PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nino Pagnotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nemean Athos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Pagnotto might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Very Ape - Nirvana. Athos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Thundercats. 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.

Pagnotto
vs
Athos

171 cm
23
181 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

180 cm
21
181 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nino Pagnotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nemean Athos!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pagnotto throws a body punch but Athos moves out of range.
Athos scores with a shot to the body.
Athos avoids the head kick by Pagnotto.
Pagnotto throws a head kick but Athos moves out of range.
Athos avoids the head kick by Pagnotto.
Athos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pagnotto doesn't seem bothered though.
Pagnotto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pagnotto throws a head kick but Athos moves out of range.
Athos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pagnotto on the side of the head.
Pagnotto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Athos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pagnotto attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Athos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pagnotto counters with an inside leg kick.
Pagnotto dodges the punch combination from Athos.
A big left from Pagnotto misses.
Pagnotto moves out of range of the leg kick from Athos.
Athos tries to bum rush Pagnotto with a series of wild strikes but Pagnotto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pagnotto avoids the body shot from Athos.
Athos connects with a body shot.
Athos misses the shot to the body.
Pagnotto wants to clinch.
Athos lands with a nice combination. Pagnotto backs away looking to recover.
Pagnotto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pagnotto tries to clinch up.
Pagnotto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Athos manages to avoid it.
Athos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pagnotto moves in looking to clinch but Athos pushes him off.
A low kick from Pagnotto is predictable there
and Athos counters with a two punch combo.

It looks like Nino Pagnotto has been cut.
Pagnotto throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick by Pagnotto misses
and Pagnotto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pagnotto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Athos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Athos moves out of range of the leg kick from Pagnotto.
Athos slips a jab from Pagnotto.
A big right from Pagnotto misses.
Pagnotto swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Athos makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pagnotto throws a head kick that misses
and Athos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Athos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pagnotto manages to avoid it.
Pagnotto misses with a leg kick.
Athos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pagnotto's head.
Pagnotto misses with a leg kick
and Athos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pagnotto thinking.
Pagnotto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pagnotto is breathing heavily.
Athos lands a glancing blow to the side of Pagnotto's head.

Athos lands a left and a right that send Pagnotto crashing to the mat, dazed. Athos thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Athos works Pagnotto's body with a nice hook.
Athos cracks a nice hook into Pagnotto's ribs.
Athos is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pagnotto rather than just go for the knockout.
Athos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Athos lands a left and a right that send Pagnotto crashing to the mat, dazed. Athos thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Pagnotto is rocked!
Athos digs a good body shot into Pagnotto's ribs.
Oh Pagnotto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Athos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pagnotto doesn't seem bothered though.
Pagnotto seems to have got his legs back now.
Good shot there by Athos.
Athos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Athos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Athos lands a nice shot to the body.
Athos is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pagnotto had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Athos stuns Pagnotto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Athos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pagnotto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Athos.
Athos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good shot there by Athos.
Athos is looking to slow Pagnotto down with leg kicks.
Athos lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheers as Athos lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pagnotto doesn't seem phased though.
Athos stuns Pagnotto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Athos.
Nino Pagnotto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Athos moves out of range as Pagnotto strikes.
Athos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Athos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Athos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pagnotto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Athos scores with a four punch combination!
A combination from Athos does no damage.
Pagnotto rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Athos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Athos lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Nino Pagnotto's cut is getting worse.
Athos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pagnotto moves forwards but Athos connects with a nice, crisp jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Athos.
Athos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pagnotto at a distance.
Athos is working the combinations to good effect here.
Athos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nemean Athos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nino Pagnotto's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A good leg kick by Athos.
A left lands for Athos.
Pagnotto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Athos manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Pagnotto misses its intended target.
Pagnotto thows a leg kick but Athos checks it
and Athos counters with an outside leg kick.
Pagnotto takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Athos misses with a double jab.
Athos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Athos scores with a jab to the body.
Athos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pagnotto walks into a left hand.
Athos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pagnotto looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Left hook, right uppercut from Athos.
Athos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Athos. That's going to slow Pagnotto down.
Pagnotto is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Athos lands with a nice body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pagnotto throws a sloppy body shot
and Athos counters with a nice uppercut.
Athos lands a jab-cross combination.
Athos lunges at Pagnotto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pagnotto's hand.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Pagnotto might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Athos with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Athos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pagnotto misses with a shot to the body
and Athos counters with a left to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Athos.
Pagnotto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A good leg kick by Athos.
Athos digs a good body shot into Pagnotto's ribs.
Athos blocks a low kick nicely.
Athos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Athos lands a jab to Pagnotto's midsection.
Athos is looking to slow Pagnotto down with leg kicks.
Pagnotto throws a leg kick
and Athos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Athos turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Athos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Athos works the jab nicely.
Athos changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Athos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Athos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Athos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pagnotto. Pagnotto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pagnotto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pagnotto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pagnotto tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Athos. That's going to slow Pagnotto down.
Nemean Athos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Athos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pagnotto circles away quickly and effectively.
Left hook, right uppercut from Athos.
Athos throws a combination. Pagnotto tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Athos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pagnotto on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Athos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Athos cracks Pagnotto with a hook to the temple - Pagnotto is on wobbly legs here! Athos swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Pagnotto falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Athos wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nemean Athos!