PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guillermo Downtrunk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tix Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tix Pain will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Downtrunk
vs
Pain

210 cm
22
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Guillermo Downtrunk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tix Pain!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Downtrunk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pain checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pain fails with an attempt to clinch.

Downtrunk clinches.
Downtrunk blocking some punches.
Pain misses with a knee to the head.
Pain pushes off an throws an elbow but Downtrunk leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Downtrunk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pain.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but Downtrunk blocks with his arms.

Downtrunk pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pain tries to clinch but Downtrunk moves out of range.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Downtrunk swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Downtrunk gets a clinch.
Pain misses with the head strike.
Pain lands an uppercut.
Pain misses with a punch on the inside.

Downtrunk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pain tries to clinch up
and Downtrunk counters with a low kick, right behind Pain 's knee.

Downtrunk takes the fight into the clinch.
Pain throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Downtrunk's defenses.

Downtrunk has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Pain uses from the top position.
Downtrunk is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Downtrunk wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Downtrunk manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Downtrunk looking to control but Pain is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Downtrunk tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Downtrunk throwing strikes here but Pain is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Pain is desperately trying to improve his position but Downtrunk has a good base and remains in mount.
Downtrunk can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pain is looking to escape.

Downtrunk wants to finish this one by submission but Pain is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Downtrunk.
Pain's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downtrunk tries to control but Pain wriggling away.
Pain is working to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Downtrunk controlling the pace for now.
Downtrunk can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pain is looking to escape.
Downtrunk won't let Pain get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pain is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Guillermo Downtrunk dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Downtrunk tries to clinch but Pain is having none of it.
Pain wants to clinch.
Pain doesn't manage to clinch there - Downtrunk circles away.
Downtrunk has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Pain misses with a series of wild punches.
Downtrunk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Downtrunk misses with a takedown attempt - Pain sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pain will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pain looks to land a combination. Downtrunk sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pain showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Downtrunk.
Pain wants to clinch.

Pain fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Downtrunk, pushing him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Downtrunk slowing the pace effectively.

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

and Downtrunk counters by moving into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pain lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Downtrunk backwards.
Downtrunk avoids a wild elbow strike from Pain.
Pain is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pain is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pain misses with an elbow strike.
Pain using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pain throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pain looking to throw knees to the head but Downtrunk is blocking nicely.
Pain with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Downtrunk avoids a wild elbow strike from Pain.
Pain looking to throw knees to the head but Downtrunk is blocking nicely.
Pain working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Pain - that landed with a thud.
Good body shot from Pain.
Pain misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain connects with a knee to the head.
Downtrunk is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pain scores with a shot to the side of Downtrunk's head.
Downtrunk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Downtrunk misses with a knee strike.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but Downtrunk blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pain.
Pain connects with a knee to the head.
Pain scores with a knee to the head.
Downtrunk tries to land knees in the clinch but Pain avoids the damage to the body.
Pain works on Downtrunk's body with a couple of short punches.
Pain has Downtrunk pressed against the cage, preventing Downtrunk from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Downtrunk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Downtrunk is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pain.
Pain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pain throws a one two combo.
Pain tries to clinch but Downtrunk moves out of range.
Pain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tix Pain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Downtrunk swats away the attempt to clinch by Pain.
Pain wants to clinch up but Downtrunk keeps it at a distance.
Pain tries to clinch but Downtrunk is having none of it.
Downtrunk shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pain defends it nicely.
Pain throws a one two combo.
Pain tries to clinch but Downtrunk moves out of range.

Pain drives through and clinches with Downtrunk against the cage.

Downtrunk breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Downtrunk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pain.
Downtrunk throws a right and a left that Pain avoids nicely.
Pain tries to clinch up but Downtrunk circles away and keeps his distance.
Pain lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Guillermo Downtrunk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

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 clinch up but Downtrunk circles away and keeps his distance.
Pain looks to clinch

and Downtrunk moves into the clinch.
Pain landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Downtrunk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pain tries a knee to the head but Downtrunk blocks it.
Pain lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Downtrunk tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Pain with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Downtrunk tries to pull guard but Pain holds him up against the cage and eventually Downtrunk drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guillermo Downtrunk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pain.
Downtrunk swings wildly with an uppercut but Pain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pain has a couple of punches blocked by Downtrunk.
Downtrunk avoiding damage as Pain throws knees to the body.
Pain lands a left hand.
Downtrunk avoiding damage as Pain throws knees to the body.
Pain gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pain is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Downtrunk is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tix Pain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Downtrunk's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Pain doesn't manage to clinch there - Downtrunk circles away.

Downtrunk takes the fight into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pain.
Downtrunk blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Downtrunk breaks from the clinch.
Pain keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Downtrunk is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pain sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Downtrunk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab, jab by Pain - just one landing.
Pain wants to clinch but Downtrunk slips to the side

and Downtrunk counters by moving into the clinch.
Pain lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Downtrunk has Pain pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pain manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Pain lands a right hand that snaps the head of Downtrunk backwards.
A knee to the head by Pain.
Downtrunk takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pain trying to land knees to the body.
Pain misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Downtrunk.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pain using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pain with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Downtrunk avoiding damage as Pain throws knees to the body.
Downtrunk blocking some punches.

Downtrunk manages to break the clinch.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Downtrunk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Downtrunk throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pain's waist but Pain gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Downtrunk off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guillermo Downtrunk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Downtrunk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pain throws a series of strikes that have Downtrunk backpedaling.
Pain tries to clinch but Downtrunk moves out of range.
Tix Pain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Downtrunk closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pain lands a left hand.
Pain using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Downtrunk has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pain misses with a knee strike.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Downtrunk throws a low kick, looking for Pain's leg but Pain calmly moves out of range.
Pain tries to clinch up.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch but Downtrunk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pain wants to clinch up but Downtrunk keeps it at a distance.

Pain clinches with his opponent.
Downtrunk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pain is defending well for now.
Downtrunk is trying to break free.
Downtrunk has had enough of the clinch but Pain keeps him there for the moment.
Nice body punch from Pain.
Downtrunk tries to circle away but Pain has him pinned against the cage.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pain throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pain misses with an elbow over the top.
Pain landing knees to the head.
Pain misses with some punches.
Pain stops a takedown attempt from Downtrunk.
Downtrunk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pain lands a good knee to the midsection. Downtrunk won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but Downtrunk blocks with his arms.
Pain with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Downtrunk.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pain misses with a knee to the head.
Pain on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pain working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Downtrunk blocks the elbow strike.
Downtrunk pressing his opponent against the cage.
Downtrunk tries to pull guard but Pain won't allow it.
A short left from Pain.
Downtrunk misses with a knee strike.
Pain throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Downtrunks head.
Pain lands a knee to the head.

Downtrunk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pain tries to clinch but Downtrunk moves out of range.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Downtrunk swats him away and circles back towards the center.

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 keeps the fight on the outside.
Downtrunk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pain tries to clinch up.
Downtrunk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Downtrunk fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Downtrunk circles away from the clinch attempt

and Downtrunk counters with a takedown into side control.
Pain is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Downtrunk is controlling him well.
Downtrunk controlling the position from side mount.
Downtrunk advances nicely into full mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Guillermo Downtrunk showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Downtrunk has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guillermo Downtrunk!