PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sergei Pavelchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Erhorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sergei Pavelchenko has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pavelchenko
vs
Erhorn

210 cm
23
295 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

215 cm
19
255 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Excellent MT
Self confident

Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sergei Pavelchenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Erhorn!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavelchenko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Erhorn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Pavelchenko rushes Erhorn and presses him up against the cage.
Pavelchenko is trying to break free.
Pavelchenko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Erhorn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pavelchenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Erhorn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pavelchenko looks to land a body kick but Erhorn moved away.
Erhorn misses with a series of wild punches.
Erhorn tries to bum rush Pavelchenko with a series of wild strikes but Pavelchenko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Erhorn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pavelchenko.
A combination from Erhorn does no damage.
Erhorn keeps the fight on the outside.
Erhorn throws a right and a left that Pavelchenko avoids nicely.
Erhorn misses with a double jab.
Pavelchenko pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch up but Erhorn keeps it at a distance.
Pavelchenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Erhorn circles away.
Erhorn throws a right and a left that Pavelchenko avoids nicely.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch up but Erhorn keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erhorn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Erhorn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Erhorn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Erhorn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pavelchenko scores with a one two! Erhorn had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch.
Erhorn misses with a double jab.
A combination from Erhorn does no damage.
Pavelchenko throws out a leg kick but Erhorn moves out of range and Pavelchenko only half commits.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pavelchenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pavelchenko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pavelchenko avoids a punch combination nicely.

Pavelchenko instigates a clinch.
Erhorn working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Pavelchenko.

Erhorn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sloppy strikes from Erhorn. Those never looked like landing.
Erhorn misses with a wild combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pavelchenko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Erhorn misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Erhorn.
Erhorn swinging wildly here.
Erhorn looks to land a combination but Pavelchenko avoids it well.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch up but Erhorn keeps it at a distance.
Erhorn scores with a one two! Pavelchenko had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pavelchenko is looking to clinch but Erhorn is avoiding it.
Erhorn swats away the attempt to clinch by Pavelchenko.
Erhorn throws a series of punches but Pavelchenko moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavelchenko connects with a jab.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Erhorn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Erhorn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pavelchenko misses with a few strikes there.
Pavelchenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Erhorn throws a series of punches but Pavelchenko avoids them all with ease.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch up but Erhorn keeps it at a distance.
Erhorn tries to bum rush Pavelchenko with a series of wild strikes but Pavelchenko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pavelchenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Erhorn circles away.
Erhorn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pavelchenko.
Erhorn throws a nice looking combination but Pavelchenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Erhorn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Erhorn throws a series of punches but Pavelchenko moves out of range.
Matt Erhorn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pavelchenko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Erhorn looks gassed!
Erhorn misses with a two punch combination.
Erhorn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Erhorn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Erhorn misses with a few strikes there.
Pavelchenko moves in looking to clinch but Erhorn pushes him off.
Erhorn keeps the fight on the outside.
Pavelchenko moves in looking to clinch but Erhorn pushes him off.
Pavelchenko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Erhorn.
Erhorn circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pavelchenko.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch there but Erhorn circles away.
Erhorn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pavelchenko circles away quickly and effectively.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pavelchenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Erhorn throws a combination that misses
and Pavelchenko counters with a left and a right that stings Erhorn.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pavelchenko is looking to clinch.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Erhorn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Erhorn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch there but Erhorn circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Pavelchenko dominated that round.
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.

Pavelchenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pavelchenko is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Erhorn.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch there but Erhorn circles away.
Pavelchenko moves in looking to clinch but Erhorn pushes him off.
Erhorn throws a combination that misses
and Pavelchenko counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Erhorn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pavelchenko slips a jab and a cross from Erhorn.
Erhorn misses with a double jab.
Erhorn uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pavelchenko.
Pavelchenko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Erhorn.
Erhorn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Erhorn misses with a wild combination.
Erhorn blocks a low kick nicely.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch up but Erhorn keeps it at a distance.
Pavelchenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Erhorn circles away.
Erhorn throws a nice looking combination but Pavelchenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch.
Erhorn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Erhorn feints a jab promting Pavelchenko to slip. Erhorn then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pavelchenko slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Pavelchenko throws a series of punches but Erhorn avoids them all with ease.
Pavelchenko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Erhorn's calf.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch up.
Erhorn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Erhorn is breathing heavily.
Erhorn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Erhorn throws a nice looking combination but Pavelchenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sergei Pavelchenko is winning the standup battle so far.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch but Erhorn is having none of it.
Erhorn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sergei Pavelchenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Erhorn keeps the fight on the outside.
Pavelchenko is looking to clinch but Erhorn is avoiding it.
Erhorn closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erhorn misses with a two punch combination.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Erhorn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch but Erhorn moves out of range.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Erhorn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Erhorn swinging wildly here.
Erhorn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pavelchenko is looking to clinch.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch up but Erhorn keeps it at a distance.
Erhorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Erhorn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pavelchenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Erhorn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Erhorn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch but Erhorn moves out of range.
Pavelchenko throws a low kick but it's checked well by Erhorn.
Erhorn misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavelchenko throws the kick towards the body but Erhorn avoids it.
Pavelchenko dodges the punch combination from Erhorn.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pavelchenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Erhorn throws a combination that misses
and Pavelchenko counters with a two punch combo.

It looks like Matt Erhorn has been cut.
Pavelchenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pavelchenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Erhorn chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pavelchenko can pounce on him.
Erhorn keeps the fight on the outside.
Erhorn's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Erhorn duly obliges.
Pavelchenko is looking to clinch but Erhorn is avoiding it.
Erhorn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch up but Erhorn keeps it at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Erhorn.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavelchenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Erhorn misses with a series of wild punches.
Erhorn throws a combination that misses
and Pavelchenko counters with a nice low kick that buckles Erhorn's knee momentarily.
Erhorn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice body kick there by Pavelchenko.
Erhorn throws a nice looking combination but Pavelchenko bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch but Erhorn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Erhorn circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pavelchenko avoids a punch combination nicely.
A punch combination from Erhorn misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pavelchenko is looking to clinch.
A good leg kick by Pavelchenko.
Erhorn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pavelchenko moves in looking to clinch but Erhorn pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Pavelchenko dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matt Erhorn's cut.
That's time! Pavelchenko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A good leg kick by Pavelchenko.
Erhorn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch.
Erhorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pavelchenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Erhorn circles away.
Erhorn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Erhorn misses with a few strikes there.
Erhorn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pavelchenko counters with a left and a right that stings Erhorn.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Erhorn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Erhorn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pavelchenko showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Erhorn.
Pavelchenko tried to score with a low kick but Erhorn checks it.
Erhorn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Erhorn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Erhorn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Pavelchenko has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Erhorn managing to block the knees to the body from Pavelchenko.
Pavelchenko wants to break free but Erhorn has control.
Erhorn is trying to maintain a safe position but Pavelchenko gets an underhook and turns Erhorn into the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pavelchenko obliges.
Pavelchenko working hard to break the clinch.
Pavelchenko missing with knees to the body.
Pavelchenko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Erhorn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pavelchenko wants to get back to striking at distance but Erhorn won't allow it.
Pavelchenko looking to stall.
Pavelchenko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pavelchenko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Erhorn blocks an elbow strike from Pavelchenko.
Erhorn avoiding damage as Pavelchenko throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erhorn prevents a body shot from Pavelchenko.
Pavelchenko tries to circle away but Erhorn has him pinned against the cage.

Erhorn breaks from the clinch.
Erhorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Pavelchenko, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Erhorn. Those never looked like landing.
Pavelchenko stalks Erhorn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Erhorn's face. Erhorn staggers backwards, shaken.
Erhorn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Erhorn swats away the attempt to clinch by Pavelchenko.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pavelchenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch up.
Pavelchenko swinging wildly here.
Erhorn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pavelchenko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erhorn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Erhorn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Erhorn misses with the combination.
Pavelchenko doesn't manage to clinch there - Erhorn circles away.
Erhorn misses with a series of wild punches.
Erhorn keeps the fight on the outside.
Erhorn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Erhorn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch up but Erhorn circles away and keeps his distance.
Erhorn misses with a few strikes there.
Erhorn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pavelchenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Erhorn keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erhorn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pavelchenko misses with a wild combination.
Pavelchenko tries to bum rush Erhorn with a series of wild strikes but Erhorn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Erhorn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pavelchenko moves in looking to clinch but Erhorn pushes him off.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Erhorn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Erhorn swats away the attempt to clinch by Pavelchenko.
Pavelchenko lands with a shot to the body.
Erhorn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Erhorn throws a series of punches but Pavelchenko moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Erhorn swats away the attempt to clinch by Pavelchenko.
Erhorn looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Matt Erhorn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pavelchenko wants to clinch up but Erhorn keeps it at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergei Pavelchenko showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pavelchenko has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergei Pavelchenko!