PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Michael Paine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liam Nelson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Paine
vs
Nelson

172 cm
26
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

170 cm
19
140 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Paine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Nelson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nelson misses with a looping right.
Nelson throws a lazy right hand but Paine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Paine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nelson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nelson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Paine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Paine fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nelson on the side of the head.
A big right from Paine misses.
Nelson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nelson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nelson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paine.
A swing and a miss from Nelson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paine throws a hook but Nelson avoids it easily.
Paine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelson manages to avoid it.
A nice side step and Nelson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Paine is looking to clinch.
Nelson misses with a hook. Paine ducked under it nicely.
Paine stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nelson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Paine misses with a straight right.
Paine lands a jab to Nelson's midsection.

Paine takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paine.
Nelson lands with a light punch inside.
Nelson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paines head.
Paine blocks an uppercut.
Paine blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Paine as Nelson tries to tie him up.
Nelson throws a head punch that misses.
Paine has a couple of punches blocked by Nelson.
Nelson misses with a punch on the inside.
Nelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Paine.
Nelson trying to stall but Paine improves his position.
Paine misses with a body punch.
Paine swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Paine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paine looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Paine.
Paine working aggressively here.
Paine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nelson misses with a body punch.
Nelson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Paine.
Nelson blocks a body shot from Paine.
Paine misses with the head strike.
Paine struggles to land a body shot inside as Nelson controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paine swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nelson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Paine backwards.

Paine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sloppy strikes from Nelson. Those never looked like landing.
Nice defenses there by Nelson.
Paine just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Nelson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Michael Paine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paine misses with a left hand
and Nelson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paine missing with a left hand there. Nelson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Nelson misses.
Paine is looking to counter the offense by Nelson and move into the clinch.
Nelson loads up on a big right hand but Paine slips the punch.
Paine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nelson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Paine throws an overhand right that lands on Nelson's shoulder, as Nelson tries to avoid the shot.
Nelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paine throws the left hand but Nelson avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - Nelson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nelson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Paine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paine. Nelson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nelson throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nelson throws an off balance right hand
letting Paine counter with a right hand.
Nelson misses with a looping left.

Paine takes the fight into the clinch.
Paine misses with the head strike.
Nelson lands a nice uppercut.
Paine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Paine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Paine dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nelson blocks a jab.
Michael Paine is winning the standup battle so far.
Paine looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Paine gets a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Paine.
Paine swings wildly with an uppercut but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nelson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nelson blocks an uppercut.
Paine scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.

Nelson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Paine loads up on a big right hand but Nelson slips the punch.
Nelson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Paine was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nelson thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paine misses with a lunging right hand
and Nelson counters with a nice uppercut.
Nelson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Paine takes a swing at Nelson's ribcage but misses.
Nelson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paine.
Decent striking displayed by Paine there.
Nelson throws a series of punches but Paine avoids them all with ease.
Nelson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nelson lands with a shot to the body.
Nelson throws a shot from downtown. Paine moves away and avoids it.
Nelson throws a big shot that misses.
Paine catches Nelson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nelson misses with a looping right.
Paine was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Paine missing with a left hand there. Nelson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nelson looks to land a left hand but Paine moved out of range nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paine.
Nelson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Paine circles away quickly and effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paine is looking to clinch.
Nelson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Paine drops Nelson with a beautiful combination! Nelson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Paine is looking for the KO!

Nelson is rocked!
Paine missing with a left hand there. Nelson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A countering left hand to the body from Nelson misses.
Nelson is still on wobbly legs! Can Paine finish him?
Nelson tests Paine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Paine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nelson can do to turn this around?
Paine throws a poor cross that misses
and Nelson counters with a stiff right hand.
Paine misses with an uppercut
and Paine takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nelson seems to have recovered his senses.
Paine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nelson manages to avoid it.
Nelson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nelson slips a straight right by Paine.
Paine throws out a loose jab but Nelson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paine misses with a straight left.
Paine ducks under a wild hook from Nelson.
Paine throws a jab but it's blocked by Nelson.

Paine clinches.
Paine lands with a light punch inside.
Paine stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nelson trying to control the position but instead, Paine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nelson into the cage.
Nelson prevents a body shot from Paine.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Nelson stalling the fight.

Paine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Paine misses with a few strikes there.
Nelson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nelson walks into a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paine. Nelson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nelson, as that shot connected.
A big left from Nelson misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paine bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nelson's head.
Paine waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nelson.
Nelson scores with a jab to the body.
Nelson just misses with a punch to the body.
Nelson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paine.
Paine misses with a looping right.
Nice shot lands for Paine.
Nelson is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Paine moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Paine!
During a confident post fight interview, Michael Paine thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.