PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pietro Lombardi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caine Paine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pietro Lombardi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lombardi
vs
Paine

185 cm
21
202 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

198 cm
23
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pietro Lombardi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Caine Paine!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Paine bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Lombardi on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Paine landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lombardi dodges the ground and pound from Paine.
Lombardi dodges the ground and pound from Paine.
Paine working the ground and pound.
Sloppy strikes there by Paine.
Paine looks up at the clock and then as Lombardi takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Paine smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lombardi parries the strikes from Paine easily there. Paine is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lombardi to escape.
Paine in side control, throwing shots but Lombardi defends.
Lombardi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
An elbow from Paine crashes against the mat.
Lombardi stops Paine from passing to mount.

Paine tries for a kimura but Lombardi is defending well.
Paine scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Lombardi to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paine cracks Lombardi with a big elbow.
Paine with the ground and pound but Lombardi regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Lombardi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Paine is looking to work some ground and pound but Lombardi has wrist control.
Lombardi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Paine is one step ahead there.
Paine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Paine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Paine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lombardi throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lombardi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lombardi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paine gets full guard.
Paine working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lombardi.
Lombardi stopping the sweep attempt from Paine.
Lombardi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lombardi stopping the sweep attempt from Paine.

Paine has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Lombardi can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Paine looks gassed!

Paine has his foot on Lombardi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lombardi works his way back into a safe position though.
Lombardi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lombardi throws a big right hand that misses.
Lombardi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Paine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lombardi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lombardi postures up in Paine's guard and throws a big left but Paine blocks it.
Lombardi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lombardi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lombardi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lombardi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lombardi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Paine doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Lombardi stopping the sweep attempt from Paine.
Lombardi postures up and lands a big shot to Paine's brow.
Paine looking for a sweep. Not yet Paine, not yet.

Paine looking for a guillotine here but Lombardi defends easily.
Lombardi landing with the ground and pound.
Lombardi preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lombardi trying to control but Paine is working from the bottom.
Paine utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lombardi with a nice head shot there.
Lombardi won't allow Paine to sweep him here.

Paine is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lombardi is aware though and is defending well.
Lombardi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Lombardi connects with a couple of short punches.
Lombardi landing some decent shots from guard.
Lombardi wants to control from the top but Paine keeps moving.
Lombardi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lombardi lands a couple of digs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paine lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Lombardi!
Paine unloads with some shots from mount but Lombardi bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caine Paine dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Paine gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lombardi to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Lombardi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paine manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lombardi manages to get himself to full guard.
Paine cracks Lombardi with a solid left hand.
Lombardi has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Lombardi looking for a sweep. Not yet Lombardi, not yet.
Paine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Caine Paine has got the better of the ground game so far.
Paine is working Lombardi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Lombardi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Paine on the ground.
Paine being controlled here momentarily.
Paine with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paine throws and elbow that misses. Lombardi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Paine's guard. Nice move by Lombardi!
Lombardi is in close to Paine's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Paine looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Paine is breathing heavily.
Paine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Paine wants to sweep here but Lombardi controlling him for the moment.
Paine throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Lombardi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Paine striking off his back but it's not causing Lombardi any problems.
Lombardi makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lombardi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Paine working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lombardi.
Lombardi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Paine's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paine has momentary wrist control but Lombardi slips an elbow through the middle.
Paine manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lombardi blocking the ground and pound.
Paine scoring with strikes but Lombardi is staying in there.
Paine thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Lombardi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Paine there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Paine raining down shots from the mount!
Paine throws a sloppy strike and Lombardi uses the opportunity to reverse the position! A bit of a scramble here and Lombardi has ended up in Paine's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lombardi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lombardi stopping the sweep attempt from Paine.
Lombardi chips away with some ground and pound.
Lombardi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Paine tries to bench press Lombardi off him but Lombardi keeps the position.
Paine gets back to half guard.
Lombardi looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Paine with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lombardi takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Paine avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lombardi.
Paine wants to improve his position but Lombardi is controlling well.
Paine works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lombardi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lombardi postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lombardi landing some decent shots from guard.
Paine looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lombardi throwing strikes from guard but Paine blocks nicely.
Lombardi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Paine wants to sweep here but Lombardi controlling him for the moment.
Lombardi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Paine wants to sweep here but Lombardi controlling him for the moment.
Lombardi landing some decent shots from guard.
Lombardi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Paine lands an upkick as Lombardi stands over him.
Lombardi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pietro Lombardi dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Lombardi doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Paine counters with a shoot takedown. Lombardi fights it but they end up in guard.
Lombardi controlling Paine's posture.
Lombardi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Paine stopping the sweep attempt from Lombardi.
Paine in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lombardi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lombardi trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lombardi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Paine looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Paine postures up.
Paine throwing strikes from guard but Lombardi blocks nicely.
Paine working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lombardi's head.
Paine preventing the sweep.
Paine sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lombardi's guard.
Paine thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lombardi's head.
Lombardi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lombardi tries to get out of the position.
Lombardi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lombardi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paine thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Paine thows a huge punch but Lombardi dodges it nicely.
Lombardi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Paine not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lombardi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lombardi is trying to get back to full guard.
Paine throwing shots but Lombardi is blocking nicely.
Paine thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Lombardi to regain full guard.
Lombardi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Paine's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lombardi is looking to stand up but Paine isn't so interested in that idea.
Paine keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lombardi's head.
Paine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lombardi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lombardi fails with the takedown

and Paine counters with a shoot takedown. Lombardi fights it but they end up in guard.
Paine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lombardi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Paine is one step ahead there.
Paine is in close to Lombardi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lombardi is adopting a defensive guard.
Paine is in close to Lombardi's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paine throwing strikes from guard but Lombardi blocks nicely.
Paine lands a couple of digs.
Lombardi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Paine throws a strike but Lombardi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Lombardi works over Paine with some ground and pound from guard.
Lombardi content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lombardi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Paine trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

And that's the end of the fight!
Caine Paine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Paine has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caine Paine!