PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randall Cleaver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Pabin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cleaver's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Drowning Pool - Bodies. Cleaver is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Randall Cleaver is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Cleaver
vs
Pabin

196 cm
23
275 lbs
7 - 10 - 0

200 cm
27
268 lbs
5 - 13 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Randall Cleaver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Damian Pabin!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Pabin misses.
Pabin looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Pabin misses the shot to the body.
Cleaver misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Cleaver. Those never looked like landing.
Cleaver takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pabin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Randall Cleaver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pabin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cleaver was well out of range. Poor timing from Pabin.
Pabin throws a hook but Cleaver avoids it easily.
Cleaver misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cleaver uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pabin.
Cleaver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pabin.
Pabin throws an overhand right that lands on Cleaver's shoulder, as Cleaver tries to avoid the shot.
Pabin takes a swing at Cleaver's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleaver looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cleaver ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pabin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cleaver.
Pabin throws a big shot that misses.
Cleaver is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pabin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pabin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cleaver.
Cleaver works over Pabin's head and body with a nice combination.
Cleaver sizes up Pabin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cleaver shoots in but Pabin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pabin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pabin misses with an uppercut. Cleaver saw that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pabin circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Cleaver, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pabin misses with a wild body shot.
Cleaver looks to land a combination but Pabin avoids it well.
Cleaver closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pabin circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randall Cleaver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pabin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice cross by Cleaver.
Cleaver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pabin slips a jab and a cross from Cleaver.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cleaver. Pabin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pabin on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pabin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cleaver misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cleaver throws a hook but Pabin avoids it easily.
Pabin misses with a looping right.
Cleaver throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pabin.
Pabin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pabin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pabin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Some wild striking there from Cleaver.
Cleaver lands with an uppercut that bounces Pabin off the cage and back into range.
Cleaver throws a series of punches but Pabin moves out of range.
Cleaver ducks under a wild hook from Pabin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver lands a jab to the nose.
Cleaver shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pabin eats them both and turns towards Cleaver to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pabin throws the left hand but Cleaver avoids the punch easily.
Pabin misses with a body shot.
Cleaver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cleaver throws a hook but Pabin blocks it.
Cleaver throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cleaver thows a body shot but no joy.
Cleaver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pabin looks to score with a jab to the body but Cleaver is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randall Cleaver dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cleaver lands a really nice looking cross but Pabin seems unphased.
Pabin misses with a looping left.
Pabin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cleaver misses with a combination
and Pabin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pabin. Cleaver does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cleaver avoids the body shot from Pabin.
Pabin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice combination there by Cleaver.
Nice straight punches there by Cleaver. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cleaver.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cleaver goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cleaver connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pabin's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleaver misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pabin throws a body punch but Cleaver moves out of range.
Cleaver throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pabin thows a body shot but no joy.
Cleaver with a jab.
Cleaver throws a big shot that misses.
Pabin is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cleaver rather than just go for the knockout.
Cleaver shoots in for a takedown but Pabin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pabin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pabin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cleaver throws out the jab.
Cleaver tries to bum rush Pabin with a series of wild strikes but Pabin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cleaver tests Pabin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cleaver connects with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver throws a series of strikes that have Pabin backpedaling.
Randall Cleaver is winning the standup battle so far.
Cleaver fails to land with a series of punches.
Cleaver shoots for a double leg takedown but Pabin sprawls well. He's pushed Cleaver's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cleaver throws a series of strikes that have Pabin backpedaling.
Cleaver connects with a right hand. Pabin shakes it off.
Cleaver with a hook.
Cleaver misses with a straight right.
Cleaver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cleaver throws a series of punches but Pabin avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pabin throws a hook to the side of Cleaver's head but Cleaver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cleaver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pabin.
Cleaver lands with a nice combination. Pabin backs away looking to recover.
A right-left combo lands from Cleaver.
Pabin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pabin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Randall Cleaver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cleaver throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pabin misses with a left hand
and Cleaver counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cleaver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pabin takes a swing at Cleaver's ribcage but misses.
Cleaver dips to his left and cracks Pabin with an uppercut!
Nice body kick from Cleaver.
Cleaver is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cleaver throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pabin.
Cleaver closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pabin circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randall Cleaver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cleaver fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pabin misses with a straight right.
Some wild striking there from Cleaver.
Cleaver staying out of range there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch combination from Pabin misses.
Cleaver looks to land a combination but Pabin avoids it well.
Cleaver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pabin circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randall Cleaver dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cleaver misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cleaver is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Good exchange - Pabin coming out on top.
Pabin just misses with a punch to the body.
Pabin looks to score with a jab to the body but Cleaver is just out of range.
Cleaver bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pabin's head.
Pabin dodges the punch combination from Cleaver.
Cleaver works Pabin's body with a nice hook.
Cleaver connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Pabin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cleaver throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cleaver jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cleaver has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cleaver tries to bum rush Pabin with a series of wild strikes but Pabin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cleaver misses with a wild combination.
Cleaver lands an overhand right.
Cleaver slips a straight right by Pabin.
Danga de danga de dang - Cleaver scores with a four punch combination!
Pabin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cleaver.
Cleaver lands a two punch combo.
Pabin ducks under a wild hook from Cleaver.
A combination from Cleaver does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Cleaver.
Cleaver throws a nice looking combination but Pabin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cleaver punishes Pabin's body with a nice straight punch.
Pabin on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cleaver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cleaver fails to land with a series of punches.
Pabin takes a swing at Cleaver's ribcage but misses.
A left lands for Cleaver.
Cleaver swings for the body but Pabin moves out of range.
Pabin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cleaver shoots in but no luck this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver sizes up Pabin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
No joy there for Cleaver, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Cleaver misses the target.
Cleaver swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pabin counters with a straight right hand.
A slow jab from Pabin misses its intended target.
Randall Cleaver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pabin misses with a series of wild punches.
Pabin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pabin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cleaver lands a two punch combo.
Damian Pabin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cleaver moves out of range as Pabin strikes.
Pabin is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cleaver lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cleaver closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cleaver misses with the combination.
Cleaver feints a jab promting Pabin to slip. Cleaver then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pabin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Cleaver misses with a two punch combination.
A combination from Cleaver does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cleaver misses with a few strikes there.
Pabin needs to keep his hands up - Cleaver had a free shot at his head there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randall Cleaver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cleaver has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randall Cleaver!