PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Craig Long Lang (ranked 6674 p4p, 3592 weight class) and Major Pain (ranked 678 p4p, 443 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lang
vs
Pain

183 cm
19
225
2 - 6 - 0

187 cm
25
216
6 - 2 - 0

Brawler
Good chin

Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Long Lang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Major Pain!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lang swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pain counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lang thinking.

Lang clinches.

Lang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lang misses with a hook. Pain ducked under it nicely.
Lang misses with a hook

and Pain counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pain.
Lang taking a breather.

Lang breaks from the clinch.

Lang has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lang misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lang misses the jab.

Lang rushes Pain and presses him up against the ropes.

Lang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang throws a front kick that sends Pain stumbling back into the ropes.
Pain on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A right-left combo lands from Pain.
Pain looks winded!
Lang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lang throws a right hand that misses
and Pain makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lang is looking to land body kicks.
As Lang backs off Pain throws a huge counter combo but Lang manages to avoid it all.
Pain dodges the punch combination from Lang.
Pain throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lang tries to clinch there but Pain circles away.
Lang fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pain scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lang doesn't seem bothered though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain misses with a head kick.
Lang went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Crunch! Lang slams his shin into Pain's torso.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lang lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Lang has closed the distance and engaged Pain in a clinch.
Pain is trying to force a seperation but Lang has the dominant position.
Lang lands a good knee to the midsection. Pain won't want to take too many of those.

Lang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lang.
Lang swings for the body but Pain moves out of range.
Lang sets himself, and Pain steps forward looking for the clinch! Lang avoids it this time.
Lang circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang misses with an uppercut. Pain saw that one coming.
Lang misses the shot to the body.
Lang moves in looking to clinch but Pain pushes him off.
Pain looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pain.
Lang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Lang gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Lang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lang scores with a nice body kick.

Lang clinches up with Pain and pushes him back against the ropes.
Pain blocks an uppercut.
Lang definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A head punch on the inside from Lang fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain is looking to break free of the clinch but Lang has double underhooks.
Lang is trying to stall.

Lang breaks the clinch.

Lang moves into the clinch successfully.

Lang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pain throws a head kick but Lang moves out of range.
Lang is looking to clinch.
Pain tries to land a body kick

and Lang counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lang.

Lang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lang. Lang obviously looking to wear him down.
Pain misses with a head kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Long Lang dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Lang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pain throws a series of strikes that have Lang backpedaling.

Lang has closed the distance and engaged Pain in a clinch.
Pain tries to break the clinch but Lang is controlling the position.
Lang displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pain up against the ropes.
Lang has Pain pressed against the ropes, preventing Pain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pain is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Lang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lang tries to clinch up but Pain circles away and keeps his distance.
A combination from Pain does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lang moves in looking to clinch but Pain pushes him off.
Lang misses with a head kick.
Pain lands with a shot to the body.
Lang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Pain moves into the clinch.
Craig Long Lang has scored more points in the clinch so far.

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

Lang moves into the clinch.

Lang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lang tries to close the distance and clinch but Pain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Craig Long Lang is winning the standup battle so far.
Lang lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lang looks to score with a jab to the body but Pain is just out of range.
Pain circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pain misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pain can do to turn this around?
Lang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pain tries a head kick but it misses.
Lang is looking to counter the offense by Pain and move into the clinch.
Lang lands a head kick!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lang tries to clinch there but Pain circles away.
Pain wants to counter with a clinch but Lang pushes him away.

Pain clinches up with Lang and pushes him back against the ropes.

Lang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pain throws a lazy head kick
and Lang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lang.
Pain steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Lang.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lang swinging wildly here.
Lang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lang swats away the attempt to clinch by Pain.
Lang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Craig Long Lang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Pain rushes Lang and presses him up against the ropes.

Lang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lang throws a body kick that misses.
Lang is looking to clinch but Pain is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pain circles away quickly and effectively.
Pain is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.

Pain clinches up with Lang and pushes him back against the ropes.
Lang prevents Pain from breaking the clinch.
Pain is trying to break the clinch but Lang is controlling him.
Lang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Lang breaks from the clinch.

Lang drives through and clinches with Pain against the ropes.

Lang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pain circles away from the clinch attempt.

Pain clinches up against the ropes.
Lang misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Craig Long Lang 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. 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.

Lang drives through and clinches with Pain against the ropes.
Pain tries to break the clinch but Lang is controlling the position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Lang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lang throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Pain has managed to clinch.
Lang dodges an elbow strike from Pain.
Pain tries to stall but Lang uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lang misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lang letting Pain take a breather here.
Pain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lang trying to control the position but instead, Pain has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lang into the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lang breaks from the clinch.
Pain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pain throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lang stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lang misses with a body shot.
Pain lands a jab to the nose.

Pain tries to keep at a distance but Lang has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lang tries to throw a body punch but Pain avoids it by throwing Lang back against the ropes.
Lang has Pain pressed against the ropes, preventing Pain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lang is trying to maintain a safe position but Pain gets an underhook and turns Lang into the ropes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lang manages to break the clinch.
Pain moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pain takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lang is looking to clinch.
Lang is looking to clinch.

Pain rushes Lang and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Lang lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pain taking a breather.

Lang manages to break the clinch.
Lang fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain tries a head kick but it misses.
Lang throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pain's head.

Lang clinches up with Pain and pushes him back against the ropes.
Pain is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

Lang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lang misses with a leg kick.
Lang tries to clinch but Pain is having none of it.
Lang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lang avoids the head kick by Pain.
Lang is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lang throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pain.
Lang tries to clinch up.

Lang instigates a clinch.
Lang working Pain over with knees to the body.
Lang is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Lang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lang looking to slow down the pace here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Lang breaks from the clinch.
Major Pain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Craig Long Lang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
Craig Long Lang showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lang has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Long Lang!