PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Augusto Pires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pires comes to the cage accompanied by Tier - Rammstein. The crowd seem to be enjoying Huerta's choice of entrance music: Summer of 69. 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.

Pires
vs
Huerta

183 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
22
188 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Augusto Pires!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ron Huerta!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Huerta shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Pires wants to get back to his feet.
Huerta works his way into side control.
Huerta misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Pires on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Pires tries to escape but Huerta is in control.
Huerta lands some shots froms side control.
Huerta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The ground and pound from Huerta seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Pires prevents Huerta from improving position.
Huerta postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Huerta misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Pires is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huerta lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pires down.
Huerta in side control, throwing shots but Pires defends.
Huerta cracks Pires with an elbow. That is naaassty.

It looks like Augusto Pires has been cut.
Huerta tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Pires knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Huerta on the ground.
Pires gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Huerta with shots to the head and body - Pires looks very uncomfortable down there.
Huerta dominating with strikes here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Huerta cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Huerta in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pires is bucking up trying to escape but Huerta cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pires's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huerta scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pires?
Huerta landing strikes, looking to finish!

Augusto Pires's cut is getting worse.
Huerta with good strikes from the mount here!
Pires really wants to buck Huerta off and get back to his feet.
Pires is breathing heavily.
Pires avoids a series of strikes thrown by Huerta.
Huerta looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Huerta postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pires looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Huerta lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Huerta landing strikes from the mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Huerta there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Huerta has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pires's face.
Huerta throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Huerta working Pires over with strikes here.
Pires wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Huerta.
Huerta throws some wild stikes that Pires manages to avoid easily.
Huerta landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Huerta.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Huerta cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Huerta working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pires is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Huerta pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Huerta putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Poor strikes thrown by Huerta there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Huerta lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pires hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pires is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Huerta lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Huerta there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Huerta throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Huerta lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Pires is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Huerta landing strikes from the mount and Pires is in trouble!
Huerta unloads with some shots from mount but Pires bucks and avoids them well.
Huerta in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pires really wants to buck Huerta off and get back to his feet.
Huerta has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pires's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Huerta misses with a head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pires is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Huerta pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Huerta unloads with some shots from mount but Pires bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Huerta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Augusto Pires's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

No luck for Huerta with that takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Huerta is defended easily by Pires.

Huerta shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Huerta was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Huerta throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Poor strikes thrown by Huerta there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Huerta thowing shots but they're missing.
Pires squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Pires on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pires tries to get out of the position.
Huerta landing shots from mount.
Pires's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Huerta throwing strikes here but Pires is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pires is in a horrible position here. Huerta smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huerta misses with a head shot.
Huerta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pires wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Huerta is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pires is trying to stand.
Huerta has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pires's face.
Pires is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Pires is bucking up trying to escape but Huerta cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Huerta lands a big elbow.
Huerta lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pires hang on?
Huerta with shots to the head and body - Pires looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huerta cracks Pires with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Huerta fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Huerta landing strikes from the mount and Pires is in trouble!
Huerta unloads with some shots from mount but Pires bucks and avoids them well.
Pires is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Huerta unloading with bombs!
Huerta dominating with strikes here.
Huerta lands a heavy elbow.
Huerta postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pires looks a forlorn figure.
Pires's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Ron Huerta has got the better of the ground game so far.
A nice elbow there by Huerta.
Huerta working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Huerta sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huerta throwing strikes here but Pires is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Huerta throws some wild stikes that Pires manages to avoid easily.
Huerta throws some wild stikes that Pires manages to avoid easily.
Huerta thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Pires holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Huerta tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Pires holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Huerta tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
You get the feeling that Pires really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Huerta in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Huerta is landing with some decent strikes but Pires is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Huerta throws some wild stikes that Pires manages to avoid easily.
Huerta misses with a head shot.

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.
Pires's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Huerta is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Huerta working Pires over with strikes here.
Pires really wants to buck Huerta off and get back to his feet.
Huerta unloading with bombs!
Pires is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Huerta punishing his opponent with strikes.
Huerta dominating with strikes here.
Pires is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Huerta landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pires wants to try and get back to his feet.
Huerta is landing with some decent strikes but Pires is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Pires taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron Huerta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Augusto Pires's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Pires lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Huerta fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pires connects with a looping right hand.
Huerta shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pires as he jumps to the side.
Pires tries to clinch but Huerta is having none of it.
Pires lands an overhand right.
Pires lands an overhand right.
Huerta takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Huerta drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The strikes coming from Huerta are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Huerta throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Pires is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ground and pound from Huerta seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pires is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Pires trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Huerta is working Pires over with some ground and pound from side control.
Pires is working to avoid the ground and pound but Huerta connects with a decent elbow.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pires throws a looping overhand right but Huerta ducks down to avoid it.
Huerta throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pires's waist but Pires gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Huerta off to one side.
Augusto Pires has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ron Huerta.

Pires rushes Huerta and presses him up against the cage.
Huerta trying to stall but Pires improves his position.
Huerta changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pires fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pires scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pires lands a nice looking body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Pires scores with a four punch combination!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pires stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pires wants it to stay on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Pires. No joy for Huerta on that attempt.
Ron Huerta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pires wants to clinch.

Huerta drives through with a takedown into guard.
Huerta is looking to work some ground and pound but Pires has wrist control.
Huerta wants to pass the guard but Pires is keeping the position.
Pires wants to stand up but Huerta is controlling him.
Huerta stands and throws Pires's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Huerta works to advance to full mount. Pires defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Pires holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Huerta tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Pires squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Pires that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Huerta punching from mount but Pires doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Pires is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Huerta lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pires hang on?
Huerta lands a heavy elbow.
Huerta won't let Pires get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Pires takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Huerta putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Huerta misses with a head shot.
Pires wants to get back to his feet.

That's four 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.
A nice elbow there by Huerta.
A nice elbow there by Huerta.
Huerta working the ground and pound effectively.
Huerta throws some wild stikes that Pires manages to avoid easily.
Huerta lands a heavy elbow.
Huerta looking to ground and pound but Pires is blocking nicely.
Pires is trying to stand.
Huerta scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Augusto Pires has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ron Huerta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pires in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ron Huerta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Huerta winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 25:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 26:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Huerta!