PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thor Omega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Paige (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stan Paige acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Omega
vs
Paige

195 cm
36
205 lbs
32 - 14 - 1

190 cm
35
215 lbs
27 - 10 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thor Omega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stan Paige!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Omega looks for the body kick but Paige saw that one coming.
Paige connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Omega's hands.
Thor Omega seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paige bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Omega's head backwards.
Paige on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Omega scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Omega with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Omega slips under a jab from Paige.
Paige takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Paige tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Paige needs to keep his hands up - Omega had a free shot at his head there.
Omega thumps Paige with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Omega misses with a straight right.
Paige avoids a kick to the body.
Paige connects with an inside leg kick.
Omega displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Omega throws the kick towards the body but Paige avoids it.
Paige tries to clinch but Omega is having none of it.
Omega is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paige.
Omega checks a leg kick nicely.
Omega throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Omega.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paige keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Omega misses with a body kick.
Omega is looking to slow Paige down with leg kicks.
Paige moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Omega misses with an uppercut.
Omega swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Paige lands a nice shot to the body.
Omega misses with a double jab

and Paige counters by moving into the clinch.
Paige stalling in the clinch.
Omega will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Paige up against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Paige as Omega tries to tie him up.
Omega lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Paige backwards.
Paige stalls.
Paige misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Omega tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Paige.
A nice right hand lands inside from Omega.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paige blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Omega digs a right hand underneath Paige's ribcage. Paige let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Omega working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paige lands a hook that snaps the head of Omega backwards.
Omega tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paige's elbow.
Paige is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Omega misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paige blocking some punches.
Omega tries to pull guard but Paige holds him up against the cage and eventually Omega drops back down to his feet.
Paige lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paige controlling the action here for a moment.
Omega jumps guard but Paige stands there with Omega around his waist. Omega gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Omega throws a punch but it's blocked by Paige.
Omega taking a breather.
Omega gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Paige looking to stall.
Paige stalling against the cage.
Paige prevents a body shot from Omega.
Paige throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Paige is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Omega misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Omega misses with a hook to the ribs.
Omega softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Paige makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paige's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Paige blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Omega misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paige lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Omega backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Omega scores with a shoulder strike.
Omega lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Omega working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Paige is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Omega throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Omega dominated that round.
That's time! Omega's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Omega does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Omega with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Omega. Paige does a little dance to reset his feet.
Omega throws a hook but Paige avoids it easily.
Omega motions for Paige to come forward. Omega throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paige fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thor Omega is winning the standup battle so far.
Omega ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Omega moves out of range of the body kick from Paige.
Nice body kick from Omega.
Paige connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Omega blocks a head kick by Paige.
Paige takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Paige moves in looking to clinch but Omega pushes him off.
Paige throws a solid leg kick but Omega takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Paige.
Paige misses the jab.
Omega throws a push kick but Paige slaps the foot to one side.
Paige has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Omega just misses with a punch to the body.
Paige misses with an attempted mid kick.
Paige lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Paige checks the leg kick nicely there.
A jab lands there for Omega.
Paige fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Omega has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Omega tests Paige's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Omega lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Omega throws a leg kick
and Paige counters with a low kick, right behind Omega 's knee.
Paige lands a lovely overhand right.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Omega. Paige shrugs it off though.
Decent striking displayed by Omega there.
Omega throws out a loose jab but Paige uses good head movement to avoid it.

Paige closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Omega misses with a punch on the inside.

Omega escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Omega with a nice cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paige wants to clinch.
Paige lands a body shot.
Omega has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paige lands with a good body shot.
Paige throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Paige avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Omega connects with a solid leg kick.
Paige wants to clinch up but Omega keeps it at a distance.
Paige connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Paige lands with an overhand left.
Omega thumps Paige with a low kick.
Paige lands a jab to the nose.
Paige doesn't manage to clinch there - Omega circles away.
Omega cracks Paige with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Omega throws a chopping leg kick but Paige manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Paige's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Omega blocks a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Paige blocks the low kick.
Omega throws a leg kick that is checked
and Paige counters with a leg kick.
Paige lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Paige.
Paige tries to clinch up but Omega circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paige tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Omega thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paige tries to land a leg kick but Omega saw it coming and moves away.
Omega circles away from the clinch attempt.
Omega throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The fighters circling - Omega throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Paige jabs Omega right on the nose. Omega blinks but takes it well.
Paige tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Omega manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Omega jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A clash of legs there as Omega blocks the low kick.
Omega uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paige.
Paige on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Omega tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Omega throws the left hand but Paige avoids the punch easily.
Paige tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Omega manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Paige displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Omega throws out the jab.
Paige misses the jab.
Omega looks to land a body kick but Paige moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Omega!
Paige staying out of range there.
Omega with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Paige to score with a decent uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Omega. Paige does a little dance to reset his feet.
Omega connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Omega misses with a low kick.
Omega throws a low kick but Paige avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Omega. Paige does a little dance to reset his feet.
Omega keeps the fight on the outside.
Paige slips a jab from Omega.
A big left from Paige misses.
Omega checks a leg kick nicely.
Omega uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paige.
Paige lands a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Omega.
Paige tries to score with a low kick but Omega moves his leg out of the way.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Paige lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Omega has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Omega and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Paige showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A slow jab from Paige misses its intended target.
Paige is looking to land body kicks.
Omega scores with a jab. Paige acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Paige tries to close the distance and clinch up but Omega swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed right hand from Omega misses the target.
Paige throws a head kick but Omega moves out of range.
Omega loads up on a big right hand but Paige slips the punch.
Paige moves in looking to clinch but Omega pushes him off.
Omega thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Paige if he has to take too many more of those.
Paige slips a straight right by Omega.

Paige moves into the clinch successfully.
Paige tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paige tries to stall but Omega uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Omega successfully pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Paige showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Omega wants to sweep but no luck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Omega trying to control the position.
Paige's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Stan Paige wasn't active enough on the ground.
Paige missing with a left hand there. Omega was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Paige throws a big shot that misses.
Omega cracks Paige with a right hand to the side of the head.
Omega thows a left - swing and a miss!
Omega fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Paige is out of range.
Paige jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Omega lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Paige thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paige plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Omega walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Paige checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Paige defending well as Omega loads up on a big left hand.
Omega looks to land a right hand but Paige moved out of range.
Omega connects with a solid leg kick.
Omega avoids the head kick by Paige.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paige scores with a nice strike.
Paige takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Paige throws an overhand right that lands on Omega's shoulder, as Omega tries to avoid the shot.
Omega cracks the inside of Paige's front leg.
Omega takes one on the button.

Paige rushes Omega and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Paige fails to land.
Paige misses with a body punch.
Paige scores with a shoulder strike.
Omega tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Paige smiles and moves away.
Omega throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paige lands a leg kick that knocks Omega off balance momentarily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Omega.
Paige moves out of range as Omega throws a body kick.

Paige has managed to clinch.
Paige lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Omega backwards.
Omega misses with a hook to the ribs.
Omega tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Paige just stands there and leans against the cage.
Paige is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Omega is keeping busy.
Paige works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Omega tries to throw a body punch but Paige avoids it by throwing Omega back against the cage.
Omega lands a left hand.
Paige digs a right hand underneath Omega's ribcage. Omega let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Paige takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Omega stalling in the clinch but Paige improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paige working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Omega misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paige lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Omega misses with some punches.
Omega misses with the head strike.
Omega is trying to stall.
Omega tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Paige's elbow.
Paige manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Paige blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paige throws a punch but it's blocked by Omega.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Paige is looking to control Omega's arms but Omega gets an underhook and turns him. Now Paige has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Paige really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Paige takes a swing at Omega's ribcage but misses.
Omega connects with a body shot that sends Paige's belly button to the back.
Omega throws a leg kick that misses.
Omega lands with a nice body punch.
Paige scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A slow jab from Omega misses its intended target.
Omega scores with a jab.
Omega swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Paige lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Paige looks to land a right hand but Omega moved out of range.
Omega throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Paige sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paige on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Paige uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Omega.
Omega has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Paige.
A swing and a miss from Omega.
Paige lands a right hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Omega.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Paige looks to land a left hand but Omega moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Paige moves into the clinch.
Paige blocks an uppercut.
Paige is struggling to control the position.
Paige lands a hook that snaps the head of Omega backwards.
Omega can't find room to land a body shot as Paige controls the action.
Paige holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Paige is looking to control Omega's arms but Omega gets an underhook and turns him. Now Paige has his back to the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Paige creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Paige misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paige scores with a shot to the side of Omega's head.
Paige is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Omega is keeping busy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Paige.
Omega misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paige misses with the head strike.
Paige lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Omega backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice right hand lands inside from Omega.
Paige trying to land knees to the body.
Paige scores with a shoulder strike.
Omega lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Paige misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Omega.
Paige misses with a punch to the body.
Paige lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Paige throws an elbow but it misses.
Paige stalling in the clinch.
Paige tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Omega slows down the pace here.
Paige blocks a body shot from Omega.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paige is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Omega can't break the clinch.
Paige avoiding damage.
A body shot lands from Omega.
Omega misses with a punch to the body.
Omega lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Paige backwards.
Paige leaning against his opponent.
Omega dodges an elbow strike from Paige.
Paige takes a shot to the head.
Paige misses with an elbow strike.
Paige trying to control the position but instead, Omega has worked for underhooks and has pushed Paige into the cage.
Omega working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paige scores with a shot to the side of Omega's head.
Paige is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Omega is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Paige is looking to control Omega's arms but Omega gets an underhook and turns him. Now Paige has his back to the cage.
Paige lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Paige blocks a body shot from Omega.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Omega misses with a body punch.
Paige stalling.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Omega as Paige tries to tie him up.
Paige tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Paige dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Paige tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Paige checks a leg kick.
Omega keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Omega fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paige manages to avoid it.
Omega on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good standup being displayed there by Omega as he connects with a hook.
Paige throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Omega misses with a straight right.
Paige throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Omega sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paige throws a low kick but Omega moves out of range easily.
Omega feints and then cracks Paige's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Paige down.
Omega throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Omega. That's going to slow Paige down.
Paige pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Omega.
Omega throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Omega throws the kick towards the body but Paige avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Omega tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Paige is able to avoid easily.
Paige throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Omega on the side of the head.
Omega avoids the body shot from Paige.
Paige cracks Omega with an open hand slap.
Omega swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Omega throws a low kick but it's checked well by Paige.
Omega explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Paige connects with a jab.
Paige has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Omega.
Paige checks a leg kick nicely.
Omega fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Paige checks it well.
Omega drops his hands momentarily and Paige takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Paige throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paige avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Omega throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paige lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Omega at a distance.
Omega scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thor Omega has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paige has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Omega finds it's way round the side to connect with Paige's head.

Paige moves into the clinch.
Paige has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Omega.
Omega throws a punch but it's blocked by Paige.
Omega looking to slow down the pace here.
Paige blocking some punches.
Paige throws a punch but it's blocked by Omega.
Omega is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Paige prevents a body shot from Omega.
Omega slowing the pace effectively.
Paige will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Omega up against the cage.
Paige lands a nice shot to the body.
Omega misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Omega lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Paige scores with a shoulder strike.
Paige blocks a body shot from Omega.
Omega lands with a light punch inside.
Omega swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Omega throws a punch but it's blocked by Paige.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Omega fails to land.
Nice elbow from Paige.
Paige misses with a body punch.
Omega misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Omega misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Omega manages to break the clinch.
Omega moves out of range of the strikes.
Paige on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Omega just misses with a punch to the body.
Paige tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Omega was well out of range. Poor timing from Paige.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Omega throws a nice inside leg kick.
Omega throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paige misses with an uppercut.
Omega throws a body punch but Paige moves out of range.
A cross from Paige lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Paige looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some bone on bone action there as Omega checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paige slips under a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Omega lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Paige has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Paige and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Paige misses with a low kick.
Paige takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Thor Omega.
Well Paige has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 47:48
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 47:48
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stan Paige!
An out of breath and clearly excited Stan Paige thanked //buriedALIVE// Fight Gear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).