PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Pierno (ranked 268 p4p, 33 weight class) and Joe Bone (ranked 495 p4p, 67 weight class). Pierno comes to the cage accompanied by Sick Puppies - You're Going Down . Bone has chosen You'll Never Walk Alone as his entrance music. Joe Bone acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Pierno
vs
Bone

180 cm
33
175 lbs
28 - 16 - 2

182 cm
34
180 lbs
29 - 15 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
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 28 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Pierno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Bone!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bone clinches up against the cage.
Bone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pierno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bone.
Pierno blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pierno pushes Bone back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pierno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pierno.
Pierno blocks an uppercut.
Pierno swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pierno lands with a short head shot on the inside.
I was talking to Pierno's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pierno working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bone.
Bone struggles to land a body shot inside as Pierno controls his hands.
Pierno lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pierno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bone misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bone blocks a body shot from Pierno.
We've been informed that Bone has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Bone blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pierno.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pierno.
A short uppercut from Bone.
Pierno lands a hook that snaps the head of Bone backwards.
Pierno lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pierno scores with a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from Pierno.
A left hand lands to the body for Pierno.
Bone has a couple of punches blocked by Pierno.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pierno creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bone tries to throw a body punch but Pierno avoids it by throwing Bone back against the cage.
Bone lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pierno.
Pierno misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bone prevents a body shot from Pierno.
Bone prevents a body shot from Pierno.
Bone lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pierno working aggressively here.
Bone can't find room to land a body shot as Pierno controls the action.
Bone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pierno lands a shoulder strike.
Pierno has Bone pressed against the cage, preventing Bone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierno tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bone's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pierno.
Bone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pierno.
Bone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pierno's elbow.
Pierno lands a hook that snaps the head of Bone backwards.
Pierno digs a right hand into Bone's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bone's gas tank.
Pierno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pierno misses with a punch on the inside.
Bone misses with a punch to the body.
Pierno blocks an uppercut.
Bone misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bone lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bone pushes Pierno back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bone breaks the clinch.
Bone throws a hook but Pierno blocks it.
Pierno seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Bone throws a hook but Pierno avoids it easily.
Bone lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bone slips a jab from Pierno.
Bone looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pierno scores with a nice strike.
Bone misses with a leg kick.
Bone throws a jab when Pierno was well out of range.
Pierno cracks Bone with a good jab.
Bone misses with a body punch
and Pierno cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bone doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Joe Bone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bone on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pierno throws a body punch but Bone moves out of range.
Bone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pierno manages to avoid it.
Bone scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pierno throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pierno lands a jab to Bone's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pierno drops his hands momentarily and Bone takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bone scores with a jab. Pierno acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bone lands a body shot.
Pierno scores with a three punch combo!
Bone connects with a body shot that sends Pierno's belly button to the back.
Bone staying out of range there.
Bone wants to clinch up but Pierno keeps it at a distance.
Pierno tries to clinch up but Bone circles away and keeps his distance.
Bone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bone lands a nice looking body shot.
Bone swings for the body but Pierno moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pierno dips to his left and cracks Bone with an uppercut!
Bone takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pierno throws a jab but it's blocked by Bone.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Pierno dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pierno throws the left hand but Bone avoids the punch easily.
Bone is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pierno rather than just go for the knockout.
Bone uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pierno.
Bone tries to work over Pierno's front leg with a kick but Pierno checks it.
Bone lands the left hand.
Pierno takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pierno lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bone at a distance.
Pierno scores with a jab to the jaw.
Bone's corner calls for a 1-2. Bone obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pierno moves in looking to clinch but Bone pushes him off.
Bone appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bone lands a slapping body shot.
Pierno uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bone.
Bone motions for Pierno to come forward. Bone throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pierno misses the shot to the body.
Pierno lands a nice shot that snaps Bone's head back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierno takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tim Pierno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pierno avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bone scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pierno catches Bone with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bone fails to land with a series of punches.
Bone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bone slips a straight right by Pierno.
Bone keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pierno misses with a series of wild punches.
Bone fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bone jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pierno was well out of range. Poor timing from Bone.
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 throws a combination that misses
and Bone counters with a left to the body.
Pierno looks to land a left hand but Bone moved out of range nicely.
Bone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pierno swings widly with a right hand
and Bone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Pierno fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bone, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pierno fails to land.
Bone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pierno is leaning against Bone and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bone misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pierno.
A head punch on the inside from Pierno fails to land.
Bone scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pierno pushes Bone back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pierno prevents a body shot from Bone.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pierno.
Pierno throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pierno.
Bone is leaning against Pierno and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pierno lands with a left to the head.
Bone misses with a body punch.
Pierno lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tim Pierno has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pierno throws a head punch that misses.
Pierno misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bone cracks Pierno with a nice body shot.
Bone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bone tries a body shot but Pierno blocks it.
Pierno blocking some punches.
Bone throws a punch but it's blocked by Pierno.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierno misses with a punch on the inside.
Pierno lands a nice uppercut.
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 lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Pierno.
Bone blocking some punches.
Pierno blocking some punches.
Bone tries to throw a body punch but Pierno avoids it by throwing Bone back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bone.
Pierno lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Pierno as the two fighters clinch.
Bone blocks an uppercut.
Bone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bone.
Pierno gets through Bone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Bone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pierno misses with a hook to the body
and Bone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pierno walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bone.
Bone misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Joe Bone will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Pierno uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bone.
Bone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pierno manages to avoid it.
Joe Bone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pierno wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pierno swats away the attempt to clinch by Bone.
Bone throws a front kick aimed at Pierno's knee but Pierno avoids it well.
Pierno throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pierno cracks Bone with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pierno is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bone.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bone throws out a leg kick but Pierno moves out of range and Bone only half commits.
Pierno is looking to counter punch.
Bone throws a series of punches but Pierno avoids them all with ease.
As Bone tries to get set, Pierno tries to push him back and clinch up but Bone manages to avoid the attempt.
Bone waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pierno.
Bone misses with a straight right.
Pierno jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierno swings widly with a right hand
letting Bone counter with a right hand.
Pierno missing with a left hand there. Bone was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bone connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A shot to the liver by Pierno. Beautiful body shot.
Pierno misses with a lunging right hand
and Bone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bone takes one to the chin there.

It looks like Joe Bone has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Pierno.
Pierno defending well as Bone loads up on a big left hand.
Pierno was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pierno.
Bone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pierno was well out of range. Poor timing from Bone.
Pierno appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pierno connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bone looks to land a right hand but Pierno moved out of range.
Pierno was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bone throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pierno counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pierno waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bone.
Pierno feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bones jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pierno misses the jab.
A slow jab from Bone misses its intended target.
Bone with a nice cross.
Pierno misses with a looping left.
Pierno looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pierno takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pierno lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bone misses with a takedown attempt
and Pierno counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pierno cracks a nice hook into Bone's ribs.
Bone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierno defending well as Bone loads up on a big left hand.
As Bone tries to get set, Pierno tries to push him back and clinch up but Bone manages to avoid the attempt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bone darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pierno cracks Bone with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Pierno closes the distance and clinches.
Bone lands a right hand.
Pierno lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bone prevents a body shot from Pierno.
Pierno lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pierno working aggressively here.
Pierno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pierno fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bone blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Bone on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Pierno as the two fighters clinch.
Bone blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Pierno.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pierno swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Bone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pierno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bone moves away.
Bone lands a nice shot to the body.
A shot to the body from Bone misses

and Pierno holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pierno.
Pierno tries to work over Bone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pierno blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pierno works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bone takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pierno creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bone blocks an uppercut.
Bone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pierno's elbow.
Bone blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Pierno.
Pierno misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tim Pierno showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pierno has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

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