PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Di Pinha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugo Romao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hugo Romao will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Pinha
vs
Romao

188 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

187 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Di Pinha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hugo Romao!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romao fails to land with a series of punches.
Romao misses with a series of wild punches.
Romao pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pinha is out of range and Romao settles back down.
Romao scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pinha fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Romao scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Romao decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Romao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pinha.
Romao takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
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!
Pinha swings for the body but Romao moves out of range.
Pinha shoots in for a takedown but Romao shows good takedown defense.
Romao misses with a two punch combination.
Romao throws a series of punches but Pinha moves out of range.
Pinha stuffs the takedown attempt from Romao. Romao gets slowly back to his feet.
Romao looks gassed!
Pinha thows a left - swing and a miss!

Pinha feints and as Romao raises his hands in defense, Pinha changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romao is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Pinha dives into side control.
Romao wants to get back to his feet but Pinha drags him back down.
Pinha working the ground and pound from side control.

Pinha stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Pinha fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Di Pinha. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Pinha shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pinha showed some decent athleticism there.
Romao really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pinha. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Romao trying to control but Pinha postures up.
Pinha prevents Romao from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinha content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Pinha decides to stand and escape the position.

Pinha shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Romao's guard.
Pinha trying to control but Romao is working from the bottom.
Romao manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pinha manages to get himself to full guard.

Romao decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pinha, up you get!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romao throws a right and a left that Pinha avoids nicely.

Romao closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pinha to the mat! Pinha manages to get full guard.
Romao is looking to work some ground and pound but Pinha has wrist control.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Pinha holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pinha trying to control the position.
Romao throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pinha works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pinha manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Romao tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romao in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Romao is squirming around, avoiding Pinha's attempts to control the action.
Pinha avoids the attempt from Romao to control.
Romao is trying desperately to improve position.
Pinha tries to control but Romao wriggling away.
Romao tries to reverse the position but Pinha maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinha trying to control but Romao is having none of it.
Romao is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Pinha has taken his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Hugo Romao will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Romao lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pinha circles away quickly and effectively.
Pinha shoots in for a takedown but Romao shows good takedown defense.
Pinha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Romao misses with a few strikes there.
Hugo Romao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Romao misses.
Romao misses with a jab, cross combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pinha.
Pinha looks for a takedown but Romao sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Di Pinha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romao lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pinha is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Romao.
Pinha misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romao looks to land a combination. Pinha sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Romao throws a combination that misses

and Pinha counters by clinching up.

Romao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pinha fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Romao tries to clinch

and Pinha counters with a single leg into guard. Romao didn't expect that.
Romao wants to stand but Pinha is controlling the position.
Romao keeping moving, preventing Pinha from controlling successfully.
Romao is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romao wants to stand up but Pinha is controlling him.
Romao looking for a sweep. Not yet Romao, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romao wants to stand and escape but Pinha is having none of it.
Romao bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pinha's guard.
Pinha is looking to stand up but Romao isn't so interested in that idea.
Pinha keeping full guard, as Romao tries to pass.
Romao is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pinha preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Romao wants to stand but Pinha is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romao is in close to Pinha's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Pinha working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Romao doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Romao manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Romao stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pinha swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Romao has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pinha is proving hard to escape from.
Romao postures up.
Romao would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Romao wants to stand and escape but instead Pinha has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Romao wants to stand up but Pinha is controlling him.
Romao keeping moving, preventing Pinha from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Romao pushes Pinha up against the cage in a clinch.
Pinha fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Romao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Romao drags the fight down to the ground.
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 Di Pinha will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Romao looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romao tries to close the distance and clinch but Pinha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Romao throws a head kick that misses.
Pinha shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Romao as he avoids it easily.
Pinha throws a one two combo.
Pinha shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Romao pinned against the cage. Romao gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Romao moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Romao misses with a few strikes there.
Pinha tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Romao swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Di Pinha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Romao throws a right and a left that Pinha avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Romao keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Romao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pinha counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romao lands a body shot.
Romao throws a right hand that Pinha ducks under and follows up with a left that Pinha also avoids with ease.
Pinha tries to clinch but Romao is having none of it.
Romao tries to bum rush Pinha with a series of wild strikes but Pinha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Left hook, right uppercut from Romao.
Romao lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pinha circles away quickly and effectively.
Romao misses with a takedown attempt - Pinha sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Romao displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Romao shoots in and drives through. Pinha sprawls well.
Romao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pinha.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romao looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Romao lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Romao fails to land with a series of punches.
Romao wants to clinch

and Pinha counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pinha.

Pinha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Romao misses with a double jab.
Romao misses with a combination

and Pinha holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Pinha gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Pinha wants to stand up but Romao has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Pinha is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Romao defends it well.
Romao avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pinha.
Di Pinha overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romao is looking for a sweep. Pinha is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Romao is looking to escape.
Romao tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Pinha manages to move to mount!

Pinha is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Romao can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Pinha trying to control but Romao is having none of it.

Pinha is going olschool here, as he tries to force Romao to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Romao shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Romao holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Pinha tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

Pinha working for a guillotine from mount but Romao is in no mood to give up.
Romao really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pinha thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Romao tries to reverse the position but Pinha maintains control.

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 Di Pinha.
I think Pinha 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a draw!