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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Koko Pinea (ranked 1448 p4p, 66 weight class) and DJ Bango (ranked 1454 p4p, 67 weight class). DJ Bango will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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134 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
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147 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Koko Pinea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, DJ Bango!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinea blocks a jab.
Pinea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pinea looks to land a body kick but Bango moved away.
Bango 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.
A head kick misses from Bango.
Pinea attempts a counter takedown but Bango avoids it well and moves away.
Bango lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pinea gets a takedown into half guard.
Bango is controlling Pinea's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Bango won't allow Pinea to pass to mount.
We've been hearing good reports from Pinea's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinea wants to take a breather but Bango is having none of it.
Pinea throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pinea throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bango tries to roll over but Pinea keeps him under control.
Bango works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bango working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pinea.
Bango is pulling down on Pinea's head to control his posture.
Bango keeping full guard, as Pinea tries to pass.
Pinea loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Pinea passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Pinea lands a nice forearm strike.
Pinea tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bango tries to bench press Pinea off him but Pinea keeps the position.
The strikes coming from Pinea are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinea tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Bango is looking for a sweep.
Bango parries the strikes from Pinea easily there. Pinea is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bango to escape.
Pinea cracks Bango with a big elbow.
An elbow from Pinea crashes against the mat.
Pinea lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Bango is trying to improve his position.
Bango taking a bit of punishment here - Pinea scoring with strikes.
Pinea throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Pinea tries to move into full mount but can't pass Bango's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bango tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pinea wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bango is still trying to improve position.
Pinea postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
You can see the frustration on Bango's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pinea tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Pinea lands some shots froms side control.
Pinea has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bango is working to avoid the ground and pound but Pinea connects with a decent elbow.
The ground and pound from Pinea seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Pinea throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Pinea working the ground and pound but Bango is defending the strikes.
Pinea wants to control but Bango is keeping him busy.
Pinea working the ground and pound from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinea is looking to take a break and control but Bango is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pinea controls the position.
Bango is trying to control Pinea's posture but Pinea avoids it.
Bango is looking for a sweep.
Bango parries the strikes from Pinea easily there. Pinea is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bango to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bango tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pinea wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bango sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Pinea tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bango knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Bango is trying to maintain the position but Pinea is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koko Pinea dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bango misses with a body kick.
Bango looks to land a left hand but Pinea moved out of range nicely.
Pinea shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bango manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bango preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pinea tries to free his leg and advance position but Bango is retaining full guard.
Bango is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pinea is looking to control Bango's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pinea avoid being mounted?
Pinea wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinea is trying to maintain the position but Bango is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bango prevents Pinea from improving his position.
Bango wants to free his trapped foot but Pinea is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pinea moves into full guard.
Pinea keeping moving, preventing Bango from controlling successfully.
Bango throwing strikes from guard but Pinea blocks nicely.
Pinea controls Bango momentarily but Bango frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pinea has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bango can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Pinea wants to sweep but no luck.
Bango trying to control but Pinea is working from the bottom.
Pinea working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bango.
Bango throwing strikes from guard but Pinea blocks nicely.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Pinea goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Bango throws a jab when Pinea was well out of range.
Pinea gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinea lands a knee to the body.
A short left from Bango.
Pinea lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pinea.
Bango tries to work over Pinea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pinea.
Bango prevents the takedown attempt.
Pinea throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bango blocks it with crossed arms.
Pinea lands a nice uppercut.
Pinea turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Pinea scores with punches from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bango can't do much from the bottom here.
The strikes coming from Pinea are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Pinea controlling the position from side mount.
Pinea looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bango is avoiding damage well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Pinea.
Check out the look on Pinea's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Pinea scoring with punches from side control.
Pinea in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pinea cracks Bango with a big right hand but Bango just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bango manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Bango tries to roll over but Pinea keeps him under control.
Bango avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pinea.
Bango is controlling Pinea's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Pinea wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bango keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koko Pinea dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Bango gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bango walks into a straight right hand from Pinea.
Pinea wants to clinch up but Bango keeps it at a distance.
Bango throws a hook but Pinea blocks it.
Bango throws a body punch but Pinea moves out of range.
Bango misses with a low kick.
Pinea lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bango circles away quickly and effectively.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pinea checks a leg kick.
Pinea slips under a jab from Bango.
Pinea appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bango misses with a low kick as Pinea jumps back.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Pinea.
Bango sneaks back into half guard.
Bango controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Pinea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bango can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bango keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pinea missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bango keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Pinea seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bango does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Koko Pinea overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bango wants to control but Pinea is keeping busy.
Pinea wants to control but Bango is keeping him busy.
Bango is looking for a sweep. Pinea is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pinea is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Pinea sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bango defending well though.
Pinea missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bango moves into full guard.
Pinea won't allow Bango to sweep him here.
Pinea missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pinea's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pinea throwing strikes from guard but Bango blocks nicely.
Pinea throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinea is looking to work some ground and pound but Bango has wrist control.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Bango has his hands on Pinea's head, controlling the position.
Pinea trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pinea trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Koko Pinea is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bango throws a hook but Pinea avoids it easily.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bango enables Pinea to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bango manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Pinea stays in close to Bango's body and controls the position.
Bango is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Pinea is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinea is pushing down on Bango's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bango is fighting to maintain full guard but Pinea has managed to sneak the leg through.
Pinea seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Pinea seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Bango for as long as he can get away with.
Pinea throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
DJ Bango has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bango regains full guard. Nicely done.
Pinea distracts Bango with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that's the end of the fight!
Koko Pinea showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pinea 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Koko Pinea!
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