PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dewey Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graham Walsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Pain
vs
Walsh

190 cm
23
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

201 cm
18
249 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dewey Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Graham Walsh!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pain changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Walsh tries to avoid it but Pain manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Walsh to the ground. Walsh escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Pain scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walsh is trying to control Pain's posture but Pain avoids it.
Pain controls the position from side control.

Pain decides to stand back up. Pain steps back and let's Walsh get back to his feet.
Pain really is a fat lump.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pain.
Pain shoots for a double leg takedown but Walsh sprawls well. He's pushed Pain's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
No joy there for Walsh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pain ducks right into an uppercut from Walsh.
Walsh misses with a wild combination.

Pain clinches up against the cage.
Pain is stalling here.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Dewey Pain has been cut.
Walsh throws a right and a left that both miss.

Walsh gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pain controlling from the top position.
Walsh wants to stand and escape but Pain is having none of it.
Pain with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pain accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pain advances to half guard.
Pain is breathing heavily.
Walsh is in trouble now - Pain has advanced to mount!
Pain controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pain is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Walsh is surviving well by controlling Pain's body position as best he can.
Walsh working to try and regain half guard.
Walsh wants to hold on but Pain pushes him away.
Pain takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Walsh really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pain. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pain scoring with strikes but Walsh is staying in there.
Walsh wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pain with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
You get the feeling that Walsh really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Pain content just to control the position here.
Pain tries to control but Walsh wriggling away.
Walsh's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Walsh tries to lock up and control but Pain gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Walsh is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Pain tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pain landing punches.
Pain throwing strikes here but Walsh is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Pain prevents Walsh from getting the reversal.

Pain working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Walsh squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dewey Pain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dewey Pain's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Walsh throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pain stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Walsh.
Walsh scores with a punch to the head.
Walsh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Walsh misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Graham Walsh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Walsh.
Pain walks into a straight right hand from Walsh.
Dewey Pain is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Walsh fails to land with a series of punches.
Walsh lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Pain closes the distance and pushes Walsh back into the cage.
Walsh tries to break free but Pain pushes him back against the cage.
Walsh wants to break free but Pain has control.
Walsh tries to score a body lock takedown but Pain shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Walsh wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pain gets underhooks to prevent Walsh's takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Walsh is trying to break the clinch but Pain is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh is trying to break the clinch but Pain is controlling him.
Pain misses with a knee strike.
Pain wants a takedown but no success here.
Pain gets underhooks to prevent Walsh's takedown attempt.
Dewey Pain has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Graham Walsh.
Pain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walsh working hard to break the clinch.
Pain can't get the takedown.

Pain works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Pain in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pain wants to control from the top but Walsh keeps moving.
Walsh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pain is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain tries to free his leg and advance position but Walsh is retaining full guard.
Pain won't allow Walsh to sweep him here.
Pain advances to half guard.
Pain is looking to take a break and control but Walsh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Walsh scores with a nice right hand.
Walsh buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Walsh tries to bum rush Pain with a series of wild strikes but Pain uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Walsh swinging wildly here.

Pain shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Walsh is trying to defend but Pain finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pain is working for a submission of some sort.
Pain is trying to control the action in half guard but Walsh is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pain wants to pass to mount but Walsh is defending the position.
Walsh tries to kick Pain off but Pain keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Walsh is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pain is looking to take a break and control but Walsh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Walsh wants to get back to full guard.
Pain throwing shots but Walsh is blocking nicely.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Walsh misses with a jab, cross combination.
Walsh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walsh rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pain misses with a double jab
and Walsh counters with a straight right hand.
Pain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Walsh can pounce on him.
Walsh is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Walsh swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Pain holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pain wants a takedown.
Walsh jumps guard but Pain stands there with Walsh around his waist. Walsh gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Graham Walsh will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dewey Pain's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Walsh swinging wildly here.
Pain fails with a takedown attempt.

Pain moves into the clinch successfully.
Pain prevents the takedown attempt.
Pain jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Walsh walks away with a smile on his face. Pain gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pain shoots for a double leg takedown but Walsh sprawls well. He's pushed Pain's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dewey Pain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walsh scores with a body shot.
Walsh fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pain.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Walsh throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Walsh throws a nice looking combination but Pain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Walsh misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Walsh fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Walsh throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Walsh misses with a two punch combination.
Pain throws a predictable looking body shot
and Walsh counters with a stiff right hand.

Pain closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pain lands in his opponent's guard.

Pain stands up and waves to Walsh to follow him.
Pain takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Walsh throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pain.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walsh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walsh misses with a double jab

and Pain counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Pain thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pain is looking to advance position but Walsh won't allow it.
Pain thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pain trying to control the action but Walsh is working from the bottom.
Pain is really struggling to control Walsh but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pain stands up out of the half guard.
Walsh lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Pain backs up against the cage.
Walsh throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Walsh lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Walsh.
Danga de danga de dang - Walsh scores with a four punch combination!
Walsh falls off balance throwing a combination

and Pain counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pain.
Walsh is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Walsh working a defensive guard but Pain passes into half guard.
Walsh wants to stand back up but Pain manages to pass into side control.
Pain advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walsh is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pain tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Walsh is trying desperately to improve position.
Pain sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Pain looking to secure an arm triangle but Walsh defends it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dewey Pain showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pain 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dewey Pain!