PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nuppu Lupaus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dee Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lupaus comes into the arena with Finnish Alphabet & Pronunciation blaring out of the sound system. Pain has chosen AC/DC - If you want Blood (You've got it) as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Lupaus
vs
Pain

185 cm
34
220 lbs
25 - 15 - 1

190 cm
31
212 lbs
25 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Fenrir Fightgear - Steel Penn

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 25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nuppu Lupaus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dee Pain!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lupaus cracks Pain with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
No joy there for Lupaus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pain explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Lupaus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pain throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lupaus loads up on a big right hand but Pain slips the punch.
Lupaus throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pain on the side of the head.
Pain ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pain throws a wild body kick that Lupaus sees coming a mile off.
Pain ducks under a wild hook from Lupaus.
Pain finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pain throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lupaus's waist but Lupaus gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pain off to one side.
Pain throws a low kick but Lupaus avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Pain.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lupaus scores with a jab to the body.
Nice jab there from Lupaus.
Lupaus avoids the body shot from Pain.
Nuppu Lupaus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pain blocks a jab.
Pain misses the jab.
Lupaus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pain.
Lupaus misses with a wild combination.
Lupaus misses with a straight right.
Lupaus misses the jab.
Lupaus throws out a loose jab but Pain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lupaus lands with an overhand left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Lupaus.
Lupaus cracks Pain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pain rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Lupaus counter with a right hand.
Pain tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lupaus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Pain throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Lupaus was covering up waiting for the punch and Pain finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pain controls from within his opponent's guard.
Pain with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lupaus looking for a sweep. Not yet Lupaus, not yet.
Pain postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lupaus manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lupaus wants to control the pace but Pain is squirming around nicely.
Lupaus controlling his opponent.
Pain wants to control but Lupaus is having none of it.
Lupaus tries to control but Pain wriggling away.
Pain really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lupaus looking to ground and pound but Pain is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lupaus is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pain keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lupaus content just to control the position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pain tries to hold on but Lupaus pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lupaus trying to control but Pain is having none of it.
Pain is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nuppu Lupaus dominated that round.
That's time! Lupaus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pain tries a low kick but Lupaus avoids it.
Pain moves out of range as Lupaus strikes.
Lupaus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pain drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nuppu Lupaus is winning the standup battle so far.
Pain slips a jab and a cross from Lupaus.
Pain tries to close the distance and clinch but Lupaus swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lupaus scores with a nice right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pain, as that shot connected.
Lupaus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pain ducks under a wild hook from Lupaus.
Lupaus thows a body shot but no joy.
Pain throws a sloppy body shot
and Lupaus counters with a series of strikes. Pain will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lupaus throws a hook but Pain avoids it easily.
Pain scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lupaus misses with a body shot.
Pain throws a lazy uppercut
and Lupaus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lupaus scores with a three punch combo!
Pain throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lupaus counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Lupaus gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pain postures up.
Lupaus managing to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lupaus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lupaus keeping moving, preventing Pain from controlling successfully.
Lupaus pulls Pain in to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Nuppu Lupaus.
Pain tries to clinch but Lupaus moves out of range.
Pain uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lupaus.
Lupaus thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pain takes one to the side of the head.
Lupaus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lupaus swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lupaus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pain.
A big left from Pain misses.
Lupaus throws a big shot that misses.
Lupaus cracks Pain with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pain shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lupaus sprawls well. Lupaus wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pain gets slowly back to his feet.
Pain is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lupaus sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pain fails with a takedown attempt.
Nuppu Lupaus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dee Pain.
Horrible takedown by Pain or perhaps it was just good defense by Lupaus which made him look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Lupaus.
Pain misses with a takedown attempt - Lupaus sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pain misses with a wild combination.
Pain moves away from the strike by Lupaus.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lupaus misses with a wild combination.
Lupaus throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Nuppu Lupaus will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pain tried to score with a low kick but Lupaus checks it.
Lupaus drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lupaus throws out the jab.
Pain walks into a straight right hand from Lupaus.
Lupaus scores with a body shot.
Lupaus is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pain slips a jab from Lupaus.
Pain fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lupaus is out of range.
Pain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lupaus throws a right hand that misses
letting Pain counter with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Lupaus misses the target.
Pain walks into a stiff left hand from Lupaus.
Pain wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pain takes one to the side of the head.

Pain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pain prevents a body shot from Lupaus.
Lupaus is trying to break free.
Lupaus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pain takes a shot to the head.
Pain digs a right hand underneath Lupaus's ribcage. Lupaus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lupaus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pain looking for a takedown.
Pain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lupaus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pain lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pain lands with a short shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lupaus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lupaus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lupaus.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pain misses with some punches.
Lupaus misses with the head strike.
Lupaus tries to throw a body punch but Pain avoids it by throwing Lupaus back against the cage.
Lupaus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Pain.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pain.
Pain lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pain is looking to take this one to the mat.
Pain working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Lupaus is rocked!
Pain blocking some punches.
Oh Lupaus is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pain misses with a body punch.
Lupaus seems to have got his legs back now.
Lupaus misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lupaus throws a head punch that misses.
Pain lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lupaus misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pain lands a body punch.
Pain pushes Lupaus against the cage. Pain is working some dirty boxing. Pain pushes off with a quick right hook! Lupaus goes down! Lupaus tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Pain moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dee Pain!
Dee Pain seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.