PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andriy Pavlyuchenko (ranked 1657 p4p, 234 weight class) and Gavrilo Djuretic (ranked 2789 p4p, 371 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pavlyuchenko
vs
Djuretic

190 cm
31
217 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

202 cm
24
225 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Red Light Coffeeshop

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andriy Pavlyuchenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gavrilo Djuretic!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Pavlyuchenko does it's job there.
Djuretic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pavlyuchenko.
Djuretic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pavlyuchenko.
The fight stays on the outside here - Djuretic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little feinted left hand from Pavlyuchenko on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Djuretic moves into the clinch.
Pavlyuchenko throws a head punch that misses.
Djuretic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Djuretic blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Pavlyuchenko.
Djuretic can't find room to land a body shot as Pavlyuchenko controls the action.
Pavlyuchenko blocks an uppercut.
Djuretic can't find room to land a body shot as Pavlyuchenko controls the action.
Pavlyuchenko tries to work over Djuretic's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavlyuchenko blocks an uppercut.
Pavlyuchenko misses with the head strike.
Djuretic blocks an uppercut.
Djuretic has a couple of punches blocked by Pavlyuchenko.
Djuretic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Pavlyuchenko - that landed with a thud.
Good body shot from Pavlyuchenko.
Djuretic is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlyuchenko lands a right hand.
Djuretic looks winded!
Pavlyuchenko blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Pavlyuchenko scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Djuretic fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Djuretic.
Pavlyuchenko lands a body punch.
Pavlyuchenko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pavlyuchenko misses with the head strike.
Pavlyuchenko has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Djuretic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pavlyuchenko.
Pavlyuchenko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pavlyuchenko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pavlyuchenko lands a nice shot to the body.
Djuretic blocks a body shot from Pavlyuchenko.
Pavlyuchenko cracks Djuretic with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pavlyuchenko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Djuretic is rocked!
Pavlyuchenko dips a shoulder and cracks Djuretic with a mighty uppercut! Djuretic falls back against the cage and Pavlyuchenko unloads with a barrage of strikes! Djuretic is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Pavlyuchenko screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andriy Pavlyuchenko!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Andriy Pavlyuchenko waved his t-shirt featuring Red Light Coffeeshop's logo in front of the cameras.