PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between James Braddock (ranked 23848 p4p, 24009 weight class) and Major Pain (ranked 622 p4p, 648 weight class). Major Pain has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Braddock
vs
Pain

180 cm
24
208
4 - 32 - 0

187 cm
30
216
10 - 22 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Braddock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Major Pain!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Braddock duly obliges.
Pain looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Pain moves into the clinch.
Pain lands a shoulder strike.
Braddock keeps control of Pain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Braddock misses with some punches.

Pain manages to break the clinch.
Pain avoids the body shot from Braddock.
A little jabbing left from Pain on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Braddock misses with a straight right.

Pain closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Braddock definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

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

Pain has Braddock up against the ropes in a clinch.
Pain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Braddock wants to break free but Pain has control.

Pain breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Braddock misses.
Pain appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Braddock manages to avoid it.
Braddock misses with an uppercut.
Braddock connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pain momentarily.

Pain takes the fight into the clinch.
Pain is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pain stalls.
Pain missing with knees to the body.
Pain working hard to break the clinch.
Pain taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pain blocking some punches.
Pain is trying to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling him.
Braddock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pain stalling against the ropes.
Pain 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.

Pain gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Pain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Braddock takes a swing at Pain's ribcage but misses.
A shot to the body from Pain misses
and Braddock counters with a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braddock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Braddock misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braddock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Braddock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pain showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Braddock.
Pain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Pain darts in and clinches Braddock up against the ropes.
Pain pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Pain keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Braddock's efforts to push away.
Pain lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Pain prevents Braddock from breaking the clinch.
Pain tries to circle away but Braddock has him pinned against the ropes.
Pain manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Braddock is trying to break free.
Pain stalls.
Braddock is trying to stall.
Pain looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Braddock struggles to land a body shot inside as Pain controls his hands.
Good body shot from Pain.
Braddock avoiding damage as Pain throws knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Pain.
Pain has had enough of the clinch but Braddock keeps him there for the moment.
A short right from Pain.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Major Pain will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

A jab from Braddock misses.
Braddock swings for the body but Pain moves out of range.

Pain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pain taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Pain breaks from the clinch.
James Braddock is winning the standup battle so far.
Braddock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Braddock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Pain has managed to clinch.
Braddock is trying to break free.

Pain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Pain takes the fight into the clinch.

Pain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pain wants to land a leg kick but Braddock is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pain darts in and clinches Braddock up against the ropes.
Pain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Pain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Pain instigates a clinch.
Braddock blocks the elbow strike.
Pain has Braddock pressed against the ropes, preventing Braddock from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Braddock is trying to break the clinch but Pain is controlling him.
Braddock is trying to force a seperation but Pain has the dominant position.
Pain throws a knee to the head but misses.
Braddock keeps control of Pain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Pain breaks from the clinch.
Braddock misses with the combination.
Pain ducks under a wild hook from Braddock.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pain.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Pain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pain working hard to break the clinch.
Braddock has had enough of the clinch but Pain keeps him there for the moment.
Braddock has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Braddock looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Pain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Braddock misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Pain releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Pain throws a wild body kick that Braddock sees coming a mile off.
Braddock is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Pain's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Pain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Pain instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braddock has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pain tries to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling the position.
Pain keeps control of Braddock as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pain dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Pain looking to throw knees to the head but Braddock is blocking nicely.
Pain dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Braddock tries to circle away but Pain has him pinned against the ropes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pain is trying to break free.
Braddock avoiding damage as Pain throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Pain's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Braddock managing to block the knees to the body from Pain.
Braddock wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Pain tries to break free but Braddock pushes him back against the ropes.
Braddock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Pain slowing the pace effectively.
Braddock is trying to break the clinch but Pain has him pressed against the ropes.
Pain wants to break free but Braddock has control.

Pain manages to break the clinch.
Braddock throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Braddock lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Pain moves into the clinch successfully.
Braddock working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pain lands a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Pain.

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 showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Pain pushes Braddock up against the ropes in a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pain takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Braddock is trying to break the clinch but Pain has him pressed against the ropes.
Braddock is trying to push Pain away but Pain has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

Pain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Pain drives through and clinches with Braddock against the ropes.
Braddock tries to break the clinch but Pain is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pain stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Braddock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Braddock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Braddock wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pain has him pressed against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock trying to control the position but instead, Pain has worked for underhooks and has pushed Braddock into the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from Pain.

Pain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Braddock throws an off balance right hand

and Pain counters by clinching up.
A hook to the body from Pain.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pain misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Braddock.
Major Pain seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Braddock tries to circle away but Pain has him pinned against the ropes.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pain scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain prevents Braddock from breaking the clinch.

Pain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Braddock misses with the combination.
Pain avoids the body shot from Braddock.
Pain lands a nice hook to Braddock's body. Braddock takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Pain rushes Braddock and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Pain lands a nice shot to the body.
Braddock is trying to break free.
Pain keeps control of Braddock as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Braddock wants to get back to striking at distance but Pain won't allow it.
Pain manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pain misses with a body kick.

Pain drives through and clinches with Braddock against the ropes.
Stalling in the clinch from Pain.
Braddock tries to stall but Pain uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pain keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Braddock's efforts to push away.

Pain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braddock.
Braddock loads up on a big right hand but Pain slips the punch.
Braddock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

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

Pain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James Braddock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Pain gets a clinch.
Pain misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Braddock.
Pain lands a body shot.
Braddock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Braddock can't break the clinch.

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

Pain takes the fight into the clinch.
Braddock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Good body shot from Pain.
James Braddock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Major Pain is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Braddock is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Major Pain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pain winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Major Pain!