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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georgios Tsitas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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155 lbs
3 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Pinto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Georgios Tsitas!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinto misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pinto shoots in for a takedown but Tsitas shows good takedown defense.
Tsitas with a poor takedown
and Pinto counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tsitas shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Pinto is trying to defend but Tsitas finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Tsitas with the ground and pound but Pinto uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Pinto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tsitas.
Tsitas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tsitas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pinto is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tsitas tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pinto landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pinto seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tsitas does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pinto uses his free foot to push down on Tsitas's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tsitas.
Tsitas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pinto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tsitas throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pinto. What's that going to do exactly?
Pinto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tsitas slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsitas punching from the bottom.
Pinto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tsitas missing with punches from the bottom.
Pinto works his foot free and advances to mount.
Pinto thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Pinto is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Tsitas has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Pinto is breathing heavily.
Tsitas throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Tsitas manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Tsitas punching from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pinto blocks the strikes from Tsitas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsitas punching from the bottom.
Pinto is working for a submission of some sort.
Tsitas is looking to improve his position.
Tsitas missing with punches from the bottom.
Pinto blocks the strikes from Tsitas.
Tsitas is staying active underneath Pinto, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tsitas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tsitas lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsitas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pinto defending well though.
Pinto is pressing down on Tsitas's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tsitas throwing strikes from guard but Pinto blocks nicely.
Tsitas chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Georgios Tsitas will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tsitas shoots and misses
and Pinto holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pinto turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Pinto manages to end up in side control.
Pinto tries to score with some ground and pound. Tsitas controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Pinto gets to mount! Tsitas was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Tsitas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pinto breaks from Tsitas's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pinto thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Pinto jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Tsitas manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Tsitas gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Tsitas flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tsitas flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsitas makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Tsitas.
Tsitas keeping moving, preventing Pinto from controlling successfully.
Tsitas throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Pinto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tsitas is keeping the position for now.
Pinto trying to control but Tsitas is working from the bottom.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tsitas with a poor takedown
and Pinto counters with an outside leg kick.
Pinto gets caught flat footed, as Tsitas shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Pinto has momentary wrist control but Tsitas slips an elbow through the middle.
Tsitas distracts Pinto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tsitas working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pinto's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tsitas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsitas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pinto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tsitas's guard.
Tsitas trying to strike off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tsitas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Tsitas throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Tsitas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tsitas lands some strikes from the bottom.
Tsitas keeping moving, preventing Pinto from controlling successfully.
Tsitas throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Pinto is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tsitas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pinto circles away.
Jose Pinto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Georgios Tsitas.
Tsitas shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pinto but Pinto pushes him off and we're back to square one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Pinto dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pinto shoots in but Tsitas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tsitas looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Tsitas winds up and cracks Pinto with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tsitas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tsitas wants to free his trapped foot but Pinto is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Tsitas scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tsitas with the ground and pound but Pinto uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Tsitas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pinto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pinto is looking for a triangle but Tsitas pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pinto will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsitas working some strikes from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tsitas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tsitas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tsitas postures up in Pinto's guard and throws a big left but Pinto blocks it.
Pinto will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Tsitas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tsitas with a nice head shot there.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tsitas tries for a takedown but Pinto circles away easily
and Pinto counters with a single leg into guard. Tsitas didn't expect that.
Pinto postures up in Tsitas's guard and throws a big left but Tsitas blocks it.
Tsitas throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Tsitas will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Tsitas throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tsitas keeping moving, preventing Pinto from controlling successfully.
Pinto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsitas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pinto is one step ahead there.
Pinto wants to control from the top but Tsitas keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tsitas fails with the takedown
and Pinto counters with a shoot takedown. Tsitas fights it but they end up in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pinto wants to control from the top but Tsitas keeps moving.
Tsitas throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Tsitas trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tsitas throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Tsitas scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Tsitas lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Tsitas wants to sweep here but Pinto controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Pinto clearly takes that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Tsitas looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Pinto!
Pinto tries to hold on but Tsitas pushes him away.
Tsitas unloading with bombs!
Tsitas is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pinto can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pinto flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Pinto is looking to improve his position but Tsitas isn't that keen on the idea.
Tsitas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pinto looks a forlorn figure.
Pinto is desperately trying to improve his position but Tsitas has a good base and remains in mount.
Tsitas looking to finish Pinto with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pinto!
Tsitas putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Pinto wants to hold on but Tsitas pushes him away.
Pinto sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Tsitas lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tsitas is nestled in close to Pinto, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pinto trying to hold on to Tsitas's head to control him but Tsitas postures up.
Pinto preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Pinto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tsitas scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pinto wants to improve his position but Tsitas is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pinto shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tsitas as he avoids it easily.
Tsitas changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pinto tries to avoid it but Tsitas manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pinto to the ground. Pinto escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jose Pinto is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tsitas shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Tsitas was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pinto is desperately trying to improve his position but Tsitas has a good base and remains in mount.
Tsitas is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jose Pinto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pinto takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pinto manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Pinto manages to get to full guard.
Pinto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Tsitas is aware though and is defending well.
Tsitas stopping the sweep attempt from Pinto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georgios Tsitas dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Tsitas feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Tsitas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tsitas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pinto looking to control.
Tsitas throws a big right hand that misses.
Tsitas distracts Pinto with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tsitas postures up in Pinto's guard and throws a big left but Pinto blocks it.
Pinto trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Pinto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tsitas is one step ahead there.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tsitas shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Tsitas was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Pinto wants to control but Tsitas is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsitas scoring with strikes but Pinto is staying in there.
Tsitas landing punches.
Pinto wants to hold on but Tsitas pushes him away.
Tsitas working the ground and pound effectively.
Tsitas pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tsitas with good strikes from the mount here!
Tsitas with good strikes from the mount here!
Pinto slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Tsitas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pinto defending well though.
Pinto is pressing down on Tsitas's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tsitas's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Tsitas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Tsitas scoring with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Tsitas stands up over Pinto, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tsitas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pinto bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Tsitas throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Tsitas managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Pinto.
Tsitas striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Tsitas is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pinto connects with a decent elbow.
Pinto blocks the strikes from Tsitas.
Tsitas wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tsitas can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tsitas tries to bench press Pinto off him but Pinto keeps the position.
Pinto advances to mount.
Tsitas throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pinto. What's that going to do exactly?
Pinto looking to control but Tsitas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Georgios Tsitas.
I think Tsitas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 47:48
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 47:48
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Georgios Tsitas!
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energy
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hype
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