PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rudy Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fernandez comes to the cage accompanied by God of Hell Fire. Pain is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Step Up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fernandez
vs
Pain

175 cm
24
223 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

189 cm
21
224 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rudy Fernandez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max Pain!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fernandez misses the shot to the body.
Pain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pain tried to score with a low kick but Fernandez checks it.
Fernandez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pain.
Fernandez misses the jab.
Pain will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fernandez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fernandez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fernandez tries to clinch up but Pain circles away and keeps his distance.
Pain misses with a looping left.
No luck for Pain with that takedown attempt.
Pain thumps Fernandez with a low kick.
Fernandez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pain in his tracks.
Fernandez tries to clinch up but Pain circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez connects with a single shot there.
Fernandez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pain takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pain on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pain throws a hook to the side of Fernandez's head but Fernandez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pain tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fernandez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fernandez feints and then cracks Pain's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pain down.
Fernandez tries a low kick but Pain avoids it.
Fernandez scores with a three punch combo!
Fernandez is looking to clinch but Pain is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain dives in and grabs Fernandez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Fernandez pushes down on Pain's head and hops out.
Rudy Fernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Pain.
Fernandez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fernandez feints and then cracks Pain's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pain down.
Pain thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fernandez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A lazy left from Pain finds it's target.
Fernandez doesn't manage to clinch there - Pain circles away.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Fernandez enables Pain to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Fernandez manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit 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 throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fernandez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fernandez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pain is one step ahead there.
Fernandez bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pain's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain keeping moving, preventing Fernandez from controlling successfully.
Fernandez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pain is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fernandez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fernandez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pain is keeping the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pain keeping moving, preventing Fernandez from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pain wants to stand and escape but Fernandez is having none of it.
Fernandez wants to control from the top but Pain keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rudy Fernandez will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Fernandez throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fernandez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pain shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fernandez as he avoids it easily.
Fernandez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab lands there for Fernandez.
Pain takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pain moves out of range of the body kick.
Pain misses with a straight left.
That kick from Fernandez tenderised Pain's leg. Pain is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pain takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez works Pain's body with a nice hook.
Fernandez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pain throws a hook but Fernandez blocks it.
Fernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fernandez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Fernandez. Beautiful body shot.
Fernandez is looking to land body kicks.
Fernandez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pain is able to avoid easily.
Pain throws a leg kick
letting Fernandez counter with a right hand.
Fernandez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pain is defended easily by Fernandez.
Pain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fernandez fakes the leg kick and cracks Pain in the body.
Pain is breathing heavily.
Fernandez tries to clinch but Pain moves out of range.
Fernandez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pain's sensitive parts.

Pain drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fernandez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fernandez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pain throwing strikes from guard but Fernandez blocks nicely.
Pain is looking to work some ground and pound but Fernandez has wrist control.
Fernandez keeping moving, preventing Pain from controlling successfully.
Fernandez trying to control the position.
Pain is looking to work some ground and pound but Fernandez has wrist control.

That's four 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.
Fernandez working a defensive guard here.
Pain working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pain throws and elbow that misses. Fernandez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pain's guard. Nice move by Fernandez!
Fernandez trying to control but Pain is working from the bottom.
Fernandez is really struggling to control Pain but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Fernandez is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Pain is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rudy Fernandez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Pain doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pain takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Pain misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fernandez throws a leg kick which misses Pain's front leg but catches the back leg as Pain tries to avoid it.
Fernandez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fernandez lands with a nice body kick.
Fernandez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fernandez tries to clinch up.
Pain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fernandez.
Fernandez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pain.
Pain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Pain misses.
Pain moves into range and connects with a jab.
A low kick from Pain misses
and Fernandez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pain dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fernandez. That did some damage!
Pain looks to land a right hand but Fernandez moved out of range.
Pain displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pain has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fernandez.
Pain throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fernandez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fernandez.
A solid body kick from Fernandez.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fernandez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez lands with a good body shot.
Rudy Fernandez is winning the standup battle so far.
Fernandez punishes Pain's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fernandez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fernandez connects with a solid leg kick.

Fernandez has closed the distance and engaged Pain in a clinch.
Pain tries for a takedown but Fernandez manages to get underhooks.
Fernandez stalling in the clinch.
Fernandez landing knees to the head.
Fernandez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pain looking for a takedown.
Fernandez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Fernandez seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rudy Fernandez.
Fernandez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fernandez wants to clinch.
Pain tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pain takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pain fails with the takedown
and Fernandez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rudy Fernandez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Pain.
Fernandez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pain. That did some damage!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fernandez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pain tries for a takedown but Fernandez circles away easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fernandez scores with a body shot.
Fernandez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

Fernandez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pain, pushing him back against the cage.
Max Pain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fernandez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pain is keeping busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fernandez looking to throw knees to the head but Pain is blocking nicely.
Fernandez is trying to stall.
Fernandez has Pain pushed against the cage.
Fernandez prevents a takedown attempt there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rudy Fernandez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fernandez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rudy Fernandez!