PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elliot Ness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Elliot Ness has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Chuck Pain's chin.

Pain
vs
Ness

195 cm
18
285 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

191 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Koffin Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Elliot Ness!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pain has managed to clinch.
Ness prevents Pain from breaking the clinch.
Pain just leaning against Ness, taking a breather.

Ness breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ness keeps the fight on the outside.
Ness looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ness misses with a double jab.
A jab from Ness misses.
Pain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ness should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Pain tries to clinch but Ness is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ness keeps the fight on the outside.

Pain closes the distance and clinches.

Pain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Pain has managed to clinch.
Ness fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pain taking a breather.

Pain breaks the clinch.
Pain fails in his attempt to clinch.

Pain has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pain slowing the pace effectively.

Pain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ness misses with a hook. Pain ducked under it nicely.
Ness looks to land a combination but Pain avoids it well.
Ness tries to bum rush Pain with a series of wild strikes but Pain uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pain tries to clinch but Ness is having none of it.
Ness swings for the body but Pain moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ness fails to land with a series of punches.
Ness digs a good hook to Pain's body.
Ness jabs Pain right on the nose. Pain blinks but takes it well.
Ness scores with a kick to the body.
Pain moves out of range of the body kick from Ness.
Ness connects with a right hand. Pain shakes it off.
Pain shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ness lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pain circles away quickly and effectively.
Pain slips a jab and a cross from Ness.

Pain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ness missing with knees to the body.
The referee calls for Pain to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Pain manages to break the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pain throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ness blocks it with crossed arms.
Ness wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ness misses with some punches.
Pain has Ness pressed against the cage, preventing Ness from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Pain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pain tries to clinch but Ness moves out of range.
Pain tries to clinch there but Ness circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness misses with a series of wild punches.
Pain doesn't manage to clinch there - Ness circles away.
Pain tries to clinch but Ness moves out of range.
Ness misses with a body kick.
Pain wants to clinch up but Ness keeps it at a distance.
Pain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Ness.
Ness swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ness.

Pain rushes Ness and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Ness pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Pain gets a clinch.

Pain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Pain clinches.
Ness is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pain - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Pain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ness thuds his shin into the meat of Pain's side.
Pain is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pain's calf.
Pain takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Ness feints and then cracks Pain's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pain down.
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!
Ness fakes the leg kick and cracks Pain in the body.
Ness throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ness misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ness. Ness obviously looking to wear him down.
Pain walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ness.
Some wild striking there from Ness.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ness. That's going to slow Pain down.
Nice cross by Ness.
Ness works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ness scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ness can pounce on him.
Pain doesn't manage to clinch there - Ness circles away.
Pain drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ness scores with a push kick.
Nice shot by Ness.
Pain takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ness goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ness fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pain looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ness fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pain on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness throws out a powerful jab.
Pain has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ness throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ness works Pain's body with a nice hook.
Some wild striking there from Ness.

Ness drops Pain with a beautiful combination! Pain stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Ness is looking for the KO!

Pain is rocked!
Pain takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ness fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pain tries to clinch but Ness is having none of it.
Nice body kick from Ness.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ness.
Ness misses with a series of wild punches.
Pain takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ness lands with a kick to the ribs.
Pain on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ness closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ness misses with a series of wild punches.
Ness throws a right hand that Pain ducks under and follows up with a left that Pain also avoids with ease.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Elliot Ness dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

No joy there for Ness, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ness swats away the attempt to clinch by Pain.
Ness throws a head kick but Pain moves out of range.
Elliot Ness seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ness looks to land a combination but Pain avoids it well.
Ness scores with a nice body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Pain closes the distance and clinches.
Pain wants to stall.
Pain is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ness. Pain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pain will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ness connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pain. Pain circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pain avoids the head kick by Ness.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Ness. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Ness throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pain defending well as Ness loads up on a big left hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ness throws a right hand that Pain ducks under and follows up with a left that Pain also avoids with ease.
Ness has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness throws a nice looking combination but Pain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pain doesn't manage to clinch there - Ness circles away.
Ness connects with a single shot there.
Ness avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pain tries to clinch up.
A swing and a miss from Ness.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ness is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pain is defending well for now.
Ness missing with knees to the body.
Pain has Ness pressed against the cage.
Ness throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Pain trying to land knees to the body.
Pain is stalling here.
Ness tries to land knees in the clinch but Pain avoids the damage to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Pain.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Pain for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Ness lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ness creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pain blocks a body shot from Ness.
Ness fails to pull guard.
Pain stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ness drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pain pulls his leg out and moves away.
Ness avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Pain fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ness, pushing him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Pain.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Pain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ness swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jab, jab by Ness - just one landing.
Pain tries to clinch but Ness moves out of range.
Ness misses with a few strikes there.
Ness avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Pain rushes Ness and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ness wants a takedown.
Chuck Pain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elliot Ness.
Ness tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pain just stands there and leans against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pain seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Pain throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness has a couple of punches blocked by Pain.
Ness tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ness is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pain pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ness is looking to break free of the clinch but Pain has double underhooks.
Ness wants to break the clinch but can't.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ness tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pain's elbow.
Ness being controlled against the cage.
Ness jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Pain walks away with a smile on his face. Ness gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pain moves in looking to clinch but Ness pushes him off.
Ness lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pain's sensitive parts.
Ness misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch but Ness swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ness misses with a wild combination.
Ness lands with a hook. Pain tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ness lands with an uppercut that bounces Pain off the cage and back into rage.
Pain doesn't manage to clinch there - Ness circles away.
Pain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ness swats away the attempt to clinch by Pain.
Pain dodges the punch combination from Ness.

Pain clinches.
Pain slows down the pace here.
Ness can't get the takedown.
Stalling in the clinch from Pain.
Ness tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pain just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ness keeps control of Pain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ness looking to throw knees to the head but Pain is blocking nicely.

Pain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pain wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Elliot Ness will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Ness looks to land a combination. Pain sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ness, right into the meat.

Pain instigates a clinch.
Pain is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pain lands an elbow inside that Ness shrugs off.

It looks like Elliot Ness has been cut.
Pain taking a breather.
Pain is trying to break the clinch but Ness is controlling him.
Pain misses with a knee to the head.
Ness is trying to break the clinch but Pain is controlling him.

Pain breaks the clinch.
Ness lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ness scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ness throws a sloppy head kick and Pain moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pain moves forwards but Ness connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ness cracks the inside of Pain's front leg.
Ness scores with a three punch combo!
Ness delivers a nice body kick.
Pain has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A right-left combo lands from Ness.
Ness lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ness scores with a jab to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ness!
A left and a right from Ness both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ness throws a right and a left that Pain avoids nicely.
The crowd cheers as Ness lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pain doesn't seem phased though.
Pain has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Chuck Pain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ness scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pain tries to clinch up.
Danga de danga de dang - Ness scores with a four punch combination!
Ness tries to land a front kick but Pain steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Chuck Pain is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ness scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ness circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pain tries to clinch but Ness moves out of range.
Ness delivers a nice body kick.
Ness throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ness is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pain tries to clinch but Ness moves out of range.
Pain tries to clinch there but Ness circles away.
Ness will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain tries to clinch but Ness is having none of it.
Pain gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ness.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ness paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Pain clinches up against the cage.
Ness wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pain is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ness has Pain pressed against the cage, preventing Pain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pain is struggling to control the position.
Ness tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pain holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ness tries to land knees in the clinch but Pain avoids the damage to the body.
Pain has Ness pushed against the cage.
Ness has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ness wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pain with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ness letting Pain take a breather here.
Pain is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chuck Pain.
Ness scores with a three punch combo!
Ness works Pain's body with a nice hook.
Ness lands a nice looking body kick.
Ness lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pain backs up against the cage.
Ness lands a front kick.
Pain takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Pain takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ness keeps Pain at a distance using the push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ness throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ness lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ness tries to bum rush Pain with a series of wild strikes but Pain uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pain tries to clinch but Ness moves out of range.
Pain needs to keep his hands up - Ness had a free shot at his head there.
Pain doesn't manage to clinch there - Ness circles away.
Pain avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ness throws a right and a left that Pain avoids nicely.
Pain moves out of range as Ness throws a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Ness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch but Ness swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ness throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pain.

Pain clinches with his opponent.
Pain looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Pain breaks from the clinch.
Ness swats away the attempt to clinch by Pain.
Pain takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pain tries to clinch but Ness moves out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ness. Pain shrugs it off though.
Ness throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pain moves in looking to clinch but Ness pushes him off.
Ness is looking to chop away at Pain's legs.
Ness throws a nice head kick!
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ness swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pain is looking to clinch.
Ness throws a one two combo.
Pain tries to clinch up but Ness circles away and keeps his distance.
Chuck Pain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Elliot Ness is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A big right from Pain misses.
Pain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Elliot Ness comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ness winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Elliot Ness!