PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Colin Baker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pain has chosen My Little Pony Theme Song as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be fireworks!

Baker
vs
Pain

170 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Colin Baker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Pain!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pain shoots for a takedown but Baker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Baker drives through and clinches with Pain against the cage.
Baker with a knee to the head.
Pain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Baker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baker misses with a knee to the head.
Pain tries to land a knee to the head but Baker blocks with his arms.
Baker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pain avoids it.
Baker lands a nice knee to the body.
Baker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pain.

Pain breaks the clinch.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pain swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Pain moves into the clinch.
Pain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pain is trying to pull guard but Baker turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Pain drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Colin Baker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Pain.
Baker putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pain in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain managing to block the knees to the body from Baker.
Pain managing to block the knees to the body from Baker.
Baker tries to land a knee to the head but Pain blocks with his arms.
Pain fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Baker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Baker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pain avoids it.
Pain drops down looking for an ankle pick but Baker pulls his leg out and moves away.
Baker tries to clinch there but Pain circles away.
Pain shoots in looking for a takedown. Baker tries to sprawl out of it but Pain keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Baker manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Baker moves in looking to clinch but Pain pushes him off.

Pain clinches up with Baker and pushes him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker tries to land knees in the clinch but Pain avoids the damage to the body.
Baker lands a knee to the body.
Baker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pain's face.
Pain is looking to take this one to the mat.

Pain jumps guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Pain working for a triangle but Baker defends it easily.
Pain looks winded!
Pain working a defensive guard here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Baker trying to control the position from guard on top but Pain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain looking to hit a scissor sweep but Baker is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baker postures up in Pain's guard and throws a big left but Pain blocks it.
Pain working a defensive guard here.

Justin Pain has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Baker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Baker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pain.

Pain closes the distance and pushes Baker back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baker tries to land a knee to the head but Pain blocks with his arms.
Baker trying to land knees to the body.
Baker misses with a knee strike.
Baker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Baker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pain.
Pain wants a takedown.
Baker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pain.
Baker missing with knees to the body.
Pain drops down looking for an ankle pick but Baker pulls his leg out and moves away.
Baker looks to clinch
and Pain counters with a good low kick that Baker was not able to check.
Baker showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pain.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pain shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Baker but Baker pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Pain takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Colin Baker will probably get the nod.
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.

Baker tries to clinch up but Pain circles away and keeps his distance.
Baker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pain will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Baker leaves Pain with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Baker has taken the fight to the clinch.
Colin Baker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Baker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pain blocks it with crossed arms.
Baker connects with a knee to the head.
Pain tries for a takedown. No joy.
Colin Baker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Pain.
Pain drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Baker gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Baker tries to land knees in the clinch but Pain avoids the damage to the body.
Pain takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pain is breathing heavily.
Pain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Baker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baker misses with a knee to the head.
Baker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baker tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Pain tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Baker smiles and moves away.
Pain circles away from the clinch attempt.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch but Pain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pain throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pain fails with the takedown.

Pain gets tackled into the cage by Baker. Baker maintains the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Baker lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Baker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pain tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Baker looking to throw knees to the head but Pain is blocking nicely.

Pain manages to break the clinch.

Pain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pain managing to block the knees to the body from Baker.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pain is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baker is defending well for now.
Baker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baker lands a nice knee to the body.
Pain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pain is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baker is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain avoiding damage as Baker throws knees to the body.
Baker trying to land knees to the body.

Pain drags the fight down to the ground.
Baker looking to sit in guard and control but Pain gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pain passes into half guard.
Pain is controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Pain has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Baker wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Colin Baker will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Pain looks for a takedown but Baker sprawls well.

Pain has managed to clinch.
Pain creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Baker crunches a lovely knee into Pain's ribcage.
Baker connects with a knee to the head.
Pain managing to block the knees to the body from Baker.
Baker lands a knee to the body.
Baker tries to land knees in the clinch but Pain avoids the damage to the body.
Pain jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Baker walks away with a smile on his face. Pain gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pain paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Baker keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Colin Baker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Justin Pain.
Pain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Baker moves in looking to clinch but Pain pushes him off.
Colin Baker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Baker closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pain is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Baker tries a knee to the head but Pain blocks it.
Pain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Baker tries to land knees in the clinch but Pain avoids the damage to the body.
Pain can't break the clinch.
Pain looking to stall.
Baker with a knee to the head.
Baker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pain tries to pull guard but Baker forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Pain tries for a takedown but Baker manages to get underhooks.
Pain is looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain tries to land knees in the clinch but Baker avoids the damage to the body.
Pain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees in the clinch landing for Baker.
Baker lands a knee to the body.
Pain wants to get back to striking at distance but Baker won't allow it.
Baker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pain tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Baker just stands there and leans against the cage.
Baker lands a good knee to the midsection. Pain won't want to take too many of those.
A frustrated look appears on Pain's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pain drops down looking for an ankle pick but Baker pulls his leg out and moves away.
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 throws a series of punches but Baker avoids them all with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain has a takedown stuffed.

Baker has Pain up against the cage in a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Baker.
Pain takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pain working hard to break the clinch.
Baker trying to land knees to the body.
Baker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Baker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pain avoids it.
Pain wants to take the fight to the mat but Baker manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Baker misses with a knee to the head.
Baker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Pain.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain tries to score a body lock takedown but Baker shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Baker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pain is defending well for now.

Pain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pain fails with a takedown attempt.
Pain keeps the fight on the outside.
Baker tries to clinch but Pain moves out of range.
Pain shoots in for a takedown but Baker shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Baker doesn't manage to clinch there - Pain circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Baker has closed the distance and engaged Pain in a clinch.
Justin Pain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Colin Baker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Baker tries to land a knee to the head but Pain blocks with his arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
Colin Baker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Baker, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Colin Baker!