PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jakov Pavlek (ranked 634 p4p, 1043 weight class) and Surianglek Sitsongrit (ranked 88 p4p, 141 weight class). Pavlek comes to the cage accompanied by Cool Kids of Death - Czloweik Mucha. Surianglek Sitsongrit has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Pavlek
vs
Sitsongrit

170 cm
24
155
5 - 2 - 0

177 cm
24
156
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jakov Pavlek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Surianglek Sitsongrit!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pavlek throws a nice looking combination but Sitsongrit bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sitsongrit ducks under a wild hook from Pavlek.
Pavlek swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sitsongrit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pavlek jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pavlek takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sitsongrit keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pavlek tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sitsongrit is able to avoid easily.
Sitsongrit throws a front kick aimed at Pavlek's knee but Pavlek avoids it well.
A counter left hand to the body from Pavlek misses its target.
Pavlek listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Pavlek moves into the clinch.
Good body shot from Pavlek.
Pavlek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pavlek goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pavlek lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short left from Sitsongrit.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pavlek lands a right hand.
Pavlek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pavlek breaks the clinch.
Pavlek missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pavlek waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit throws a leg kick but Pavlek sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sitsongrit has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pavlek.
Sitsongrit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pavlek is out of range.
Pavlek connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sitsongrit tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pavlek lands a jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pavlek!
Sitsongrit slips a straight right by Pavlek.
Sitsongrit takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pavlek looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sitsongrit throws a big counter head kick but Pavlek avoids it with no problem.
The crowd cheers as Pavlek lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sitsongrit doesn't seem phased though.
Pavlek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Pavlek closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sitsongrit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pavlek tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pavlek misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlek lands a nice knee to the body.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pavlek fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sitsongrit circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sitsongrit counters with a series of strikes. Pavlek will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pavlek tries to clinch up.
A low kick from Sitsongrit misses

and Pavlek counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pavlek.
Pavlek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sitsongrit lands with a light punch inside.
Pavlek can't find room to land a body shot as Sitsongrit controls the action.
Sitsongrit prevents a body shot from Pavlek.
Pavlek lands with a right to the head.

Sitsongrit pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sitsongrit ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pavlek moves away.
Pavlek tries to bum rush Sitsongrit with a series of wild strikes but Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sitsongrit throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pavlek looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sitsongrit misses with a wild body shot.
Sitsongrit avoids a kick to the body.
Sitsongrit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavlek throws a leg kick which misses Sitsongrit's front leg but catches the back leg as Sitsongrit tries to avoid it.
Sitsongrit tries to work over Pavlek's front leg with a kick but Pavlek checks it.
Sitsongrit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pavlek checks a leg kick.
Pavlek avoids the head kick by Sitsongrit.
Pavlek went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Pavlek scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook to the body
and Pavlek makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pavlek feints and then cracks Sitsongrit's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sitsongrit down.
A bone on bone clash there as Pavlek blocks the leg kick.
Pavlek missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pavlek lands the left hand.

Pavlek fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sitsongrit, pushing him back against the cage.
Sitsongrit has a couple of punches blocked by Pavlek.
Pavlek is leaning against Sitsongrit and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sitsongrit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pavlek working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pavlek misses with a punch to the body.

Pavlek breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sitsongrit takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pavlek connects with an inside leg kick.
Pavlek connects with a crisp jab.
Pavlek lands with a cross.
Pavlek bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sitsongrit's head backwards.
Pavlek missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pavlek throws a hook but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Pavlek scores with a nice strike.
Pavlek tries to close the distance and clinch but Sitsongrit swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pavlek tests Sitsongrit's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pavlek. That's going to slow Sitsongrit down.
Jakov Pavlek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pavlek changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pavlek throws a leg kick which misses Sitsongrit's front leg but catches the back leg as Sitsongrit tries to avoid it.
Pavlek is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sitsongrit.

Sitsongrit pushes Pavlek up against the cage in a clinch.
Pavlek misses with some punches.
Sitsongrit lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jakov Pavlek dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Pavlek attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pavlek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sitsongrit throws out the jab.
Pavlek misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sitsongrit counters with a thumping low kick.
Sitsongrit throws a head kick but Pavlek moves out of range.
Pavlek keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Pavlek misses its target.
Sitsongrit is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pavlek rather than just go for the knockout.
Pavlek checks a leg kick.
Sitsongrit throws the kick towards the body but Pavlek avoids it.
A low kick from Pavlek is predictable there
and Sitsongrit counters with an inside leg kick.
Pavlek circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sitsongrit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sitsongrit checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Pavlek misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavlek chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pavlek fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pavlek uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sitsongrit.
Pavlek takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sitsongrit uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pavlek.
Sitsongrit lands a head kick. Pavlek smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sitsongrit moves into the clinch.
Pavlek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Pavlek.
Pavlek is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sitsongrit can do to turn this around?

Pavlek breaks the clinch.
Sitsongrit walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pavlek checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pavlek tries to clinch up.
Sitsongrit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab from Pavlek.
Sitsongrit misses with a head kick.
Sitsongrit is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Pavlek misses the target.
Pavlek fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pavlek misses with a low kick.
Pavlek misses the shot to the body.
Sitsongrit tries a quick counter leg kick but Pavlek is wise to it.
Pavlek ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Pavlek misses with a few strikes there.
Sitsongrit jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pavlek misses with a hook.
Sitsongrit scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
An inside leg kick from Pavlek misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Pavlek.
Pavlek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit needs to keep his hands up - Pavlek had a free shot at his head there.
Sitsongrit's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pavlek checks a leg kick.
Pavlek attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pavlek takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sitsongrit lands a jab to Pavlek's midsection.
Sitsongrit keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pavlek throws a leg kick but Sitsongrit sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pavlek lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Pavlek moves into the clinch successfully.
Pavlek throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Pavlek.
Pavlek blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit misses with a body punch.
Sitsongrit presses Pavlek against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pavlek softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sitsongrit swings wildly with an uppercut but Pavlek uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pavlek.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sitsongrit throws a punch but it's blocked by Pavlek.
Pavlek struggles to land a body shot inside as Sitsongrit controls his hands.
Pavlek lands with a left to the head.
Pavlek tries to land knees in the clinch but Sitsongrit avoids the damage to the body.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch to the body.
Pavlek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pavlek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pavlek lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pavlek.
Pavlek lands with a short shot to the head.

Sitsongrit escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sitsongrit walks into a left hand.
Sitsongrit on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pavlek uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sitsongrit has time to react.
Good work by Pavlek as he checks the leg kick.
Pavlek bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavlek tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sitsongrit swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Pavlek blocks a jab.
Sitsongrit jabs Pavlek right on the nose. Pavlek blinks but takes it well.
Pavlek throws a jab but it's blocked by Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sitsongrit swats away the attempt to clinch by Pavlek.
Sitsongrit lands with a right hand.
Jakov Pavlek is winning the standup battle so far.
Pavlek paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sitsongrit goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pavlek throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pavlek circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sitsongrit tries to close the distance and clinch but Pavlek swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pavlek is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pavlek.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jakov Pavlek will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Pavlek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sitsongrit takes a swing at Pavlek's ribcage but misses.
Sitsongrit is looking to chop away at Pavlek's legs.
Sitsongrit bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sitsongrit follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit misses with a body shot.
Sitsongrit throws a big shot that misses.
Pavlek misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sitsongrit thinks about the counter body kick.
Sitsongrit tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pavlek blocks a jab.
Sitsongrit will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A jab from Sitsongrit does it's job there.
Pavlek turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit moves out of range of the leg kick from Pavlek.
Pavlek pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pavlek throws a series of punches but Sitsongrit avoids them all with ease.
Pavlek throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sitsongrit swings for the body but Pavlek moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Pavlek lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sitsongrit doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit staying out of range there.
Sitsongrit avoids the body shot from Pavlek.
Pavlek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sitsongrit lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pavlek is looking to clinch but Sitsongrit is avoiding it.
Sitsongrit pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It appears Pavlek was looking to counter with a kick there.

Pavlek has managed to clinch.
Nice body punch from Pavlek.
Pavlek lands a left hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pavlek.
Pavlek tries to throw a body punch but Sitsongrit avoids it by throwing Pavlek back against the cage.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
Pavlek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pavlek lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pavlek tries a body shot but Sitsongrit blocks it.
Pavlek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sitsongrit struggles to land a body shot inside as Pavlek controls his hands.

Sitsongrit breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sitsongrit throws a head kick but Pavlek moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sitsongrit raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Pavlek throws an off balance right hand
letting Sitsongrit counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit blocks a low kick nicely.

Pavlek closes the distance and pushes Sitsongrit back into the cage.
Sitsongrit is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Pavlek tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pavlek lands with a light punch inside.
Sitsongrit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pavlek misses with the head strike.
Pavlek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Pavlek breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pavlek misses with a low kick as Sitsongrit jumps back.

Pavlek gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Pavlek.
Pavlek lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sitsongrit or not.
Pavlek misses with a punch on the inside.
Sitsongrit is looking to break free of the clinch but Pavlek has double underhooks.
Pavlek tries to work over Sitsongrit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pavlek working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sitsongrit scores with a shot to the side of Pavlek's head.
Pavlek trying to land knees to the body.
Surianglek Sitsongrit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit misses with a punch to the body.
Sitsongrit blocks an uppercut.
Sitsongrit working aggressively here.
Pavlek lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sitsongrit.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pavlek.
Pavlek prevents a body shot from Sitsongrit.
Pavlek misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sitsongrit presses Pavlek against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sitsongrit presses Pavlek against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pavlek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pavlek blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sitsongrit has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Pavlek escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pavlek defending well as Sitsongrit loads up on a big left hand.
Pavlek jabs at Sitsongrit's body.
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pavlek manages to avoid it.
Pavlek is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pavlek at a distance.
Pavlek lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sitsongrit tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pavlek was well out of range. Poor timing from Sitsongrit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavlek throws a leg kick which misses Sitsongrit's front leg but catches the back leg as Sitsongrit tries to avoid it.
Sitsongrit throws a body shot but no joy.
Pavlek lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sitsongrit wants to land a leg kick but Pavlek is out of range.
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!
Sitsongrit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sitsongrit misses with a straight right.
Pavlek smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pavlek misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sitsongrit throws a right hand that misses
and Pavlek counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Sitsongrit misses.
Pavlek throws a hook to the side of Sitsongrit's head but Sitsongrit sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Pavlek is just out of range.
Pavlek misses with a body shot.
Jakov Pavlek is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pavlek ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pavlek.
Sitsongrit takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sitsongrit is looking to slow Pavlek down with leg kicks.
Sitsongrit misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jakov Pavlek showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pavlek 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Jakov Pavlek!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Jakov Pavlek!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Jakov Pavlek!

Jakov Pavlek wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, Jakov Pavlek, 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.