PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caine Paine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kampay Opay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Opay is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Release me. Caine Paine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Paine
vs
Opay

198 cm
25
220 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

184 cm
26
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Caine Paine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kampay Opay!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paine gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Opay counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Opay loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Opay with a flurry of punches that miss.
Opay throws a strike but Paine rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Opay looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Opay is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Opay lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Paine!
Paine working to try and regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Opay scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Paine?

It looks like Caine Paine has been cut.
Paine wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Opay.
Opay working the ground and pound effectively.

Caine Paine's cut is getting worse.
Paine is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Paine is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Opay postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Paine looks a forlorn figure.

Caine Paine's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Opay looking to finish Paine with some ground and pound. This is bad for Paine!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Opay landing strikes from the mount.

Jeez, Caine Paine's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Caine Paine's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kampay Opay!