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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Steven de Pina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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152 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steven de Pina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Pierce!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierce shoots in for a takedown but de Pina shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
de Pina has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pierce.
Pierce tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good standup being displayed there by de Pina as he connects with a hook.
Pierce shoots in looking for a takedown. de Pina tries to sprawl out of it but Pierce keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. de Pina manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pierce takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
No joy there for Pierce, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pierce tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
de Pina misses with a double jab.
de Pina misses with a double jab.
de Pina misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
de Pina keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Steven de Pina has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Pierce.
Pierce looks gassed!
Pierce takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Pina fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pierce, pushing him back against the cage.
de Pina pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
de Pina's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and de Pina duly obliges.
Pierce tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and de Pina holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
de Pina breaks from the clinch.
Pierce is trying hard to land a takedown here. de Pina sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
de Pina misses with a wild combination.
de Pina instigates a clinch.
Pierce is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
de Pina lands with a short head shot on the inside.
de Pina manages to break the clinch.
de Pina will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Pierce.
Pierce is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
de Pina's corner calls for a 1-2. de Pina obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
de Pina throws a head kick that misses.
de Pina throws a series of strikes that have Pierce backpedaling.
Pierce tries to clinch but fails miserably
and de Pina counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by de Pina.
de Pina gets control of Pierce's arms and successfully pulls guard. de Pina will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pierce looking to sit in guard and control but de Pina gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pierce is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
de Pina trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pierce is trying to control the position from the bottom.
de Pina won't allow Pierce to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
de Pina drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Pierce dives on top into guard.
de Pina is trying to control the position but Pierce postures up.
Pierce missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pierce controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
de Pina working a defensive guard but Pierce manages to pass into side control anyway.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven de Pina dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
de Pina throws a right and a left that both miss.
de Pina displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
de Pina fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pierce throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around de Pina's waist but de Pina gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pierce off to one side.
de Pina tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pierce shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and de Pina counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by de Pina.
de Pina displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pierce up against the cage.
Pierce fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Steven de Pina has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Pierce.
Pierce is breathing heavily.
de Pina lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pierce.
de Pina gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pierce.
de Pina comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de Pina lands with a short shot to the head.
de Pina working some nice short punches in the clinch.
de Pina scores with a knee to the head.
de Pina gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pierce.
Nice body punch from de Pina.
de Pina digs a right hand into Pierce's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pierce's gas tank.
de Pina escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
de Pina misses with a few strikes there.
de Pina misses with a few strikes there.
Steven de Pina is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by de Pina!
de Pina has closed the distance and engaged Pierce in a clinch.
de Pina's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
de Pina forces Pierce back against the cage and clinches.
de Pina pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierce dives in and grabs de Pina's left leg, looking for a takedown. de Pina pushes down on Pierce's head and hops out.
de Pina lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
de Pina lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by de Pina.
Pierce is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
de Pina dances in with a quick combination. Pierce is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from de Pina snaps Pierce's head back. Pierce stumbles backwards against the cage. de Pina steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Pierce's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Pierce just didn't come prepared.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Steven de Pina!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
63% |
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