'PFL 7: 2023 Season' results: Bubba Jenkins vs Jesus Pinedo in San Antonio, Texas
promotion: Professional Fighters League
title: “PFL 7: 2023 Season”
venue: Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States
date: August 4, 2023
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2023 PFL champion Jesus Pinedo confident he can stop Bellator's Patricio 'Pitbull'
November 26, 2023 11:00 am ET
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Jesus Pinedo‘s Friday night was one to keep in mind.
The Peruvian fighter crowned himself 2023 PFL featherweight champ, gathered the $1 million reward that includes the title, all while avenging his loss to Gabriel Braga at 2023 PFL ChampionshipIf that wasn’t enough, Pinedo (23-6-1) protected a champ vs. champ battle versus Bellator titleholder…
The first hyper-realistic body of Christ based on the Holy Shroud is on exhibit in Spain
By Nicolás de Cárdenas / Peter Pinedo
ACI Prensa Staff, 7 April 2023
This Holy Week, Gaudix Cathedral in Granada, Spain, is hosting the exhibition of the first hyper-realistic recreation of the body of Christ based on data obtained from the Shroud of Turin.
The exhibit first opened at Salamanca Cathedral in central Spain and will remain in Granada until June 30. It will tour Europe for the remainder of 2023.
The sculpture, made of latex and silicone, weighs about 165 pounds.
The posture is of the deceased Christ in rigor mortis. The legs are somewhat bent, hands crossed at the level of the pubis.
There is no false modesty in the figure. The entire body of the man on the Shroud is visible, nothing omitted, including circumcision.
The hair that has been used is human and can be seen all over the body, from the feet to the head with all realism, without leaving out a detail.
When one approaches the figure — with hands behind one’s back in accordance with exhibit rules for visitors — one can observe every pore of the skin, freckles, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
The back is slightly raised, making apparent the lacerations on the head caused by the crown of thorns, and there is a kind of small braid that ties the hair on the back of the head.
Also seen are the bruises on the shoulders due to carrying the weight of the cross.
On the skin, you can see each of the tearing wounds produced by the scourging and the traces of the nails in the hands and feet, as well as the one between the fifth and sixth ribs on the right side.
The nose is broken and the right eye bruised.
While it was on display in his diocese, Bishop Jose Luis Retana Gozalo of Salamanca said that this hyper-realistic representation does not imply a “theological conflict” because the Mystery has become flesh.
On the contrary, “it will be an aid to see the Mystery, a call towards the Mystery.”
In addition to the figure representing the crucified Christ, there is a preliminary exhibit that puts the viewer in context about the reality of the scourging and crucifixion and the research into the Holy Shroud.
The hyper-realistic sculpture tries to present before the viewer a “body of human quality without artistic movement and without interpretation," based from multidisciplinary scientific data based on studies on the Holy Shroud.
The curator of the exhibition, Álvaro Blanco, who dedicated more than 15 years of research into its realization, gives a lengthy prior explanation of the historical and scientific data that culminates in the hyper-realistic body.
Blanco confessed during the presentation of the exhibition in the sacristy of the Cathedral of Salamanca that at the moment of seeing the finished body, he was convinced that “he was before Jesus, he was before the image of the body of Jesus of Nazareth.”
A group of artists created the sculpture under Blanco’s direction.
“The Mystery Man” is presented by ArtiSplendore, a company specializing in cultural and artistic patrimony exhibitions and tourism.
“In the next 20 years we want to go to churches around the world,” said the company’s executive director.
Blanca Ruiz Antón, another spokesperson for the exhibit, told CNA that Italy will be our next location after Guadix, adding that though there are no current plans to do so, they would love to go to the States.
This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. It was translated and adapted by CNA on 22 October 2022 and updated on 5 April 2023.
An Inside Look at a New Exhibition on the Shroud of Turin in Spain | EWTN News Nightly
14 October 2022
A new exhibition in Spain is renewing interest in the Shroud of Turin. It showcases a life-sized model of a man depicting the person who was wrapped in the shroud, to many - Jesus Christ.
America del Sur, Perù, LIMA, San Martìn de Porres, 21 Mayo 1967 (Nacimiento), 21 de Mayo 2021 CUMPLEAÑOS Nùmero 54.
Escribe: JOSE ROGER LEIVA PINEDO
Destino: Anita Smith ( Lima, United Kingdom, U.S.A. , Sidney)
Bella y Preciosa Anita Smith, donde sea que te encuentres, quiero verte otra vez. El 21 de Mayo puedes devolverme la llamada telefònica.
Si estàs en LIMA llàmame al nùmero: 48 1 78 08
Si estas fuera del Perù, puedes hacerme una llamada telefònica Internacional al nùmero: 51 1 48 1 78 08 .
Êste 21 de Mayo, de 11.00 am a 12.00 m (mediodìa). estarè pegado al telèfono para responder tu llamada telefònica. Es mi cumpleaños 54 y NECESITO URGENTE HABLAR CONTIGO.
Si me confirmas con tu llamada telefònica tal vez podamos encontrarnos y darte besitos con sabor a CANELA , uno en cada mejilla y uno en los labios.
Yo te quiero de verdad, pero estoy pasando una situaciòn dificil y tu llamada serà de Gran alivio para mì. Te busco por AMOR no hay otra razòn.
tengo fè, esperanza y AMOR por tì. Sòlo espero que me quieras un poquito y me digas lo que siente tu corazòn. La Banqueta de MARMOL de la Plaza de Armas de LIMA donde te encontre serìa el mejor lugar para encontrarnos otra vez. Pero debes de llamarme por telèfono primero para confirmarme que despues de mucho tiempo quieres encontrarte conmigo y MIRARNOS de manera AMPLIA Y PROFUNDA. BESOS DONDE QUIERA QUE TE ENCUENTRES. Te enviè una copia de mi diploma de ECONOMISTA. Podrìa trabajar para el J.P. morgan chase Bank.
No es màs que un hasta luego, no es màs que un breve ADIOS, muy pronto junto al fuego, no reunirà el Señor .
“A Brief Return Back To FS1 On ESPN+” UFC Nashville Fight Preview
(So head up off the jump, I'm traveling to a convention deal gimmick on Friday and rolling back in on Saturday afternoon-ish so chances are I might miss this card even with the app. Either way I'm sure dudes around here will be able to provide the same consistent top flight analysis they always do without me agitating them)
Joey
March 22nd
I feel like we've officially reached our throwback portion of the program. The first few UFC on ESPN+ events have been either really good (Brazil, the most recent one from the UK) or quick and violent enough (Wichita and Prague) to where everything still feels fresh and fun. I don't know if I'd call it a Honeymoon period or just a better understanding of how to broadcast MMA but either way, there hasn't really been a BAD UFC card. This one might be the first throwback to the days of yore. I'm talking about something that feels worse than bad; an inconsequential card where nothing matters and nobody goes anywhere. The show is headlined by a meaningless striker vs striker fight that some folks on the interwebs drummed up as a pseudo dream fight with Showtime Pettis vs Stephen Thompson getting top billing. The co-main event is a genuinely intriguing battle between HWs with Curtis Blaydes taking on Justin Willis and while a great third bout with Nasrat Haqparast vs John Makdessi was scheduled, it got scrapped due to injuries. Now Makdessi vs Peru's Jesus Pinedo is your third fight with Deveison Figueredo vs Jussier Formiga as the fourth support. The rest is a bunch of a blegh but we'll find some good stuff.
Fights: 12
Debuts: Ryan Macdonald, Jordan Espinosa
Fight Changes/Injury Cancellations: 3 (John Makdessi vs Nasrat Haqparast CANCELLED/Jesus Pinedo vs Chris Gruetzmacher CANCELLED/Martin Day OUT, Ryan Macdonald IN vs Chris Gutierrez)
Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 4 (Anthony Pettis, Stephen Thompson, Curtis Blaydes, Randa Markos)
Fighters On Losing Streaks in the UFC:
Fighters On Winning Streaks in the UFC: 7 (Deveison Figueredo, Jussier Formiga, Justin Willis, JJ Aldrich, Marlon Vera, John Makdessi, Frankie Saenz)
Main Card Record Since Jan 1st 2017 (in the UFC): 30-8
Anthony Pettis- 2-2
Stephen Thompson- 1-2
Curtis Blaydes- 4-1
Justin Willis- 4-0
Jussier Formiga- 3-1
Deveison Figueredo- 4-0
Jesus Pinedo- 1-0
John Makdessi- 2-0
Luis Pena- 1-1
Steven Peterson- 1-1
Maycee Barber- 1-0
JJ Aldrich- 3-0
Fighters with at least four fights in the UFC with 0 wins over competition still in the organization (5-5):
Weight Class Jumpers (Fighters competing outside of the weight class of their last fight even if they’re returning BACK to their “normal weight class”) (7-5): Maycee Barber, Luis Pena, Anthony Pettis, JJ Aldrich
Twelve Precarious Ponderings
1- Who thought this main event was a good idea and why? This has good idea on paper but bad idea in reality draped all over it which makes it hard to stomach as a big fight. It sort of feels like that Urijah Faber vs Frankie Edgar fight except we knew that Faber was successful at 145 lbs so even if it was farcical, we had something to hang our hats on for some intrigue. Wonderboy vs Anthony Pettis doesn't even have THAT going for it since Pettis has never been a successful competitor at 170 lbs IF he's even taken a fight at 170 lbs. If this was some test run 165 lb catchweight bout I'd be intrigued by it but this just feels like a dumb idea on paper that's going to be borderline egregious upon execution.
2- The genesis of this fight is apparently based upon Duke Roufus claiming to have some kind of a strategy to help Anthony beat Wonderboy. What pray tell is that strategy.
3- I wonder if Thompson would've taken this fight if he could've predicted that Till would lose to Masvidal and Usman would beat Woodley. The path to a title shot is so much easier to sneak in now with both out of the picture but Thompson is fighting a monumentally inconsequential fight at the top of the bill of this show. Now granted according to Wonderboy this was SUPPOSED to be Ponzinibbio but Ponz didn't take the fight. Either way, this fight does little to advance his title shot agenda.
4- Does the UFC have a rooting favorite in Blaydes vs Willis? Is this the one genuinely good HW fight nobody cares about?
5- If there was a genuine reason to tune into this show besides "It's UFC!" and "Wonderboy vs Showtime might be weirdly cool!", it's a quartet of superb prospects all on this card worthy of your time. We can begin with Deiveson Figueiredo who has emerged as probably the top up and coming 125er in a dying division. It was rumored that the UFC offered a move up to 135 lbs for Figueiredo who opted instead to keep on kickin' at what remains at flyweight. Joe Benavidez is believed to be the #1 contender (if such a claim can even exist) but the FRESHEST fight for Henry Cejudo is Figueiredo. After that you have Luis "The Violent Bob Ross" Pena who is making the move down to featherweight for some reason after coming short vs Mike Trizano in his last fight. Pena is a really talented fighter who lacks the sort of middle ground in his fight game to deal with strong fighters who can go point A to point B in a gameplan and so the UFC recognized this and gave him a much smaller brawler type in Steven Peterson. That's a fine example of knowing a prospect. Maycee Barber is really young, ultra talented and one of the few bonafide fight finishers at flyweight so expect her to move quick. Lastly, the division may be going away but Jordan Espinosa is a really intriguing fluky record kind of guy (12-5) who has some Jon Dodson in his game. He kicks off the show vs similarly marked prospect Eric Shelton.
6- Is Angela Hill still a thing or has she settled in as a "fun" middle of the pack 115 lber now?
7- Bobby Moffett vs Bryce Mitchell is a weird fight to get a grasp on since both guys have somewhat controversial wins and neither are standout athletes. I can see this being a very fun squirrely fight. It's also worth remembering Bryce Mitchell tore a hole in his ballbag with a power tool and is somehow still competing so god speed to my dude.
8- Is Jussier Formiga the most credentialed "little" fighter (let's say 145 and below) to never get a title shot?
9- CHITO VERA! Marlon Vera returns after smelting Guido Cannetti in his backyard of Argentina to take on Frankie Saenz here in Tennessee. Really like this fight for both guys as Chito has gotten back into a groove after losses to John Lineker (in a fight he did far better than expected) and Douglas Andrade with wins over other dudes at the back end of 135 lbs. Marlon falls into that comfortable resting area between "just a solid action fighter" and "sneaky good" guy and a win over Frankie Saenz could go a long way towards creeping further and further up the latter category.
10- Peru's Jesus Pinedo gets a really tough late notice call up in John Makdessi but there are some avenues he can win this fight. Like most fighters from places like Mexico, Peru, Argentina and so on, they fight with a reckless abandon that comes from raw athletic traits with a lack of high level fight experience. We've seen Makdessi struggle against guys who fight similarly to that and while Makdessi is in the midst of a career renaissance of sorts, he's still a guy who at times needs space and pace to really get going. If it turns ugly and Pinedo can avoid being flattened, he might have a shot.
11- Will anyone from the Chris Guiterrez and Ryan MacDonald fight be in the UFC a year from now?
12- Alexis Davis vs Jennifer Maia has potential to be an all time clunker.
John Makdessi, Nasrat Haqparast spark up beef as they angle for a rebooking — MMA Junkie John Makdessi and Nasrat Haqparast are eager to settle their differences in the octagon. The pair were scheduled to fight in March 2019, but Haqparast was forced out due to injury. Makdessi faced Jesus Pinedo instead and (…) John Makdessi, Nasrat Haqparast spark up beef as they angle for a rebooking — MMA Junkie
Jesus Pinedo stops Gabriel Alves Braga in the 3rd round! New PFL Featherweight champion!
PERRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peru has a major MMA champion and his name is Jesus Pinedo. Fun scrap between the two 145lbers. A battle of range between the extremely lanky Pinedo and the forward moving Braga. Braga found a lot of success early with leg kicks. By the 3rd, Pinedo's lead right leg was all types of bruised up. Still, Pinedo's length gave Braga big trouble as he was able to put together combos to go up, around, and underneath the guard of the Brazilian. The volume as Braga attempted to shell up was working for Pinedo, esp once he started pulling his leg out of kicking range.
The finishing sequence was initiated by Braga landing a kick to the outside of Pinedo's lead leg. Pinedo checked just enough of it to keep his ground and extend the exchange. Threw out a jab, baiting Braga and then landing a left hook inside of Braga's right hook from opposing southpaw positions. Then Pinedo follows with a flying knee that gets Braga to shell up against the fence. Pinedo unloads and the ref calls it. Early stoppage, esp after the way that ammy fight ended, but it is what it is.
2023 PFL champion Jesus Pinedo confident he can stop Bellator's Patricio 'Pitbull'
November 26, 2023 11:00 am ET
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Jesus Pinedo‘s Friday night was one to keep in mind.
The Peruvian fighter crowned himself 2023 PFL featherweight champ, gathered the $1 million reward that includes the title, all while avenging his loss to Gabriel Braga at 2023 PFL ChampionshipIf that wasn’t enough, Pinedo (23-6-1) protected a champ vs. champ battle versus Bellator titleholder…
Jesus Pinedo stops Bubba Jenkins in the 2nd round!
Sadly tainted by the weight miss (.4lbs) but Pinedo picked up another huge win this season, stopping Bubba Jenkins in the 2nd round. Not without a bit of controversy as Pinedo seemingly punched himself out the fight going for the stoppage at the end of the first round and had thrown almost 140 strikes through the first like 7 minutes. Bubba Jenkins got a takedown in the 2nd but was so tired and hurt from the onslaught in the 1st he couldn't do anything with it. Ref stood them up and had the ref check Bubba's eye. Then Pinedo got right back on Bubba and stopped him along the fence.
Jesus Pinedo vs Gabriel Braga is your final for the PFL featherweight tournament.
Lima, Peru's Jesus Pinedo crowned PFL Featherweight Champion in Washington, DC
Fighting out of Lima, Peru, “El Mudo” Jesus Pinedo, 27, is currently in Washington, D.C., United States. He has just earned his third Professional Fighters League victory and is now $1 million richer.
Born in Callao, Peru, Pinedo made his professional mixed martial arts debut on July 17, 2013 in Lima. On April 1, 2023, he made his PFL debut in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
On August 4, 2023, Pinedo…
Gabriel Braga reacts to possibly fighting ‘idol’ Patricio Pitbull, plans dual $1 million PFL paydays
Gabriel Braga has vibrant prepare for his 2024 season in the Professional Fighters League.
The unbeaten Brazilian possibility is set to rematch Jesus Pinedo on the 2023 PFL featherweight finals on Friday, and while he undoubtedly enjoys the truth that there’s $1 million on the line, he’s likewise eagerly anticipating perhaps dealing with Bellator king Patricio Pitbull
“Patricio is my idol,” Braga…