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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bryant Baez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Pinto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Insanely flexible
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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
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bryant Baez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Arthur Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Baez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pinto closes the distance and pushes Baez back into the ropes.
Pinto misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baez.
Pinto working aggressively here.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pinto digs a right hand underneath Baez's ribcage. Baez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pinto swings wildly with an uppercut but Baez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baez misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
Pinto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pinto misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baez has a couple of punches blocked by Pinto.
Baez wants to get back to striking at distance but Pinto won't allow it.
Pinto working aggressively here.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Baez.
Pinto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Baez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto lands with a short shot to the head.
Pinto misses with some punches.
Baez scores with a shot to the side of Pinto's head.
Pinto has a couple of punches blocked by Baez.
Pinto tries to work over Baez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pinto backwards.
Pinto has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Baez seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pinto can turn it around.
Pinto has a couple of punches blocked by Baez.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pinto.
A nice left hand lands by Pinto.
Baez breaks from the clinch.
Baez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Baez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pinto is able to avoid easily.
Baez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pinto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pinto lands with an overhand left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A chopping leg kick lands by Pinto.
Pinto with a jab.
Pinto jabs Baez right on the nose. Baez blinks but takes it well.
Pinto tried to score with a low kick but Baez checks it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto misses with the head strike.
Baez misses with a punch on the inside.
Pinto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pinto tries a body shot but Baez blocks it.
Baez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pinto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pinto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinto working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Pinto fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Baez backwards.
Pinto throws a head punch that misses.
Baez lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Baez swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pinto has a couple of punches blocked by Baez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pinto dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pinto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Baez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pinto at a distance.
Baez clinches up with Pinto and pushes him back against the ropes.
A hook to the body from Pinto.
Baez has a couple of punches blocked by Pinto.
Pinto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Baez manages to break the clinch.
Pinto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Baez.
Pinto turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch but Pinto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pinto is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Baez with a body shot.
Baez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baez throws a body shot but no joy.
Baez instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Pinto.
Arthur Pinto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pinto misses with a punch to the body.
Pinto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pinto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Baez throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Baez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pinto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pinto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Baez lands with a light punch inside.
Baez breaks the clinch.
Baez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pinto clinches.
Pinto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baez manages to break the clinch.
Baez misses with a head kick.
Pinto doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Pinto lunges at Baez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Baez's hand.
Pinto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baez was well out of range. Poor timing from Pinto.
Pinto connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Baez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pinto looks to score with a jab to the body but Baez is just out of range.
Baez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Baez wants to clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pinto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Pinto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Baez struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinto controls his hands.
Pinto scores with a hook to the body.
Baez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pinto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pinto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pinto looks to score with a jab to the body but Baez is just out of range.
Baez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Arthur Pinto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pinto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baez connects with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinto forces Baez back against the ropes and clinches.
Pinto throws a punch but it's blocked by Baez.
Baez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Pinto wants to stall.
Baez prevents a body shot from Pinto.
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.
That's time! Baez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Baez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pinto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Baez misses with an uppercut.
Baez tries to clinch but Pinto is having none of it.
Pinto now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Baez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pinto throws a looping overhand right but Baez ducks down to avoid it.
No joy there for Baez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pinto lands a nice hook to Baez's body. Baez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pinto. Baez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pinto was well out of range. Poor timing from Baez.
Baez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pinto lands an uppercut.
Pinto works on Baez's body with a couple of short punches.
Baez breaks the clinch.
Baez is looking to wear down Pinto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A good leg kick by Baez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinto misses with a wild body shot.
A jab lands there for Baez.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baez tries to clinch there but Pinto circles away.
Pinto scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pinto connects with a looping right hand.
Baez throws a body punch but Pinto moves out of range.
Pinto closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Baez.
Pinto tries to work over Baez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Baez is trying to break the clinch but Pinto is controlling him.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pinto - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A hook to the body from Pinto.
A hook to the body from Baez.
Pinto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pinto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Baez lands a right hand.
Baez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pinto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinto is struggling to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinto presses Baez against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Baez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pinto.
Pinto prevents Baez from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Baez.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pinto swats away the attempt to clinch by Baez.
Baez takes a swing at Pinto's ribcage but misses.
Pinto lands a really nice looking cross but Baez seems unphased.
A big right from Pinto misses.
It looked like Baez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Baez tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Pinto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Baez staying out of range there.
Baez lands a nice shot that snaps Pinto's head back.
Baez moves away from the strike by Pinto.
Pinto chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pinto really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Baez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pinto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pinto slips under a jab from Baez.
Pinto looks to throw the jab but Baez is out of range.
Baez blocks a jab.
Pinto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pinto flicks out a counter leg kick but Baez steps away.
Pinto cracks Baez with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Pinto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Baez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Baez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pinto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Baez was well out of range. Poor timing from Pinto.
Pinto fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Baez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pinto moves into range and connects with a jab.
Baez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pinto avoids the body shot from Baez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baez staying out of range there.
Pinto blocks a head kick by Baez.
Baez misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto scores with a hook.
Baez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pinto.
Baez defending well as Pinto loads up on a big left hand.
Pinto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baez drives through and clinches with Pinto against the ropes.
Pinto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pinto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pinto tries a body shot but Baez blocks it.
Pinto misses with a punch on the inside.
Baez is looking to break free of the clinch but Pinto has double underhooks.
A short left from Pinto.
A shot in the inside from Pinto.
Pinto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pinto swings wildly with an uppercut but Baez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Baez lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch but Pinto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick from Baez lands but Pinto takes it in his stride.
Pinto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pinto drives through and clinches with Baez against the ropes.
Baez tries to throw a body punch but Pinto avoids it by throwing Baez back against the ropes.
Pinto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Pinto.
Pinto lands a body punch.
Baez struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinto controls his hands.
Baez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Pinto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Baez breaks the clinch.
Pinto 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.
Baez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Baez there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baez slips under a jab.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch but Pinto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pinto pushes Baez up against the ropes in a clinch.
Baez blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pinto dominated that fourth round.
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!
Pinto takes the fight into the clinch.
Pinto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pinto lands an uppercut.
Baez wants to get back to striking at distance but Pinto won't allow it.
Pinto blocks a body shot from Baez.
Baez misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pinto.
Pinto cracks Baez with a nice body shot.
Baez misses with the head strike.
Baez is trying to break the clinch but Pinto is controlling him.
Pinto tries to work over Baez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pinto blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Pinto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Baez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baez defending well as Pinto loads up on a big left hand.
Pinto lands a jab to the head.
Baez lands with an uppercut that bounces Pinto off the ropes and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Baez looks to land a right hand but Pinto moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baez tries to clinch up but Pinto circles away and keeps his distance.
Pinto misses with a looping left.
Baez is looking for a counter combo.
Baez doesn't manage to clinch there - Pinto circles away.
Baez scores with a head kick. Pinto tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Pinto throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Pinto.
Pinto forces Baez back against the ropes and clinches.
Pinto lands with a left to the head.
Baez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hook to the body lands for Pinto.
A shot in the inside from Pinto.
Pinto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pinto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Baez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pinto has him pressed against the ropes.
Baez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Baez misses with a punch to the body.
Baez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Baez finds it's way through Pinto's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pinto lands with a nice combination. Baez backs away looking to recover.
Pinto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A telegraphed right hand from Pinto misses the target.
Pinto moves away from the strike by Baez.
Pinto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baez moves away.
Baez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A punch lands to the side of Baez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Baez tries to close the distance and clinch but Pinto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pinto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A right handed body shot lands from Pinto.
Bryant Baez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pinto lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pinto throws a hook but Baez avoids it easily.
Baez throws out a powerful jab.
Baez throws a right hand that Pinto ducks under and follows up with a left that Pinto also avoids with ease.
Arthur Pinto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pinto rushes Baez and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Josh West scores the fight 45:50
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 45:50
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Pinto!
Arthur Pinto spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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