PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Starship Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logen Glotka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pain kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Decisive Battle. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pain
vs
Glotka

195 cm
23
279 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

197 cm
27
252 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

.: AFFAKETION :.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Starship Pain!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Logen Glotka!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glotka throws a lazy right hand but Pain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pain stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Glotka.
Glotka misses the jab.
Pain dives in and grabs Glotka's left leg, looking for a takedown. Glotka pushes down on Pain's head and hops out.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Glotka throws the left hand but Pain avoids the punch easily.
Pain looks to land a left hand but Glotka moved out of range nicely.
Pain looks to land a left hand but Glotka moved out of range nicely.
Glotka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain looks to throw the jab but Glotka is out of range.
Pain throws a right hand that Glotka ducks under and follows up with a left that Glotka also avoids with ease.
Pain ducks under a wild hook from Glotka.
Pain fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Glotka.

It looks like Starship Pain has been cut.
Pain checks the leg kick.

Pain shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Glotka napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glotka is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Glotka is trying to control Pain's posture but Pain avoids it.
Pain sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Glotka is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Pain.
Pain throwing strikes but Glotka manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Glotka controls the position.
Pain is trying to improve his position.
Glotka controls the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glotka tries to stand but Pain is controlling his head.
Pain tries to improve position but can't.
Pain is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Glotka is looking to advance position but Pain won't allow it.
Glotka trying to control the pace.
Glotka really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pain. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Glotka seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pain does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pain is trying to get back to full guard.

Pain is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Glotka pulls his head out easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pain is looking to improve his position.
Glotka is looking to take a break and control but Pain is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Pain looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Glotka.
Pain is breathing heavily.
Pain moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logen Glotka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Starship Pain's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Glotka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Glotka.
Glotka misses with an uppercut.
Pain looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Glotka is fending him off so far but Pain persists. Nope, Glotka circles away and we're back to standing.
Glotka looks to land a left hand but Pain moved out of range nicely.
Glotka misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glotka misses with a head kick.
Pain changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Glotka tries to avoid it but Pain manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Glotka to the ground. Glotka escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glotka takes a swing at Pain's ribcage but misses.
Glotka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Horrible takedown by Pain or perhaps it was just good defense by Glotka which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Starship Pain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pain takes one to the side of the head.
Pain dives in and grabs Glotka's left leg, looking for a takedown. Glotka pushes down on Pain's head and hops out.
Pain checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Glotka. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain ducks under a wild hook from Glotka.
Glotka displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pain.
Pain lands with a nice body punch.
Glotka loads up on a big right hand but Pain slips the punch.
Pain ducks under a wild hook from Glotka.
Pain tries to clinch there but Glotka circles away.
Pain slips under a jab from Glotka.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pain is defended easily by Glotka.
Glotka throws a combination that misses

and Pain counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Glotka avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pain.
Glotka controlling the position for now.
Pain seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Glotka does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pain throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Glotka tries to roll over but Pain keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glotka wants to control but Pain is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Pain is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Pain thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Glotka to regain full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Glotka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pain moves away.
Glotka throws a hook but Pain blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Logen Glotka will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Starship Pain's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Glotka throws a leg kick but Pain sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Glotka throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pain stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Glotka throws out the jab.
Pain throws out a loose jab but Glotka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pain needs to keep his hands up - Glotka had a free shot at his head there.
Pain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Glotka.
Pain scores with a sloppy right hand. Glotka should have avoided that one.
Pain ducks right into an uppercut from Glotka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Glotka was well out of range. Poor timing from Pain.
Pain throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Glotka's waist but Glotka gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pain off to one side.

Pain drives through and clinches with Glotka against the cage.
Glotka missing with knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Pain.
Pain lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Glotka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pain backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Pain.
Glotka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pain avoids it.
Pain tries to pull guard but Glotka holds him up against the cage and eventually Pain drops back down to his feet.
Glotka just leaning against Pain, taking a breather.
A short right from Pain on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Glotka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nice body punch from Pain - that landed with a thud.
Good body shot from Pain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pain successfully pulls guard.
Glotka stays in close to Pain's body and controls the position.
Glotka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Pain had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Glotka defends it easily.

Pain is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Glotka defends well.
Glotka wants to control from the top but Pain keeps moving.
Glotka preventing the sweep.
Pain is working hard here to advance position.
Glotka must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pain has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Glotka can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Pain has his foot on Glotka's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Glotka works his way back into a safe position though.
Glotka controlling from the top position.
Glotka won't allow Pain to sweep him here.
Glotka wants to control from the top but Pain keeps moving.

Pain looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Glotka passes Pain's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glotka not doing much here.
Pain slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Glotka is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Pain is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Glotka is aware though and is defending well.
Glotka sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Glotka trying to control the position from guard on top but Pain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Starship Pain did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Starship Pain's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Glotka misses with an uppercut.
Pain throws a jab but it's blocked by Glotka.
Pain wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pain rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Glotka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pain keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pain shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Glotka sprawls well. Glotka wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pain gets slowly back to his feet.
Glotka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain tests Glotka's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Logen Glotka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pain shoots in but Glotka avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Pain scores with a jab. Glotka acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jab from Glotka.
Glotka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Glotka throws a big shot that misses.
Pain lands a two punch combo.
Glotka scores with a nice head shot.
Pain on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pain looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Starship Pain. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain blocks a low kick nicely.
Glotka looks to land a right hand but Pain moved out of range.
Glotka throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pain blocks a leg kick.
Pain shoots in but no luck this time.
Pain moves away from the strike by Glotka.
Glotka pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A clash of legs there as Pain blocks the low kick.
Glotka avoids the body shot from Pain.
Pain moves out of range as Glotka strikes.
Glotka throws a shot from downtown. Pain moves away and avoids it.
Glotka throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Logen Glotka dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Starship Pain's cut.
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. 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.

Glotka misses with a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pain. Glotka does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pain misses with a body shot.
Glotka missing with a left hand there. Pain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pain slips under a jab from Glotka.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Glotka motions for Pain to come forward. Glotka throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pain tries to clinch but Glotka is having none of it.
Pain is looking to clinch but Glotka is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Glotka misses with a low kick.

Pain moves into range and clinches up with Glotka.
Glotka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pain's elbow.
Pain stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pain lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Glotka is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Pain lands a right hand.

It looks like Logen Glotka has been cut.
Starship Pain has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pain lands a shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Pain.
Pain works on Glotka's body with a couple of short punches.
Pain lands a shoulder strike.
Pain gets through Glotka's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Glotka's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pain.
Pain lands a body punch.

Pain jumps into guard, dragging Glotka to the mat.
Glotka trying to control the position from guard on top but Pain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Pain has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Glotka can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glotka looking to sit in guard and control but Pain gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pain working some strikes from top position.
Pain wants to control from the top but Glotka keeps moving.
Pain trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glotka looking for a sweep. Not yet Glotka, not yet.
Glotka keeping moving, preventing Pain from controlling successfully.
Pain postures up in Glotka's guard and throws a big left but Glotka blocks it.
Pain with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pain throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Glotka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pain scoring with punches to the head and body.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pain accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Logen Glotka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Pain throws a big right hand that misses.
Pain's corner is telling him to maintain position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pain accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Glotka looking for a sweep. Not yet Glotka, not yet.
Starship Pain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pain passes into half guard.
Pain trying to control from half guard but Glotka is working away.
Starship Pain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Glotka tries to get to full guard but Pain has control of the leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Starship Pain showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Glotka has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 47:47
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 47:47
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 47:47

The fight is ruled a draw!
Starship Pain retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!