PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sg Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sg Pain has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Barnett
vs
Pain

190 cm
25
250 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

190 cm
18
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Josh Barnett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sg Pain!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pain lands a big head kick that sends Barnett tumbling to the mat! Pain takes a step backwards and waves Barnett back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Josh Barnett has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barnett takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Barnett is rocked!
Pain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Oh Barnett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Barnett scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Barnett seems to have got his legs back now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Barnett content to control rather than advance.
Pain is trying to stand.
Barnett with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Barnett seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Pain is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Josh Barnett!