PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between JW Alonso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pauli Painija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Alonso
vs
Painija

175 cm
22
181 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

160 cm
23
176 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, JW Alonso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pauli Painija!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alonso fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alonso tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Painija manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alonso closes the distance but Painija moves to the side

and Painija counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Alonso's guard now.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Alonso not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Painija tries to free his leg and advance position but Alonso is retaining full guard.
Alonso keeping moving, preventing Painija from controlling successfully.
Painija looking to pass the guard.
Painija throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Painija slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Painija controls the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alonso managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Painija.
Painija is chipping away with strikes.
Painija working the ground and pound.
Painija in side control, throwing shots but Alonso defends.
Painija wants to lay and pray for a moment but Alonso keeps working.
The referee asks Painija politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Painija prefers to stall for the moment though.
Painija has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Painija is putting a hurting on Alonso here, landing some big shots from side control.
Painija cracks Alonso with a big elbow.
Painija throws a strike aimed at the side of Alonso's head but Alonso avoids it well.
Painija controlling from side mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Painija working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Painija advances to full mount.
Alonso avoids a series of strikes thrown by Painija.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Painija unloading with bombs!
Painija landing shots from mount.
Alonso on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Alonso tries to get out of the position.
Painija raining down hammerfists from mount.
Painija in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Painija can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Alonso is looking to escape.
Painija working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alonso in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Alonso takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
BOOM! Painija connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Alonso is rocked!
Painija scoring with strikes but Alonso is staying in there.
Oh Alonso is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Painija scoring with strikes but Alonso is staying in there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Painija looking to control and managing it successfully.
Painija dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Painija landing punches.
Alonso seems to have got his legs back now.
Painija controlling from the full mount.
Painija lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Alonso hang on?
Painija working Alonso over with strikes here.
Alonso is desperately trying to improve his position but Painija has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by Painija.
Painija with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Painija postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Alonso bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Painija and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pauli Painija!