PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Shanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pauli Painija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shanks kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dethklok - The Cyborg Slayers. Michael Shanks has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shanks
vs
Painija

190 cm
22
183 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

160 cm
24
176 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Shanks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pauli Painija!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Painija lands a right hook to the body.
Shanks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shanks walks into a jab.
Painija wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Painija clinches.
Shanks takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Michael Shanks has been cut.
Shanks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Painija lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shanks backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Painija lands a right hand.
Shanks tries to stall but Painija uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Painija digs a right hand underneath Shanks's ribcage. Shanks let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Painija lands a knee to the body.
Shanks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shanks is breathing heavily.
Painija crunches a lovely knee into Shanks's ribcage.

Painija breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Painija throws the left hand but Shanks avoids the punch easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Painija avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shanks takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Shanks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Painija was well out of range. Poor timing from Shanks.
Painija swings for the body but Shanks moves out of range.
Painija keeps the fight on the outside.
Painija ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shanks moves away.
Painija is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Shanks rather than just go for the knockout.

Painija takes the fight into the clinch.
Painija misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Painija breaks the clinch.
Painija swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shanks makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Painija thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shanks checks the leg kick nicely there.
Shanks throws a body punch but Painija moves out of range.
Painija will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Painija drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Painija trying to control the position from guard on top but Shanks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Painija is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shanks trying to keep a closed guard but Painija is proving a slippery customer.
Painija works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Shanks on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shanks tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Painija is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Shanks knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Painija on the ground.
Shanks is looking to control Painija's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Shanks avoid being mounted?
Shanks wants to improve his position but Painija is controlling well.
Shanks is trying to control but can't.
Painija looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Shanks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shanks is staying active underneath Painija, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Painija throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Painija trying to control from Shanks's half guard. Shanks has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Shanks wants to stand but Painija is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shanks keeping moving, preventing Painija from controlling successfully.
Painija postures up in Shanks's guard and throws a big left but Shanks blocks it.
Shanks not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Painija passes into half guard.
Painija thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shanks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Painija.
Shanks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Painija.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Painija working the head and body with strikes.
Painija missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pauli Painija dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Shanks's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Shanks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Painija shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Shanks is trying to defend but Painija finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Painija sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shanks defending well though.
Painija throwing shots but Shanks is blocking nicely.
Painija wants to pass to mount but Shanks is defending the position.
Painija thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Shanks tries to get to full guard but Painija has control of the leg.
Painija not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Painija is looking to take a break and control but Shanks is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Painija misses with a head shot. Shanks uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Painija engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Shanks avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Painija throws a big right hand that misses.
Painija looking to sit in guard and control but Shanks gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Painija is trying to control the position but Shanks postures up.
Painija trying to control the position here.
Painija manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Painija lands with some strikes.
Shanks is looking to improve his position but Painija isn't that keen on the idea.
Painija with the ground and pound from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Painija is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shanks can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Painija lands a big shot there that rocks Shanks but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Shanks is rocked!

Painija is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Shanks is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pauli Painija!
Pauli Painija made sure to mention his sponsor, M/S Paint Fightwear in his post fight interview.