PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ante Pavlovic (ranked 1318 p4p, 2267 weight class) and Narayan Nassau (ranked 192 p4p, 314 weight class). Narayan Nassau told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Pavlovic
vs
Nassau

178 cm
28
180
8 - 2 - 0

180 cm
21
174
6 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Money Inc. (160Q with Proof ) 165$

Tengelü Hekite

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ante Pavlovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Narayan Nassau!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavlovic tries to clinch up but Nassau circles away and keeps his distance.
Nassau swings for the body but Pavlovic moves out of range.
Pavlovic takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nassau misses with a hook.
Pavlovic ducks under a wild hook from Nassau.
Pavlovic misses with an uppercut. Nassau saw that one coming.
Pavlovic misses with a straight right.
Pavlovic throws a hook but Nassau blocks it.
Donk. Nassau catches Pavlovic right on the button with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nassau walks into a stiff left hand from Pavlovic.
Nassau moves out of range of the strikes.
Nassau swings for the body but Pavlovic moves out of range.
A slow jab from Pavlovic misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Pavlovic misses.
Nassau let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Pavlovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Pavlovic is looking to counter punch.
Pavlovic scores with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Nassau.
Nassau pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pavlovic back to the cage. Nassau follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Nassau looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nassau tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nassau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pavlovic moves away.
Pavlovic misses with a straight right.
Nassau throws a big shot that misses.
Nassau circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nassau is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Pavlovic with a body shot.
Nassau is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pavlovic rather than just go for the knockout.
Pavlovic slips a jab and a cross from Nassau.
Pavlovic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nassau misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlovic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nassau.
Pavlovic is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nassau lands a really nice looking cross but Pavlovic seems unphased.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nassau fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pavlovic throws a lazy right hand but Nassau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pavlovic throws a body punch but Nassau moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Nassau misses.

Nassau closes the distance and pushes Pavlovic back into the cage.

Pavlovic breaks the clinch.
Nassau just misses with a punch to the body.
Pavlovic is looking to counter punch.
Pavlovic avoids the body shot from Nassau.
Nassau misses with an uppercut.
Nassau lunges at Pavlovic with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pavlovic's hand.
Pavlovic fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nassau throws a sloppy body shot
and Pavlovic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nassau misses with a straight left.

Nassau clinches up with Pavlovic and pushes him back against the cage.
Nassau blocks a body shot from Pavlovic.
Nassau scores with a shoulder strike.
Nassau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Pavlovic.
Nassau misses with a punch to the body.
I was talking to Pavlovic's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nassau's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pavlovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Pavlovic.
Nassau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Nassau escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ante Pavlovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pavlovic slips a jab and a cross from Nassau.
Pavlovic dips to his left and cracks Nassau with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pavlovic looks to land a right hand but Nassau moved out of range.
Nassau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donk. Nassau catches Pavlovic right on the button with a cross.

Nassau has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nassau scores with a shot to the side of Pavlovic's head.
Pavlovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pavlovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pavlovic is leaning against Nassau and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pavlovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pavlovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nassau's elbow.
Nassau wants to get back to striking at distance but Pavlovic won't allow it.
Pavlovic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nassau is trying to break free.
Nassau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nassau lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pavlovic or not.
Pavlovic works on Nassau's body with a couple of short punches.
Pavlovic gets through Nassau's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Nassau.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Narayan Nassau will probably get the nod.
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.

Nassau tries to clinch up.
Nassau missing with a left hand there. Pavlovic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pavlovic walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nassau slips under a jab.
Nassau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pavlovic connects with a looping right hand.
Nassau misses with a hook. Pavlovic ducked under it nicely.
Nassau slips a jab from Pavlovic.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nassau throws a poor cross that misses
and Pavlovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nassau on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nassau misses with a two punch combination.
Nassau slips a straight right by Pavlovic.
Narayan Nassau seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlovic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nassau.
Pavlovic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nassau sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nassau lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.

Pavlovic instigates a clinch.
Nassau takes a shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Pavlovic.
A short right from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pavlovic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pavlovic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nassau is breathing heavily.
Nassau misses with a punch on the inside.
Pavlovic lands a body shot in the clinch.
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!
Pavlovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pavlovic lands with a light punch inside.

Nassau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Pavlovic misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlovic throws a shot to the body.
Nassau cracks Pavlovic with an open hand slap.
Pavlovic throws an off balance right hand
and Nassau counters with a stiff right hand.
Nassau gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nassau misses with a lunging right hand
and Pavlovic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Pavlovic has Nassau up against the cage in a clinch.
Nassau lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pavlovic backwards.
Pavlovic tries to work over Nassau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pavlovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pavlovic digs a right hand into Nassau's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nassau's gas tank.
Nassau struggles to land a body shot inside as Pavlovic controls his hands.
Nassau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nassau tries a body shot but Pavlovic blocks it.
Pavlovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pavlovic digs a right hand underneath Nassau's ribcage. Nassau let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nassau misses with some punches.
Pavlovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pavlovic scores with a shot to the side of Nassau's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pavlovic.
Nice body punch from Pavlovic.
Nassau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pavlovic lands a body punch.
Pavlovic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pavlovic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Pavlovic.
Pavlovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nassau can do to turn this around?
Nassau tries to throw a body punch but Pavlovic avoids it by throwing Nassau back against the cage.
Pavlovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pavlovic lands a body shot.
A short uppercut from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic gets through Nassau's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pavlovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short body shot lands from Pavlovic as the two fighters clinch.
Pavlovic digs a right hand underneath Nassau's ribcage. Nassau let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pavlovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavlovic tries to throw a body punch but Nassau avoids it by throwing Pavlovic back against the cage.
Pavlovic lands a shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Pavlovic.
A short right from Pavlovic on the inside.
Pavlovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pavlovic pushes Nassau back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pavlovic lands with a short shot to the head.
Pavlovic lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic pushes Nassau back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pavlovic stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pavlovic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pavlovic lands a body punch.
A body shot lands from Pavlovic.
A body shot lands from Pavlovic.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pavlovic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nassau or not.
Pavlovic works on Nassau's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Pavlovic.
A short uppercut from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ante Pavlovic dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A lazy left from Pavlovic finds it's target.

Nassau instigates a clinch.
Pavlovic lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic lands a shot to the body.
Nassau is trying to break free.
A short right from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic lands a shoulder strike.
Pavlovic lands a hook that snaps the head of Nassau backwards.
Pavlovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pavlovic works on Nassau's body with a couple of short punches.
Pavlovic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Pavlovic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pavlovic lands a shot to the body.
Pavlovic lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Pavlovic scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pavlovic pushes Nassau back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Nassau is rocked!
Ante Pavlovic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nassau takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pavlovic misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlovic lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nassau.
A shot in the inside from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic lands a shoulder strike.
Pavlovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nassau's elbow.
Pavlovic lands a nice uppercut.
Pavlovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nassau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nassau prevents a body shot from Pavlovic.
A short right from Pavlovic.
Good body shot from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic lands with a right to the head.
Pavlovic lands a left hand.
Pavlovic lands a shoulder strike.
Nassau is still on wobbly legs! Can Pavlovic finish him?
Pavlovic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nassaus head.
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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pavlovic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pavlovic is leaning against Nassau and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pavlovic lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Pavlovic.
Nassau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pavlovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pavlovic digs a right hand into Nassau's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nassau's gas tank.
Nassau lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pavlovic backwards.
Nassau seems to have recovered his senses.
Pavlovic presses Nassau against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pavlovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Good body shot from Pavlovic.
A short uppercut from Pavlovic.
Pavlovic cracks Nassau with a nice body shot.
Pavlovic lands a body punch.
Pavlovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pavlovic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Pavlovic - that landed with a thud.
Pavlovic lands a hook that snaps the head of Nassau backwards.
Ante Pavlovic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pavlovic lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pavlovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavlovic pushes Nassau back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pavlovic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nassau has a couple of punches blocked by Pavlovic.
Pavlovic works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nassau is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nassau struggles to land a body shot inside as Pavlovic controls his hands.
Nassau is trying to force a seperation but Pavlovic has the dominant position.
Pavlovic blocks a body shot from Nassau.
Nassau lands with a light punch inside.
Nassau throws a punch but it's blocked by Pavlovic.
Nassau lands a hook that snaps the head of Pavlovic backwards.
Nassau effectively controlling the action here.
Pavlovic lands with a light punch inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nassau struggles to land a body shot inside as Pavlovic controls his hands.
Nassau struggles to land a body shot inside as Pavlovic controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Nassau fails to land.
Nassau tries to break free but Pavlovic pushes him back against the cage.
Nassau is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pavlovic is keeping busy.
Pavlovic scores with a shot to the side of Nassau's head.
Narayan Nassau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nassau misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Pavlovic.
Nassau misses with a punch to the body.
Nassau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nassau scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nassau throws a punch but it's blocked by Pavlovic.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ante Pavlovic showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pavlovic 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight for Ante Pavlovic!
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight for Ante Pavlovic!
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight for Ante Pavlovic!

Ante Pavlovic wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Ante Pavlovic, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.