PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rob Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Ekenbladh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Pain
vs
Ekenbladh

180 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
18
175 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Attliction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rob Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Ekenbladh!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pain shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ekenbladh but Ekenbladh pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Ekenbladh clinches with his opponent.
Ekenbladh lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Rob Pain has been cut.
Pain has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ekenbladh is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Pain manages to break the clinch.
Pain shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ekenbladh but Ekenbladh pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rob Pain. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ekenbladh has taken the fight to the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ekenbladh takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Pain has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Ekenbladh uses from the top position.

Pain is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ekenbladh throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pain works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ekenbladh thows a big elbow that misses.

Ekenbladh stands and steps away. Pain gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Ekenbladh tries to clinch up but Pain circles away and keeps his distance.
A head kick misses from Ekenbladh.
Pain throws a body kick that misses.
Pain attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ekenbladh decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ekenbladh wants to control but Pain is keeping him busy.
Pain is holding on to half guard well.
Ekenbladh thows a huge punch but Pain dodges it nicely.
Ekenbladh thows a huge punch but Pain dodges it nicely.
Pain is trying to maintain the position but Ekenbladh is very close to passing his half guard.
Pain keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Ekenbladh tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Pain.
Pain trying to control but Ekenbladh postures up.
Pain is breathing heavily.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Ekenbladh scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ekenbladh lands a nice short elbow.
Pain trying to hold on to Ekenbladh's head to control him but Ekenbladh postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekenbladh wants to stand but Pain has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Pain avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ekenbladh.

Pain has one foot on Ekenbladh's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Pain fails with the takedown.
Ekenbladh tries to clinch up.
Ekenbladh misses with a head kick.

Pain instigates a clinch.

Ekenbladh is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Pain can't fight it off and eventually Ekenbladh manages to take the fight to the floor. Pain looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ekenbladh wants to control from the top but Pain keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ekenbladh is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pain tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pain is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pain working over Ekenbladh with some ground and pound. Ekenbladh looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ekenbladh looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pain blocks the strikes from Ekenbladh.
Nice strikes from Pain there.
Pain controlling the action here.
Pain throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pain looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ekenbladh wants to get back to full guard.
Pain slips a nice elbow through Ekenbladh's hands, connecting with Ekenbladh's forehead.
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.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pain throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pain tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ekenbladh swivels and escapes.
Pain dodges the punch combination from Ekenbladh.
Pain shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ekenbladh but Ekenbladh pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ekenbladh connects with a solid leg kick.
Ekenbladh pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ekenbladh with a lazy takedown attempt

and Pain counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ekenbladh trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Pain pushing down on Ekenbladh's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ekenbladh is looking to escape.
Pain controlling the pace.
Pain has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ekenbladh trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rob Pain will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rob Pain's cut.
That's time! Pain's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pain closes the distance and clinches up with Ekenbladh, looking for a takedown. Pain pushes Ekenbladh against the cage but Ekenbladh circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pain fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ekenbladh!
Pain will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ekenbladh misses with a head kick.
Ekenbladh throws a head kick that Pain semi-blocks.
Pain shoots for a double leg takedown but Ekenbladh sprawls well. He's pushed Pain's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rob Pain. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ekenbladh gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pain is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ekenbladh gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ekenbladh is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pain gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pain looking to stall.
Ekenbladh avoiding damage as Pain throws knees to the body.
Pain wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ekenbladh wants to break free but Pain has control.
Pain is trying to break the clinch but Ekenbladh has him pressed against the cage.
Ekenbladh is breathing heavily.
Pain leaning against his opponent.
Ekenbladh misses with an elbow strike.
Pain tries a knee to the head but Ekenbladh blocks it.
Ekenbladh wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pain wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pain is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ekenbladh gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pain.
Ekenbladh prevents Pain from breaking the clinch.
Pain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Come on Pain - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pain can't break the clinch.
Ekenbladh prevents Pain from breaking the clinch.

Pain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Daniel Ekenbladh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ekenbladh tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Pain counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Pain sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ekenbladh's guard.
Pain passes to full mount!
Pain lands with some strikes.
Ekenbladh is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Ekenbladh is working to get back to half guard.
Ekenbladh is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ekenbladh is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Pain looking to ground and pound but Ekenbladh is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ekenbladh bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Pain doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Ekenbladh won't allow Pain to sweep him here.
Ekenbladh trying to control the position from guard on top but Pain is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rob Pain overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ekenbladh wanted to stand there but Pain had control of the position.
Ekenbladh is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Pain is on top in guard.
Ekenbladh throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Pain's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Pain wants to control from the top but Ekenbladh keeps moving.
Ekenbladh is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pain gets to his feet. Ekenbladh looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Ekenbladh closes the distance and clinches.
Pain wants to break free but Ekenbladh has control.
Pain wants to get back to striking at distance but Ekenbladh won't allow it.
Ekenbladh lands an elbow just above Pain 's eye.
Ekenbladh holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ekenbladh.

Ekenbladh breaks the clinch.
Ekenbladh lands with an overhand left.
Pain shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ekenbladh but Ekenbladh pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pain shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ekenbladh as he jumps to the side.
Pain throws a head kick but Ekenbladh moves out of range.
Ekenbladh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ekenbladh throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pain shoots in for a double leg but Ekenbladh sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ekenbladh ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pain is looking to land body kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Ekenbladh as Pain shoots in.
Pain takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Pain is rocked!
Ekenbladh connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Pain tumbling to the canvas! Ekenbladh pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Pain was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Daniel Ekenbladh!