PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Esko Morko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Pinta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morko's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Sound Of Thunder. Pinta has chosen God Is an Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Morko
vs
Pinta

190 cm
31
210 lbs
24 - 7 - 0

192 cm
28
213 lbs
17 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Esko Morko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Thomas Pinta!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morko looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Thomas Pinta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pinta tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pinta avoids a kick to the body.
Pinta misses with a straight right.
Morko looks to land a combination but Pinta avoids it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Pinta misses the target.
Pinta looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Morko cracks the inside of Pinta's front leg.
A jab from Pinta misses.
Morko lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pinta's sensitive parts.
Pinta ducks under a wild hook from Morko.
Pinta walks into a stiff left hand from Morko.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pinta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morko was well out of range. Poor timing from Pinta.
Morko misses with a straight left.
Morko throws the kick towards the body but Pinta avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinta throws a leg kick
and Morko counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Morko checks the leg kick.
Morko misses with a body kick.
Morko lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice body punch from Pinta.
Morko moves out of range as Pinta strikes.
Morko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pinta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morko manages to avoid it.
Pinta is looking to chop away at Morko's legs.
Morko throws out a loose jab but Pinta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morko avoids the head kick by Pinta.
Pinta works the jab nicely.
Morko is looking to land body kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinta lands with a good body shot.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Morko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Morko cracks Pinta with a right hand to the side of the head.
Morko throws a leg kick but Pinta sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Morko 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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pinta.
Morko misses with a body shot.
Pinta misses with a wild body shot.
Pinta throws a wild body kick that Morko sees coming a mile off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pinta.
Pinta throws a body punch but Morko moves out of range.

Pinta pushes Morko up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinta misses with a body punch.
Morko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pinta tries to throw a body punch but Morko avoids it by throwing Pinta back against the cage.
Pinta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Morko lands with a short shot to the head.
Pinta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morko backwards.
Morko digs a right hand into Pinta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pinta's gas tank.
Morko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morko lands a right hand.
Morko is trying to maintain a safe position but Pinta gets an underhook and turns Morko into the cage.
Pinta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Morko's elbow.
Pinta misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pinta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morko backwards.
Morko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pinta is defending well for now.
Morko looking to slow down the pace here.

Morko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Morko connects with a body shot.
Pinta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morko scores with a body shot.
Pinta looks gassed!
Pinta avoids the head kick by Morko.
Morko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pinta throws a wild body kick that Morko sees coming a mile off.
Morko closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pinta lands a nice leg kick that just misses Morko's sensitive parts.
Pinta misses with a hook.
Pinta throws a lazy right hand but Morko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pinta keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pinta shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A good leg kick by Pinta.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Esko Morko 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.

Some wild striking there from Morko.
Morko scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A big left from Pinta misses.
Morko looks to land a left hand but Pinta moved out of range nicely.
Morko moves out of range of the body kick.
Pinta fakes the leg kick and cracks Morko in the body.
Morko throws a sloppy head kick and Pinta moves out of range easily.

Morko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Morko scores with a knee to the head.
Pinta digs a right hand into Morko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morko's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pinta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pinta lands a shot to the body.
Morko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pinta avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Morko digs a right hand underneath Pinta's ribcage. Pinta let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Morko misses with a body punch.
Pinta is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pinta lands an uppercut.
Pinta lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinta digs a right hand into Morko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Morko's gas tank.
Pinta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morko backwards.
Pinta lands a body shot.
Pinta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pinta lands an uppercut.
Pinta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pinta scores with a shot to the side of Morko's head.
Pinta lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pinta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pinta scores with a shot to the side of Morko's head.
Pinta lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pinta lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Pinta on the inside.
Pinta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Pinta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pinta throws a leg kick but Morko sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pinta thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Morko if he has to take too many more of those.
Pinta feints and then cracks Morko's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Morko down.
Esko Morko is winning the standup battle so far.
Pinta delivers a nice body kick.
A good leg kick by Pinta.
Morko takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pinta, right into the meat.
Morko's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pinta connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Morko scrambles back to his feet.
Morko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pinta throws a good cross that connects.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Pinta.
Pinta throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Morko's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Pinta dives in looking to finish as Morko flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Pinta's strikes! Pinta is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Morko's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Morko was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Pinta!
In his post fight interview, Thomas Pinta started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.