PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pauli Painija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bam Margera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bam Margera has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Painija
vs
Margera

160 cm
23
176 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
184 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pauli Painija!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bam Margera!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Painija swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Painija tries to clinch but Margera moves out of range.
Painija ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A lazy left from Painija finds it's target.
Painija looks for the body kick but Margera saw that one coming.
Painija tries to clinch up.
Margera closes this distance looking for a takedown but Painija circles away.
Painija connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Painija instigates a clinch.
Margera tries to pull guard but Painija won't allow it.
Margera tries for a takedown. No joy.
Pauli Painija has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bam Margera.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Margera takes a knee to the side of the body.
Margera has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Painija avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Painija.
Painija lands a good knee to the midsection. Margera won't want to take too many of those.
Margera looks gassed!

Painija has clasped his hands together around Margera's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Painija is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Painija working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Painija is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Margera's shoulder. That is not cool.
Painija seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Margera for as long as he can get away with.
Margera on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Margera on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Painija seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Margera prevents Painija from moving into mount.
Margera struggling a bit here.
Painija content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Margera's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Painija lands a nice forearm strike.
Painija creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Margera sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Painija scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Margera to see if he's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Painija lands a few punches from side control.

Painija is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Margera knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Painija lands some shots froms side control.
Margera is trying to control Painija's posture but Painija avoids it.
Painija wants to control for a moment but Margera uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.

Margera is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Painija pulls his head out easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Margera is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Painija scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Painija is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Painija looks to land a strike but Margera avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Margera is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Painija defends well.
Painija is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pauli Painija dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Margera fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Painija tries to close the distance and clinch up but Margera swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Painija rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Margera moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Painija goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Margera is rocked!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Margera is still on wobbly legs! Can Painija finish him?
Painija creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Margera with a big uppercut! Margera tries to clinch up but Painija pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Margera to the mat! Margera covers up and Painija unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Pauli Painija!
Pauli Painija retains his welterweight title!