PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Archie Paine (ranked 4168 p4p, 6694 weight class) and Bud Young (ranked 493 p4p, 597 weight class). Bud Young will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Paine
vs
Young

189 cm
26
190
1 - 3 - 0

180 cm
19
180
0 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

The Dirty Needle Project

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Archie Paine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bud Young!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Paine finds it's way round the side to connect with Young's head.

Young closes the distance and pushes Paine back into the cage.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Paine.
Young trying to control the position but instead, Paine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Young into the cage.
Paine lands an uppercut.

Paine successfully pulls guard.
Paine keeping moving, preventing Young from controlling successfully.
Young throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young won't allow Paine to sweep him here.
Young trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Paine on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Paine tries to get out of the position.
Young trying to control but Paine is working from the bottom.
Young might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Paine haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young prevents Paine from getting back to his feet.
Young throws a big right hand that misses.
Paine working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Young.
Young prevents Paine from getting back to his feet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Paine drives through and clinches with Young against the cage.
Young throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Young is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Paine is keeping busy.
Young gets through Paine's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Paine prevents a body shot from Young.
Young trying to land knees to the body.
Young is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paine is looking to break free of the clinch but Young has double underhooks.
Young is trying to stall.
A short right from Paine.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Young keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Paine's efforts to push away.
Young tries to land knees in the clinch but Paine avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Paine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paine's jab looks to have found its range, popping Young under the eye.
Paine misses with a left hand
letting Young counter with a right hand.
Young walks into a straight right hand from Paine.
Young tries to clinch but Paine is having none of it.
Paine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Paine lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Paine looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Young lands an overhand right.
Paine looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
Young lands a glancing blow to the side of Paine's head.
Paine uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Young has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Paine does no damage.
Young paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Paine misses the target.
Young throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paine lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Young circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paine connects with a good right hand that stumbles Young. Young circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Archie Paine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Paine works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
We've been informed that Young has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Young shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Paine wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Paine. That snapped Young's head back.
Paine is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A big left from Young misses.
Paine misses with a right hand
and Young counters with a straight right hand.
Young gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Paine.
Paine throws a right and a left that both miss.
Young is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice defenses there by Paine.
Paine appears to be looking for a big counter.
Paine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paine scores with a crisp jab that stopped Young in his tracks.
Paine throws a lazy uppercut
and Young counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Paine takes a swing at Young's ribcage but misses.
Paine misses with a straight left.
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 Archie Paine will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Paine looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paine.
Young just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Paine misses its intended target.
Young wants to counter with a clinch but Paine pushes him away.

Paine closes the distance and clinches.

Paine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Paine fails to land with a series of punches.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Paine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young lands a right hook to the body.
Archie Paine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Paine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paine defending well as Young loads up on a big left hand.
Paine misses with an uppercut. Young saw that one coming.
Young throws a lazy uppercut
and Paine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Young slips a jab from Paine.
Paine is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Paine clobbers Young with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Paine, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Young scores with a nice head shot.

Paine closes the distance and clinches.

Paine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paine looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Paine swats away the attempt to clinch by Young.
Paine stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Young tries to clinch but Paine is having none of it.
Paine tries to counter by clinching up but Young breaks away and moves out of range.
Paine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Young.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paine takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Paine pushes Young up against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paine lands with a left to the head.
Paine lands a shot to the body.

Paine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paine throws a body shot but no joy.
Young is looking to clinch.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
Paine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Young can do to turn this around?
Paine throws a series of punches but Young moves out of range.
Paine misses with a jab, cross combination.
Paine throws a right hand that Young ducks under and follows up with a left that Young also avoids with ease.
A big right from Paine misses.
Paine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Young.

Paine closes the distance and pushes Young back into the cage.

Paine manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paine throws a nice looking combination but Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Paine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Young looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Paine uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Young slips under a jab.
It seemed like Young was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Young stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Young thuds his right hand into Paine's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Paine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Young's head backwards.
Young displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Paine throws out the jab.
Archie Paine is winning the standup battle so far.
Young shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Paine eats them both and turns towards Young to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Young.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decent striking displayed by Paine there.
Young works Paine's body with a nice hook.
Paine misses the jab.
Young throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Young misses with an uppercut. Paine saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young looks to land a right hand but Paine moved out of range.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young avoids the body shot from Paine.
Young walks into a stiff left hand from Paine.
Paine lands a lovely overhand right.
Paine is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young connects with a single shot there.
Paine 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.
Young fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Young.
Decent striking displayed by Young there.
Paine clobbers Young with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Young throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Paine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paine scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paine tries to bum rush Young with a series of wild strikes but Young uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.
It seemed like Young was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Archie Paine dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Young thuds his right hand into Paine's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Young has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paine.
Young tries to land knees in the clinch but Paine avoids the damage to the body.
Paine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Paine.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Young just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paine's brow.
Paine lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Paine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paine blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
Young taking a breather.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paine tries to pull guard but Young forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Paine presses Young against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Paine has picked Young up - he's going for a ride! Paine dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Young trying to control from the bottom.
Paine drops an elbow to the side of Young's head.
Young really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Paine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paine is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Paine trying to mount his opponent but Young defends it.
Still in half guard, Paine seems content to control.
Young is trying to stand up here but Paine is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Young tries to get to full guard but Paine has control of the leg.
Paine looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Young with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Paine working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Paine is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Paine escapes and gets back to his feet.
Bud Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paine moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Paine takes one to the chin there.
A cross from Paine lands.
Paine misses with a looping left.
Paine lands a nice hook to Young's body. Young takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Paine moves out of range of the strikes.
Paine lands a nice looking body shot.
Paine rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Young moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Paine manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young takes one on the button.
Paine lands with a nice combination. Young backs away looking to recover.
Young has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Paine gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Paine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young moves forwards but Paine connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Young on the side of the head.
Paine scores with a jab to the head.
Archie Paine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Paine feints a jab promting Young to slip. Paine then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Young slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Paine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Young waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Paine.
The fighters circling - Paine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Young takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Young walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Young moves in looking to clinch but Paine pushes him off.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Paine, as that shot connected.
Young drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Young gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Paine.
A jab from Paine does it's job there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Archie Paine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Paine has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Archie Paine!
Bud Young was interviewed post fight and said 'I'll be back'.