PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gaia Ky Jr (ranked 559 p4p, 75 weight class) and Royal Pain (ranked 408 p4p, 54 weight class). Pain has chosen AC/DC Thunderstruck as his entrance music. Royal Pain has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gaia Ky Jr's chin.

Ky Jr
vs
Pain

180 cm
30
147 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

181 cm
30
166 lbs
26 - 20 - 1

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Red Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Sportivité
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gaia Ky Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 20 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Royal Pain!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ky Jr shoots in and gets a takedown into Pain's guard.

Pain working for a triangle but Ky Jr defends it easily.
Pain keeping moving, preventing Ky Jr from controlling successfully.
Pain wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ky Jr distracts Pain with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Ky Jr avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ky Jr works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Pain tries to get to full guard but Ky Jr has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ky Jr wants to control but Pain is keeping him busy.
Ky Jr is really struggling to control Pain but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Pain is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain is staying active underneath Ky Jr, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pain is trying to control but can't.
Ground and pound from Ky Jr.
Well, if Ky Jr is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Ky Jr working over Pain with some ground and pound. Pain looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pain tries to roll over but Ky Jr keeps him under control.
Ky Jr scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pain is looking to improve his position.
Pain trying to control but Ky Jr postures up.
Ky Jr moves into full mount! Pain won't be happy about that!
Ky Jr cracks Pain with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain is looking to improve his position but Ky Jr isn't that keen on the idea.
Ky Jr is landing with some decent strikes but Pain is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ky Jr can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pain is looking to escape.
Pain is working to get back to half guard.
Ky Jr trying to control but Pain is having none of it.
Pain is looking to get to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pain taking shots to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ky Jr fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ky Jr trying to control but Pain is having none of it.
Pain keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ky Jr can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pain is looking to escape.
Pain is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ky Jr raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Ky Jr.
Ky Jr is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pain can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ky Jr raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ky Jr punishing his opponent with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ky Jr putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ky Jr scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain is trying desperately to improve position.
Ky Jr looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ky Jr avoids the attempt from Pain to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pain manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Ky Jr looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pain with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ky Jr is thwarting Pain's attempts to control the position.
Ky Jr lands with a punch from half guard.
Ky Jr tries to pass to full mount but Pain defends it.
Pain taking some punishment here, with Ky Jr in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gaia Ky Jr dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ky Jr shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pain's guard.

Pain throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pain lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Pain working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ky Jr lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Pain looking for a sweep. Not yet Pain, not yet.
Pain looking to control.
Pain is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Ky Jr avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ky Jr working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ky Jr slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Pain is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain can't do much from the bottom here.
Ky Jr advances to mount.
Pain is trying desperately to improve position.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Ky Jr here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ky Jr lands a heavy elbow.
Ky Jr has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pain's face.
Pain is working to get back to half guard.
Ky Jr pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ky Jr wants to control the pace but Pain is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ky Jr has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pain's face.
Ky Jr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Pain is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pain is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pain is still in real trouble! Can Ky Jr finish him?
Ky Jr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pain can do to turn this around?
Ky Jr scoring with strikes but Pain is staying in there.
Ky Jr connects with a bit shot that sees Pain covering up! More strikes from Ky Jr and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ky Jr is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gaia Ky Jr!
A less than humble Gaia Ky Jr misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Royal Pain was interviewed post fight and said 'Shit, there goes my chance to be like Mike.'.