PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ante Pavelic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Krimely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jason Krimely has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ante Pavelic's chin.

Pavelic
vs
Krimely

195 cm
22
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
242 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ante Pavelic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jason Krimely!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Krimely has Pavelic up against the cage in a clinch.
Pavelic avoiding damage as Krimely throws knees to the body.
Pavelic slowing the pace effectively.
Krimely tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pavelic is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Krimely is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pavelic prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavelic tries to land a knee to the head but Krimely blocks with his arms.
Pavelic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pavelic could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Krimely lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavelic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The referee calls for Krimely to work.

Pavelic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jason Krimely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Krimely instigates a clinch.
Pavelic tries to land knees in the clinch but Krimely avoids the damage to the body.
Krimely just leaning against Pavelic, taking a breather.
I was talking to Pavelic's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pavelic can't find room to land a body shot as Krimely controls the action.
Pavelic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Krimely stalling.
Pavelic throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavelic tries to throw a body punch but Krimely avoids it by throwing Pavelic back against the cage.
Pavelic stalling.
Pavelic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pavelic looking to throw knees to the head but Krimely is blocking nicely.
Pavelic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pavelic lands a good knee to the midsection. Krimely won't want to take too many of those.
Krimely pressing his opponent against the cage.
Come on Krimely - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Krimely tries to break free but Pavelic pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pavelic breaks from the clinch.

Krimely takes the fight into the clinch.

Pavelic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Pavelic moves into the clinch.
Krimely misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Krimely looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Pavelic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pavelic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pavelic scores with a head kick.

It looks like Jason Krimely has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krimely shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Krimely rushes Pavelic and presses him up against the cage.
Pavelic misses with a knee strike.
Krimely wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pavelic has him pressed against the cage.
Pavelic landing knees to the head.
Pavelic has Krimely pressed against the cage, preventing Krimely from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Krimely pushes Pavelic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pavelic tries to land a knee to the head but Krimely blocks with his arms.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Krimely wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pavelic misses with a knee strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pavelic blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ante Pavelic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Krimely's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pavelic clinches up with Krimely and pushes him back against the cage.
Pavelic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pavelic holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pavelic misses with a knee to the head.
Krimely managing to block the knees to the body from Pavelic.
Krimely blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krimely has Pavelic pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pavelic manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krimely content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Krimely avoiding damage as Pavelic throws knees to the body.
Pavelic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Krimely looking for a takedown.
Krimely holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pavelic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Krimely taking a breather.
Krimely blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pavelic landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pavelic is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krimely is defending well for now.
Krimely dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krimely is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ante Pavelic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Krimely.
Pavelic connects with a knee to the head.

Pavelic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jason Krimely is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Pavelic clinches up with Krimely and pushes him back against the cage.
Pavelic trying to land knees to the body.
Pavelic scores with a knee to the head.
Krimely content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Krimely - that landed with a thud.
Pavelic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Krimely can do to turn this around?
Krimely throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavelic slows down the pace here.
Pavelic misses with a body punch.
Pavelic tries a knee to the head but Krimely blocks it.
Pavelic with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Krimely scores with a shoulder strike.
Pavelic tries to land a knee to the head but Krimely blocks with his arms.
Pavelic looking to throw knees to the head but Krimely is blocking nicely.
Pavelic with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krimely leaning against his opponent.
Pavelic looking to throw knees to the head but Krimely is blocking nicely.
Krimely stalling in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pavelic trying to control the position but instead, Krimely has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pavelic into the cage.
Pavelic has Krimely pressed against the cage, preventing Krimely from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pavelic putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Krimely in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

Krimely has clasped his hands together around Pavelic's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ante Pavelic dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jason Krimely's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Pavelic scores with a head kick.

Krimely moves into the clinch successfully.
Pavelic tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pavelic blocks an elbow strike from Krimely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavelic keeps control of Krimely as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Krimely changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pavelic fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Pavelic gets tackled into the cage by Krimely. Krimely maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavelic prevents the takedown attempt.
Pavelic tries a knee to the head but Krimely blocks it.
Pavelic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pavelic using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Krimely can't break the clinch.
Pavelic with a knee to the head.
Krimely taking a breather.
Ante Pavelic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pavelic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krimely has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavelic looking to throw knees to the head but Krimely is blocking nicely.
Pavelic tries to land knees in the clinch but Krimely avoids the damage to the body.
Krimely is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pavelic gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ante Pavelic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Krimely.
Krimely has had enough of the clinch but Pavelic keeps him there for the moment.
Pavelic tries to land a knee to the head but Krimely blocks with his arms.
Pavelic throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pavelic prevents a body shot from Krimely.
Pavelic trying to control the position but instead, Krimely has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pavelic into the cage.
Krimely prevents Pavelic from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavelic misses with a knee strike.
Pavelic using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krimely has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Krimely is working Pavelic over against the cage.
Krimely takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pavelic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krimely's elbow.
Krimely avoiding damage.
Pavelic with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Jason Krimely's cut even more.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krimely looking to slow down the pace here.
Pavelic misses with a knee to the head.
Jason Krimely has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krimely blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pavelic keeps control of Krimely as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pavelic misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krimely.
Pavelic misses with a knee strike.
Krimely stalling against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pavelic tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Krimely avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ante Pavelic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pavelic, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ante Pavelic!
Ante Pavelic made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'ZA DOM SPREMNI'.