PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cormac Mac Airt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Pierno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mac Airt comes into the arena with Wolf Blood blaring out of the sound system. Pierno is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Umberto Tozzi - Gloria. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Tim Pierno was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Mac Airt
vs
Pierno

180 cm
27
175 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

180 cm
28
175 lbs
17 - 9 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cormac Mac Airt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Pierno!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierno misses with a wild body shot.
Pierno has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Pierno is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mac Airt takes one on the button.
A slow jab from Pierno misses its intended target.
Pierno lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Mac Airt slips a straight right by Pierno.
Pierno takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice jab there from Pierno.
Pierno throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mac Airt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pierno tries to clinch up
and Mac Airt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've been told by Mac Airt's head coaches at The Axis of Evil that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mac Airt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pierno finds it's way round the side to connect with Mac Airt's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pierno lands with an uppercut that bounces Mac Airt off the cage and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mac Airt throws a lazy right hand but Pierno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mac Airt scores with a nice head shot.
Mac Airt shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mac Airt looks to land a left hand but Pierno moved out of range nicely.
Mac Airt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pierno.
Pierno swings for the body but Mac Airt moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pierno.
Mac Airt looks to score with a jab to the body but Pierno is just out of range.
Pierno misses with a double jab
and Mac Airt counters with a straight right hand.
Nice shot lands for Pierno.
Mac Airt slips a straight right by Pierno.
Pierno misses with a wild body shot.
Pierno ducks right into an uppercut from Mac Airt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mac Airt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pierno.
A slow jab from Mac Airt misses its intended target.
Pierno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mac Airt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pierno looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pierno throws a poor cross that misses
and Mac Airt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mac Airt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pierno wants to counter the offense by Mac Airt and move into the clinch position.
Pierno rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mac Airt counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mac Airt throws an overhand right that lands on Pierno's shoulder, as Pierno tries to avoid the shot.
Mac Airt misses with an uppercut. Pierno saw that one coming.
Mac Airt swings widly with a right hand
and Mac Airt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tim Pierno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mac Airt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Mac Airt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pierno connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mac Airt scrambles back to his feet.
Mac Airt takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierno throws a body punch but Mac Airt moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mac Airt. Pierno does a little dance to reset his feet.

Pierno clinches up against the cage.
Mac Airt wants to get back to striking at distance but Pierno won't allow it.
Pierno keeps control of Mac Airt as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pierno creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pierno lands a hook that snaps the head of Mac Airt backwards.
Pierno misses with a punch to the body.
Pierno softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mac Airt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pierno keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mac Airt's efforts to push away.
Mac Airt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mac Airt working hard to break the clinch.
Pierno wants to stall.
Pierno is working Mac Airt over against the cage.

Mac Airt breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Pierno. Those never looked like landing.
Mac Airt throwing a counter right hand but Pierno manages to avoid it.
Mac Airt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pierno manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Mac Airt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mac Airt throws a hook to the side of Pierno's head but Pierno sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mac Airt misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Pierno to counter with a crisp jab.
Mac Airt walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pierno looks to land a combination but Mac Airt avoids it well.
Pierno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mac Airt manages to avoid it.
Pierno lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mac Airt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pierno lands a really nice looking cross but Mac Airt seems unphased.
Pierno scores with a nice head shot.
Pierno lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Pierno 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.

Pierno throws a combination that misses
and Mac Airt counters with a nice body shot.
Mac Airt misses with a body shot.
Pierno dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mac Airt throws a big shot that misses.
Pierno stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pierno misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pierno rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mac Airt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mac Airt punishes Pierno's body with a nice straight punch.
Mac Airt scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mac Airt takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pierno takes a swing at Mac Airt's ribcage but misses.
A punch combination from Mac Airt misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pierno ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierno cracks Mac Airt with an open hand slap.
Pierno tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mac Airt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mac Airt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mac Airt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pierno stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pierno throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Mac Airt stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mac Airt uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mac Airt throws a shot to the body.
Mac Airt moves forwards but Pierno connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Pierno fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mac Airt, pushing him back against the cage.
Mac Airt wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pierno has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pierno has him pressed against the cage.
Mac Airt is trying to force a seperation but Pierno has the dominant position.
Pierno stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mac Airt is looking to break free of the clinch but Pierno has double underhooks.
Mac Airt wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mac Airt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pierno lands with a right to the head.
Pierno working aggressively here.
Mac Airt looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A frustrated look appears on Mac Airt's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pierno 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.

Mac Airt manages to break the clinch.
Mac Airt connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pierno scores with a hook to the body. Mac Airt takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mac Airt walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pierno avoids the body shot from Mac Airt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierno lands a nice shot that snaps Mac Airt's head back.

Pierno gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pierno throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pierno lands a body shot.
Pierno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mac Airt is trying to break free.
Mac Airt wants to get back to striking at distance but Pierno won't allow it.
Mac Airt is trying to force a seperation but Pierno has the dominant position.
Mac Airt is trying to break the clinch but Pierno has him pressed against the cage.
Pierno keeps control of Mac Airt as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pierno misses with a punch on the inside.
Mac Airt has had enough of the clinch but Pierno keeps him there for the moment.
Pierno lands with a left to the head.
Mac Airt tries to circle away but Pierno has him pinned against the cage.
Mac Airt wants to get back to striking at distance but Pierno won't allow it.
Mac Airt has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pierno.
Mac Airt wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mac Airt wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pierno has him pressed against the cage.
Pierno lands a right hand.
Stalling in the clinch from Pierno.
Pierno lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mac Airt can't break the clinch.
Mac Airt looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mac Airt tries to break the clinch but Pierno is controlling the position.
Pierno stalls.
Mac Airt wants to get back to striking at distance but Pierno won't allow it.
Mac Airt tries to circle away but Pierno has him pinned against the cage.
Pierno softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pierno works on Mac Airt's body with a couple of short punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pierno.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mac Airt wants to break free but Pierno has control.
Pierno is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Mac Airt is trying to force a seperation but Pierno has the dominant position.
Mac Airt has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pierno lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Pierno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Pierno connects with a nice looking jab.
Mac Airt gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mac Airt loads up on a big right hand but Pierno slips the punch.
Mac Airt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mac Airt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pierno slips under a jab.
Pierno looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pierno loads up on a big right hand but Mac Airt slips the punch.
Mac Airt throws a looping overhand right but Pierno ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Mac Airt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Pierno does it's job there.
Mac Airt throws a series of punches but Pierno avoids them all with ease.
Pierno uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mac Airt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierno scores with a nice right hand.
Pierno works the jab nicely.
Pierno has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mac Airt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pierno looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Pierno closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pierno misses with some punches.
Pierno keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mac Airt's efforts to push away.
A bit of stalling here from Pierno.
Pierno is stalling here.
Pierno has Mac Airt pressed against the cage.
Pierno tries a body shot but Mac Airt blocks it.

Mac Airt's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mac Airt fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice shot lands for Mac Airt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierno uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mac Airt.
Pierno scores with a hook.
Mac Airt lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mac Airt.
Tim Pierno seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pierno with a hook.
Mac Airt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pierno fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mac Airt manages to avoid it.
Mac Airt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pierno throws a hook but Mac Airt avoids it easily.
Mac Airt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mac Airt scores with a jab to the body.
Pierno cracks Mac Airt with a good jab.
Mac Airt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pierno sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pierno throws out a counter right but Mac Airt avoids it with no problem.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pierno.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mac Airt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pierno steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mac Airt.
Pierno scores with a shot to the body.
Pierno throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mac Airt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mac Airt throwing a counter right hand but Pierno manages to avoid it.
Pierno throws a lazy right hand but Mac Airt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mac Airt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mac Airt slips under a jab.
Mac Airt scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pierno scores with a jab to the body.
Pierno slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mac Airt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pierno.
Pierno lunges at Mac Airt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mac Airt's hand.
Mac Airt walks into a straight right hand from Pierno.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierno will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pierno lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mac Airt throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pierno on the side of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pierno.
Pierno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jab, jab by Mac Airt - just one landing.
Pierno lands with a right hand.
Pierno looks to throw the jab but Mac Airt is out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Mac Airt on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pierno uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mac Airt.
Cormac Mac Airt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mac Airt throws a lazy right hand but Pierno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Pierno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pierno 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Pierno!
During a confident post fight interview, Tim Pierno thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Cormac Mac Airt had this to say: '"When I am gone I charge you that ye bury me not at Brugh of the Boyne where is the royal cemetery of the Kings of Erinn. For all these kings paid adoration to gods of wood or stone, or to the Sun and the Elements, whose signs are carved on the walls of their tombs, but I have learned to know the On'.