PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Sherbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reza Katebi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sherbo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Boom Boom Out Go The Lights/ Pat Travers. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sherbo
vs
Katebi

177 cm
36
162 lbs
15 - 15 - 0

175 cm
31
165 lbs
15 - 17 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pavel Sherbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Reza Katebi!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crunch! Katebi slams his shin into Sherbo's torso.
Katebi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sherbo slips a straight right by Katebi.
Katebi keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sherbo seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Katebi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Katebi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sherbo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Katebi sprawls and moves away.
Katebi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sherbo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Katebi avoids the body shot from Sherbo.
Sherbo misses with an uppercut.
Katebi drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Sherbo defends it well.
Katebi throws a leg kick but Sherbo moved away.
A little feinted left hand from Sherbo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sherbo slips under a jab.
Sherbo thuds his right hand into Katebi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sherbo swings for the body but Katebi moves out of range.
Katebi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Katebi.
Sherbo lands a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Katebi throws a lazy uppercut
and Katebi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A nice leg kick lands there from Katebi.
Katebi throws out a loose jab but Sherbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Katebi moves away from the strike by Sherbo.
Pavel Sherbo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katebi misses the jab.
It looked like Sherbo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
No joy there for Sherbo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Katebi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Katebi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sherbo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Katebi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sherbo is fending him off so far but Katebi persists. Nope, Sherbo circles away and we're back to standing.
Pavel Sherbo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Reza Katebi.
A big right from Katebi misses.
A left lands for Sherbo.
Jab, jab by Katebi - just one landing.
Katebi misses with a hook. Sherbo ducked under it nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sherbo. Katebi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sherbo throws a hook to the side of Katebi's head but Katebi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Katebi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Katebi lands a jab to the head.
Katebi misses the shot to the body.
Sherbo throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Katebi swinging wildly here.
Sherbo throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Sherbo.
Sherbo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sherbo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Katebi was well out of range. Poor timing from Sherbo.
Sherbo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Katebi looks to score with a jab to the body but Sherbo is just out of range.
Katebi connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A jab from Katebi does it's job there.
Katebi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sherbo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Katebi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Sherbo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Katebi scores with a head kick.
Sherbo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Katebi is looking to slow Sherbo down with leg kicks.
Katebi throws a leg kick that misses.
Sherbo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Katebi tests Sherbo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sherbo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sherbo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Katebi avoids the body shot from Sherbo.
Sherbo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Katebi.
Katebi throws a big shot that misses.
Katebi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sherbo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Katebi misses with a series of wild punches.
Jab from Sherbo.
Katebi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sherbo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Katebi scores with a nice strike.
Sherbo misses with a wild combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Sherbo as he connects with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Katebi misses the target.
Katebi lands a nice shot to the body.
Sherbo lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sherbo stuns Katebi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Katebi there.
Katebi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sherbo moves away from the strike by Katebi.
Sherbo defending well as Katebi loads up on a big left hand.
Katebi moves away from the strike by Sherbo.
Sherbo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Katebi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Katebi slips a jab and a cross from Sherbo.
The fighters circling - Katebi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sherbo went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sherbo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Katebi misses with a head kick.
Katebi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sherbo to score with a decent uppercut.
Sherbo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Katebi wants to counter with a clinch but Sherbo pushes him away.
Katebi misses with a left hand
and Sherbo counters with a stiff right hand.
Sherbo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Katebi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Katebi is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sherbo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Katebi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
No joy there for Sherbo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Katebi throws a looping overhand right but Sherbo ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Sherbo 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.

A combination from Katebi does no damage.
Sherbo misses with a looping right.
Katebi throws a leg kick but Sherbo moved away.
A counter left hand to the body from Sherbo misses its target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sherbo. Katebi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Katebi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice defenses there by Sherbo.
Katebi throws a leg kick that misses.
Katebi avoids the body shot from Sherbo.
Pavel Sherbo is winning the standup battle so far.
Katebi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sherbo.
Donk. Sherbo catches Katebi right on the button with a cross.
Katebi misses with a hook to the body
and Sherbo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Katebi misses with a straight left.
Sherbo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Katebi can do to turn this around?
Sherbo missing with a left hand there. Katebi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Katebi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sherbo moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sherbo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Katebi throws out the jab.
Sherbo throws a lazy right hand but Katebi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sherbo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Katebi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sherbo throws a body punch but Katebi moves out of range.
Sherbo thuds his right hand into Katebi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Katebi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sherbo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Katebi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Katebi staying out of range there.
Katebi slips a straight right by Sherbo.
Katebi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sherbo circles away quickly and effectively.
Katebi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sherbo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sherbo lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Katebi backs up against the cage.
Sherbo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sherbo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Katebi moves away.
Sherbo defending well as Katebi loads up on a big left hand.
Sherbo slips under a jab from Katebi.
Sherbo lands with a nice body punch.
Sherbo loads up on a big right hand but Katebi slips the punch.
Sherbo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Katebi throws a low kick but Sherbo moves out of range easily.
Sherbo blocks a jab.
Katebi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sherbo missing with a left hand there. Katebi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Katebi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sherbo throws a right and a left that Katebi avoids nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sherbo catches Katebi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sherbo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Katebi.
Sherbo misses with a body shot.
Sherbo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Katebi.
A nice leg kick lands there from Katebi.
Katebi shoots in but Sherbo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sherbo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Katebi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Katebi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sherbo.
Decent striking displayed by Sherbo there.
Katebi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Katebi avoids a punch combination nicely.
A cross from Sherbo lands.
Sherbo moves away from the strike by Katebi.
Katebi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sherbo is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Katebi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Sherbo has got the better of the exchanges.
Katebi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Katebi.
Sherbo takes a swing at Katebi's ribcage but misses.
A big right from Sherbo misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Katebi. Sherbo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sherbo looks to throw the jab but Katebi is out of range.
Katebi moves away from the strike by Sherbo.
Katebi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sherbo.
Katebi jabs at Sherbo's body.
Sherbo throws out a loose jab but Katebi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Katebi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sherbo misses with a wild body shot.
Katebi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sherbo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Katebi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Katebi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Katebi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sherbo blocks a leg kick.
Sherbo stalks Katebi and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Katebi's face. Katebi staggers backwards, shaken.
Katebi moves away from the strike by Sherbo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sherbo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Katebi throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sherbo tries to bum rush Katebi with a series of wild strikes but Katebi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sherbo misses with a wild combination.
Sherbo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Sherbo blocks the leg kick.
Sherbo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sherbo misses with a series of wild punches.
Katebi throws out a powerful jab.
Katebi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Katebi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sherbo.
Katebi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Katebi just misses with a punch to the body.
Sherbo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sherbo checks a leg kick.
Katebi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Sherbo slips a jab and a cross from Katebi.
Katebi misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Sherbo dominated that second round.
That's time! Sherbo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

A decent looking cross lands there for Sherbo.
Sherbo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Katebi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sherbo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Katebi.
Katebi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A left and a right from Sherbo both land. Nice combination.
Sherbo cracks a nice hook into Katebi's ribs.
Katebi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Katebi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sherbo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A nice inside leg kick there by Katebi. That's going to slow Sherbo down.
Sherbo throws a right and a left that Katebi avoids nicely.
Katebi drops his hands momentarily and Sherbo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Katebi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Katebi moves out of range as Sherbo strikes.
Katebi feints the counter takedown.
Sherbo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sherbo moves away from the strike by Katebi.
A big right from Katebi misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherbo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Katebi.
Katebi slips a jab from Sherbo.
Sherbo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Katebi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Katebi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sherbo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sherbo misses with a wild combination.
Sherbo slips a straight right by Katebi.
Katebi misses with the combination.
Sherbo looks to land a left hand but Katebi moved out of range nicely.
Katebi throws the left hand but Sherbo avoids the punch easily.
Katebi dodges the punch combination from Sherbo.
Katebi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Sherbo connects with the punch.
Sherbo throws a hook to the side of Katebi's head but Katebi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sherbo lands with a nice combination. Katebi backs away looking to recover.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Katebi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sherbo takes a swing at Katebi's ribcage but misses.
Sherbo with a jab.
Katebi scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Katebi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sherbo.
Good leg kick by Katebi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sherbo checks a leg kick.
Sherbo cracks Katebi with a good jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sherbo. Katebi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Katebi throws out a loose jab but Sherbo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sherbo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sherbo misses the shot to the body.
Katebi slips a jab from Sherbo.
Sherbo connects with a body shot.
Sherbo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Katebi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Katebi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sherbo scores with a decent looking hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Katebi walks into a straight right hand from Sherbo.
Katebi scores with a sloppy right hand. Sherbo should have avoided that one.
Sherbo throws a shot from downtown. Katebi moves away and avoids it.
Katebi lands with a nice body kick.
Sherbo 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.
Sherbo misses with an uppercut. Katebi saw that one coming.
Sherbo lands a nice shot to the body.
Sherbo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Katebi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sherbo backing away here, and Katebi unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
No joy there for Katebi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Katebi throws a combination. Sherbo tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Katebi misses with a leg kick.
Sherbo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Katebi throws a head kick that misses.
Katebi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sherbo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Katebi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Katebi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sherbo.
Sherbo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Katebi throws a right hand that misses
letting Sherbo counter with a right hand.
Katebi throws a solid leg kick but Sherbo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Katebi.
Sherbo is looking to counter punch.
Katebi throws a chopping leg kick but Sherbo manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sherbo swings for the body but Katebi moves out of range.
Pavel Sherbo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sherbo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Katebi tries a head kick but it misses.
Sherbo throws a right and a left that Katebi avoids nicely.
Sherbo throws a series of punches but Katebi avoids them all with ease.
Katebi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Katebi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sherbo tries to bum rush Katebi with a series of wild strikes but Katebi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Katebi misses with a straight right.
Nice jab there from Sherbo.
Sherbo scores with a sloppy right hand. Katebi should have avoided that one.
Katebi looks to land a combination but Sherbo avoids it well.
Katebi throws out a leg kick but Sherbo moves out of range and Katebi only half commits.
Sherbo looks to land a combination but Katebi avoids it well.
Sherbo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slapping leg kick lands for Katebi.
Katebi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Reza Katebi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Katebi misses with a low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Sherbo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice shot by Sherbo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pavel Sherbo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sherbo 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pavel Sherbo!
A very excited looking Pavel Sherbo rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.