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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dave Beall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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188 cm
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170 lbs
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175 cm
18
170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dave Beall! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arthur Pinto! The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight. Pinto closes the distance and clinches. Pinto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Pinto swings wildly with an uppercut but Beall uses good head movement to avoid it. Pinto misses with the head strike.
Pinto leaning against his opponent.
Beall is looking to break free of the clinch but Pinto has double underhooks. Pinto lands with a right to the head. Beall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Beall wants to break free but Pinto has control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Beall is looking to break free of the clinch but Pinto has double underhooks. Pinto slows down the pace here.
Beall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pinto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beall blocking some punches.
Pinto misses with some punches.
Pinto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pinto leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pinto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bealls head. Still in the clinch, Pinto scores with a nice short uppercut. A frustrated look appears on Beall's face as he tries to break the clinch. A frustrated look appears on Beall's face as he tries to break the clinch. Pinto misses with a body punch.
The referee calls for Pinto to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Pinto can't find room to land a body shot as Beall controls the action.
Beall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pinto stalling.
Pinto lands with a light punch inside. Pinto tries to work over Beall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Beall. Pinto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Beall can't break the clinch.
Pinto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinto lands a left hand.
Pinto digs a right hand underneath Beall's ribcage. Beall let out a lung full of air as it connected. Beall has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. A frustrated look appears on Beall's face as he tries to break the clinch. Pinto misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pinto dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pinto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pinto stalling.
Pinto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pinto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Beall backwards. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pinto. Beall is looking to break free of the clinch but Pinto has double underhooks. Beall is looking to break free of the clinch but Pinto has double underhooks. Pinto lands a hook to the side of the head. Pinto scores with a shot to the side of Beall's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Pinto gets through Beall's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Pinto lands a left hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pinto. The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pinto takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. Pinto throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Pinto lands with a right to the head. Pinto is stalling here.
Pinto lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pinto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beall or not. A short uppercut from Pinto. Pinto has Beall pressed against the cage.
Beall wants to break free but Pinto has control.
Pinto scores with a nice hook to the head. Pinto lands with a left to the head. Pinto scores with a shoulder strike. Pinto pushes Beall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Pinto lands a body shot. Beall prevents a body shot from Pinto. Pinto lands a nice uppercut. Arthur Pinto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. Pinto presses Beall against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Pinto tries to work over Beall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Good body shot from Pinto.
Pinto lands a shoulder strike. Pinto keeps control of Beall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Beall wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Pinto has Beall pressed against the cage, preventing Beall from circling away and getting back to striking at range. A nice left hand lands by Pinto.
Beall wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pinto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pinto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Beall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Beall's face as he tries to break the clinch. Pinto stalls. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pinto 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Pinto misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pinto just misses with a punch to the body.
Beall throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pinto connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Beall gets tackled into the cage by Pinto. Pinto maintains the clinch. A short right from Pinto on the inside. Pinto effectively controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round. The crowd are getting on Pinto's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch. Pinto scores with a shoulder strike. Pinto can't find room to land a body shot as Beall controls the action.
Pinto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Pinto manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Beall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pinto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Pinto. Pinto struggles to land a body shot inside as Beall controls his hands.
Pinto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pinto has Beall pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Pinto throws a head punch that misses. Beall letting Pinto take a breather here. Pinto lands with a short shot to the head. Pinto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. A short right hand to the side of the head by Pinto.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A head punch blocked on the inside by Beall. Pinto holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Beall wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pinto displaying some good clinch control by pressing Beall up against the cage. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Arthur Pinto. Beall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that's the end of the fight! Arthur Pinto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Pinto has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Arthur Pinto! Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Arthur Pinto! Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Arthur Pinto!
Arthur Pinto wins by unanimous decision! After the fight, Arthur Pinto was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
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