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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bunting (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El Pintos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Bunting!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, El Pintos!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pintos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bunting lands a nice shot that snaps Pintos's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bunting. Pintos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab, jab by Pintos - just one landing.
It looks like John Bunting has been cut.
Bunting swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Pintos to counter with a crisp jab.
Bunting swinging wildly here.
Bunting lands with a right hand.
Bunting connects with a right hand. Pintos shakes it off.
Bunting lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bunting clobbers Pintos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pintos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bunting throws out a leg kick but Pintos moves out of range and Bunting only half commits.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pintos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Bunting.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pintos lands with a good body shot.
Bunting takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bunting sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bunting is breathing heavily.
No joy there for Pintos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bunting connects with a body shot that sends Pintos's belly button to the back.
Pintos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pintos thuds a left hand into Bunting's body.
Pintos throws a nice looking combination but Bunting bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Bunting misses the target.
Bunting misses with a hook
and Pintos counters with a straight right hand.
Pintos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bunting on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunting tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pintos throws a sloppy head kick and Bunting moves out of range easily.
Bunting is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Pintos.
Bunting avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bunting lands with a right hand.
Bunting looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice defenses there by Bunting.
Bunting thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pintos tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bunting is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Bunting slips under a jab from Pintos.
Pintos misses with a double jab.
Bunting swings widly with a right hand
and Pintos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
John Bunting's cut is getting worse.
Bunting uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pintos.
Bunting is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pintos throws a jab but it's blocked by Bunting.
Bunting avoids a kick to the body.
A big left from Bunting misses.
Pintos ducks under a wild hook from Bunting.
Bunting throws a leg kick but Pintos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Pintos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Bunting on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bunting connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pintos. Pintos circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bunting throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bunting thumps Pintos with a low kick.
Bunting fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pintos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bunting.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pintos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bunting.
Bunting misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pintos throws a body shot but no joy.
Pintos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pintos throws a head kick but Bunting moves out of range.
Bunting throws a sloppy head kick and Pintos moves out of range easily.
Bunting fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bunting lands a leg kick that knocks Pintos off balance momentarily.
Bunting throws a leg kick that misses.
Bunting misses with a right hand
and Pintos counters with a three punch combo that has Bunting backing up. Bunting nods at Pintos to acknowledge the strikes.
Bunting moves out of range of the body kick.
Pintos misses with a body shot.
Pintos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bunting paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bunting swats away the attempt to clinch by Pintos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bunting connects with a jab.
John Bunting seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bunting blocks a head kick by Pintos.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bunting swings for the body but Pintos moves out of range.
Bunting throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bunting lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bunting ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bunting is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Bunting fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pintos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Bunting slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bunting takes a swing at Pintos's ribcage but misses.
Bunting thumps Pintos with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pintos. Bunting does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bunting throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bunting throws a hook but Pintos blocks it.
Bunting ducks under a wild hook from Pintos.
Bunting swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bunting punishes Pintos's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Bunting dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Bunting's cut.
That's time! Bunting's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Pintos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bunting scores with a jab.
Bunting scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pintos in his tracks.
Bunting is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pintos.
Bunting misses with a double jab.
Pintos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pintos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bunting.
A jab from Bunting misses.
Bunting throws the left hand but Pintos avoids the punch easily.
Pintos misses with a kick to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Bunting.
Pintos throws a sloppy head kick and Bunting moves out of range easily.
Bunting connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pintos forces Bunting back against the cage and clinches.
Pintos pushes Bunting back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bunting misses with a punch to the body.
Bunting is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pintos can do to turn this around?
A nice right hand lands inside from Pintos.
Bunting wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunting has a couple of punches blocked by Pintos.
Pintos swings wildly with an uppercut but Bunting uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bunting lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bunting fails to land.
Bunting looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pintos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bunting backwards.
Pintos breaks from the clinch.
Pintos clinches up against the cage.
Bunting pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Bunting misses the target.
Bunting scores with a jab to the head.
Pintos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pintos misses with a straight left.
A low kick from Bunting misses
and Pintos counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pintos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bunting with a nice cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bunting throws a body punch but Pintos moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Bunting as he connects with a hook.
Pintos misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters circling - Pintos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bunting with a jab.
Pintos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pintos avoids a kick to the body.
Bunting scores with a decent looking hook.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bunting lands with a straight right. Pintos didn't see that one coming.
Bunting throws a hook to the side of Pintos's head but Pintos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bunting steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pintos.
As Pintos tries to get set, Bunting tries to push him back and clinch up but Pintos manages to avoid the attempt.
Donk. Bunting catches Pintos right on the button with a cross.
Pintos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bunting pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pintos throws out a counter right but Bunting avoids it with no problem.
Donk. Bunting catches Pintos right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunting slips a jab from Pintos.
Bunting misses with a lunging right hand
and Pintos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bunting thinking.
Bunting swings widly with a right hand
and Bunting takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
John Bunting's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Bunting tries to work over Pintos's front leg with a kick but Pintos checks it.
Pintos ducks under a wild hook from Bunting.
Bunting lands with a straight right. Pintos didn't see that one coming.
Bunting uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pintos.
Pintos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pintos jabs at Bunting's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bunting misses with a head kick.
Bunting blocks a jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bunting.
Bunting swings for the body but Pintos moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Pintos misses.
Pintos scores with a jab to the head.
John Bunting is winning the standup battle so far.
Bunting throws a right hand that misses
and Pintos counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Bunting down! Pintos is looking to finish but Bunting is intelligently defending himself.
Bunting is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pintos sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Oh Bunting is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pintos advances to half guard.
Bunting trying to hold on to Pintos's head to control him but Pintos postures up.
Bunting seems to have got his legs back now.
Pintos prevents Bunting from improving his position.
Pintos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Pintos is trying to control the action in half guard but Bunting is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bunting is looking to control Pintos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bunting avoid being mounted?
Bunting is trying to stand up here but Pintos is controlling him well.
Pintos wants to take a breather but Bunting is having none of it.
Bunting is looking to improve his position.
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 John Bunting will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Bunting's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Pintos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pintos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bunting circles away quickly and effectively.
Bunting quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bunting darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Bunting misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A punch lands to the side of Pintos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bunting misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pintos checks a leg kick nicely.
Bunting cracks Pintos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pintos throws a head kick but Bunting moves out of range.
Pintos looks to land a combination but Bunting avoids it well.
Pintos misses with a hook
and Bunting counters with a nice uppercut.
Pintos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bunting connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pintos cracks a nice hook into Bunting's ribs.
A head kick misses from Pintos.
Pintos defending well as Bunting loads up on a big left hand.
Pintos tries a head kick but it misses.
Bunting seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bunting throws a head kick that misses.
Pintos misses with a looping right.
Bunting moves out of range as Pintos throws a body kick.
Bunting wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bunting keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pintos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pintos wants to clinch up but Bunting keeps it at a distance.
A little feinted left hand from Bunting on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bunting misses with a head kick.
Pintos slips a jab from Bunting.
Bunting throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pintos on the side of the head.
Pintos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bunting fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pintos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pintos scores with a shot to the body.
Pintos is looking to clinch but Bunting is avoiding it.
Pintos scores with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bunting throws a shot from downtown. Pintos moves away and avoids it.
Pintos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pintos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pintos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bunting.
Pintos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bunting.
Pintos throws a hook to the side of Bunting's head but Bunting sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Bunting was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bunting takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bunting misses with an uppercut. Pintos saw that one coming.
Pintos staying out of range there.
A low kick from Bunting misses
and Bunting takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bunting slips a straight right by Pintos.
Bunting wants to slow Pintos down by chopping away at his legs.
Bunting tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pintos takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bunting misses with a double jab.
Pintos wants to clinch up but Bunting keeps it at a distance.
Decent striking displayed by Pintos there.
Pintos throws a head kick that misses.
Pintos moves out of range of the strikes.
Pintos throws a lazy head kick
and Bunting counters with an inside leg kick.
Pintos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bunting dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bunting throws a leg kick
and Pintos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
El Pintos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pintos drops his hands momentarily and Bunting takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bunting uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Bunting misses with a looping left.
Bunting lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bunting throws an overhand right that lands on Pintos's shoulder, as Pintos tries to avoid the shot.
John Bunting is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pintos throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Bunting colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Pintos as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Bunting is left battered and dazed whilst Pintos and his camp cheer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). El Pintos!
A victorious El Pintos thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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