PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Hinton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pain has chosen Linkin Park - No more sorrow as his entrance music. 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.

Hinton
vs
Pain

181 cm
22
184 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Hinton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Pain!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pain pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Hinton.
Hinton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Pain gets a clinch.
Pain wants a takedown.
Pain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pain goes for a takedown attempt but Hinton pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hinton slips a jab and a cross from Pain.
Hinton shoots in but no luck this time.
Pain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Pain has closed the distance and engaged Hinton in a clinch.
Hinton drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pain gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Hinton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Pain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hinton misses with a kick to the body.
Pain misses with a takedown attempt - Hinton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Hinton takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinton tries to break free but Pain pushes him back against the cage.
Pain wants to get back to striking at distance but Hinton won't allow it.
Hinton fails to pull guard.

Pain breaks from the clinch.
Pain fails to land with a series of punches.
Hinton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

It looks like Max Pain has been cut.
Pain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hinton throws a head kick that misses.
Hinton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hinton gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Pain counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pain.
Hinton is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hinton wants to break free but Pain has control.

Pain has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hinton clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Pain is landing with strikes. Hinton can't take much more of this.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pain is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Hinton defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Hinton looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Hinton avoids the strikes from Pain.
Pain lands a shot to the body.
Hinton manages to escape to a better position under a series of strikes. Pain is now in side control.
Pain working the ground and pound but Hinton is defending the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain throws a strike aimed at the side of Hinton's head but Hinton avoids it well.
Pain working the ground and pound but Hinton is defending the strikes.
Pain slows the pace down.

Pain working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Pain has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pain scoring with punches from side control.
Pain trying to control the position but Hinton is working away.
Pain lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain trying to control the action but Hinton is working from the bottom.
Hinton can't do much from the bottom here.
Pain lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hinton is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hinton taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pain wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hinton keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Pain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Max Pain's cut.
That's time! Hinton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hinton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pain avoids the head kick by Hinton.
Hinton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hinton tries to clinch up.
Hinton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Michael Hinton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Pain does no damage.

Pain scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Pain advances to mount.
BOOM! Pain connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pain looking to control but Hinton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hinton is in a horrible position here. Pain smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pain landing shots from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain lands a nice shot to the head.
Pain putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pain breaks from Hinton's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Pain has hold of Hinton's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Hinton manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Hinton in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pain landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pain landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pain trying to control but Hinton is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain landing punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pain cracks Hinton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pain trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pain lands a heavy elbow.
Pain with a couple of short strikes.
Pain breaks from Hinton's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pain lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hinton hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Pain.
Pain sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Pain misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Pain is landing with some decent strikes but Hinton is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Pain throws some wild stikes that Hinton manages to avoid easily.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pain cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Hinton is bucking up trying to escape but Pain cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pain has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hinton's face.
Pain with shots to the head and body - Hinton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pain tries to control but Hinton wriggling away.
The referee warns Hinton that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain punching from mount but Hinton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Hinton wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Pain.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pain postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Hinton looks a forlorn figure.
Pain lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Pain throwing strikes but Hinton bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Pain scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Pain lands the left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Pain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Max 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. This is the final round!

Hinton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Pain changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hinton looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Pain tries to move to mount but Hinton blocks the move with his legs.
Pain cracks Hinton with a big right hand but Hinton just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Pain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Pain stands up and beckons Hinton to his feet.
No luck for Hinton with that takedown attempt.

Pain changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hinton looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pain cracks Hinton with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pain lands some shots froms side control.
Pain working the body and head with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain working the ground and pound.
Pain in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Pain lands a decent elbow from side control.
Pain throws an elbow but Hinton slips to the side and avoids it well.
Pain throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Pain lands an elbow.
Pain lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Hinton down.
Hinton is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Pain.
Hinton is not content to let Pain control the position.
Pain working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hinton is pushing Pain's head away, looking to escape. Pain manages to hold on to the position though.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Michael Hinton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hinton takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Pain wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hinton keeps working.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pain working the body and head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain working the strikes but Hinton uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Pain is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hinton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Max Pain is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pain landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pain controlling the pace.
Hinton is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pain scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pain slips a nice elbow through Hinton's hands, connecting with Hinton's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pain is controlling the pace.
Pain thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hinton's head.
Pain thows a huge punch but Hinton dodges it nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pain controlling the pace.
Pain lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

And that's the end of the fight!
Max Pain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pain winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 25:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Pain!
Max Pain decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.