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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jakov Pavlek (ranked 408 p4p, 309 weight class) and Agansing Rai (ranked 60 p4p, 45 weight class). Pavlek kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Cool Kids of Death - Czloweik Mucha. Rai has chosen Break Stuff as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Jakov Pavlek has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Jakov Pavlek seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Excellent boxer
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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 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jakov Pavlek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Agansing Rai!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavlek misses with a head kick.
Rai throws a leg kick but Pavlek checks it.
Pavlek lands an overhand right.
Pavlek looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rai misses with a body shot.
Pavlek is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rai.
Pavlek misses the shot to the body.
Rai misses with a low kick.
Rai with a hook.
Rai slips a straight right by Pavlek.
Rai throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A cross from Pavlek lands.
Rai connects with a body shot that sends Pavlek's belly button to the back.
Pavlek misses with an uppercut. Rai saw that one coming.
Rai shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pavlek. Rai does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pavlek slips a jab from Rai.
Pavlek swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rai slips a jab from Pavlek.
Rai misses with a leg kick.
Rai slips under a jab from Pavlek.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pavlek throws a head kick that misses.
Rai lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rai scores with a sloppy right hand. Pavlek should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rai dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pavlek. That did some damage!
Pavlek misses with a straight right.
Pavlek fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rai on the side of the head.
Rai moves away from the strike by Pavlek.
Rai 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.
Pavlek is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice side step and Rai releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The fighters circling - Pavlek throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rai avoids the body shot from Pavlek.
Rai misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rai. That's going to slow Pavlek down.
Pavlek misses with a hook. Rai ducked under it nicely.
Rai slips a jab from Pavlek.
Rai fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pavlek keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rai.
Pavlek throws a big shot that misses.
Pavlek blocks a leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Pavlek on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pavlek misses with a left hand
and Rai counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rai throws a lazy right hand but Pavlek sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pavlek misses with a few strikes there.
A countering left hand to the body from Rai misses.
Rai takes a swing at Pavlek's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlek slips a jab from Rai.
No luck for Rai with that takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pavlek misses with a straight right.
Rai lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rai scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pavlek in his tracks.
Rai uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pavlek is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A big right from Pavlek misses.
A little jabbing left from Rai on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rai throws a leg kick that is checked
and Pavlek counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pavlek misses with a looping left.
Pavlek stuns Rai with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jakov Pavlek is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pavlek lands a body shot.
Pavlek throws a sloppy head kick and Rai moves out of range easily.
Jakov Pavlek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rai throws a body shot but no joy.
Rai shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pavlek sprawls well. Pavlek wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rai gets slowly back to his feet.
Jakov Pavlek has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Agansing Rai.
Pavlek moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavlek fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rai.
Pavlek tries to clinch there but Rai circles away.
Pavlek scores with a jab.
Pavlek avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pavlek tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Rai manages to circle out of the way.
Rai throws a looping overhand right but Pavlek ducks down to avoid it.
Pavlek lands with a good body shot.
Rai walks forward, straight into a front kick from Pavlek.
A big right from Pavlek misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pavlek scores with a shot to the body.
Pavlek turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rai scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rai avoids the body shot from Pavlek.
Pavlek cracks Rai with a good jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pavlek connects with a looping right hand.
A big left from Pavlek misses.
Rai flicks out a counter leg kick but Pavlek steps away.
Pavlek scores with a sloppy right hand. Rai should have avoided that one.
A combination from Pavlek does no damage.
Rai scores with a jab to the head.
Rai connects with a crisp jab.
Rai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rai has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavlek throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pavlek ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rai moves away.
Pavlek dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rai. That did some damage!
Pavlek throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pavlek throws a shot to the body.
Rai is looking to slow Pavlek down with leg kicks.
Rai throws a series of punches but Pavlek avoids them all with ease.
Pavlek ducks under a wild hook from Rai.
Pavlek fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pavlek bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pavlek throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pavlek is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rai checks a leg kick.
Pavlek throws the left hand but Rai avoids the punch easily.
Rai throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab from Rai.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rai misses with a straight left.
Pavlek lands with an uppercut that bounces Rai off the cage and back into range.
Pavlek staying out of range there.
Pavlek tries to clinch but Rai is having none of it.
Pavlek looks to score with a jab to the body but Rai is just out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jakov Pavlek dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pavlek misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Rai.
Rai changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Rai might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Pavlek has got the better of the exchanges.
Rai throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rai tried to score with a low kick but Pavlek checks it.
Rai misses the shot to the body.
Pavlek appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pavlek throws a hook but Rai avoids it easily.
Rai connects with a nice looking jab.
Rai moves out of range of the strikes.
Rai avoids the body shot from Pavlek.
Rai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rai lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pavlek misses with a lunging right hand
and Rai counters with a straight right hand.
Pavlek ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pavlek takes a swing at Rai's ribcage but misses.
Pavlek cracks Rai with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pavlek scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rai cracks a nice hook into Pavlek's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pavlek scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rai moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pavlek looks to score with a jab to the body but Rai is just out of range.
Jakov Pavlek is winning the standup battle so far.
Pavlek scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pavlek slips under a jab from Rai.
Pavlek looks to land a right hand but Rai moved out of range.
Rai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rai throws a big shot that misses.
Rai slips a straight right by Pavlek.
Rai throws a shot from downtown. Pavlek moves away and avoids it.
Rai jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Pavlek.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pavlek checks a leg kick.
Pavlek tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pavlek throws a head kick but Rai moves out of range.
Rai shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Rai does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pavlek shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pavlek looks to land a right hand but Rai moved out of range.
Pavlek backing away here, and Rai unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Rai does it's job there.
Rai bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rai slips under a jab from Pavlek.
A low kick from Rai misses
and Pavlek counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A leg kick checked by Pavlek.
Pavlek looks to land a left hand but Rai moved out of range nicely.
Rai jabs Pavlek right on the nose. Pavlek blinks but takes it well.
Pavlek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pavlek throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rai on the side of the head.
Pavlek throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rai tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pavlek was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pavlek throws the left hand but Rai avoids the punch easily.
Pavlek fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rai.
Rai connects with a solid leg kick.
Pavlek misses with a looping left.
Pavlek throws a right hand that misses
and Rai counters with a left to the body.
Pavlek tries to clinch up.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rai! But no joy.
Pavlek tries to clinch up but Rai circles away and keeps his distance.
Pavlek throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rai throws out a loose jab but Pavlek uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Rai.
Rai tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pavlek is able to avoid easily.
Rai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pavlek.
Pavlek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pavlek misses with a straight right.
Pavlek scores with a jab to the head.
Pavlek throws a right hand that misses
and Rai makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pavlek misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Rai was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big right from Rai misses.
Pavlek is looking for a counter combo.
Pavlek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rai was well out of range. Poor timing from Pavlek.
Some wild striking there from Pavlek.
Rai avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rai takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rai is looking to score with low kicks.
Rai throws a hook but Pavlek avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Pavlek misses the target.
Pavlek misses with a low kick.
Pavlek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rai throws a front kick aimed at Pavlek's knee but Pavlek avoids it well.
Pavlek swings widly with a right hand
and Rai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pavlek scores with a nice head shot.
Pavlek throws an off balance right hand
and Rai cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rai works the jab nicely.
Rai gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pavlek moves away.
Rai throws a low kick but Pavlek moves out of range easily.
A jab from Pavlek does it's job there.
Pavlek slips under a jab.
Rai changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rai scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Pavlek throws a big shot that misses.
Pavlek lands with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rai moves out of range of the strikes.
Rai throws out a counter right but Pavlek avoids it with no problem.
Pavlek throws a leg kick that misses.
Pavlek chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rai can pounce on him.
Good standup being displayed there by Pavlek as he connects with a hook.
Rai has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A low kick from Pavlek misses
and Rai counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Agansing Rai will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pavlek.
Rai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rai looks to land a left hand but Pavlek moved out of range nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pavlek. That's going to slow Rai down.
Pavlek throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pavlek misses the shot to the body.
Rai moves out of range of the leg kick from Pavlek.
Pavlek backing away here, and Rai unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Rai checks a leg kick nicely.
Rai slips a jab from Pavlek.
Rai throws a leg kick which misses Pavlek's front leg but catches the back leg as Pavlek tries to avoid it.
Pavlek on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pavlek throws a poor cross that misses
and Rai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rai lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pavlek at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavlek with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rai throws a hook to the side of Pavlek's head but Pavlek sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Rai backs away, Pavlek returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Pavlek takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pavlek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pavlek slips a jab from Rai.
Rai lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pavlek is looking to clinch but Rai is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlek works Rai's body with a nice hook.
Pavlek drops his hands momentarily and Rai takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rai fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rai lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rai scores with a hook to the body. Pavlek takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rai fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Pavlek to the ground. Rai is now in Pavlek's guard.
Rai drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rai jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rai looking to pass the guard.
Rai wants to control from the top but Pavlek keeps moving.
Rai passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlek manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pavlek sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rai defending well though.
Rai looking for submissions off his back.
Rai tries to get to full guard but Pavlek has control of the leg.
Rai is staying active underneath Pavlek, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rai is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pavlek seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Pavlek is trying to control. Rai wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rai tries to get to full guard but Pavlek has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rai is still trying to improve position.
Rai is staying active underneath Pavlek, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rai is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pavlek in particular looking to stall.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Rai takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pavlek throws a leg kick but Rai sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rai swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Agansing Rai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Agansing Rai!
Our winner, Agansing Rai, 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.
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