PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pauli Painija (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uncomfortably Numb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Painija
vs
Numb

160 cm
26
176 lbs
20 - 6 - 0

175 cm
25
175 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Fast

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

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 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Pauli Painija!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Uncomfortably Numb!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Painija fails with an attempt to clinch.
Numb feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Painija's calf.

Painija gets a clinch.
Painija lands a body punch in the clinch.
Painija swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Painija creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Painija lands with a right to the head.
Numb managing to block the knees to the body from Painija.

Numb turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Numb manages to end up in side control.
Painija is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Painija is trying to improve his position.
Numb fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Painija is pushing Numb's head away, looking to escape. Numb manages to hold on to the position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Painija manages to get back to half guard.
Numb thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Numb is keen to just control but Painija is a slippery customer.

Numb is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Numb controlling the action here.

Numb is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Painija sees it coming and defends easily.
Numb is pressing down on Painija's thigh, looking to free his foot. Painija is holding on for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Numb throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Numb not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Numb sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Painija defending well though.
Numb throwing shots but Painija is blocking nicely.

Numb is looking for a kimura but Painija is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Numb to get the leverage.
Numb is trying to control. Painija wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Painija is positioning himself well to prevent Numb advancing to mount.
Painija is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Numb has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Painija defend it? Numb steps over the head and cranks it - Painija is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Numb!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Uncomfortably Numb!
Uncomfortably Numb is the new welterweight champion!
Uncomfortably Numb managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, CEC Nutrition Q159, into his post fight interview.