PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maurice Vontavious Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robbie Luatua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vontavious Payne comes to the cage accompanied by Hope. Luatua has chosen Puff Daddy feat Jimmy Page - Come with me as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Vontavious Payne
vs
Luatua

194 cm
27
275 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

189 cm
28
262 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

King of Fists
Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$)

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maurice Vontavious Payne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robbie Luatua!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luatua slips under a jab from Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne moves away from the strike by Luatua.
Vontavious Payne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vontavious Payne looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Vontavious Payne throws a low kick but Luatua avoids it.
Luatua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luatua avoids the body shot from Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne scores with a hook to the body. Luatua takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vontavious Payne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luatua throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vontavious Payne 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.
Vontavious Payne missing with a left hand there. Luatua was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Luatua checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luatua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vontavious Payne throws out the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Luatua.
Luatua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vontavious Payne takes a swing at Luatua's ribcage but misses.
Luatua appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Luatua works Vontavious Payne's body with a nice hook.
Luatua throws a jab when Vontavious Payne was well out of range.
Vontavious Payne throws the kick towards the body but Luatua avoids it.
Vontavious Payne defending well as Luatua loads up on a big left hand.
Vontavious Payne misses with an attempted mid kick.
Luatua replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Vontavious Payne blocks it well.
Luatua takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Luatua misses with a straight left.
Good leg kick by Vontavious Payne there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vontavious Payne swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne misses with a head kick.
Luatua fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vontavious Payne has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Luatua moves out of range as Vontavious Payne throws a body kick.
Luatua steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Vontavious Payne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vontavious Payne thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vontavious Payne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luatua was well out of range. Poor timing from Vontavious Payne.
Luatua on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
No joy there for Vontavious Payne, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Luatua steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Vontavious Payne.

Vontavious Payne gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vontavious Payne tries a body shot but Luatua blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luatua.
Luatua is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Luatua prevents a body shot from Vontavious Payne.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luatua blocking some punches.
Vontavious Payne misses with a body punch.
Luatua throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vontavious Paynes head.

Luatua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Luatua scores with a nice strike.
Vontavious Payne misses with a body shot.
Luatua looks to land a right hand but Vontavious Payne moved out of range.
Vontavious Payne checks a leg kick nicely.
A good leg kick by Luatua.
Luatua tries to land a body kick
and Vontavious Payne counters with a stiff right hand.
Vontavious Payne misses with a body kick.
A nice side step and Luatua releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Vontavious Payne throws a body punch but Luatua moves out of range.
Vontavious Payne takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Luatua scores with a nice head shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luatua swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vontavious Payne takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Luatua misses with a kick to the body.
Luatua looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Vontavious Payne throws a head kick but Luatua moves out of range.
Vontavious Payne throws a hook but Luatua avoids it easily.
Vontavious Payne lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Luatua backs up against the cage.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Luatua, right into the meat.
Luatua takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Luatua moves out of range of the leg kick from Vontavious Payne.
Vontavious Payne defending well as Luatua loads up on a big left hand.
Vontavious Payne checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A counter left hand to the body from Vontavious Payne misses its target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Maurice Vontavious Payne will probably get the nod.
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.

Vontavious Payne on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Vontavious Payne misses with a body kick.
Luatua lands the left hand.
Luatua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vontavious Payne manages to avoid it.
Maurice Vontavious Payne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vontavious Payne is looking to score with low kicks.
Luatua was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Vontavious Payne is looking to wear down Luatua with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A swing and a miss from Vontavious Payne.
Luatua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vontavious Payne throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Luatua misses its intended target.
Vontavious Payne is looking to counter with a body kick.
A low kick from Vontavious Payne misses
letting Luatua counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Luatua lands a big right hand that sends Vontavious Payne crashing to the mat! Luatua stays standing though and waves Vontavious Payne back to his feet!

Vontavious Payne is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luatua takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Luatua throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luatua drops Vontavious Payne with a naaaaasty hook - Vontavious Payne is in real trouble here! Luatua dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robbie Luatua!
Robbie Luatua is the new heavyweight champion!
Robbie Luatua bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.