PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxx Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pain has chosen Days of Revenge by Ramallah as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rua
vs
Pain

183 cm
25
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

188 cm
26
216 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maxx Pain!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pains jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

It looks like Maxx Pain has been cut.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Pain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rua is looking to clinch but Pain is avoiding it.
Rua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rua moves in looking to clinch but Pain pushes him off.
Pain shoots in but no luck this time.
Pain is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rua sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Pain shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rua manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Pain wants to control from the top but Rua keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pain trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Maxx Pain was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rua slaps away a takedown attempt from Pain, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Frank Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maxx Pain.
Pain takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rua defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pain.
Rua feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pains jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rua scores with a nice strike.

That has opened up Maxx Pain's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rua drops Pain with a naaaaasty hook - Pain is in real trouble here! Rua dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Rua!