PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bringin Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Floro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Floro has chosen Bang - Gorky Park as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Pain
vs
Floro

187 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

193 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bringin Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruno Floro!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pain scores a takedown into full mount!
Pain throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pain throws some wild stikes that Floro manages to avoid easily.
Pain lands a heavy elbow.
Pain unloads with some shots from mount but Floro bucks and avoids them well.
Floro is trying to stand up.
Floro blocking the ground and pound.
Pain looking to finish with strikes here!
Pain working the ground and pound effectively.
Pain with good strikes from the mount here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Pain trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pain throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pain thowing shots but they're missing.
Floro is trying to stand up.

Pain goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Floro is on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pain trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Pain looking for a sweep. Not yet Pain, not yet.
Pain manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Floro wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Pain.
Floro's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Floro can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Floro is squirming around, avoiding Pain's attempts to control the action.
Pain throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Floro because Pain loaded up on that one.

Floro bucks Pain off and manages to get back to his feet!
Floro throws a sloppy head kick and Pain moves out of range easily.
Floro looks gassed!
Pain avoids the head kick by Floro.
Bruno Floro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pain fails with a takedown attempt.
Pain fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floro keeps the fight on the outside.
Floro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pain's hands.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pain, right into the meat.
Floro misses with an attempted mid kick.

Pain forces Floro back against the cage and clinches.
Pain pushes off an throws an elbow but Floro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Floro wants to break free but Pain has control.
Floro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Floro is looking to break free of the clinch but Pain has double underhooks.
Floro can't break the clinch.
Pain tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bringin Pain. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Floro can't break the clinch.
Floro is trying to break free.

Pain manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bringin Pain dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Floro throws a sloppy head kick and Pain moves out of range easily.
Pain throws a sloppy head kick and Floro moves out of range easily.

Pain darts in and clinches Floro up against the cage.
Floro can't break the clinch.
Floro wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pain has him pressed against the cage.
Pain keeps control of Floro as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pain's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Floro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Floro wants to get back to striking at distance but Pain won't allow it.

Pain has picked Floro up - he's going for a ride! Pain dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Pain missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
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.
Pain throwing shots but Floro is blocking nicely.
Pain wants to pass the guard but Floro is defending well.

Floro kicks Pain off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Floro lands.
Pain fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Floro punishes Pain's body with a nice straight punch.
Floro is looking to score with low kicks.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Floro! Pain is out on his feet! Floro rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Pain is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Pain is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruno Floro!