PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Noam Nystrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royal Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pain is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: AC/DC Thunderstruck. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Royal Pain was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Nystrom
vs
Pain

173 cm
22
168 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

181 cm
22
166 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Hellbent

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Noam Nystrom!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Royal Pain!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nystrom takes the fight into the clinch.
Nystrom throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pains head.
Nystrom throws a punch but it's blocked by Pain.
Pain wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nystrom has him pressed against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Pain has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Nystrom struggles to land a body shot inside as Pain controls his hands.
Nystrom lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Pain as the two fighters clinch.
Nystrom lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pain lands with a left to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nystrom.
Nystrom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pain backwards.
Nystrom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nystrom misses with the head strike.
Nystrom misses with an elbow strike.
Nystrom lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pain or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nystrom creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nystrom lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A body shot lands from Nystrom.
Nystrom lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pain backwards.
Nystrom using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nystrom lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pain backwards.
Nystrom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nystrom gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Royal Pain has been cut.
Nystrom misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pain.
Nystrom lands a body shot.
Pain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Still in the clinch, Nystrom scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nystrom is pressed up against the cage. Pain has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Nystrom down to the mat. Nystrom avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pain clinches up against the cage.
Nystrom pushes off an throws an elbow but Pain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pain throws a head punch that misses.
Pain takes an elbow to the temple.
Nystrom lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nystrom can't find room to land a body shot as Pain controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nystrom.
Nystrom swings wildly with an uppercut but Pain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pain takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nystrom just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pain's brow.
Nystrom pushes Pain back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nystrom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nystrom lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nystrom throws a punch but it's blocked by Pain.
Nystrom lands a left hand.
Nystrom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nystrom lands with a left to the head.

Pain is rocked!
Nystrom lands an uppercut.
Pain is still on wobbly legs! Can Nystrom finish him?
Nystrom has a couple of punches blocked by Pain.
Pain misses with a punch on the inside.
Nystrom lands an elbow just above Pain 's eye.
Nystrom lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from Nystrom.
Pain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nystrom misses with the head strike.
Nystrom lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pain blocking some punches.
Nystrom working aggressively here.
Pain is pressed against the cage. Nystrom pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Pain! Two more big strikes from Nystrom and Pain crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Noam Nystrom!
Noam Nystrom retains his lightweight title!
Post fight, Noam Nystrom took to the microphone: 'I told everyone I was gonna take this belt! and here I am! Who's next? Nate you hella quiet these days, homie....'.
Royal Pain spoke after the fight, saying 'Shit, there goes my chance to be like Mike.'.