PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mercutio Benvolio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vadislov Pavlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercutio Benvolio has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Benvolio
vs
Pavlov

194 cm
26
183 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

185 cm
26
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mercutio Benvolio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vadislov Pavlov!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benvolio lands the left hand.
Benvolio scores with a nice right hand.
Pavlov is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Benvolio.
Benvolio throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Pavlov counters by moving into the clinch.
Benvolio misses with the head strike.
Pavlov tries to land knees in the clinch but Benvolio avoids the damage to the body.

Benvolio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benvolio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benvolio throws a leg kick but Pavlov sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pavlov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Benvolio throws a head kick that misses.
Pavlov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benvolio connects with a good right hand that stumbles Pavlov. Pavlov circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice defenses there by Benvolio.
Benvolio scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pavlov closes the distance looking to clinch
and Benvolio counters with a stiff right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlov ducks right into an uppercut from Benvolio.
Benvolio throws a sloppy body shot
and Pavlov counters with a straight right hand.
Benvolio checks a low kick from Pavlov.
Benvolio tests Pavlov's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Benvolio jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A good leg kick by Benvolio.
Pavlov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pavlov walks forward, straight into a front kick from Benvolio.
Benvolio throws a leg kick that misses.
Benvolio sizes up Pavlov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pavlov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Benvolio.
Benvolio fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pavlov manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Benvolio.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pavlov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Benvolio has time to react.
A decent looking cross lands there for Benvolio.
Pavlov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Benvolio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pavlov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Benvolio.
Benvolio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pavlov.
Pavlov with a hook.
Jab by Benvolio.
Benvolio is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pavlov tries to close the distance and clinch but Benvolio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pavlov walks into a jab.
Benvolio throws a head kick but Pavlov moves out of range.
Benvolio scores with a punch to the head.
Benvolio is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Pavlov feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Benvolio's calf.
Benvolio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab from Pavlov misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov tries to close the distance and clinch but Benvolio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benvolio misses with a hook. Pavlov ducked under it nicely.
Benvolio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Benvolio throws a head kick that misses.
Pavlov uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Benvolio.
Pavlov takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Benvolio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pavlov blocks a jab.
Pavlov tries to clinch but Benvolio moves out of range.
Benvolio throws a good cross that connects.
Pavlov throws a looping overhand right but Benvolio ducks down to avoid it.
Benvolio lands a nice looking body kick.
Benvolio misses with a head kick.
Benvolio misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov blocks a leg kick.
Benvolio swings widly with a right hand
and Pavlov counters with a straight right hand.
Benvolio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Benvolio bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Benvolio throws a lazy head kick
enabling Pavlov to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benvolio stalks Pavlov and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pavlov's face. Pavlov staggers backwards, shaken.

Pavlov rushes Benvolio and presses him up against the cage.
Pavlov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Benvolio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pavlov backwards.
Pavlov lands with a light punch inside.
Benvolio gets through Pavlov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
With the fighters up against the cage, Pavlov throws an elbow but misses.
Benvolio wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pavlov has him pressed against the cage.
Pavlov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benvolio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pavlov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benvolio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mercutio Benvolio dominated that round.
That's time! Benvolio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Benvolio connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pavlov momentarily.
Pavlov misses the jab.
Benvolio throws a chopping leg kick but Pavlov manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Pavlov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pavlov fails with an attempt to clinch.

Benvolio tries to keep at a distance but Pavlov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pavlov misses with an elbow strike.
Benvolio works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pavlov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Benvolio working hard to break the clinch.
Benvolio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Benvolio working aggressively here.
Benvolio tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pavlov misses with a hook to the ribs.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pavlov misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlov misses with an elbow over the top.
Pavlov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pavlov trying to land knees to the body.
Pavlov lands an uppercut.
Benvolio makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Benvolio.
Pavlov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pavlov lands a left hand.
Pavlov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benvolio is defending well for now.
Benvolio lands a left hand.
Benvolio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Come on Benvolio - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Benvolio throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Benvolio throws a punch but it's blocked by Pavlov.
Pavlov crunches a lovely knee into Benvolio's ribcage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benvolio managing to block the knees to the body from Pavlov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benvolio lands an elbow inside.
Pavlov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pavlov lands an elbow inside that Benvolio shrugs off.

It looks like Mercutio Benvolio has been cut.

Benvolio manages to break the clinch.
Pavlov takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice leg kick lands there from Benvolio.

Pavlov has Benvolio up against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Benvolio.
Pavlov blocking some punches.
Benvolio has a couple of punches blocked by Pavlov.
A left hand lands to the body for Benvolio.
Pavlov lands an elbow just above Benvolio 's eye.
Pavlov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pavlov misses with a knee to the head.
Benvolio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pavlov avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov can't find room to land a body shot as Benvolio controls the action.
Benvolio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pavlov looking to throw knees to the head but Benvolio is blocking nicely.
Benvolio digs a right hand underneath Pavlov's ribcage. Pavlov let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Benvolio breaks from the clinch.
Pavlov moves away from the strike by Benvolio.
Pavlov doesn't manage to clinch there - Benvolio circles away.
Pavlov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Benvolio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pavlov slips under a jab from Benvolio.
Benvolio throws a solid leg kick but Pavlov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Benvolio.
Benvolio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pavlov slips a straight right by Benvolio.
Benvolio throws out a powerful jab.
Some wild striking there from Pavlov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benvolio.
Pavlov scores with a jab.
Pavlov misses with an uppercut
and Benvolio counters with a low kick, right behind Pavlov 's knee.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pavlov tries to clinch but Benvolio moves out of range.
Benvolio lands with an uppercut that bounces Pavlov off the cage and back into range.
Benvolio connects with a right hand. Pavlov shakes it off.
Benvolio takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pavlov takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Benvolio lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Benvolio misses with a looping right.

Benvolio tries to keep at a distance but Pavlov has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Benvolio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mercutio Benvolio dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mercutio Benvolio's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Pavlov checks a low kick from Benvolio.
Pavlov throws an overhand right that lands on Benvolio's shoulder, as Benvolio tries to avoid the shot.
Pavlov wants to clinch.
Benvolio throws a hook but Pavlov avoids it easily.
Benvolio misses with a series of wild punches.

Pavlov moves into the clinch.
Pavlov tries to land a knee to the head but Benvolio blocks with his arms.
A right hand to the body from Benvolio.
Benvolio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Benvolio avoids the elbow strike from Pavlov, against the cage.
Pavlov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Benvolio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Benvolio lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlov misses with a punch to the body.
Benvolio lands a right hand.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pavlov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Benvolio's brow.
Benvolio lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pavlov backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Benvolio.

Pavlov is rocked!

It looks like Vadislov Pavlov has been cut.
A short uppercut from Pavlov.
Pavlov is still on wobbly legs! Can Benvolio finish him?
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Benvolio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pavlov's brow.
Pavlov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benvolio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mercutio Benvolio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Benvolio looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pavlov seems to have recovered his senses.
Pavlov presses Benvolio against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Benvolio dodges an elbow strike from Pavlov.
Benvolio blocks an elbow strike from Pavlov.
Pavlov tries to land knees in the clinch but Benvolio avoids the damage to the body.
Pavlov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benvolio avoids it.
Pavlov missing with knees to the body.
Pavlov missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov tries to land a knee to the head but Benvolio blocks with his arms.
Benvolio scores with a shoulder strike.
Benvolio blocks an elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pavlov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pavlov has a couple of punches blocked by Benvolio.

Benvolio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pavlov tries to clinch up but Benvolio circles away and keeps his distance.
Pavlov slips under a jab from Benvolio.
Benvolio misses with a looping left.
Benvolio walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pavlov checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sloppy strikes from Benvolio. Those never looked like landing.
Pavlov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benvolio lands a front kick.
Pavlov takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mercutio Benvolio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Pavlov. Those never looked like landing.

Pavlov takes the fight into the clinch.
Pavlov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Benvolio lands with a light punch inside.
Pavlov throws an elbow but it misses.

Benvolio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Benvolio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Benvolio scores with a jab to the body.
Benvolio throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Benvolio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pavlov moves out of range as Benvolio strikes.
A good leg kick by Benvolio.
Benvolio finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavlov on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That kick from Benvolio tenderised Pavlov's leg. Pavlov is trying to keep his angry face on.
Pavlov fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benvolio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pavlov.
Pavlov cracks Benvolio with an open hand slap.
Benvolio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pavlov. That did some damage!
Benvolio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pavlov.
Benvolio lands with an overhand left.
Benvolio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pavlov.
Benvolio will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Benvolio.
Benvolio keeps the fight on the outside.
Vadislov Pavlov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mercutio Benvolio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Benvolio tries a head kick but it misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mercutio Benvolio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Benvolio 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mercutio Benvolio!