PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sebastian Burger (ranked 23991 p4p, 23953 weight class) and Major Pain (ranked 603 p4p, 602 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Burger
vs
Pain

190 cm
30
220
18 - 8 - 1

187 cm
30
216
10 - 21 - 0

Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastian Burger!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Major Pain!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burger throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Pain fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Burger, pushing him back against the ropes.
Pain tries to land knees in the clinch but Burger avoids the damage to the body.
Burger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Pain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burger lands a head kick. Pain smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Pain tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Burger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Pain has closed the distance and engaged Burger in a clinch.
Pain digs a right hand underneath Burger's ribcage. Burger let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burger tries to break free but Pain pushes him back against the ropes.

Pain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice inside leg kick there by Burger. That's going to slow Pain down.

Pain drives through and clinches with Burger against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burger can't break the clinch.

Pain manages to break the clinch.
Sebastian Burger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pain just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBurger.

Pain moves into the clinch.

Pain manages to break the clinch.
Burger throws the left hand but Pain avoids the punch easily.

Burger gets tackled into the ropes by Pain. Pain maintains the clinch.

Pain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pain ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Burger connects with a right hand. Pain shakes it off.
Pain misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pain clinches up against the ropes.

Pain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Burger defending well as Pain loads up on a big left hand.
Burger lands a high kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pain moves into range and clinches up with Burger.

Pain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burger lands a nice shot to the body.

Pain moves into the clinch.
Burger definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pain looking to throw knees to the head but Burger is blocking nicely.
Burger avoids a wild elbow strike from Pain.

Pain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burger blocks a head kick by Pain.

Pain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pain looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pain pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Pain throws a head punch that misses.
Pain's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pain missing with knees to the body.
Pain slows down the pace here.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pain.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pain tries to clinch up but Burger circles away and keeps his distance.
Pain lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A head kick misses from Pain.
Pain tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Burger counters with a nice uppercut.
Pain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Burger.

Pain clinches up with Burger and pushes him back against the ropes.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pain - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Pain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Major Pain dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pain misses with a body kick.
Pain avoids the head kick by Burger.
Pain throws a sloppy head kick and Burger moves out of range easily.
Pain tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Burger counters with an outside leg kick.

Pain moves into the clinch successfully.

Pain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burger lands a head kick!
Burger is looking to slow Pain down with leg kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pain pushes Burger up against the ropes in a clinch.
Pain leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Pain stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain has Burger pressed against the ropes.
Pain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pain prevents Burger from breaking the clinch.

Pain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burger. Pain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Major Pain is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Pain.
Burger fires out a quick counter leg kick but Pain just manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A jab from Pain misses.

Pain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Burger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short right from Pain on the inside.

Pain breaks the clinch.

Pain has closed the distance and engaged Burger in a clinch.
Pain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Major Pain seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Burger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pain digs a right hand underneath Burger's ribcage. Burger let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pain looking to throw knees to the head but Burger is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burger avoiding damage as Pain throws knees to the body.

Pain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Pain has taken the fight to the clinch.

Pain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Pain gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Pain throws an elbow but misses.

Pain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Major Pain seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Pain moves into the clinch successfully.

Pain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Pain has closed the distance and engaged Burger in a clinch.

Pain breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burger throws a hook but Pain avoids it easily.
Pain tries to counter with a clinch but Burger shakes him off and moves away.
Pain has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Burger.
A combination from Pain does no damage.
Burger with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Burger scores with a nice right hand.
Pain tries to clinch but Burger moves away
and Pain takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pain thows a left - swing and a miss!

Pain pushes Burger up against the ropes in a clinch.
Pain working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Pain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Burger moves out of range of the strikes.
Pain takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Major Pain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Burger swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Pain has Burger up against the ropes in a clinch.

Pain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pain pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Burger changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pain throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Burger counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pain lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burger circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burger looks to score with a jab to the body but Pain is just out of range.
Burger with the inside leg kick.
A big right from Burger misses.

Pain rushes Burger and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Burger checks a low kick from Pain.
Pain throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Burger counters with a good low kick that Pain was not able to check.
Burger throws a head kick that half lands.
Pain misses with a wild combination.
Burger lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Pain tries to clinch but Burger is having none of it.
Burger lands with a slapping head kick.
Pain walks into a perfectly timed head kick by Burger and drops face first to the floor! Pain's eyes are wide open but he's not all there - he's just flopping around the mat like a drunk on rollerskates! The referee doesn't even start the count - he's called an end to the fight, with Pain in no position to continue!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Sebastian Burger!
Sebastian Burger retains his light heavyweight title!