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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Holden Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diogo Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rosenthal might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rick Derringer - I Am a Real American. Pinto is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Do you really want to hurt me. Holden Rosenthal has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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194 lbs
14 - 10 - 0 |
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197 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Holden Rosenthal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diogo Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosenthal throws a lazy right hand but Pinto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pinto doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosenthal circles away.
Pinto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rosenthal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pinto shoots and misses
letting Rosenthal counter with a right hand.
Pinto's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rosenthal connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pinto scrambles back to his feet.
Pinto closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rosenthal quickly recovers to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rosenthal trying to control here.
Rosenthal is refusing to be controlled, as Pinto sits in half guard.
Rosenthal wants to improve his position but Pinto is controlling well.
Pinto trying to control the action but Rosenthal is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto wants to pass the guard but Rosenthal is defending well.
Pinto is trying to work for a kimura but Rosenthal is defending well.
Pinto wants to take a breather but Rosenthal is having none of it.
Pinto trying to control from Rosenthal's half guard. Rosenthal has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Pinto preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pinto gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pinto advances position into side control!
Pinto wants to control but Rosenthal is keeping him busy.
Rosenthal gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Pinto is looking to take a break and control but Rosenthal is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pinto is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal is trying to control but can't.
Rosenthal gets back to full guard.
Pinto wants to control from the top but Rosenthal keeps moving.
Rosenthal is trying to keep Pinto in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pinto pushes down on Rosenthal's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Pinto thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Rosenthal to regain full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal pulls Pinto in to control the position.
Rosenthal keeping full guard, as Pinto tries to pass.
Rosenthal manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pinto manages to get himself to full guard.
Pinto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rosenthal's guard.
Pinto pushes down on Rosenthal's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rosenthal is concentrating on defense, preventing Pinto from advancing position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rosenthal is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diogo Pinto 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.
Pinto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rosenthal ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rosenthal moves out of range as Pinto strikes.
Rosenthal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Diogo Pinto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pinto scores with a leg kick.
Rosenthal catches Pinto with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rosenthal looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Pinto moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pinto is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rosenthal regains half guard.
Rosenthal manages to get to full guard.
Pinto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rosenthal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pinto won't allow Rosenthal to sweep him here.
Pinto trying to control the position from guard on top but Rosenthal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Pinto tries to free his leg and advance position but Rosenthal is retaining full guard.
Pinto is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Rosenthal is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Rosenthal has escaped and now he's on top!
Pinto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rosenthal manages to get himself to full guard.
Pinto is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Rosenthal is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Rosenthal has escaped and now he's on top!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pinto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pinto wants to sweep here but Rosenthal controlling him for the moment.
Pinto has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rosenthal can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pinto keeping moving, preventing Rosenthal from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinto looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rosenthal is one step ahead there.
Rosenthal stands up over Pinto, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rosenthal slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pinto is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Holden Rosenthal will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pinto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice shot by Rosenthal.
Rosenthal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pinto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rosenthal leaves Pinto with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pinto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice sprawl there from Rosenthal as Pinto shoots in.
Rosenthal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pinto misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rosenthal, pushing him back against the cage.
Rosenthal stalling in the clinch.
Rosenthal drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pinto pulls his leg out and moves away.
Pinto is looking to clinch.
Pinto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rosenthal thows a body kick. Pinto tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Pinto 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.
Rosenthal scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rosenthal keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Holden Rosenthal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diogo Pinto.
Pinto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rosenthal scores with a nice strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal checks the leg kick.
Rosenthal cracks Pinto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rosenthal lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rosenthal fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pinto has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A telegraphed right hand from Pinto misses the target.
Pinto tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rosenthal swivels and escapes.
Rosenthal feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pintos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like Diogo Pinto has been cut.
Pinto wants to clinch up but Rosenthal keeps it at a distance.
Pinto misses with a takedown
and Rosenthal counters with a straight right hand.
Holden Rosenthal is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal gets a clinch.
Rosenthal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pinto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rosenthal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pinto trying to land knees to the body.
Pinto tries to land knees in the clinch but Rosenthal avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Rosenthal - that landed with a thud.
Rosenthal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rosenthal cracks Pinto with a nice body shot.
Rosenthal scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rosenthal lands an elbow just above Pinto 's eye.
Rosenthal lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rosenthal working the head and body with strikes.
Rosenthal passes to full mount!
Rosenthal looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pinto can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Rosenthal can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pinto is looking to escape.
Rosenthal with good strikes from the mount here!
Pinto tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rosenthal dominating with strikes here.
Diogo Pinto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That has opened up Diogo Pinto's cut even more.
Pinto is squirming around, avoiding Rosenthal's attempts to control the action.
Pinto swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Holden Rosenthal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rosenthal has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Holden Rosenthal!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Holden Rosenthal!
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight for Holden Rosenthal!
Holden Rosenthal wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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