PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lando Pineta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Bigwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pineta comes into the arena with star wars theme blaring out of the sound system. Mark Bigwood has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pineta
vs
Bigwood

182 cm
24
190 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

185 cm
23
185 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lando Pineta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Mark Bigwood!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bigwood showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pineta.
Pineta throws a right and a left that Bigwood avoids nicely.
Bigwood moves in looking to clinch but Pineta pushes him off.
Bigwood leaves Pineta with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Bigwood tries to clinch

and Pineta counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bigwood is trying to force a seperation but Pineta has the dominant position.
Pineta jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bigwood walks away with a smile on his face. Pineta gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A punch combination from Pineta misses.
Pineta shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bigwood as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lando Pineta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bigwood tries to clinch but Pineta moves away

and Pineta counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pineta tries to pull guard but Bigwood holds him up against the cage and eventually Pineta drops back down to his feet.
Pineta wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bigwood lands a nice uppercut.
Bigwood tries to circle away but Pineta has him pinned against the cage.
Bigwood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pineta lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Pineta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pineta throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bigwood counters with a nice body shot.
Pineta is breathing heavily.
Pineta throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bigwood counters with a three punch combo that has Pineta backing up. Pineta nods at Bigwood to acknowledge the strikes.
Pineta swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bigwood counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Bigwood.

Bigwood moves into range and clinches up with Pineta.
Bigwood is trying to break the clinch but Pineta is controlling him.

Bigwood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bigwood sizes up Pineta with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Bigwood clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Bigwood's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Bigwood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Bigwood has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bigwood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bigwood blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bigwood tries to circle away but Pineta has him pinned against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Bigwood.
Pineta working hard to break the clinch.

Bigwood breaks the clinch.
Bigwood feints a jab promting Pineta to slip. Bigwood then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pineta slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Pineta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bigwood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bigwood tries to clinch up but Pineta circles away and keeps his distance.
Bigwood connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pineta throws a combination that misses

and Bigwood moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Pineta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bigwood holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pineta keeps control of Bigwood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pineta tries to pull guard but Bigwood holds him up against the cage and eventually Pineta drops back down to his feet.

Bigwood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pineta swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bigwood counters with a straight right hand.
Bigwood tries to close the distance and clinch but Pineta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pineta throws a leg kick but Bigwood moved away.
Bigwood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pineta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bigwood tries to clinch up but Pineta circles away and keeps his distance.
Bigwood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pineta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bigwood throws a one two combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pineta closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bigwood circles away.
Bigwood will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bigwood jabs Pineta to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Bigwood closes the distance and pushes Pineta back into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Bigwood's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Bigwood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bigwood lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pineta takes a step back to recover.
A right-left combo lands from Bigwood.
Bigwood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pineta swats away the attempt to clinch by Bigwood.
Bigwood is working the combinations to good effect here.
Bigwood throws a right hand that Pineta ducks under and follows up with a left that Pineta also avoids with ease.
Bigwood tries to bum rush Pineta with a series of wild strikes but Pineta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bigwood closes the distance but Pineta moves to the side

and Pineta counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bigwood looks like he's trying to stand up.

Bigwood makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Bigwood is looking to clinch.
Pineta does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pineta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bigwood moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bigwood lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bigwood cracks Pineta with a good jab.
Bigwood scores with a nice strike.
Bigwood connects with an inside leg kick.
Bigwood fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Bigwood dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Bigwood throws a head kick that misses.
Mark Bigwood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bigwood throws a body kick that misses.
Pineta throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bigwood counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A punch combination from Bigwood misses.
Bigwood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pineta throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bigwood holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pineta has Bigwood pressed against the cage, preventing Bigwood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Pineta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pineta swats away the attempt to clinch by Bigwood.
Bigwood doesn't manage to clinch there - Pineta circles away.
Pineta falls off balance throwing a combination
and Bigwood counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pineta is looking to clinch but Bigwood is avoiding it.
Lando Pineta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bigwood tries to clinch up but Pineta circles away and keeps his distance.
Bigwood throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pineta throws a lazy head kick
and Pineta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bigwood lands with a nice body punch.
Pineta throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bigwood counters by moving into the clinch.

Bigwood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lando Pineta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pineta fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Bigwood. That snapped Pineta's head back.
Mark Bigwood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Bigwood clinches with his opponent.
Pineta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Bigwood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good leg kick by Bigwood there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pineta on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bigwood looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Bigwood darts in and clinches Pineta up against the cage.
Pineta is trying to force a seperation but Bigwood has the dominant position.
Bigwood landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bigwood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pineta blocks it with crossed arms.

Bigwood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pineta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Bigwood.
Bigwood closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pineta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bigwood tries to clinch but Pineta is having none of it.
Pineta shoots in looking for a takedown. Bigwood tries to sprawl out of it but Pineta keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bigwood manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bigwood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pineta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pineta avoids the head kick by Bigwood.
Pineta throws a series of punches but Bigwood avoids them all with ease.
Pineta has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bigwood scores with a three punch combo!
Bigwood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pineta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bigwood misses with a series of wild punches.
Bigwood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pineta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bigwood tries to clinch but Pineta is having none of it.
Pineta misses with a few strikes there.

Bigwood moves into range and clinches up with Pineta.
Pineta avoiding damage as Bigwood throws knees to the body.
Pineta can't break the clinch.
Pineta managing to block the knees to the body from Bigwood.

Bigwood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bigwood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pineta has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bigwood wants to clinch.
Pineta misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bigwood fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pineta.

Bigwood rushes Pineta and presses him up against the cage.

Bigwood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bigwood throws a nice looking combination but Pineta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bigwood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pineta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Bigwood closes the distance and clinches.

Pineta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pineta throws a combination that misses

and Bigwood holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Bigwood breaks the clinch.
Bigwood tries to clinch there but Pineta circles away.
A head kick misses from Bigwood.
Pineta tries to clinch up
and Bigwood counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Bigwood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Pineta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pineta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Pineta moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Pineta's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pineta avoiding damage as Bigwood throws knees to the body.
Pineta can't break the clinch.

Pineta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pineta is defended easily by Bigwood.

Bigwood gets a clinch.
Bigwood throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bigwood is trying to push Pineta away but Pineta has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bigwood keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pineta's efforts to push away.
Bigwood is trying to force a seperation but Pineta has the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pineta avoiding damage as Bigwood throws knees to the body.

Bigwood manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bigwood scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Bigwood clinches up with Pineta and pushes him back against the cage.
Pineta tries to break the clinch but Bigwood is controlling the position.

Pineta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bigwood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pineta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bigwood throws a head kick that Pineta semi-blocks.
Pineta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bigwood throws a head kick that misses.
Bigwood misses with the combination.
Bigwood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pineta blocks a head kick by Bigwood.
Bigwood closes the distance but Pineta moves to the side
and Pineta counters with a leg kick.
Bigwood tries to clinch up.
Bigwood connects with the punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pineta tries for a takedown but Bigwood circles away easily

and Bigwood holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bigwood tries to circle away but Pineta has him pinned against the cage.

Bigwood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bigwood tries to clinch up.
Pineta throws a right and a left that Bigwood avoids nicely.
Pineta dives in and grabs Bigwood's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bigwood pushes down on Pineta's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lando Pineta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bigwood tries to clinch up.
Pineta swats away the attempt to clinch by Bigwood.
Pineta circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pineta doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Bigwood counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bigwood tries to clinch there but Pineta circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pineta on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Bigwood tries to close the distance and clinch but Pineta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bigwood wants to clinch.

Bigwood clinches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bigwood as Pineta tries to tie him up.
Pineta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A frustrated look appears on Bigwood's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Pineta breaks the clinch.
Lando Pineta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bigwood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pineta misses with a double jab

and Bigwood counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bigwood.
Bigwood is trying to force a seperation but Pineta has the dominant position.
Bigwood crunches a lovely knee into Pineta's ribcage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bigwood.

Bigwood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pineta blocks a head kick by Bigwood.

Pineta closes the distance and pushes Bigwood back into the cage.
Pineta swings wildly with an uppercut but Bigwood uses good head movement to avoid it.

Bigwood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bigwood throws a series of punches but Pineta moves out of range.
Bigwood tries to clinch there but Pineta circles away.
Pineta throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Bigwood to counter with a crisp jab.
Bigwood tests Pineta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bigwood tries to close the distance and clinch but Pineta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bigwood tries to clinch but Pineta is having none of it.
Bigwood throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pineta.
Mark Bigwood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Bigwood clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Bigwood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Bigwood 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Bigwood!