Pinto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pinto moves out of range of the body kick.
Teller scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Teller takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pinto throws a looping overhand right but Teller ducks down to avoid it.
Teller needs to keep his hands up - Pinto had a free shot at his head there.
Pinto misses the jab.
The fighters circling - Pinto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Pinto instigates a clinch.
Teller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Teller lands an elbow inside that Pinto shrugs off.
Good body shot from Pinto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teller tries to work over Pinto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pinto misses with a punch to the body.
Teller throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Teller's elbow.
Pinto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pinto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pinto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pinto blocks an elbow strike.
Teller tries to throw a body punch but Pinto avoids it by throwing Teller back against the cage.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Teller lands a hook that snaps the head of Pinto backwards.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pinto struggles to land a body shot inside as Teller controls his hands.
Teller throws an elbow but it misses.
Teller tries to work over Pinto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pinto blocks an elbow strike from Teller.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pinto throws a head punch that misses.
Pinto takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Teller.
Teller misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pinto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pinto misses with a punch to the body.
Teller lands an elbow that stopped Pinto in his tracks for a moment.
Pinto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Teller lands a shoulder strike.
Teller lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Pinto.
Teller missing with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Teller just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pinto's brow.
Pinto is trying to maintain a safe position but Teller gets an underhook and turns Pinto into the cage.
Teller softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Teller breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Teller staying out of range there.
Teller slips under a jab.
Teller is looking to counter the offense by Pinto and move into the clinch.
Pinto misses with a series of wild punches.
Teller is looking to counter punch.
Pinto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Teller moves away.
Teller misses with an uppercut. Pinto saw that one coming.
Teller cracks Pinto with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Teller misses with a looping left.
Pinto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Teller misses with a hook.
Pinto is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Pinto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pinto looks to throw the jab but Teller is out of range.
The fighters circling - Pinto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Teller moves out of range as Pinto strikes.

Pinto rushes Teller and presses him up against the cage.
Teller misses with an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Pinto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pinto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Pinto!
Arthur Pinto seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.