PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cormack Labrador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Pavlyuchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pavlyuchenko is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Enae Volare Mezzo. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Labrador
vs
Pavlyuchenko

180 cm
22
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

198 cm
22
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cormack Labrador!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ruslan Pavlyuchenko!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Labrador is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pavlyuchenko scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Cormack Labrador has been cut.
Labrador throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Labrador fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pavlyuchenko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Labrador tries to clinch up but Pavlyuchenko circles away and keeps his distance.
Pavlyuchenko fails to land with a series of punches.
Labrador fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pavlyuchenko misses with a double jab.
Pavlyuchenko throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Labrador wants to clinch.
Labrador lands with a nice body punch.
Pavlyuchenko looks gassed!
Pavlyuchenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Labrador.
Labrador ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Labrador tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Labrador chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Labrador tries to clinch but Pavlyuchenko moves out of range.
Labrador jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cormack Labrador seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Labrador fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pavlyuchenko throws a nice looking combination but Labrador bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Labrador throws a big shot that misses.
Pavlyuchenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Labrador misses with the combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Labrador looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pavlyuchenko misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pavlyuchenko misses with a jab, cross combination.
Labrador is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pavlyuchenko thows a leg kick but Labrador checks it

and Labrador moves into the clinch.
Pavlyuchenko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Labrador.
Labrador lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Labrador landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Labrador.
Labrador blocks an uppercut.
Labrador using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Labrador landing knees to the body.
Labrador lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pavlyuchenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pavlyuchenko wants to break free but Labrador has control.
Labrador comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pavlyuchenko avoiding damage as Labrador throws knees to the body.
Labrador tries to land knees in the clinch but Pavlyuchenko avoids the damage to the body.
Labrador lands an elbow just above Pavlyuchenko 's eye.
Pavlyuchenko swings wildly with an uppercut but Labrador uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pavlyuchenko blocks an elbow strike from Labrador.
Labrador lands a nice elbow.
Labrador landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Labrador gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Labrador gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Labrador looking to throw knees to the head but Pavlyuchenko is blocking nicely.
Pavlyuchenko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Labrador gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pavlyuchenko wants to break free but Labrador has control.
Pavlyuchenko managing to block the knees to the body from Labrador.
Pavlyuchenko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Labrador has him pressed against the cage.
Pavlyuchenko managing to block the knees to the body from Labrador.
Labrador tries to land knees in the clinch but Pavlyuchenko avoids the damage to the body.
Pavlyuchenko managing to block the knees to the body from Labrador.
Labrador unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pavlyuchenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Labrador.
Pavlyuchenko has a couple of punches blocked by Labrador.
Labrador lands a nice knee to the body.
Labrador lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Ruslan Pavlyuchenko has been cut.
Pavlyuchenko can't break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Labrador keeps control of Pavlyuchenko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pavlyuchenko wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pavlyuchenko takes an elbow to the temple.
Labrador lands a knee to the body.
Labrador unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pavlyuchenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Labrador lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pavlyuchenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Labrador landing knees to the head.
Pavlyuchenko throws a punch but it's blocked by Labrador.
Labrador prevents Pavlyuchenko from breaking the clinch.
Labrador lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Labrador tries to land a knee to the head but Pavlyuchenko blocks with his arms.
Labrador scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Labrador.
Labrador landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Labrador missing with knees to the body.
Pavlyuchenko dodges an elbow strike from Labrador.
Labrador prevents Pavlyuchenko from breaking the clinch.

Pavlyuchenko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Labrador tries to close the distance and clinch but Pavlyuchenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Labrador slips a jab and a cross from Pavlyuchenko.
Labrador shoots in but no luck this time.
The fight stays on the outside here - Labrador looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Labrador throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pavlyuchenko connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pavlyuchenko fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Labrador waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Pavlyuchenko.
Pavlyuchenko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Labrador counter with a right hand.
Labrador is looking to clinch but Pavlyuchenko is avoiding it.

Labrador moves into range and clinches up with Pavlyuchenko.
Pavlyuchenko throws a head punch that misses.
Labrador blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Labrador blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Labrador misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pavlyuchenko.
Labrador misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pavlyuchenko.
Labrador looking to throw knees to the head but Pavlyuchenko is blocking nicely.
Labrador missing with knees to the body.
Labrador landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Labrador.
Labrador connects with a knee to the head.
Labrador lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pavlyuchenko is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Labrador gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Labrador.
Labrador scores with a knee to the head.
Pavlyuchenko is looking to break free of the clinch but Labrador has double underhooks.
Pavlyuchenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pavlyuchenko wants to break the clinch but can't.
Labrador tries to land knees in the clinch but Pavlyuchenko avoids the damage to the body.
Labrador throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Labrador lands an elbow inside that Pavlyuchenko shrugs off.
Labrador tries to land knees in the clinch but Pavlyuchenko avoids the damage to the body.
Pavlyuchenko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Labrador connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pavlyuchenko's face.
Pavlyuchenko is looking to break free of the clinch but Labrador has double underhooks.
Pavlyuchenko can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cormack Labrador dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Labrador moves in looking to clinch but Pavlyuchenko pushes him off.
Labrador showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pavlyuchenko.
Pavlyuchenko avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pavlyuchenko throws a combination. Labrador tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Labrador misses with a body kick.
Labrador tries to clinch up but Pavlyuchenko circles away and keeps his distance.
Labrador dodges the punch combination from Pavlyuchenko.
Labrador's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Labrador duly obliges.
Labrador tries to clinch there but Pavlyuchenko circles away.
Labrador tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pavlyuchenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
No luck for Labrador with that takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pavlyuchenko misses with a series of wild punches.
Labrador throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pavlyuchenko counters with a left and a right that stings Labrador.
Pavlyuchenko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Labrador counters by moving into the clinch.
Pavlyuchenko lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Labrador misses with a knee strike.
Pavlyuchenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Labrador is pressed up against the cage. Pavlyuchenko has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Labrador down to the mat. Labrador avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Labrador tries to clinch up but Pavlyuchenko circles away and keeps his distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Labrador blocks the leg kick.
Pavlyuchenko throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pavlyuchenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Labrador.
Labrador fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pavlyuchenko scores with a punch to the head.
Labrador slips a jab and a cross from Pavlyuchenko.
Labrador tries to clinch there but Pavlyuchenko circles away.
Labrador is looking to clinch.
Pavlyuchenko throws a right and a left that Labrador avoids nicely.
Labrador works Pavlyuchenko's body with a nice hook.
Pavlyuchenko throws a right hand that Labrador ducks under and follows up with a left that Labrador also avoids with ease.
Labrador is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pavlyuchenko can do to turn this around?
Pavlyuchenko misses with a wild combination.
Pavlyuchenko stuffs the takedown attempt from Labrador. Labrador gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pavlyuchenko looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pavlyuchenko pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Labrador gets a clinch.
Labrador blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Labrador lands an elbow inside that Pavlyuchenko shrugs off.
Labrador is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Labrador's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Labrador gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Labrador scores a nice knee to the body.
Labrador lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Labrador lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Labrador unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pavlyuchenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Labrador crunches a lovely knee into Pavlyuchenko's ribcage.
Pavlyuchenko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Labrador.
Labrador landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pavlyuchenko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Labrador is keeping busy.
Labrador unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pavlyuchenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Labrador stops a takedown attempt from Pavlyuchenko.
Labrador lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Labrador scores with a knee to the head.
Pavlyuchenko scores with a shoulder strike.
Pavlyuchenko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Labrador lands a knee to the body.
Labrador crunches a lovely knee into Pavlyuchenko's ribcage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pavlyuchenko.

Labrador is rocked!

Pavlyuchenko breaks from the clinch.
Oh Labrador is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pavlyuchenko lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Labrador is looking to close the distance but Pavlyuchenko sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Labrador crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Labrador is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Ruslan Pavlyuchenko!