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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Larkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Pinta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larkin kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is I'm Shipping Up To Boston. Pinta comes into a darkened arena with his song building. God Is an Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
30 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Larkin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Thomas Pinta!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larkin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pinta has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Larkin darts in and clinches Pinta up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larkin.
Larkin is trying to stall.
Larkin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pinta lands a nice uppercut.
Pinta misses with a body punch.
Larkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Larkin swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Larkin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Pinta.
Larkin manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Larkin. Pinta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ryan Larkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pinta attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Larkin misses with an uppercut.
Larkin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pinta.
Pinta moves out of range of the body kick from Larkin.
Larkin forces Pinta back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Larkin's elbow.
Pinta blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pinta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Larkin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Larkin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pinta's sensitive parts.
Larkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pinta will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Larkin throws a leg kick but Pinta sees it coming and moves out of range.
Larkin avoids the body shot from Pinta.
Pinta looks to land a combination but Larkin avoids it well.
Larkin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pinta blocks a leg kick.
Pinta sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Larkin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Larkin wants to land a leg kick but Pinta is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin scores with a leg kick.
Larkin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Larkin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pinta lands a nice looking kick to the body. Larkin takes a step back to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pinta scores with a nice strike.
Pinta scores with a kick to the midsection.
Larkin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Larkin throws the kick towards the body but Pinta avoids it.
Larkin wants to slow Pinta down by chopping away at his legs.
Pinta throws a leg kick which misses Larkin's front leg but catches the back leg as Larkin tries to avoid it.
Pinta throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinta takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Larkin swings for the body but Pinta moves out of range.
Larkin blocks a low kick nicely.
Larkin takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Larkin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pinta throws a right hand that misses
and Larkin counters with a thumping low kick.
An inside leg kick from Larkin misses.
Pinta throws a leg kick but Larkin checks it.
Pinta misses the shot to the body.
Larkin feints and then cracks Pinta's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pinta down.
Pinta defending well as Larkin loads up on a big left hand.
Pinta is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Larkin misses with a hook to the body
and Pinta counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Larkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pinta manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinta pivots, looking for a leg kick but Larkin is out of range and Pinta settles back down.
Larkin rushes Pinta and presses him up against the cage.
Pinta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pinta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Larkin backwards.
Pinta scores with a shoulder strike.
Pinta digs a right hand into Larkin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Larkin's gas tank.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larkin.
Pinta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Pinta.
Larkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinta controls his hands.
Larkin prevents a body shot from Pinta.
Pinta has a couple of punches blocked by Larkin.
Pinta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Larkin pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pinta swats away the attempt to clinch by Larkin.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pinta.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Pinta 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.
Pinta connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Larkin momentarily.
Pinta misses with an uppercut. Larkin saw that one coming.
Pinta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pinta throws the left hand but Larkin avoids the punch easily.
A combination from Pinta does no damage.
Pinta takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Thomas Pinta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pinta takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Larkin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Larkin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A combination from Larkin does no damage.
Larkin throws a jab but it's blocked by Pinta.
Larkin digs a good hook to Pinta's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pinta takes a swing at Larkin's ribcage but misses.
Nice body punch from Larkin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pinta throws a leg kick but Larkin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Larkin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pinta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Larkin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Larkin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larkin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pinta is out of range.
Larkin tries to clinch but Pinta is having none of it.
Pinta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Larkin tries to clinch there but Pinta circles away.
Larkin avoids the head kick by Pinta.
Larkin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pinta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Larkin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pinta misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinta throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Larkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Larkin swings for the body but Pinta moves out of range.
Pinta has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Good work by Larkin as he checks the leg kick.
Pinta checks a leg kick nicely.
Larkin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Larkin misses with a hook to the body
and Pinta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pinta avoids the body shot from Larkin.
Larkin misses with a body kick.
Larkin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pinta.
Larkin scores with a hook to the body. Pinta takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Larkin moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin missing with a left hand there. Pinta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Larkin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pinta is out of range and Larkin settles back down.
Pinta connects with a body shot that sends Larkin's belly button to the back.
Pinta slips a jab and a cross from Larkin.
Larkin tries to clinch but Pinta is having none of it.
Larkin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pinta connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Larkin scrambles back to his feet.
Pinta's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An inside leg kick from Pinta misses.
Larkin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pinta.
Pinta blocks the body kick.
Larkin stalks Pinta and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pinta's face. Pinta staggers backwards, shaken.
Larkin lands a leg kick that knocks Pinta off balance momentarily.
Larkin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pinta checks it well.
A bone on bone clash there as Larkin blocks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinta moves out of range as Larkin strikes.
Larkin is looking to wear down Pinta with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot to the liver by Pinta. Beautiful body shot.
Pinta gets tackled into the cage by Larkin. Larkin maintains the clinch.
Larkin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pinta.
Pinta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Larkin.
Pinta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pinta lands a nice shot to the body.
Pinta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Larkin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pinta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Larkin slips a straight right by Pinta.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pinta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pinta drops his hands momentarily and Larkin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Larkin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
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 Ryan Larkin will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pinta throws a nice inside leg kick.
Larkin tries to clinch up but Pinta circles away and keeps his distance.
Larkin misses with a double jab
and Pinta counters with a low kick, right behind Larkin 's knee.
A jab from Larkin finds it's way through Pinta's defenses.
Larkin throws a leg kick but Pinta sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pinta tries to work over Larkin's front leg with a kick but Larkin checks it.
Pinta tries to score with a low kick but Larkin moves his leg out of the way.
Larkin tries to clinch but Pinta moves out of range.
Larkin has managed to clinch.
Larkin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Larkin moves out of range of the strikes.
Larkin scores with a sloppy right hand. Pinta should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pinta.
Larkin connects with a solid leg kick.
Larkin takes the fight into the clinch.
Pinta tries to stall but Larkin uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Larkin.
Pinta misses with a punch to the body.
Pinta blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Larkin - that landed with a thud.
Pinta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Larkin.
Pinta takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Larkin misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Larkin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Larkin on the inside.
Larkin can't find room to land a body shot as Pinta controls the action.
Larkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Larkin misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Larkin.
Ryan Larkin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pinta swings wildly with an uppercut but Larkin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinta misses with some punches.
Pinta misses with some punches.
Larkin can't find room to land a body shot as Pinta controls the action.
Larkin blocking some punches.
Larkin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pinta.
Pinta lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Larkin or not.
Larkin prevents Pinta from breaking the clinch.
Larkin is working Pinta over against the cage.
Larkin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Larkin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pinta trying to stall but Larkin improves his position.
Larkin lands a shot to the body.
Larkin lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Larkin.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Larkin.
Larkin misses with a punch to the body.
Larkin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinta throws a punch but it's blocked by Larkin.
Larkin lands a left hand.
Larkin tries to work over Pinta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Larkin lands a left hand.
Pinta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pinta throws a body punch but Larkin moves out of range.
Larkin misses with a body shot.
Larkin connects with a leg kick. Pinta looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pinta checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Larkin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Larkin throws a good cross that connects.
Larkin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Larkin cracks the inside of Pinta's front leg.
Larkin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pinta manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinta throws a low kick but it's checked well by Larkin.
Larkin checks a low kick from Pinta.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body kick there by Larkin.
Larkin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pinta checks a leg kick.
Pinta tries a low kick but Larkin avoids it.
Larkin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pinta.
Larkin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pinta wants to land a leg kick but Larkin is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pinta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Larkin.
Pinta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Larkin fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Larkin clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Larkin misses with a wild body shot.
Larkin misses with a leg kick.
A low kick from Larkin misses
enabling Pinta to counter with a crisp jab.
Larkin tries to clinch there but Pinta circles away.
Larkin scores with a jab to the body.
Pinta changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pinta connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Larkin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice straight punches there by Larkin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Larkin.
Larkin works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
An inside leg kick lands from Pinta.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinta throws a leg kick but Larkin checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinta throws a nice inside leg kick.
Larkin defending well as Pinta loads up on a big left hand.
Pinta scores with the left hand. Larkin knows he should have avoided that one.
Pinta checks a leg kick nicely.
Larkin throws a low kick but Pinta moves out of range easily.
Pinta misses with a hook. Larkin ducked under it nicely.
Pinta connects with a leg kick. Larkin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pinta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Larkin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Pinta is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Pinta avoids the body shot from Larkin.
Larkin throws a leg kick but Pinta sees it coming and moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Larkin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin throws the kick towards the body but Pinta avoids it.
Pinta throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Larkin closes the distance and clinches.
Larkin tries a body shot but Pinta blocks it.
Pinta is working Larkin over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Larkin misses with a body punch.
Pinta misses with an elbow over the top.
Pinta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Larkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Larkin misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larkin.
Pinta blocking some punches.
Larkin manages to break the clinch.
Pinta misses the jab.
Larkin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Larkin's calf.
Larkin throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Pinta counter with a right hand.
Pinta getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pinta throws a hook to the side of Larkin's head but Larkin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pinta throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Larkin.
Larkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larkin misses with a body kick.
Larkin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A punch combination from Pinta misses.
Larkin lands a nice looking body shot.
A clash of legs there as Larkin blocks the low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larkin tries to close the distance and clinch but Pinta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pinta looks for the body kick but Larkin saw that one coming.
Pinta takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Larkin misses with a body kick.
Larkin throws a solid leg kick but Pinta takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Larkin.
A jab from Larkin misses.
Larkin thumps Pinta with a low kick.
A good leg kick by Larkin.
Decent striking displayed by Pinta there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pinta misses with an uppercut.
Larkin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pinta. That did some damage!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Larkin. Pinta shrugs it off though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Thomas Pinta will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Larkin scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pinta throws the left hand but Larkin avoids the punch easily.
Pinta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Larkin.
Larkin misses with a low kick.
Larkin thuds a left hand into Pinta's body.
Larkin throws a leg kick that misses.
Larkin jabs Pinta right on the nose. Pinta blinks but takes it well.
Pinta lands with a thumping leg kick.
Larkin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pinta avoids the head kick by Larkin.
Larkin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pinta misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin wants to land a leg kick but Pinta is out of range.
Larkin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Larkin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Larkin misses with a low kick.
Pinta moves out of range as Larkin strikes.
Larkin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pinta counters with a good low kick that Larkin was not able to check.
Larkin scoring well with a low kick there.
Larkin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pinta moves away.
Larkin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Pinta fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Larkin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pinta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Larkin is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin lands with a shot to the body.
Pinta throws a low kick, looking for Larkin's leg but Larkin calmly moves out of range.
Pinta thows a body shot but no joy.
Larkin moves out of range of the body kick from Pinta.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinta keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That kick from Larkin tenderised Pinta's leg. Pinta is trying to keep his angry face on.
Larkin throws a leg kick
and Pinta counters with a slapping leg kick.
Larkin throws a series of punches but Pinta moves out of range.
Pinta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Larkin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pinta was well out of range. Poor timing from Larkin.
Larkin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pinta doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pinta connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Larkin scrambles back to his feet.
Larkin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Larkin throws a leg kick but Pinta sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pinta takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pinta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Larkin throws a hook but Pinta blocks it.
Larkin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Larkin works Pinta's body with a nice hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pinta.
Larkin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pinta.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Larkin looks for the body kick but Pinta saw that one coming.
A slapping leg kick lands for Pinta.
Pinta has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Larkin.
Larkin moves out of range of the body kick.
Pinta throws a chopping leg kick but Larkin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pinta feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Larkins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pinta takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larkin throws a low kick, looking for Pinta's leg but Pinta calmly moves out of range.
Larkin tries to score with a low kick but Pinta moves his leg out of the way.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A slow jab from Pinta misses its intended target.
Larkin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Larkin takes a swing at Pinta's ribcage but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Larkin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Larkin 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 48:47
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 48:47
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Larkin!
After the big win, Ryan Larkin made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Hell's Balls Recovery (160) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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