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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Justice (ranked 2769 p4p, 357 weight class) and Andriy Pavlyuchenko (ranked 17247 p4p, 792 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Blake Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andriy Pavlyuchenko!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice takes a jab right on the kisser.
Pavlyuchenko throws a hook but Justice avoids it easily.
Pavlyuchenko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Justice looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Pavlyuchenko connects with a right hand. Justice shakes it off.
Justice needs to keep his hands up - Pavlyuchenko had a free shot at his head there.
Justice takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pavlyuchenko scores with a three punch combo!
Pavlyuchenko on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pavlyuchenko scores with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pavlyuchenko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pavlyuchenko throws a leg kick which misses Justice's front leg but catches the back leg as Justice tries to avoid it.
Pavlyuchenko misses with a wild body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pavlyuchenko. That's going to slow Justice down.
Justice uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pavlyuchenko.
Justice attempts a counter takedown but Pavlyuchenko avoids it well and moves away.
Pavlyuchenko ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlyuchenko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Justice in his tracks.
Pavlyuchenko shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Justice tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pavlyuchenko manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pavlyuchenko has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Justice is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pavlyuchenko.
Justice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pavlyuchenko misses with an uppercut. Justice saw that one coming.
Justice ducks under a wild hook from Pavlyuchenko.
Pavlyuchenko misses with a body shot.
Justice tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Pavlyuchenko manages to circle out of the way.
Danga de danga de dang - Pavlyuchenko scores with a four punch combination!
Pavlyuchenko moves in looking to clinch but Justice pushes him off.
Justice feinted with a counter takedown.
Pavlyuchenko lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pavlyuchenko instigates a clinch.
Justice breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlyuchenko lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pavlyuchenko tries to score with a low kick but Justice moves his leg out of the way.
Justice half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pavlyuchenko connects with a right hand. Justice shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Justice steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pavlyuchenko.
Pavlyuchenko attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Justice half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pavlyuchenko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Justice throws a series of punches but Pavlyuchenko moves out of range.
Justice sets himself, and Pavlyuchenko steps forward looking for the clinch! Justice avoids it this time.
Justice blocks a jab.
Justice drops down looking for a counter takedown but Pavlyuchenko sprawls and moves away.
Pavlyuchenko lands a nice shot to the body.
Pavlyuchenko swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Justice slips a straight right by Pavlyuchenko.
Justice half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Andriy Pavlyuchenko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justice slips a jab from Pavlyuchenko.
Justice half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Justice moves out of range of the leg kick from Pavlyuchenko.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavlyuchenko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Justice avoids the body shot from Pavlyuchenko.
Justice changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A jab from Pavlyuchenko misses.
Pavlyuchenko tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Justice is able to avoid easily.
Justice throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pavlyuchenko's waist but Pavlyuchenko gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Justice off to one side.
Pavlyuchenko defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Justice.
Justice looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pavlyuchenko is fending him off so far but Justice persists. Nope, Pavlyuchenko circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blake Justice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pavlyuchenko scoring well with a low kick there.
Pavlyuchenko keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pavlyuchenko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pavlyuchenko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Justice decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Pavlyuchenko's guard.
Pavlyuchenko looking for a sweep. Not yet Pavlyuchenko, not yet.
Justice looking to sit in guard and control but Pavlyuchenko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Justice trying to strike off his back.
Justice looking for a sweep. Not yet Justice, not yet.
Justice wants to stand and escape but Pavlyuchenko is having none of it.
Justice had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pavlyuchenko defends it easily.
Pavlyuchenko controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Pavlyuchenko wants to control from the top but Justice keeps moving.
Pavlyuchenko is stalling in the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andriy Pavlyuchenko dominated that 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.
Justice shoots in looking for a takedown. Pavlyuchenko tries to sprawl out of it but Justice keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pavlyuchenko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pavlyuchenko! But no joy.
Justice dives in and scores a takedown into Pavlyuchenko's guard.
Justice wants to pass the guard but Pavlyuchenko is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavlyuchenko keeping moving, preventing Justice from controlling successfully.
Pavlyuchenko has control of Justice's left arm, preventing Justice from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlyuchenko has momentary wrist control but Justice slips an elbow through the middle.
Justice wants to control from the top but Pavlyuchenko keeps moving.
Pavlyuchenko avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pavlyuchenko keeping moving, preventing Justice from controlling successfully.
Pavlyuchenko keeping full guard, as Justice tries to pass.
Justice trying to control the position from guard on top but Pavlyuchenko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pavlyuchenko listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pavlyuchenko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Justice swats away the attempt to clinch by Pavlyuchenko.
Pavlyuchenko moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pavlyuchenko misses with an uppercut. Justice saw that one coming.
Justice is looking to counter the offense by Pavlyuchenko and move into the clinch.
Pavlyuchenko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Justice attempts a counter takedown but Pavlyuchenko avoids it well and moves away.
Justice throws the left hand but Pavlyuchenko avoids the punch easily.
Pavlyuchenko wants to counter the offense by Justice and move into the clinch position.
Justice tries to clinch but Pavlyuchenko is having none of it.
Pavlyuchenko scores with a jab to the body.
Pavlyuchenko scores with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavlyuchenko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pavlyuchenko is looking to clinch but Justice is avoiding it.
Pavlyuchenko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Justice.
Justice takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Justice misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pavlyuchenko wants to counter with a clinch but Justice pushes him away.
Pavlyuchenko slaps away a takedown attempt from Justice, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pavlyuchenko looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Justice is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pavlyuchenko lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pavlyuchenko throws a leg kick
and Justice counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Justice stalling.
Blake Justice overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice throwing shots but Pavlyuchenko is blocking nicely.
Pavlyuchenko really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Justice. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Justice thows a huge punch but Pavlyuchenko dodges it nicely.
Pavlyuchenko is looking to improve his position.
Justice throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pavlyuchenko is looking for a sweep. Justice is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pavlyuchenko tries to kick Justice off but Justice keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Pavlyuchenko has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Justice is working away from the top position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Justice content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andriy Pavlyuchenko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Justice ducks right into an uppercut from Pavlyuchenko.
Justice throws a one two combo.
Justice keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pavlyuchenko.
Pavlyuchenko dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Andriy Pavlyuchenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pavlyuchenko lands a leg kick that knocks Justice off balance momentarily.
Pavlyuchenko lands a leg kick that knocks Justice off balance momentarily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pavlyuchenko.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavlyuchenko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A clash of legs there as Justice blocks the low kick.
Pavlyuchenko swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Justice fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice tries to bum rush Pavlyuchenko with a series of wild strikes but Pavlyuchenko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pavlyuchenko swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pavlyuchenko moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pavlyuchenko tries to clinch but Justice moves out of range.
Pavlyuchenko throws a leg kick that is checked
and Justice counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Justice slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Pavlyuchenko pulls Justice in to control the position.
Justice looking to sit in guard and control but Pavlyuchenko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Justice is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Andriy Pavlyuchenko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlyuchenko stays in close to Justice's body and controls the position.
Justice is looking for a triangle but Pavlyuchenko pushes his legs off easily.
Pavlyuchenko wants to control from the top but Justice keeps moving.
Justice is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pavlyuchenko wants to control from the top but Justice keeps moving.
Justice escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pavlyuchenko gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavlyuchenko pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Justice is keeping the position for now.
Justice throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Justice seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Justice wants to stand and escape but Pavlyuchenko is having none of it.
Justice has a closed guard, preventing Pavlyuchenko from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Justice is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pavlyuchenko content to stall in guard here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Pavlyuchenko takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pavlyuchenko lands with a hook. Justice tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pavlyuchenko cracks Justice with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pavlyuchenko lands with a shot to the body.
Blake Justice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pavlyuchenko looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andriy Pavlyuchenko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pavlyuchenko winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andriy Pavlyuchenko!
Andriy Pavlyuchenko took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Red Light Coffeeshop for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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