PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dragqueen Lovejoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and paul bain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dragqueen Lovejoy has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Lovejoy
vs
bain

214 cm
22
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Likes ground

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dragqueen Lovejoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, paul bain!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from bain.
paul bain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

bain gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
bain missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
bain trying to mount his opponent but Lovejoy defends it.
bain missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
bain sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lovejoy defending well though.
bain throwing shots but Lovejoy is blocking nicely.

Lovejoy kicks off bain and gets to his feet.
Lovejoy is breathing heavily.

bain shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
bain punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lovejoy is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Lovejoy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
bain breaks from Lovejoy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
bain landing strikes from the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
bain lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lovejoy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
bain has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
bain with the ground and pound from mount.
bain landing strikes from the mount.
Lovejoy is in a horrible position here. bain smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lovejoy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
bain lands a nice shot to the head.
Lovejoy is in a horrible position here. bain smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
bain has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lovejoy's face.
A nice elbow there by bain.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, bain cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
bain landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovejoy is bucking up trying to escape but bain cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
bain with shots to the head and body - Lovejoy looks very uncomfortable down there.
bain is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Lovejoy can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
bain looking to finish Lovejoy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lovejoy!
Lovejoy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
BOOM! bain connects with a massive shot to the dome!
bain fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
bain scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lovejoy?
bain dominating with strikes here.
bain with shots to the head and body - Lovejoy looks very uncomfortable down there.
bain lands a big elbow.
bain lands a big shot there that rocks Lovejoy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
bain working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Lovejoy is bucking up trying to escape but bain cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
bain is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bain lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
bain lands a big elbow.
bain looking to finish Lovejoy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lovejoy!
Lovejoy is trying desperately to improve position.
bain lands a big shot there that rocks Lovejoy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
bain is landing with some decent strikes but Lovejoy is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
bain lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lovejoy hang on?
Lovejoy taking shots to the head.
bain landing punches.
Lovejoy tries to hold on but bain postures up.
bain in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lovejoy is bucking up trying to escape but bain cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lovejoy is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
bain lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lovejoy hang on?
Lovejoy is wriggling around trying to escape.
bain landing punches.
bain lands a nice shot to the head.
bain with the ground and pound from mount.
bain lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
bain unloading with bombs!
bain raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
bain looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lovejoy wants to hold on but bain pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

paul bain dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

bain has a takedown stuffed.
bain shoots in and drives through. Lovejoy sprawls well.
bain moves out of range as Lovejoy throws a body kick.
bain shoots in but Lovejoy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Dragqueen Lovejoy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of paul bain.
bain shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lovejoy as he jumps to the side.
bain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lovejoy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
bain shoots for a double leg takedown but Lovejoy sprawls well. He's pushed bain's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lovejoy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

bain shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Lovejoy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
bain throws and elbow that misses. Lovejoy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in bain's guard. Nice move by Lovejoy!
Lovejoy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
bain tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
bain is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
bain wants to pass to mount but Lovejoy is defending the position.
Lovejoy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lovejoy tries to get out of the position.
Lovejoy tries to get to full guard but bain has control of the leg.
paul bain has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lovejoy trying to control but bain postures up.
bain lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. bain lands a nice short elbow.
bain wants to pass to mount but Lovejoy is defending the position.
bain is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
bain wants to pass to mount but Lovejoy is defending the position.

Lovejoy pushes bain off and gets back to his feet.
bain shoots in but no luck this time.

bain changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lovejoy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lovejoy is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
bain landing a few strikes.
bain grinds an elbow into Lovejoy's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bain is chipping away with strikes.
bain lands some shots froms side control.
bain landing strikes.
bain is chipping away with strikes.
Lovejoy taking punishment in the form of punches.
bain lands a few punches from side control.
bain cracks Lovejoy with an elbow. That is naaassty.
bain is putting a hurting on Lovejoy here, landing some big shots from side control.
bain lands a few punches from side control.
bain tries to score with some ground and pound. Lovejoy controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
bain throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lovejoy struggling a bit here.
bain prevents Lovejoy from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
bain working the ground and pound from side control.
bain working the ground and pound.
bain connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lovejoy some visible discomfort.
Lovejoy is trying to buck bain off.
Lovejoy trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
bain scoring with punches from side control.
bain scoring with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

paul bain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

bain fails with a takedown attempt.
Lovejoy tries to clinch but bain moves out of range.
bain closes the distance and clinches up with Lovejoy, looking for a takedown. bain pushes Lovejoy against the cage but Lovejoy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Lovejoy pushes bain up against the cage in a clinch.
bain tries to pull guard but Lovejoy won't allow it.
Dragqueen Lovejoy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of paul bain.
Lovejoy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but bain has him pressed against the cage.
Lovejoy can't break the clinch.
bain tries to score a body lock takedown but Lovejoy shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
bain is working for takedown but Lovejoy is calmly controlling the position for now.

Lovejoy breaks from the clinch.

bain scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
bain is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from bain there.
Lovejoy trying to hold on to bain's head to control him but bain postures up.
Lovejoy blocking the ground and pound attempt from bain.

That's one minute gone in the round.
bain thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lovejoy's head.
Lovejoy wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
bain missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lovejoy is trying to stand back up but bain is controlling him

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

bain gets a takedown into half guard.
Lovejoy is pressing down on bain's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
bain stops Lovejoy from standing up.

Lovejoy manages to escape and get back to his feet.

bain shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. bain showed some decent athleticism there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. bain lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovejoy looks like he's trying to stand up.
bain lands strikes from half guard.
bain scoring with strikes to the body and head.
bain is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
bain takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Lovejoy has hold of bain's hands but bain slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
bain passes the guard and advances to mount!
Lovejoy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
bain pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
bain fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Lovejoy is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
bain working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, bain cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
bain is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dragqueen Lovejoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice elbow there by bain.
bain raining down shots from the mount!
bain looking to finish Lovejoy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lovejoy!
Lovejoy tries to reverse the position but bain maintains control.
bain raining down shots from the mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lovejoy squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
bain landing strikes from the mount and Lovejoy is in trouble!
Lovejoy throwing hammer fists to the chest of bain. What's that going to do exactly?
bain landing strikes, looking to finish!
bain scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lovejoy?
bain scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lovejoy?
bain with the ground and pound from mount.
bain unloading with bombs!
Lovejoy's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
bain postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Lovejoy looks a forlorn figure.
bain lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Lovejoy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
paul bain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got bain winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 26:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... paul bain!