PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sigfredo Pineda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Rothstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pineda comes into the arena with "Suffer" by Vision of Disorder blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pineda
vs
Rothstein

200 cm
21
300 lbs
3 - 1 - 1

225 cm
20
311 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Murder Inc.
Global Nutritional - ACME - (Q145 for $16)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sigfredo Pineda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Al Rothstein!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rothstein keeps the fight on the outside.
Rothstein just misses with a punch to the body.

Pineda clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pineda misses with a knee to the head.
Pineda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pineda misses with a knee strike.

Rothstein breaks the clinch.

Pineda rushes Rothstein and presses him up against the cage.
Rothstein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pineda obliges.
Pineda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pineda obliges.
Pineda pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rothstein looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pineda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Al Rothstein has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pineda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rothstein lands a hook that snaps the head of Pineda backwards.
Pineda slowing the pace effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pineda tries a knee to the head but Rothstein blocks it.
Rothstein wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees to the body from Pineda.
Rothstein wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pineda has him pressed against the cage.
Pineda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rothstein blocks it with crossed arms.
Pineda is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pineda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rothstein looks gassed!
Pineda with a knee to the head.
Pineda connects with a knee to the head.
Pineda with a knee to the head.
Rothstein has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pineda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rothstein's defenses.
Pineda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rothstein has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pineda lands an elbow just above Rothstein 's eye.
Pineda lands a nice knee to the body.
Pineda looking to throw knees to the head but Rothstein is blocking nicely.
Pineda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rothstein wants to break free but Pineda has control.
Pineda with a knee to the head.
Rothstein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rothstein taking a breather.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rothstein takes an elbow to the temple.

Rothstein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pineda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pineda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pineda.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Rothstein throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pineda scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pineda is looking to clinch.

Pineda pushes Rothstein up against the cage in a clinch.
Rothstein looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pineda lands an elbow that stopped Rothstein in his tracks for a moment.
A knee to the head by Pineda.
Rothstein tries to break free but Pineda pushes him back against the cage.
Rothstein is trying to break the clinch but Pineda is controlling him.
Pineda misses with an elbow strike.
Rothstein can't break the clinch.
Pineda landing knees to the head.
Pineda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rothstein blocks it with crossed arms.
Pineda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pineda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pineda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rothstein's defenses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pineda takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pineda tries a knee to the head but Rothstein blocks it.
Rothstein blocks an elbow strike from Pineda.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pineda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rothstein is defending well for now.

Rothstein breaks from the clinch.
Rothstein misses with the combination.
Rothstein moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Sigfredo Pineda has been cut.
Rothstein throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
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!
Rothstein scores with a jab to the body.
Rothstein takes a swing at Pineda's ribcage but misses.
Rothstein dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rothstein tries to bum rush Pineda with a series of wild strikes but Pineda uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pineda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rothstein swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rothstein throws a one two combo.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rothstein!

Sigfredo Pineda's cut is getting worse.
Rothstein lands with a shot to the body.
Pineda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rothstein circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rothstein scores with a shot to the body.
Rothstein works the jab nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rothstein lunges at Pineda with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pineda's hand.
Rothstein misses with a wild combination.
Rothstein thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Rothstein finds it's way through Pineda's defenses.

Sigfredo Pineda's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A low kick from Rothstein is predictable there

and Pineda counters by moving into the clinch.
Pineda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rothstein has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pineda keeps control of Rothstein as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pineda misses with a knee strike.

Rothstein breaks the clinch.
Rothstein scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Al Rothstein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pineda drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rothstein changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pineda moves in looking to clinch but Rothstein pushes him off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pineda slips a jab and a cross from Rothstein.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pineda, right into the meat.
Rothstein is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Rothstein moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rothstein stuns Pineda with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Al Rothstein dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rothstein scores with a jab to the head.
Rothstein throws a shot to the body.
Rothstein has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rothstein connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pineda momentarily.
Rothstein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rothstein throws out a powerful jab.
Rothstein thows a body shot but no joy.
Pineda blocks a head kick by Rothstein.
Rothstein misses with a body punch
and Pineda counters with a good, hard body kick but Rothstein shrugs it off.
Rothstein throws the left hand but Pineda avoids the punch easily.
Rothstein misses with a looping left.
Pineda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pineda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pineda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rothstein misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rothstein 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!
Pineda avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pineda looks to score with a jab to the body but Rothstein is just out of range.
Rothstein throws a wild body kick that Pineda sees coming a mile off.
Rothstein misses with a wild combination.
Pineda lands with a kick to the temple. Rothstein shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Pineda fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rothstein, pushing him back against the cage.
Pineda misses with a knee to the head.
Rothstein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pineda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rothstein is trying to break the clinch but Pineda is controlling him.
Rothstein working hard to break the clinch.
Pineda is trying to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pineda just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rothstein's brow.
Pineda has Rothstein pressed against the cage, preventing Rothstein from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rothstein makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rothstein is trying to break the clinch but Pineda has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rothstein.

Jeez, Sigfredo Pineda's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Rothstein is trying to break free.
Pineda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rothstein has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pineda looking to throw knees to the head but Rothstein is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pineda keeps control of Rothstein as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rothstein is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pineda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rothstein has Pineda pushed against the cage.
Rothstein wants to get back to striking at distance but Pineda won't allow it.

Rothstein breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pineda takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rothstein scores with a punch to the head.
Rothstein wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Al Rothstein seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pineda slips a jab and a cross from Rothstein.
Rothstein moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sigfredo Pineda's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Al Rothstein!