PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spartacus Thracian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Thracian
vs
Pain

183 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
28
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Red Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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Zentrope Fighting Universe

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Spartacus Thracian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rob Pain !
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pain shoots in for a takedown but Thracian shows good takedown defense.
Pain takes one to the side of the head.
A left lands for Thracian.
Pain shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Thracian sprawls well. Thracian wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pain gets slowly back to his feet.
Pain shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Thracian defends it nicely.
Spartacus Thracian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Pain .
Pain shoots in looking for a takedown. Thracian tries to sprawl out of it but Pain keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thracian manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pain misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Thracian connects with a crisp jab.
Pain takes one to the side of the head.
Thracian tests Pain 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pain tries for a takedown but Thracian circles away easily
and Thracian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pain shoots for a takedown but Thracian saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thracian uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pain drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pain throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thracian's waist but Thracian gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pain off to one side.
Pain gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thracian.
Thracian lunges at Pain with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pain 's hand.
Pain takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab from Thracian does it's job there.
Pain 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Thracian connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pain scrambles back to his feet.
Thracian with a jab.
Pain is trying desperately to land a takedown but Thracian is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Pain .
A lazy left from Thracian finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pain fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Thracian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pain tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thracian swivels and escapes.
Spartacus Thracian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pain looks gassed!
Pain shoots in for a double leg but Thracian sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pain dives in and grabs Thracian's left leg, looking for a takedown. Thracian pushes down on Pain 's head and hops out.
Thracian jabs Pain right on the nose. Pain blinks but takes it well.
Thracian lands with a straight right. Pain didn't see that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thracian jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thracian is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice takedown defense from Thracian. No joy for Pain on that attempt.
Thracian lands a really nice looking cross but Pain seems unphased.
Rob Pain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pain takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Thracian works the jab nicely.
Pain moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pain on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thracian with a jab.
Pain changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Thracian tries to avoid it but Pain manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Thracian to the ground. Thracian escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pain is trying hard to land a takedown here. Thracian sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Thracian cracks Pain with an open hand slap.
Pain takes a jab right on the kisser.
A punch lands to the side of Pain 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jab by Thracian.
Thracian lands a jab to the nose.
Jab from Thracian.
Thracian cracks Pain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thracian lands a lovely overhand right.
Decent striking displayed by Thracian there.
Pain fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pain looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Thracian scores with a punch to the head.
Thracian scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A jab from Thracian does it's job there.
Thracian jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Thracian's corner calls for a 1-2. Thracian obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Thracian scores with the left hand. Pain knows he should have avoided that one.
Horrible takedown by Pain or perhaps it was just good defense by Thracian which made him look bad.
Pain has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Thracian connects with the punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thracian connects with a looping right hand.
Pain misses with a takedown
letting Thracian counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain misses with a takedown
and Thracian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thracian scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pain in his tracks.
Pain gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thracian connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pain 's hands.
Pain fails to land the takedown.
Thracian cracks Pain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pain shoots in but no luck this time.
Thracian lands with a cross.
Thracian uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thracian stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Thracian wants it to stay on the feet.
Thracian swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pain .
Pain has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pain there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice straight punches there by Thracian. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thracian.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spartacus Thracian dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Pain walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice jab there from Thracian.
Pain tries for a takedown but Thracian sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pain .
Thracian cracks Pain with an open hand slap.
Thracian throws out a powerful jab.
Thracian lands with a cross.
Thracian lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pain shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Spartacus Thracian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Pain .
Pain has a takedown stuffed.
Thracian lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Thracian connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pain momentarily.
Thracian bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pain is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thracian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thracian with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thracian connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Thracian throws a combination. Pain tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Thracian is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pain takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pain looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thracian is fending him off so far but Pain persists. Nope, Thracian circles away and we're back to standing.
Pain fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thracian avoids it really well and circles away.
Pain takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pain shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Thracian sprawls well. Thracian wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pain gets slowly back to his feet.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Pain might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Thracian has got the better of the exchanges.
Thracian paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Spartacus Thracian is winning the standup battle so far.
Pain closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Thracian lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Thracian with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pain drops his hands momentarily and Thracian takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pain shoots in and drives through. Thracian sprawls well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thracian scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Thracian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pain shoots in and drives through. Thracian sprawls well.
Jab, jab by Thracian - just one landing.
Pain looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thracian connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pain fails with a takedown attempt.
Pain takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Thracian scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pain in his tracks.
Thracian lands a head shot.
Pain gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thracian lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Thracian works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pain gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pain takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thracian lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Pain feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Pain postures up.
Pain wants to pass the guard but Thracian is keeping the position.
Thracian is trying to control the position from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Spartacus Thracian wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Thracian lands with an overhand left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thracian throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pain on the side of the head.
Thracian stuffs the takedown attempt from Pain . Pain gets slowly back to his feet.
Thracian with a hook.
Thracian connects with a right hand. Pain shakes it off.
Pain shoots in but no luck this time.
Horrible takedown by Pain or perhaps it was just good defense by Thracian which made him look bad.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thracian lands with a cross.
Thracian lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pain on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pain has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pain takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Thracian scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pain shoots in but no luck this time.
Thracian bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pain 's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spartacus Thracian dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Pain shoots in but Thracian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Thracian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pain can do to turn this around?
Thracian slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pain closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thracian circles away.
Pain shoots in and drives through. Thracian sprawls well.
Spartacus Thracian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Pain .
Thracian takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thracian connects with a nice looking jab.
Thracian cracks Pain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thracian lands a jab to the nose.
Pain gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thracian cracks Pain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pain drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pain with a lazy takedown attempt
and Thracian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pain tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thracian swivels and escapes.
Pain on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Pain shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thracian pinned against the cage. Thracian gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pain on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Thracian.
Thracian dips to his left and cracks Pain with an uppercut!
Thracian lands a glancing blow to the side of Pain 's head.
Pain moves forwards but Thracian connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Thracian lands a nice shot that snaps Pain 's head back.
Thracian connects with a nice looking jab.
Pain shoots in for a takedown but Thracian shows good takedown defense.
Thracian throws out a powerful jab.
Pain needs to keep his hands up - Thracian had a free shot at his head there.
Thracian leaves Pain with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Thracian scores with a decent looking hook.
A punch lands to the side of Pain 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Thracian scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thracian scores with a jab to the head.
Thracian lands with a straight right. Pain didn't see that one coming.
Thracian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thracian scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Thracian connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pain shoots in and drives through. Thracian sprawls well.
Pain closes the distance and clinches up with Thracian, looking for a takedown. Pain pushes Thracian against the cage but Thracian circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Thracian with a jab.
Pain throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thracian's waist but Thracian gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pain off to one side.
Good shot there by Thracian.
Thracian scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pain fails to land the takedown.
Pain gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thracian.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thracian lands with a nice combination. Pain backs away looking to recover.
Thracian scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Pain is rocked!
Pain has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Thracian finds it's way round the side to connect with Pain 's head.
Pain is still on wobbly legs! Can Thracian finish him?
Pain shoots in looking for a takedown. Thracian tries to sprawl out of it but Pain keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thracian manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pain seems to have recovered his senses.
A jab from Thracian does it's job there.
Pain shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thracian as he jumps to the side.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Thracian.
Pain fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thracian lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Thracian scores with a jab. Pain acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thracian lands a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thracian scores with a sloppy right hand. Pain should have avoided that one.
Pain shoots and misses
and Pain takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thracian scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Thracian stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Good exchange - Thracian coming out on top.
Thracian lands the left hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pain .
Pain walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Thracian lands an overhand right.
Pain shoots in but no luck this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pain moves forwards but Thracian connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Thracian scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rob Pain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pain takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Some bone on bone action there as Thracian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

And that's the end of the fight!
Spartacus Thracian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Thracian, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spartacus Thracian!