PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and No Pain No Gain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). No Pain No Gain has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Cole
vs
Pain No Gain

196 cm
22
275 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

200 cm
26
355 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Dragon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henry Cole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, No Pain No Gain!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Cole.
Cole lands a right hook to the body.

No Gain tries to keep at a distance but Cole has taken the fight into the clinch.
No Gain misses with a body punch.
Cole wants a takedown.
Cole has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. No Gain avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cole tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
No Gain landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cole is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No Gain prevents Cole from breaking the clinch.
No Gain misses with some punches.
No Gain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cole tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. No Gain smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Cole. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No Gain is looking to clinch.

Cole has closed the distance and engaged No Gain in a clinch.
No Gain landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
No Gain can't find room to land a body shot as Cole controls the action.
No Gain crunches a lovely knee into Cole's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by No Gain.

It looks like Henry Cole has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No Gain misses with a punch to the body.
Cole takes an elbow to the temple.
No Gain taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cole is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables No Gain to keep the fight standing.
No Gain lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No Gain misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cole.
No Gain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cole drops down looking for an ankle pick but No Gain pulls his leg out and moves away.
No Gain just misses with a punch to the body.
No Gain is looking to clinch.
No Gain just misses with a punch to the body.
Cole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but No Gain was well out of range. Poor timing from Cole.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No Gain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cole was well out of range. Poor timing from No Gain.
Cole is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by No Gain.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cole moves out of range of the strikes.
Cole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No Gain wants to clinch.
No Gain tries to clinch but Cole is having none of it.
No Pain No Gain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

No Gain has managed to clinch.
No Gain is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cole jumps guard but No Gain stands there with Cole around his waist. Cole gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
No Gain lands an elbow just above Cole 's eye.
No Gain has Cole pushed against the cage.
No Gain has Cole pressed against the cage, preventing Cole from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
No Gain is struggling to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cole drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

No Gain wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Cole's closed guard. He's half up but Cole has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Cole pivots and extends the arm, No Gain falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Cole! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Henry Cole!