PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Pabin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Bastard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bastard has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Big Bastard told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Pabin
vs
Bastard

200 cm
26
268 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

225 cm
28
288 lbs
17 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Damian Pabin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Big Bastard!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pabin looks to throw the jab but Bastard is out of range.
Pabin looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Bastard swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pabin.
Bastard misses with a wild combination.
Bastard will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pabin lands with a nice body punch.
Bastard lands a jab-cross combination.
Pabin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bastard was well out of range. Poor timing from Pabin.
Bastard tries to clinch but Pabin moves away
and Pabin counters with a right hand to the body.
Pabin stuffs the takedown.
Pabin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pabin avoids the head kick by Bastard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pabin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bastard.
Bastard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pabin.
Bastard is looking to clinch.

Bastard closes the distance and clinches.

Bastard breaks the clinch.
Pabin is looking to wear down Bastard with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bastard throws a sloppy head kick and Pabin moves out of range easily.
Pabin lands a nice hook to Bastard's body. Bastard takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bastard keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pabin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bastard at a distance.
Big Bastard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pabin fails to land with a series of punches.

Bastard dives in and scores a takedown into Pabin's guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bastard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bastard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bastard's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bastard content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bastard is looking to work some ground and pound but Pabin has wrist control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastard is working Pabin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bastard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pabin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastard postures up in Pabin's guard and throws a big left but Pabin blocks it.
Bastard postures up in Pabin's guard and throws a big left but Pabin blocks it.
Pabin working a defensive guard here.
Pabin might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bastard engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Bastard postures up in Pabin's guard and throws a big left but Pabin blocks it.
Bastard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastard tries to free his leg and advance position but Pabin is retaining full guard.
Bastard controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Big Bastard was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Bastard wants to clinch up but Pabin keeps it at a distance.
Bastard tries to close the distance and clinch but Pabin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bastard misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bastard throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bastard's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pabin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bastard scrambles back to his feet.
Bastard misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pabin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fighters circling - Pabin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bastard fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Big Bastard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pabin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Damian Pabin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Big Bastard.
Pabin misses with a wild body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastard looks to land a combination. Pabin sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bastard shoots in looking for a takedown. Pabin tries to sprawl out of it but Bastard keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pabin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bastard throws a sloppy head kick and Pabin moves out of range easily.
Bastard avoids the body shot from Pabin.
Bastard throws a series of punches but Pabin avoids them all with ease.
Bastard slips a straight right by Pabin.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bastard.
Bastard fails with a takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastard tries for a takedown but Pabin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bastard looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pabin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bastard fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Bastard shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pabin sprawls well. Pabin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bastard gets slowly back to his feet.
Pabin is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Bastard's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Bastard moves in looking to clinch but Pabin pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastard shoots in for a takedown but Pabin shows good takedown defense.
Bastard slips under a jab from Pabin.
Bastard swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bastard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pabin swats away the attempt to clinch by Bastard.

Bastard drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bastard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastard postures up.
Bastard works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Pabin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bastard.
Pabin is looking for a sweep. Bastard is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pabin is working hard here to advance position.
Pabin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bastard.
Bastard scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bastard missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Bastard showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bastard takes the fight into the clinch.
Pabin misses with some punches.

Bastard breaks from the clinch.
Bastard fails with a takedown attempt.
Bastard misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bastard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pabin looks to score with a jab to the body but Bastard is just out of range.
Bastard shoots in but Pabin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bastard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pabin.
Bastard throws a combination. Pabin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Bastard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Big Bastard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bastard throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Pabin counters with a straight right hand.
Damian Pabin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bastard looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A big left from Pabin misses.

Bastard shoots in and bounces Pabin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastard slips nicely into half guard.
Bastard is trying to control the action in half guard but Pabin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Bastard decides to stand and escape the position.

Bastard shoots in and gets a takedown into Pabin's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastard throwing strikes but missing.
Bastard is looking to work some ground and pound but Pabin has wrist control.
Bastard throws a big elbow that misses.
Bastard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Bastard postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Pabin is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Bastard, into his guard.

Bastard kicks Pabin off and gets to his feet.
Damian Pabin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bastard drives through with a takedown into Pabin's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Bastard is looking to work some ground and pound but Pabin has wrist control.
Pabin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Bastard on the ground.
Bastard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bastard won't allow Pabin to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bastard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pabin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Big Bastard is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Big Bastard has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pabin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Big Bastard comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bastard has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Big Bastard!
An out of breath Big Bastard thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.