PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oni Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chuck Pain has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Black
vs
Pain

195 cm
22
277 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
285 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Oni Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Chuck Pain!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pain forces Black back against the cage and clinches.
Black wants to stall.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Pain is blocking nicely.
Pain trying to land knees to the body.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Pain blocks with his arms.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pain just misses with a elbow thrown towards Black's brow.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Pain is blocking nicely.
Black lands a good knee to the midsection. Pain won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pain throws an elbow but misses.
Black landing knees to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pain just misses with a elbow thrown towards Black's brow.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black dodges an elbow strike from Pain.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Pain.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pain controlling the action here for a moment.
Pain comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black trying to control the position but instead, Pain has worked for underhooks and has pushed Black into the cage.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Pain is blocking nicely.
Black tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black is breathing heavily.
Pain tries a knee to the head but Black blocks it.
Black tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pain avoids it.
Pain effectively controlling the action here.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black lands a knee to the head.
Pain is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Black is defending well for now.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pain displaying some good clinch control by pressing Black up against the cage.
Pain lands an elbow inside.
Pain lands a good knee to the midsection. Black won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Black up against the cage.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Pain stalling.
Pain creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pain leaning his opponent against the cage.
Pain lands an elbow just above Black 's eye.

It looks like Oni Black has been cut.
Black taking a breather.
Pain pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pain receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Pain blocks with his arms.
Black blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pain just misses with a elbow thrown towards Black's brow.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Pain managing to block the knees to the body from Black.
Pain is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Black is defending well for now.
Black tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Black tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Black takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pain lands an elbow just above Black 's eye.
Pain manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Black slowing the pace effectively.
Pain throws an elbow that misses.
Pain stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pain is struggling to control the position.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Black blocks the elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Pain.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Pain lands an elbow inside that Black shrugs off.
Black dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pain throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Pain with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pain stalling the fight.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pain throws an elbow but misses.
Black is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pain is keeping busy.
Pain managing to block the knees to the body from Black.
Black blocks an elbow strike.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Black avoiding damage as Pain throws knees to the body.
Pain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pain dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oni Black dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oni Black's cut.
That's time! Black's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Black circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pain tries to clinch up but Black circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Black tries to clinch but Pain is having none of it.
Black doesn't manage to clinch there - Pain circles away.

Black closes the distance and pushes Pain back into the cage.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Black working Pain over with knees to the body.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Pain blocks with his arms.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Black missing with knees to the body.
Pain will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Black up against the cage.
Black tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Black tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pain avoids it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pain takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pain has Black pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black missing with knees to the body.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Pain blocks with his arms.
Pain misses with an elbow strike.
Black misses with a knee to the head.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pain throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Black blocks an elbow strike from Pain.
Black tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Pain throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Black blocks it with crossed arms.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Pain.
Pain creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Black's defenses.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Pain.
Pain lands a nice elbow.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pain throws an elbow but misses.
Black is trying to stall.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pain just misses with a elbow thrown towards Black's brow.
Pain stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pain misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pain leaning against his opponent.
Black using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pain stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pain continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Black being controlled against the cage.
Black avoiding damage as Pain throws knees to the body.
Pain is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Chuck Pain.
Black misses with a leg kick.
Black moves in looking to clinch but Pain pushes him off.
Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Pain.
Chuck Pain is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Pain has taken the fight to the clinch.
Black connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Pain blocks with his arms.
Pain misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Black.
Black lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Black tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Black looking to slow down the pace here.
Pain avoiding damage as Black throws knees to the body.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Black avoids the elbow strike from Pain, against the cage.
Pain throws an elbow but it misses.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Stalling in the clinch from Pain.
Black with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pain looking to throw knees to the head but Black is blocking nicely.
Pain tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Black avoids it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pain takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting on Pain's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Pain putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Black in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Oni Black has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pain throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pain's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pain is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Black is defending well for now.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Black takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pain misses with a knee strike.
Pain has Black pushed against the cage.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pain stalling against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pain throws an elbow but misses.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Black blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oni Black dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Oni Black's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Pain tries to clinch but Black moves away
letting Black counter with a right hand.
Pain tries to clinch up

and Black counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Black.
Pain avoiding damage as Black throws knees to the body.
Pain stalling against the cage.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Black lands a knee to the head.
Black tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pain avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black dodges an elbow strike from Pain.
Pain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pain lands a nice elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Black being controlled against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Black takes a knee right on the jaw!

Oni Black's cut is getting worse.
Pain lands an elbow just above Black 's eye.
Pain is stalling here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pain as Black tries to tie him up.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Pain slowing the pace effectively.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Pain.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pain avoiding damage as Black throws knees to the body.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pain is stalling here.
Black avoids a wild elbow strike from Pain.
Pain tries to land knees in the clinch but Black avoids the damage to the body.
Pain lands an elbow that stopped Black in his tracks for a moment.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pain throws an elbow but misses.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pain comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Black with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pain - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but Pain blocks with his arms.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but Black blocks with his arms.
Black looking to throw knees to the head but Pain is blocking nicely.
Pain lands a damaging elbow.
Pain has Black pressed against the cage.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Pain lands a damaging elbow.

Oni Black's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Pain leaning against his opponent.
Black misses with a knee strike.
Pain looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pain just misses with a elbow thrown towards Black's brow.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Pain is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
Black connects with a knee to the head.
Pain's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Pain putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Black in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pain throws an elbow but misses.
Pain stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pain pushes off an throws an elbow but Black leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Black on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.
Black managing to block the knees to the body from Pain.
Black dodges an elbow strike from Pain.
Black throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain landing knees to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Black takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pain throws an elbow that misses.
Pain utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pain comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pain lands a knee to the body.
Black throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Stalling in the clinch from Pain.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Black tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pain misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Black.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pain looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Black tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Nice elbow from Pain.

Jeez, Oni Black's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Black takes an elbow to the temple.
Chuck Pain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oni Black is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pain stalling the fight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chuck Pain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Black has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Oni Black!