PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Pinto (ranked 5562 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ravi Escobar (ranked 4643 p4p, 0 weight class). Dylan Pinto has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Pinto
vs
Escobar

166 cm
25
134 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

163 cm
25
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dylan Pinto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ravi Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinto lands with a shot to the body.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch but Pinto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pinto looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ravi Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar looks to land a left hand but Pinto moved out of range nicely.
Escobar swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Pinto counter with a right hand.
Pinto comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Escobar throws a hook but Pinto avoids it easily.
Escobar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pinto swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Escobar.
Pinto avoids the body shot from Escobar.
Pinto fires out a quick counter leg kick but Escobar just manages to avoid it.
Escobar throws an off balance right hand
and Pinto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pinto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Escobar throws out a counter right but Pinto avoids it with no problem.

Escobar closes the distance and clinches.

Escobar breaks the clinch.
Escobar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Escobar misses with a right hand
and Pinto counters with a left to the body.
Escobar scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pinto throws a leg kick but Escobar checks it.
A head kick misses from Pinto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a lunging right hand
and Pinto counters with a nice uppercut.
Pinto tries a head kick but it misses.
Escobar let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Escobar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pinto manages to avoid it.
Escobar avoids the head kick by Pinto.
Nice jab there from Pinto.
Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Escobar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pinto defending well as Escobar loads up on a big left hand.
A quick step to the side and Pinto tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pinto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A quick step to the side and Pinto tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pinto misses with a head kick.
Escobar misses with a hook. Pinto ducked under it nicely.
Escobar scores with the left hand. Pinto knows he should have avoided that one.
Escobar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Escobar takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escobar throws a hook to the side of Pinto's head but Pinto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pinto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Escobar misses with a looping right.
Pinto is looking to counter with head kicks.
Pinto jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Escobar moves out of range of the body kick from Pinto.
Escobar thuds a left hand into Pinto's body.
Escobar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Escobar thuds a left hand into Pinto's body.
Pinto is breathing heavily.
Pinto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escobar.
Escobar punishes Pinto's body with a nice straight punch.
Pinto with a hook.
Escobar scores with a punch to the head.

Escobar clinches up with Pinto and pushes him back against the cage.
Escobar scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Escobar.
Escobar has a couple of punches blocked by Pinto.
Pinto trying to control the position but instead, Escobar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pinto into the cage.
Escobar lands a nice uppercut.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Pinto.
Pinto can't break the clinch.

Pinto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Escobar swings widly with a right hand
letting Pinto counter with a right hand.
Pinto cracks Escobar with a right hand to the side of the head.
Escobar misses with a hook.
Pinto fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Escobar on the side of the head.
Escobar throws a hook to the side of Pinto's head but Pinto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Escobar misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar jabs Pinto right on the nose. Pinto blinks but takes it well.
Escobar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Good work by Escobar as he checks the leg kick.
Escobar lunges at Pinto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pinto's hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Escobar lunges at Pinto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pinto's hand.
Pinto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Escobar.
Escobar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A little feinted left hand from Pinto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pinto clobbers Escobar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Escobar takes a swing at Pinto's ribcage but misses.
Pinto is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Escobar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A cross from Escobar lands.
Pinto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ravi Escobar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Escobar throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pinto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Escobar takes one to the chin there.
Pinto lands with a shot to the body.
Escobar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pinto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Escobar avoids the head kick by Pinto.
Dylan Pinto is winning the standup battle so far.
Pinto misses with a straight left.
Pinto takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Escobar throws a hook but Pinto blocks it.
Pinto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pinto is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Escobar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pinto's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinto needs to keep his hands up - Escobar had a free shot at his head there.
Escobar misses the jab.
Pinto uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pinto cracks a nice hook into Escobar's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Pinto.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar takes one on the button.
Escobar takes a swing at Pinto's ribcage but misses.
Escobar connects with the punch.
Pinto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escobar.
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Pinto is just out of range.
Escobar connects with a body shot.
Escobar is breathing heavily.
Escobar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pinto moves away.
Pinto swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Pinto takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Escobar throws a shot from downtown. Pinto moves away and avoids it.
Pinto is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobar. Pinto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar misses with a straight right.
Pinto throws a low kick, looking for Escobar's leg but Escobar calmly moves out of range.
Escobar digs a good hook to Pinto's body.
Escobar blocks a head kick by Pinto.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar scores with a body shot.
Pinto lands a slapping body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escobar lands a really nice looking cross but Pinto seems unphased.

Escobar instigates a clinch.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.

Pinto breaks the clinch.
Escobar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pinto.
Escobar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pinto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pinto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pinto jabs at Escobar's body.
Pinto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Escobar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pinto with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinto blocks a jab.
Pinto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escobar.
Pinto moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Pinto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Escobar connects with a single shot there.
Pinto gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Escobar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pinto scores with a shot to the body.
Pinto connects with the punch.
Escobar misses with a body shot
and Pinto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pinto connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Escobar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Escobar connects with the punch.
Pinto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar misses with a hook. Pinto ducked under it nicely.
Escobar scores with a sloppy right hand. Pinto should have avoided that one.
Escobar dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pinto connects with a single shot there.
Escobar just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Pinto. That snapped Escobar's head back.
Escobar takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pinto throws a low kick, looking for Escobar's leg but Escobar calmly moves out of range.
Pinto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pinto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Escobar throws out a loose jab but Pinto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice cross by Pinto.
Escobar is looking to clinch but Pinto is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Dylan Pinto will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Pinto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Escobar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pinto's hands.
Escobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Pinto is just out of range.
Pinto moves out of range of the strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Pinto misses its target.
Escobar moves to clinch but Pinto breaks away
and Pinto counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pinto connects with a crisp jab.
Pinto lands a slapping body shot.
Pinto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Escobar.
Escobar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Escobar. Beautiful body shot.
Pinto lands a nice shot to the body.
Pinto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pinto is looking to counter punch.
Escobar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Pinto has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Escobar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto jabs Escobar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Pinto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escobar throws out the jab.
Jab by Escobar.
Escobar misses with a series of wild punches.
Pinto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Escobar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pinto was well out of range. Poor timing from Escobar.
Pinto takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pinto looks for the body kick but Escobar saw that one coming.
Escobar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pinto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pinto 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.
Good exchange - Escobar coming out on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pinto, as that shot connected.
A jab from Escobar misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinto lands a body shot.
Escobar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pinto counters with a right hand to the body.
Escobar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pinto's head.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pinto.
Pinto throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Escobar on the side of the head.
Pinto scores with a nice right hand.
Escobar tries to clinch
and Pinto counters with a left to the body.
Pinto misses with a low kick.
Escobar throws out a counter right but Pinto avoids it with no problem.
Donk. Pinto catches Escobar right on the button with a cross.
Pinto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Escobar manages to avoid it.
Pinto misses the shot to the body.
Escobar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pinto manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws an overhand right that lands on Pinto's shoulder, as Pinto tries to avoid the shot.
Pinto throws a low kick, looking for Escobar's leg but Escobar calmly moves out of range.
Escobar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pinto doesn't seem bothered though.
Pinto throws a head kick that misses.
Pinto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobar misses with a hook.
Pinto takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pinto throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Escobar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pinto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pinto lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab from Pinto does it's job there.
Escobar takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pinto darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pinto walks into a left hand.
Pinto throws a jab but it's blocked by Escobar.

Escobar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Escobar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Escobar gets through Pinto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Escobar working aggressively here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Escobar as Pinto tries to tie him up.
Pinto is looking to break free of the clinch but Escobar has double underhooks.
Pinto has Escobar pushed against the cage.
Pinto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Escobar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dylan Pinto.
I think Pinto 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!