PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tenshin Nas (ranked 3852 p4p, 6343 weight class) and Joro Paveto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paveto comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Imperial March kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nas
vs
Paveto

172 cm
21
135
2 - 5 - 0

169 cm
25
136
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tenshin Nas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Joro Paveto!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paveto walks into a jab.
Paveto wants to clinch up but Nas keeps it at a distance.
Paveto tries to move into range but Nas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Paveto tries to close the distance and clinch but Nas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Paveto is rocked!
Nas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paveto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice straight punches there by Paveto. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Paveto.
Nas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Paveto punishes Nas's body with a nice straight punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paveto ducks right into an uppercut from Nas.
Nas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paveto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nas sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Paveto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Paveto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Paveto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paveto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nas is trying to force a seperation but Paveto has the dominant position.
Nas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nas prevents a body shot from Paveto.
Paveto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Paveto misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Paveto fails to land.
Paveto misses with a punch on the inside.
Paveto working aggressively here.
Nas tries to break free but Paveto pushes him back against the cage.

Nas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Paveto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nas, pushing him back against the cage.
Paveto misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paveto tries a body shot but Nas blocks it.
Paveto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nas backwards.
Paveto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Paveto tries to work over Nas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Paveto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Paveto digs a right hand into Nas's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nas's gas tank.
Paveto struggles to land a body shot inside as Nas controls his hands.
Nas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Paveto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Paveto misses with a body punch.

Nas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paveto connects with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paveto takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nas swinging wildly here.
Paveto is looking to clinch.
Nas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tenshin Nas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Paveto closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Paveto is still on wobbly legs! Can Nas finish him?

It looks like Joro Paveto has been cut.
We've been informed that Paveto has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Paveto scores with a decent looking hook.
Nas scores with a sloppy right hand. Paveto should have avoided that one.
Nas sizes up Paveto with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paveto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nas misses with a straight left.
Nas sets himself, and Paveto steps forward looking for the clinch! Nas avoids it this time.
A jab from Paveto misses.
Paveto seems to have recovered his senses.
Paveto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nas lands a right hook to the body.
Nas misses with an uppercut

and Paveto counters by clinching up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paveto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Nas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nas scores with a nice right hand.
Nice shot lands for Nas.
Paveto misses with an uppercut.
Paveto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Paveto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paveto connects with a jab.
Paveto tries to close the distance and clinch but Nas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Paveto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nas to score with a decent uppercut.
Nas drops his hands momentarily and Paveto takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Paveto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Nas is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Paveto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Oh Nas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Paveto is leaning against Nas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Paveto creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Nas's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Nas drops to his knees and Paveto pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joro Paveto!
After the fight, Joro Paveto was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.