PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Sergei Pavelchenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boris Klitscko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Pavelchenko
vs
Klitscko

210 cm
23
295 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Self confident

Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Boris Klitscko!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavelchenko fails in his attempt to clinch.
Klitscko misses with an uppercut.
Pavelchenko is looking to clinch but Klitscko is avoiding it.
Klitscko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Klitscko misses with an uppercut
and Pavelchenko counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Klitscko swats away the attempt to clinch by Pavelchenko.
Pavelchenko slips a straight right by Klitscko.
Klitscko stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch but Klitscko moves away
and Klitscko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch but Klitscko moves out of range.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch.

Pavelchenko has Klitscko up against the cage in a clinch.
Klitscko is trying to break the clinch but Pavelchenko is controlling him.
Pavelchenko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Klitscko is defending well for now.
Klitscko lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Klitscko wants to get back to striking at distance but Pavelchenko won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavelchenko landing knees to the head.
Klitscko has had enough of the clinch but Pavelchenko keeps him there for the moment.
Pavelchenko has Klitscko pressed against the cage, preventing Klitscko from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Klitscko is looking to break free of the clinch but Pavelchenko has double underhooks.
Pavelchenko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Klitscko's efforts to push away.
Pavelchenko is trying to force a seperation but Klitscko has the dominant position.
Pavelchenko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Klitscko wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pavelchenko has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Klitscko.
Pavelchenko keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Klitscko's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Klitscko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Klitscko wants to break free but Pavelchenko has control.
A frustrated look appears on Klitscko's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Pavelchenko breaks from the clinch.
Klitscko throws a hook to the side of Pavelchenko's head but Pavelchenko sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Pavelchenko clinches.
Pavelchenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Klitscko's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavelchenko is trying to force a seperation but Klitscko has the dominant position.
Klitscko wants to break free but Pavelchenko has control.
Pavelchenko scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klitscko has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Klitscko wants to break free but Pavelchenko has control.
Pavelchenko comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Boris Klitscko has been cut.
Klitscko has had enough of the clinch but Pavelchenko keeps him there for the moment.
Klitscko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Klitscko is trying to break the clinch but Pavelchenko is controlling him.
Klitscko is trying to break the clinch but Pavelchenko is controlling him.
Pavelchenko is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pavelchenko lands an uppercut.
Pavelchenko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Klitscko's defenses.
Pavelchenko lands an elbow inside that Klitscko shrugs off.
Klitscko looks gassed!
Pavelchenko's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pavelchenko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pavelchenko is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Klitscko tries to circle away but Pavelchenko has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavelchenko lands a good knee to the midsection. Klitscko won't want to take too many of those.

Pavelchenko breaks the clinch.
Pavelchenko is looking to clinch.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch but Klitscko moves out of range.
Pavelchenko lands a high kick!
Klitscko misses with a hook.
Klitscko throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pavelchenko wants to clinch.
Klitscko misses with a hook. Pavelchenko ducked under it nicely.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Klitscko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch there but Klitscko circles away.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Klitscko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pavelchenko moves in looking to clinch but Klitscko pushes him off.
Pavelchenko throws a series of punches but Klitscko avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Klitscko circles away from the clinch attempt
and Klitscko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Klitscko misses with an uppercut. Pavelchenko saw that one coming.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch but Klitscko is having none of it.
Klitscko looks to score with a jab to the body but Pavelchenko is just out of range.

Pavelchenko takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pavelchenko is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Klitscko is keeping busy.
Pavelchenko seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Klitscko is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Pavelchenko breaks from the clinch.
A punch combination from Klitscko misses.
Klitscko throws a right hand that misses
and Pavelchenko counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Klitscko thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Pavelchenko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boris Klitscko's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

The fight stays on the outside here - Pavelchenko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pavelchenko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Klitscko paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pavelchenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Klitscko scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pavelchenko lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Pavelchenko throws a head kick that Klitscko semi-blocks.
Klitscko lands with a hook. Pavelchenko tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Klitscko throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Klitscko throws a hook but Pavelchenko avoids it easily.
Pavelchenko's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Klitscko connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pavelchenko scrambles back to his feet.

It looks like Sergei Pavelchenko has been cut.
Pavelchenko tries to clinch but Klitscko moves out of range.
Pavelchenko ducks right into an uppercut from Klitscko.
Klitscko swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pavelchenko walks straight into devastating uppercut and drops to the floor, clearly wobbled! Can he beat the count? 4,5,6,7... he's up! And he's down again! The ref steps in and calls an end to the fight! What a punch that was!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Boris Klitscko!