PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Riza Rakija (ranked 585 p4p, 77 weight class) and Arthur Pinto (ranked 1412 p4p, 178 weight class). Rakija's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rakija. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Rakija
vs
Pinto

174 cm
35
167 lbs
19 - 14 - 2

175 cm
34
166 lbs
30 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Riza Rakija!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arthur Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rakija sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rakija attempts a counter takedown but Pinto avoids it well and moves away.
Pinto with a nice cross.
Pinto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rakija.
Rakija throws a jab when Pinto was well out of range.
Rakija connects with a body shot.

Rakija has closed the distance and engaged Pinto in a clinch.
Pinto lands a body shot.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rakija misses with some punches.
Pinto misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pinto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pinto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rakija makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinto tries a body shot but Rakija blocks it.
Pinto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto is pushing Rakija up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pinto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rakija blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pinto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pinto stalling.
Pinto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto struggles to land a body shot inside as Rakija controls his hands.
Pinto slowing the pace effectively.
Rakija blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rakija swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice left hand lands by Pinto.
Rakija goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pinto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pinto lands a right hand.
Pinto struggles to land a body shot inside as Rakija controls his hands.
Pinto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rakija backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rakija wants a takedown but no success here.
Pinto has a couple of punches blocked by Rakija.
A right hook to the body lands for Pinto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Pinto - that landed with a thud.
A short right from Pinto.
Pinto gets through Rakija's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Rakija is rocked!
A body shot lands from Pinto.
Oh Rakija is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice right hand lands inside from Pinto.
Pinto tries a body shot but Rakija blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rakija.
Pinto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Pinto - that landed with a thud.
A short uppercut from Pinto.
Pinto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rakija working hard to break the clinch.
Pinto blocks the elbow strike.
Pinto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rakija backwards.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Rakija.
Rakija tries to pull guard but Pinto forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Pinto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pinto lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pinto misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto lands a big right hand that drops Rakija! The killer instinct kicks in and Pinto finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Pinto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arthur Pinto!
Arthur Pinto decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.