PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vance Patrick (ranked 3317 p4p, 2573 weight class) and Peter Gavao (ranked 389 p4p, 317 weight class). Vance Patrick has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Patrick
vs
Gavao

189 cm
18
205
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
217
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Good gas tank

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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vance Patrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Peter Gavao!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Patrick moves into the clinch successfully.
Gavao tries to break the clinch but Patrick is controlling the position.
Patrick scores with a shot to the side of Gavao's head.
Gavao tries to work over Patrick's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gavao lands a nice uppercut.
Patrick misses with some punches.
Gavao tries to break free but Patrick pushes him back against the cage.
Gavao swings wildly with an uppercut but Patrick uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Patrick fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gavao.
Patrick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gavao misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patrick.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gavao creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Patrick blocking some punches.
Gavao can't find room to land a body shot as Patrick controls the action.
Gavao throws a head punch that misses.
Patrick drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Gavao manages to break the clinch.

Patrick moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrick can't find room to land a body shot as Gavao controls the action.
Gavao blocks an uppercut.
Gavao has Patrick pressed against the cage.
Patrick working aggressively here.
We've been informed that Gavao has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Patrick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gavao backwards.
Patrick blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gavao misses with a short punch on the inside.

Gavao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gavao lands a slapping body shot.
Patrick keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gavao.
A cross from Patrick lands.
Patrick fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Patrick lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gavao lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Patrick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gavao moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gavao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Patrick.

Patrick darts in and clinches Gavao up against the cage.
Patrick definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Patrick scores with a nice short uppercut.
Patrick scores with a nice hook to the head.

Gavao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gavao misses with a two punch combination.
Patrick misses with a looping left.

Patrick closes the distance and clinches.
Patrick keeps control of Gavao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gavao is trying to stall.
Patrick lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gavao working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Patrick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patrick prevents a body shot from Gavao.
A right hook to the body lands for Gavao.
Patrick swings wildly with an uppercut but Gavao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patrick lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Patrick scores with a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patrick digs a right hand underneath Gavao's ribcage. Gavao let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gavao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gavao blocks a body shot from Patrick.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gavao.
Patrick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Patrick lands with a light punch inside.
Patrick lands with a short shot to the head.
Patrick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Patrick swings wildly with an uppercut but Gavao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gavao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Patrick lands a left hand.
Patrick tries to throw a body punch but Gavao avoids it by throwing Patrick back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gavao.
Patrick lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Gavao.
Patrick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gavao blocks an uppercut.
Gavao lands a left hand that snaps the head of Patrick backwards.
Patrick gets through Gavao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Patrick can't find room to land a body shot as Gavao controls the action.
Patrick misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Patrick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gavao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gavao struggles to land a body shot inside as Patrick controls his hands.
Gavao throws a punch but it's blocked by Patrick.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patrick.
Gavao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patrick.
Patrick blocking some punches.
Gavao tries to throw a body punch but Patrick avoids it by throwing Gavao back against the cage.
Gavao throws a head punch that misses.
Patrick scores with a nice hook to the head.
Patrick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Patrick misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gavao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Patrick has a couple of punches blocked by Gavao.
Patrick stalling against the cage.

Gavao breaks the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Vance Patrick dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Patrick takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Patrick uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gavao.

Patrick gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Patrick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patrick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patrick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gavao can do to turn this around?
Patrick tries to work over Gavao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gavao misses with a body punch.
Patrick lands a left hand.
Gavao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gavao pushes Patrick back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Patrick works on Gavao's body with a couple of short punches.
Gavao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gavao is trying to push Patrick away but Patrick has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gavao blocks an uppercut.
Patrick takes a shot to the head.
Gavao tries a body shot but Patrick blocks it.
Patrick blocks a body shot from Gavao.
Patrick working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patrick.
Patrick tries to work over Gavao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrick misses with some punches.
Patrick tries a body shot but Gavao blocks it.
Patrick scores with a shoulder strike.
Patrick lands with a light punch inside.

Gavao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Gavao.
Patrick scores with a body shot.
Patrick tries for a takedown but Gavao sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Gavao takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gavao loads up on a big right hand but Patrick slips the punch.
Peter Gavao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gavao swats away the attempt to clinch by Patrick.
Patrick bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gavao's head.
Patrick tries to clinch up.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gavao! But no joy.
Gavao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patrick manages to avoid it.
Patrick seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Gavao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patrick lunges at Gavao with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gavao's hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gavao ducks under a wild hook from Patrick.
Patrick avoids the body shot from Gavao.
Nice uppercut there from Patrick.
Patrick tries to clinch but Gavao is having none of it.
Patrick tries to clinch there but Gavao circles away.
Gavao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patrick manages to avoid it.
Patrick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Patrick scores with a jab to the head.
Gavao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gavao gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Patrick.
Gavao misses the jab.
Patrick lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gavao misses the shot to the body.
Gavao misses with a few strikes there.
Patrick lands a body shot.
Gavao is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gavao tries to keep at a distance but Patrick has taken the fight into the clinch.
Patrick lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gavao backwards.

Patrick breaks the clinch.
Patrick uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gavao.
Gavao throws a jab but it's blocked by Patrick.
Gavao throws a hook but Patrick blocks it.
Patrick steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gavao.

Patrick moves into the clinch successfully.
Patrick blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Patrick leaning his opponent against the cage.
Gavao misses with a punch on the inside.
Patrick working aggressively here.
Gavao has had enough of the clinch but Patrick keeps him there for the moment.
Patrick lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Patrick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patrick lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gavao backwards.
Nice body punch from Patrick - that landed with a thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gavao misses with a body punch.
Gavao looking to stall.
Gavao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gavao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Patrick has him pressed against the cage.
Gavao lands with a light punch inside.
Patrick misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Gavao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Patrick scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gavao in his tracks.
Patrick with a hook.

Gavao is rocked!
Patrick dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gavao is still on wobbly legs! Can Patrick finish him?
Patrick lands an uppercut, right on the button! Gavao tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vance Patrick!
Vance Patrick decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.