PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pavel Pinigin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Payne's entrance music is Tony Montana- Future. A fine choice. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Pavel Pinigin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Payne
vs
Pinigin

193 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

189 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

5th Round Clothing

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 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Daniel Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pavel Pinigin!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Russell Pearce and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payne throws a right hand that Pinigin ducks under and follows up with a left that Pinigin also avoids with ease.
Payne is breathing heavily.

Pinigin gets a takedown into half guard.

Pinigin postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Payne to stand up.
Payne moves away from the strike by Pinigin.
Pinigin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Payne as he jumps to the side.
Pinigin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Payne momentarily.

Pinigin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pinigin lands in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinigin lands a couple of digs.
Pinigin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Payne's head.
Pinigin stands up over Payne, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinigin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Payne's guard.
Pinigin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pinigin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pinigin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Pinigin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Payne defends it well.

Pinigin wants to work for an arm triangle but Payne is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Pinigin is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Payne is just riding it out for now. Pinigin eventually gives up the hold.
Pinigin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinigin working the head and body with strikes.
Pinigin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pinigin looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Payne with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pinigin thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Payne is looking to escape.
Pinigin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payne blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pinigin.
Payne avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pinigin.
Pinigin lands with a punch from half guard.
Pinigin lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pinigin scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pinigin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pinigin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pinigin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Payne defending well though.
Pinigin winds up and cracks Payne with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Payne is looking to improve his position.
Ground and pound from Pinigin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pinigin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pinigin working over Payne with some ground and pound. Payne looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Payne has hold of Pinigin's hands but Pinigin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Payne taking some punishment here, with Pinigin in his half guard.
Pinigin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Payne trying to control here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Pinigin is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Payne sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Pinigin dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Pinigin.
Pinigin tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Pinigin is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Payne knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Payne tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pinigin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pinigin lands a nice forearm strike.
Pinigin working the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinigin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Payne some visible discomfort.

Payne is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Payne on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Oh Payne is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Payne knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pinigin on the ground.
Pinigin is chipping away with strikes.
A big shot lands for Pinigin! That's hurt Payne! Will he recover? Pinigin fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pavel Pinigin!