PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brendan O Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Burcee Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pain is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgARus5JFQY. Brendan O Sullivan had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

O Sullivan
vs
Pain

190 cm
22
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brendan O Sullivan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Burcee Pain!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Sullivan throws a sloppy head kick and Pain moves out of range easily.
Pain throws a head kick but O Sullivan moves out of range.

Pain clinches up against the cage.
Pain prevents the takedown attempt.
Pain has O Sullivan pressed against the cage.

O Sullivan 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.
Pain has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of O Sullivan is proving hard to escape from.

O Sullivan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Pain can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
O Sullivan wants to sweep here but Pain controlling him for the moment.
Pain postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pain is looking to stand up but O Sullivan won't let him.

Pain avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
O Sullivan is trying to keep Pain in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pain accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pain wants to control from the top but O Sullivan keeps moving.
Pain lands a couple of digs.
Pain postures up.
Pain loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
O Sullivan trying to keep a closed guard but Pain is proving a slippery customer.
Pain trying to control the position from guard on top but O Sullivan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pain stops O Sullivan from standing up.
Pain working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of O Sullivan's head.
Pain throws a big right hand that misses.
Pain looking to sit in guard and control but O Sullivan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
O Sullivan trying to control but Pain is working from the bottom.
O Sullivan is breathing heavily.

Pain uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Pain tries a head kick but it misses.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch up but O Sullivan swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pain pushes O Sullivan up against the cage in a clinch.
Come on Pain - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
O Sullivan stalls.
Pain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pain gets underhooks to prevent O Sullivan's takedown attempt.
Pain is struggling to control the position.
O Sullivan takes a knee right on the jaw!
O Sullivan tries to circle away but Pain has him pinned against the cage.
O Sullivan tries for a takedown but Pain manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brendan O Sullivan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pain holding his opponent close, against the cage.
O Sullivan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pain scores with a knee to the head.
Pain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pain with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pain will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning O Sullivan up against the cage.
Pain lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Pain - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pain connects with a nasty looking knee right to O Sullivan's face.

O Sullivan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pain tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pain tries to clinch there but O Sullivan circles away.
O Sullivan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pain is looking to clinch.
Pain tries to clinch up but O Sullivan circles away and keeps his distance.
O Sullivan throws a lazy head kick

and Pain moves into the clinch.
Pain stops a takedown attempt from O Sullivan.
Pain stalling the fight.
Pain with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pain using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Sullivan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pain stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Pain with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

O Sullivan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pain looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
O Sullivan keeps the fight on the outside.
O Sullivan scores with a jab to the body.
Pain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pain avoids a kick to the body.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch but O Sullivan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

O Sullivan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pain, pushing him back against the cage.
Pain is trying to stall.
O Sullivan fails to pull guard.
Pain prevents O Sullivan from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Pain.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
O Sullivan wants to stall.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

O Sullivan jumps guard and drags Pain to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Pain drops back, looking for a kneebar! O Sullivan looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. O Sullivan looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from O Sullivan!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain is trying to improve his position.

O Sullivan stands up and beckons Pain to his feet.

O Sullivan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. O Sullivan showed some decent athleticism there.
Pain wants to get back to full guard.

O Sullivan is looking for a kimura here.
Pain throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain punching from the bottom.
Pain punching from the bottom.
O Sullivan is looking to take a break and control but Pain is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
O Sullivan wants to pass to mount but Pain is defending the position.
Pain tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Pain darts in and clinches O Sullivan up against the cage.
Pain scores with a knee to the head.
O Sullivan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pain with a knee to the head.
Pain scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Sullivan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pain with a knee to the head.
O Sullivan being controlled against the cage.
O Sullivan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pain fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pain wants to clinch but O Sullivan slips to the side

and O Sullivan counters with a shoot takedown. Pain fights it but they end up in guard.
O Sullivan slips nicely into half guard.
Pain wants to improve his position but O Sullivan is controlling well.
Pain trying to control from the bottom.

O Sullivan in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Pain tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from O Sullivan!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Brendan O Sullivan!