PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ex Perimental (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Paighn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Perimental
vs
Paighn

190 cm
27
215 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

200 cm
31
210 lbs
12 - 6 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ex Perimental!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phil Paighn!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paighn throws a nice outside leg kick.
Paighn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Perimental tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paighn was well out of range. Poor timing from Perimental.
Paighn throws a head kick that misses.
Paighn wants to clinch.
Perimental pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big right from Perimental misses.
Paighn lets loose with a powerful body kick. Perimental will feel that in the morning.
Perimental is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paighn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Paighn throws a sloppy head kick and Perimental moves out of range easily.
Perimental throws a shot from downtown. Paighn moves away and avoids it.
Paighn ducks right into an uppercut from Perimental.
Paighn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Perimental to score with a decent uppercut.
Perimental connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paighn thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Perimental if he has to take too many more of those.
Paighn bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Perimental crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Paighn - the referee stops the clock and Perimental gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Paighn. Perimental manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Paighn closes the distance and clinches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Paighn - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Perimental doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Paighn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Paighn lands a nice knee to the body.
Paighn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Perimental goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paighn putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Perimental in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Paighn pressing his opponent against the cage.
Perimental avoiding damage as Paighn throws knees to the body.
Paighn landing knees to the body.
Paighn landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paighn working Perimental over with knees to the body.
Paighn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Paighn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paighn fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Perimental has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Paighn throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Perimental.

It looks like Ex Perimental has been cut.
Paighn throws a front kick that sends Perimental stumbling back into the cage.
Paighn connects with an inside leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Paighn. Perimental shrugs it off though.
Paighn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Paighn throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Perimental crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Paighn - the referee stops the clock and Perimental gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Paighn. Perimental manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Perimental sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Perimental throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paighn throws a front kick that sends Perimental stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Paighn.
Paighn lands a head kick!
Nice straight punches there by Paighn. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Paighn.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paighn lets loose with a powerful body kick. Perimental will feel that in the morning.
Paighn throws a quick inside leg kick.
Paighn moves in looking to clinch but Perimental pushes him off.
A decent looking cross lands there for Paighn.

Perimental is rocked!
Paighn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oh Perimental is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Paighn moves into the clinch.
Paighn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Perimental is defending well for now.
Perimental seems to have got his legs back now.
Paighn scores with a knee to the head.

Ex Perimental's cut is getting worse.
The two fighters are battling for control here. Perimental trying to break out of Paighn's Thai clinch. Paighn unloads with a massive knee right up the middle that drops Perimental to the canvas! He's out cold! Wow, what a knee by Paighn!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Phil Paighn!