PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frank Shuman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Paine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Paine acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Shuman
vs
Paine

167 cm
25
135 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

172 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Shuman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Paine!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shuman dives in for a single leg takedown but Paine sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Shuman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paine.
Shuman moves out of range as Paine strikes.
Paine scores with a hook to the body. Shuman takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Shuman misses with a right hand

and Paine counters by clinching up.
Paine tries to work over Shuman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shuman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Paine tries a body shot but Shuman blocks it.
A short left from Paine.
Paine lands a nice uppercut.
Paine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paine cracks Shuman with a nice body shot.
Shuman has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Paine after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Shuman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Paine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paine gets through Shuman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paine misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Paine.
I was talking to Shuman's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Paine misses with some punches.
Paine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Paine scores with a nice short uppercut.
Paine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shuman backwards.
Shuman drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Paine gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A body shot lands from Paine.
Shuman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Paine lands with a left to the head.
Shuman dodges an elbow strike from Paine.
Paine lands with a right to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Paine.
Paine throws a punch but it's blocked by Shuman.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paine lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shuman backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shuman looking for a takedown.
Paine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shuman's elbow.
Paine throws a head punch that misses.
Paine scores with a hook to the body.
Paine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Paine scores with a nice short uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Paine scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shuman has had enough of the clinch but Paine keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paine.
Paine digs a right hand into Shuman's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shuman's gas tank.
Paine scores with a shoulder strike.
Paine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shumans head.

Shuman is rocked!
Shuman drops down looking for an ankle pick but Paine pulls his leg out and moves away.
Michael Paine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paine lands a slapping body shot.
Paine has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shuman moves out of range as Paine strikes.
Paine dips to his left and cracks Shuman with an uppercut!
Paine's corner calls for a 1-2. Paine obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Oh Shuman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Paine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shuman on the side of the head.
Shuman walks straight into a right hand from Paine - that's dropped him! Paine jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Shuman from any more punishment! Shuman complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Michael Paine!
Michael Paine seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.