PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Michael Paine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Beleze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Beleze's choice of entrance music: The Chosen Ones. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Paine
vs
Beleze

172 cm
27
145 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

150 cm
26
135 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 4 - 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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Beleze!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beleze darts in trying to clinch
and Paine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Beleze with a lazy takedown attempt
and Paine counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
No luck for Beleze with that takedown attempt.
Paine swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Beleze has Paine up against the cage in a clinch.
Beleze wants to take the fight to the mat but Paine manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Michael Paine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michael Beleze.
Paine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Paine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paine is pressed up against the cage. Beleze has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Paine down to the mat. Paine avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Paine has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Total Impact MMA/KT in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paine with a nice cross.
A cross from Paine lands.
Beleze darts in trying to clinch
and Paine counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beleze misses with a takedown
and Paine counters with a crisp right that sends Beleze to the canvas! Paine follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Paine!
A very excited looking Michael Paine made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Michael Beleze stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'll come back swinging '.