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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Balrog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and KO Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pain has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Mike Balrog could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to KO Pain's chin.
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202 lbs
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183 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mike Balrog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, KO Pain!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pain fails with a takedown attempt.
Pain shoots in for a takedown but Balrog shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pain takes a kick to the side of the head.
Balrog misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pain blocks a head kick by Balrog.
Pain fails to land the takedown.
Mike Balrog has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of KO Pain.
Pain looks gassed!
Pain shoots for a double leg takedown but Balrog sprawls well. He's pushed Pain's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pain fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Balrog bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pain's head.
Pain tries to move into range but Balrog moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pain on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Balrog throws a nice head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balrog lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Balrog fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pain looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Balrog cracks a nice hook into Pain's ribs.
Balrog throws a good cross that connects.
Pain doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Balrog connects with a jab.
Balrog stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Balrog wants it to stay on the feet.
Pain with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Balrog to score with a decent uppercut.
Balrog lands a front kick.
Balrog turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Balrog lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Balrog. That's going to slow Pain down.
Pain blocks a head kick by Balrog.
Jab by Balrog.
Balrog scores with a hook to the body. Pain takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Balrog scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Balrog fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pain.
Balrog dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pain shoots in but Balrog avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pain steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Balrog. That one must have hurt.
Balrog scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balrog's corner calls for a 1-2. Balrog obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Balrog as Pain shoots in.
Nice sprawl there from Balrog as Pain shoots in.
Balrog bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Balrog throws a quick inside leg kick.
KO Pain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crunch! Balrog slams his shin into Pain's torso.
A good leg kick by Balrog.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Balrog.
Pain fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pain takes one to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balrog stuns Pain with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Balrog lands with a kick to the temple. Pain shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Balrog fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pain manages to avoid it.
Balrog is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Pain shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Balrog napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Balrog is looking for a sweep.
Balrog wants to get back to his feet.
Pain working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pain passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Balrog!
Balrog on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Balrog tries to get out of the position.
Pain lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Balrog takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Balrog dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Balrog connects with a high kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Balrog, as that shot connected.
Balrog throws a head kick that Pain semi-blocks.
Pain drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pain stops Balrog from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pain with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Balrog has momentary wrist control but Pain slips an elbow through the middle.
Pain pushes down on Balrog's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Balrog is trying to stand back up but Pain is controlling him
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Balrog is trying to get back to full guard.
Pain takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pain has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain lands strikes from half guard.
Pain looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Balrog wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pain lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Balrog is trying to stand back up but Pain is controlling him
Balrog is in trouble now - Pain has advanced to mount!
Pain breaks from Balrog's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pain avoids the attempt from Balrog to control.
Pain lands with some strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain lands a heavy elbow.
Pain landing strikes from the mount and Balrog is in trouble!
Balrog is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pain lands a nice shot to the head.
Pain has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Balrog's face.
Balrog working to try and regain half guard.
Pain with a couple of short strikes.
Pain with shots to the head and body - Balrog looks very uncomfortable down there.
Balrog keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pain punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain landing strikes from the mount.
Pain breaks from Balrog's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pain unloading with bombs!
Pain lands a nice shot to the head.
Pain cracks Balrog with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Balrog takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pain lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Balrog hang on?
Pain prevents Balrog from getting the reversal.
Pain lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pain cracks Balrog with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Balrog is in a horrible position here. Pain smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pain landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain cracks Balrog with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Pain.
Pain working Balrog over with strikes here.
Balrog takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pain is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Balrog can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pain landing shots from mount.
Balrog really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pain is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Balrog can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pain putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pain landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
KO Pain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Pain shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pain missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Balrog wants to improve his position but Pain is controlling well.
Pain is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pain scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Pain slips a nice elbow through Balrog's hands, connecting with Balrog's forehead.
Balrog wants to improve his position but Pain is controlling well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pain lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balrog with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Pain.
Balrog is trying to stand.
Pain 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.
Pain passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Balrog!
A nice elbow there by Pain.
Pain lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Balrog hang on?
A nice elbow there by Pain.
Pain lands with some strikes.
BOOM! Pain connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pain with shots to the head and body - Balrog looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balrog is working to get back to half guard.
Pain looking to finish Balrog with some ground and pound. This is bad for Balrog!
Balrog is desperately trying to improve his position but Pain has a good base and remains in mount.
Balrog tries to hold on but Pain pushes him away.
Balrog knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pain on the ground.
Pain with a couple of short strikes.
Pain lands with some strikes.
Pain scoring with strikes but Balrog is staying in there.
Pain landing strikes from the mount.
Pain landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balrog is looking to improve his position but Pain isn't that keen on the idea.
Pain landing punches.
Pain with the ground and pound from mount.
KO Pain has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pain with a couple of short strikes.
Balrog is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Pain connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Balrog is wriggling around trying to escape.
Balrog tries to hold on but Pain postures up.
Pain scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pain landing shots from mount.
Pain lands a heavy elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain working Balrog over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Pain.
Balrog tries to reverse the position but Pain maintains control.
Pain cracks Balrog with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pain lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Pain in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pain landing strikes from the mount.
Balrog really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pain is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Balrog can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pain working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pain unloading with bombs!
And that's the end of the fight!
KO Pain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pain has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... KO Pain!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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