PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Angel Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger JonesJr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pain comes to the ring accompanied by "Meet the Monster" Five Finger Death Punch. Angel Pain had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 157.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Angel Pain has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pain
vs
JonesJr

180 cm
29
165 lbs
5 - 21 - 0

183 cm
19
169 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 21 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Angel Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tiger JonesJr!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pain wants to clinch
and JonesJr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
JonesJr looks to land a combination but Pain avoids it well.
JonesJr misses with a double jab.
JonesJr throws a right hand that Pain ducks under and follows up with a left that Pain also avoids with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
JonesJr misses with a combination
and Pain counters with a solid body kick.
JonesJr misses with a double jab

and Pain counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for JonesJr!
JonesJr'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.

Pain looking to secure an arm triangle but JonesJr defends it well.
Pain is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. JonesJr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
JonesJr is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.

Pain is working for a guillotine from mount but JonesJr frees his head quite easily.
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!
JonesJr is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
JonesJr looks gassed!
Pain is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. JonesJr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pain lands with some vicious ground and pound - can JonesJr hang on?
Pain lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
JonesJr is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pain landing punches.

JonesJr is rocked!
Pain is in the full mount, landing strikes.
JonesJr is still in real trouble! Can Pain finish him?
Pain connects with a bit shot that sees JonesJr covering up! More strikes from Pain and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Pain is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angel Pain!