PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Sullivan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocky Sullivan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Pain
vs
Sullivan

176 cm
31
170 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

175 cm
27
180 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Sullivan!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Eddie Farnsworth and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pain checks the leg kick.
Pain misses with a takedown attempt - Sullivan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pain walks into a jab.

It looks like James Pain has been cut.
Pain wants to slow Sullivan down by chopping away at his legs.

Sullivan has closed the distance and engaged Pain in a clinch.
Sullivan working hard to break the clinch.
Pain keeps control of Sullivan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sullivan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pain backwards.
Sullivan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sullivan gets through Pain's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sullivan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sullivan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pain has him pressed against the cage.

Pain has Sullivan pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Pain pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Sullivan tumbling to the mat - Pain dives into Sullivan's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Pain won't allow Sullivan to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pain prevents Sullivan from getting back to his feet.
Sullivan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pain.
Pain won't allow Sullivan to get back to his feet.
Pain looking to pass the guard.
Pain connects with a couple of short punches.
Pain wants to pass the guard but Sullivan is keeping the position.
Sullivan wants to stand but Pain is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pain slips nicely into half guard.
Pain controlling the pace.
Pain moves into full mount! Sullivan won't be happy about that!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sullivan is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Pain looking to finish Sullivan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sullivan!
Sullivan is trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pain lands a couple of good shots and Sullivan has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The referee is taking a good look at Sullivan as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Pain!
Pain gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Sullivan is trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Pain's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Sullivan trying to get back to his feet but Pain is in full control for now.
Pain struggling to keep hold of the position.
Pain looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Pain has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Good control from Pain.
Sullivan holding both Pain 's hands and preventing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pain lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Sullivan hold on?!
Pain lands shots from the back.
Sullivan looking very determined here, making life difficult for Pain.
Pain has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Sullivan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sullivan is trying to get back to his feet but Pain has full control of the position and if anything, Sullivan has just worked his way into a worse spot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pain trying to control momentarily.
Pain scores with punches to the body.
Sullivan is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Pain off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Pain lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Pain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Pain's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Sullivan moves into the clinch.
Sullivan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pain has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sullivan.
Pain keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sullivan's efforts to push away.
Sullivan wants to stall.
Sullivan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pain has him pressed against the cage.
Sullivan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sullivan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sullivan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sullivan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sullivan is trying to push Pain away but Pain has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sullivan is trying to break the clinch but Pain is controlling him.
Sullivan is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sullivan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pain slips under a jab.

Sullivan closes the distance and pushes Pain back into the cage.
Sullivan is trying to force a seperation but Pain has the dominant position.
Sullivan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pain has him pressed against the cage.
Sullivan has had enough of the clinch but Pain keeps him there for the moment.
Sullivan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sullivan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pain has him pressed against the cage.
Sullivan wants to break free but Pain has control.
Sullivan tries to break free but Pain pushes him back against the cage.
Pain is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sullivan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sullivan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sullivan wants to break the clinch but can't.

Sullivan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rocky Sullivan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Pain misses.

Pain closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Sullivan to the mat! Sullivan manages to get full guard.
Pain wants to control from the top but Sullivan keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pain wants to pass the guard but Sullivan is keeping the position.
James Pain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pain scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pain's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pain trying to control the position from guard on top but Sullivan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pain is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sullivan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Pain is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain advances position into side control!
Pain trying to control the action but Sullivan is working from the bottom.
Pain landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Pain trying to control the action but Sullivan is working from the bottom.
Sullivan is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Pain asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Sullivan being controlled for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sullivan wants to get back to his feet but Pain drags him back down.
Pain wants to control but Sullivan is keeping him busy.
Sullivan is being controlled here.
Pain working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Pain works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Sullivan is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pain cracks Sullivan with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Pain immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Sullivan is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Pain!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Pain!
James Pain very nearly forgot to thank KAISER amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.