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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrell Buckley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Pierno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pierno is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Baha Men - Move It Like This. 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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179 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terrell Buckley !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Pierno!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Chad Campbell and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buckley missing with a left hand there. Pierno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pierno misses the jab.
Buckley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pierno.
Pierno throws a nice looking combination but Buckley bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pierno connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pierno slips a jab and a cross from Buckley .
Buckley throws out a loose jab but Pierno uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pierno has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Pierno misses with a straight left.
Pierno slips a straight right by Buckley .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buckley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Pierno scores with a jab.
Pierno throws a poor cross that misses
and Buckley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
No joy there for Pierno, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Buckley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Buckley throwing a counter right hand but Pierno manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buckley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pierno throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Buckley counter with a right hand.
Buckley connects with a looping right hand.
Buckley cracks Pierno with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice jab there from Pierno.
Pierno throws a hook but Buckley blocks it.
Buckley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pierno counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pierno. Buckley does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Pierno misses.
Donk. Buckley catches Pierno right on the button with a cross.
Buckley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pierno with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buckley throws a lazy uppercut
and Buckley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Buckley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pierno gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Buckley .
Pierno misses with a straight left.
Pierno pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Buckley slips under a jab.
Pierno rushes Buckley and presses him up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Pierno - that landed with a thud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pierno.
Pierno's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Buckley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pierno tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckley breaks the clinch.
Buckley misses with a looping left.
Buckley with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pierno to score with a decent uppercut.
Buckley looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Buckley is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Buckley defending well as Pierno loads up on a big left hand.
Pierno rushes Buckley and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Pierno.
Pierno just leaning against Buckley , taking a breather.
Pierno works on Buckley 's body with a couple of short punches.
Pierno has Buckley pressed against the cage, preventing Buckley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Buckley breaks the clinch.
Buckley misses with a hook. Pierno ducked under it nicely.
Tim Pierno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pierno tries to clinch up.
Pierno misses with a straight right.
Pierno misses with a hook. Buckley ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierno tries to clinch there but Buckley circles away.
Buckley misses with a lunging right hand
and Buckley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pierno slips under a jab from Buckley .
Buckley avoids the body shot from Pierno.
Pierno misses with a body shot.
A big left from Buckley misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pierno rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pierno takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Buckley digs a good hook to Pierno's body.
Buckley moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pierno. Buckley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buckley is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Buckley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pierno.
A countering left hand to the body from Pierno misses.
Pierno lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Pierno 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.
Pierno misses with a looping right.
Buckley throws a poor cross that misses
and Pierno counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Pierno throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Buckley lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pierno loads up on a big right hand but Buckley slips the punch.
Pierno throws a big shot that misses.
Pierno ducks under a wild hook from Buckley .
Pierno drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Buckley blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierno throws a right hand that misses
letting Buckley counter with a right hand.
Buckley throws a lazy right hand but Pierno sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pierno scores with a jab. Buckley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pierno fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierno is looking to clinch.
Tim Pierno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pierno swings away with a body shot that misses
and Buckley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pierno bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Buckley manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Pierno on his heels. He'll look to pass Pierno's guard now, I'm sure.
Buckley is looking to work some ground and pound but Pierno has wrist control.
Pierno escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Buckley gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pierno has his foot on Buckley 's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Buckley works his way back into a safe position though.
Pierno is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buckley wants to get up but he can't break Pierno's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Pierno is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Buckley is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pierno misses with a wild body shot.
Buckley swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice straight punches there by Buckley . You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Buckley .
Pierno tries to clinch but Buckley is having none of it.
Buckley throws a shot from downtown. Pierno moves away and avoids it.
Pierno moves out of range of the strikes.
Buckley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierno tries to close the distance and clinch but Buckley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pierno looks to throw the jab but Buckley is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Buckley misses the target.
A telegraphed right hand from Buckley misses the target.
Buckley misses with a hook. Pierno ducked under it nicely.
Buckley takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pierno moves into the clinch.
Buckley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pierno takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pierno lands a right hand.
Pierno prevents a takedown attempt there.
Buckley tries to break free but Pierno pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Buckley scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierno trying to control the position but instead, Buckley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pierno into the cage.
Buckley is trying to break free.
Buckley misses with a punch on the inside.
Buckley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Buckley takes a shot to the head.
Pierno can't find room to land a body shot as Buckley controls the action.
Pierno lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tim Pierno seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pierno blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pierno prevents a body shot from Buckley .
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buckley throws a punch but it's blocked by Pierno.
A nice left hand lands by Buckley .
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Pierno in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A nice right hand lands inside from Buckley .
Buckley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short uppercut from Pierno.
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 Terrell Buckley will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Pierno throws out a loose jab but Buckley uses good head movement to avoid it.
A big left from Pierno misses.
Buckley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Buckley ducks under a wild hook from Pierno.
Pierno jabs Buckley right on the nose. Buckley blinks but takes it well.
Buckley ducks under a wild hook from Pierno.
Pierno takes a swing at Buckley 's ribcage but misses.
Pierno throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Buckley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pierno throws a right hand that Buckley ducks under and follows up with a left that Buckley also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buckley missing with a left hand there. Pierno was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Pierno was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Buckley tests Pierno's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Buckley misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pierno counters with a nice uppercut.
Pierno throws an overhand right that lands on Buckley 's shoulder, as Buckley tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Pierno misses.
Pierno throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Buckley counters with a nice uppercut.
Pierno ducks under a wild hook from Buckley .
Buckley looks to throw the jab but Pierno is out of range.
Buckley swings widly with a right hand
and Buckley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pierno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pierno misses with a straight left.
Buckley misses with an uppercut
and Pierno counters by moving into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Buckley 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Buckley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pierno lands a body shot.
Pierno throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierno is looking to control Buckley 's arms but Buckley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pierno has his back to the cage.
Buckley working hard to break the clinch.
Buckley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pierno blocks an uppercut.
Pierno lands a nice shot to the body.
Buckley has Pierno pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pierno manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A nice left hand lands by Pierno.
Buckley misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Buckley 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Buckley is trying to force a seperation but Pierno has the dominant position.
Buckley 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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!
Pierno lands a shot to the body.
Buckley wants to break free but Pierno has control.
A right hand to the body from Pierno.
Pierno tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Buckley 's elbow.
Pierno lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buckley working hard to break the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Buckley can't break the clinch.
Pierno has Buckley pushed against the cage.
Pierno lands with a left to the head.
Buckley is rocked!
Pierno is struggling to control the position.
Oh Buckley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pierno swings wildly with an uppercut but Buckley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buckley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pierno misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pierno misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Pierno fails to land.
Pierno misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Pierno fails to land.
Pierno working aggressively here.
Pierno misses with a punch on the inside.
Pierno misses with some punches.
Buckley seems to have got his legs back now.
Buckley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pierno is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Buckley as Pierno tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierno lands a shoulder strike.
Pierno misses with a hook from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Pierno.
Pierno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pierno pushes Buckley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pierno gets through Buckley 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pierno creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Buckley with a big uppercut! Buckley tries to clinch up but Pierno pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Buckley to the mat! Buckley covers up and Pierno unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tim Pierno!
Tim Pierno decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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