PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Pavlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benedikt Pushkar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pavlov
vs
Pushkar

195 cm
24
300 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

212 cm
25
285 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pavel Pavlov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Benedikt Pushkar!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavlov takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pushkar throws a right hand that Pavlov ducks under and follows up with a left that Pavlov also avoids with ease.

Pushkar drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Pavlov wants to sweep but no luck.
Pushkar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pavlov is keeping the position for now.
Pushkar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Pavlov working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Pushkar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pavlov lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pushkar!

Pavlov goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Pushkar turns into him and now he's in Pavlov's guard.
Pushkar's corner is telling him to maintain position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pavlov trying to control the position.
Pushkar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pushkar slips nicely into half guard.
Pavlov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pushkar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pushkar is trying to control the action in half guard but Pavlov is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pavlov tries to roll over but Pushkar keeps him under control.
Pavlov slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pushkar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pushkar throwing strikes but missing.
Pushkar wants to control from the top but Pavlov keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pushkar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Pavlov looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pushkar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pavlov's head.
Pushkar passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pushkar lands a decent elbow from side control.

It looks like Pavel Pavlov has been cut.
Pushkar advances to full mount.
Pavlov is in a horrible position here. Pushkar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pavlov is desperately trying to improve his position but Pushkar has a good base and remains in mount.
Pushkar dominating with strikes here.
Pavlov in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Pushkar with good strikes from the mount here!
Pushkar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pavlov looks a forlorn figure.
Pushkar postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Pavlov in real trouble here! The ref calls for Pavlov to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benedikt Pushkar!
A very excited looking Benedikt Pushkar made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.