PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caine Paine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Paine
vs
Jones

198 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
214 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

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, Caine Paine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Jones!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paine scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Paine throwing strikes but Jones manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paine can't do much from the bottom here.
Paine has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Paine is trying to get back to half guard.
Jones wants to stand but Paine is controlling his arm.
Jones trying to control the action but Paine is working from the bottom.

Jones is trying to get an arm triangle but Paine is defending well.
Paine is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paine blocks the body kick.
Jones scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jones throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jones lands with a kick to the temple. Paine shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Caine Paine has been cut.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paine.
Jones scores with a leg kick.
James Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones looks to land a body kick but Paine moved away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jones.
Paine is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jones fakes the leg kick and cracks Paine in the body.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jones thumps Paine with a low kick.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paine moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Jones throws a head kick but Paine moves out of range.

Paine looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Paine postures up.
Jones wants to stand up but Paine is controlling him.
Paine looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jones trying to control but Paine is working from the bottom.
Paine tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Paine looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
Paine wants to improve his position but instead Jones has moved into half guard.
Paine is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones wants to land a leg kick but Paine is out of range.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Paine's front leg but catches the back leg as Paine tries to avoid it.

Paine shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jones manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Paine is one step ahead there.
Paine throws a strike but Jones rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Paine looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jones puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones wants to take a breather but Paine is having none of it.
Jones tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Jones is thwarting Paine's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Caine Paine's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jones throws the kick towards the body but Paine avoids it.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Jones tries to land a front kick but Paine steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
James Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Paine checks the leg kick.
Jones throws the kick towards the body but Paine avoids it.
Paine shoots for a takedown but Jones saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jones is looking to chop away at Paine's legs.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Paine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Paine's head.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Paine avoids the head kick by Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Paine shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Jones has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Paine is working away from the top position though.
Paine not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones pushes Paine off looking to stand but Paine dives back in and keeps control.

That's two 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.
Jones won't allow Paine to pass to mount.
Paine lands strikes from half guard.
Paine trying to pass the guard but Jones defending well.
Paine scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Paine throws a strike but Jones avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Paine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Paine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Paine postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paine pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.
Jones is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Paine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Paine shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Paine.

That's four 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.
Paine thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jones's head.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jones manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Paine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Paine throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paine throws a big right hand that misses.
Paine trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Paine with a flurry of punches that miss.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jones throws a half hearted mid kick.
Jones throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Caine Paine will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Caine Paine's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Jones fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Paine checks it well.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Paine moves out of range easily.
Paine blocks a head kick by Jones.

Paine scores a takedown into full mount!
Paine with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there.
Paine has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jones's face.
Paine trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
Paine looking to finish with strikes here!
Paine working the ground and pound effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paine lands with some strikes.
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Paine throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jones is desperately trying to improve his position but Paine has a good base and remains in mount.
Paine cracks Jones with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Paine postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jones looks a forlorn figure.
Paine misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paine throwing strikes but Jones recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Paine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Paine has control of the leg.
Paine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from Paine.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Paine.
Paine thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Jones to regain full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Caine Paine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Paine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jones fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Paine checks it well.
Jones throws a head kick but Paine moves out of range.
Jones looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jones looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Paine's front leg but catches the back leg as Paine tries to avoid it.
Paine takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jones looks to land a body kick but Paine moved away.
Jones is looking to land body kicks.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Paine.
Paine tries for a takedown but Jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jones thuds his shin into the meat of Paine's side.
Jones throws a wild body kick that Paine sees coming a mile off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jones.
Jones throws the kick towards the body but Paine avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones is looking to score with low kicks.
Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Paine. That did some damage!
Paine has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jones.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caine Paine showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Paine 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caine Paine!