PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Royal Pain (ranked 1868 p4p, 222 weight class) and John Brown (ranked 2028 p4p, 242 weight class). Pain kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is AC/DC Thunderstruck. Brown is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Born Of A Broken Man. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pain
vs
Brown

181 cm
31
166 lbs
27 - 25 - 1

180 cm
38
166 lbs
28 - 34 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Royal Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 34 - 3, fighting out of Hilo, John Brown!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Eddie Farnsworth and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brown fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Pain to the ground. Brown is now in Pain's guard.

Pain pushes Brown off and gets back to his feet.
Pain looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Brown 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.
Brown slips a straight right by Pain.
Brown is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Pain throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
Pain fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Pain closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brown wants to control but Pain postures up.
Brown gets back to half guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Brown is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pain missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Brown wants to improve his position but Pain is controlling well.
Pain trying to pass the guard but Brown defending well.
Brown slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain chips away with some ground and pound.
Pain throwing strikes from guard but Brown blocks nicely.
Pain postures up in Brown's guard and throws a big left but Brown blocks it.
Brown pulls Pain in close to prevent any damage.
Let's hope that Brown has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Brown working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pain.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pain accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pain preventing the sweep.
Pain throws a big right hand that misses.
Pain throwing strikes from guard but Brown blocks nicely.
Pain has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brown looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pain throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've been hearing that Pain has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Brown lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Pain escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Brown gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Pain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brown postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Pain looking for a triangle here. Brown is fighting it but it looks tight! Pain pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Brown is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Royal Pain!
Royal Pain made sure to mention his sponsor, Sportivité in his post fight interview.