PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Ceelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sasha Novavich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Ceelo
vs
Novavich

180 cm
20
216 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

181 cm
24
212 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Silver Dragon Pharmacies

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Curtis Ceelo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sasha Novavich!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ceelo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ceelo throws a head kick that half lands.
Novavich defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ceelo.
Ceelo swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Novavich.

Novavich darts in and clinches Ceelo up against the cage.
Ceelo throws a head punch that misses.
Novavich jumps guard but Ceelo stands there with Novavich around his waist. Novavich gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Novavich pulls Ceelo into guard.
Ceelo trying to control but Novavich is working from the bottom.
Novavich striking off his back but it's not causing Ceelo any problems.
Novavich throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Novavich bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ceelo's guard.
Novavich throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Novavich is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ceelo trying to keep a closed guard but Novavich is proving a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ceelo keeping moving, preventing Novavich from controlling successfully.
Novavich working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ceelo pulls Novavich in close to his closed guard and prevents Novavich from doing any damage or advancing position.
Novavich postures up.
Novavich passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Novavich is looking to take a break and control but Ceelo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Novavich looks up at the clock and then as Ceelo takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Novavich smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ceelo tries to contro but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Novavich landing strikes from the mount.
Ceelo really wants to buck Novavich off and get back to his feet.
Novavich landing shots from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ceelo is bucking up trying to escape but Novavich cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ceelo is breathing heavily.
Novavich trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Novavich looking to finish Ceelo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ceelo!
Ceelo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Novavich dominating with strikes here.
Novavich connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Novavich breaks from Ceelo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
BOOM! Novavich connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Novavich lands a nice shot to the head.
Novavich unloading with bombs!
Novavich tries to control but Ceelo wriggling away.
Novavich might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Ceelo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Novavich fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Novavich swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Ceelo is now in Novavich's guard. A big mistake from Novavich there, giving up the dominant position!
Ceelo is looking to work some ground and pound but Novavich has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ceelo won't allow Novavich to sweep him here.
Novavich is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Novavich has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Novavich trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Novavich is trying to keep Ceelo in close.
Novavich is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice strikes from Novavich there.
Novavich not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Novavich working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Novavich looks to land a combination. Ceelo sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ceelo throws a hook but Novavich blocks it.
Ceelo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ceelo fails with the takedown.
Novavich misses with a few strikes there.
Novavich looks to land a combination but Ceelo avoids it well.
Ceelo blocks a head kick by Novavich.
Ceelo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Novavich moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

It looks like Curtis Ceelo has been cut.
A head kick misses from Ceelo.
Novavich is looking to clinch.
Novavich scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Novavich lands a left and a right that send Ceelo crashing to the mat, dazed. Novavich thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Novavich steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Ceelo is out on his feet! Novavich sets himself and nearly takes Ceelo's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sasha Novavich!