PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between BJ McGobblecock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pavel Sherbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

McGobblecock
vs
Sherbo

172 cm
31
165 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

177 cm
32
162 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, BJ McGobblecock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pavel Sherbo!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sherbo throws a right and a left that McGobblecock avoids nicely.
Sherbo misses with a wild combination.
McGobblecock throws a series of punches but Sherbo avoids them all with ease.
Sherbo just misses with a punch to the body.
McGobblecock uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
McGobblecock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sherbo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sherbo lands a head shot.
McGobblecock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sherbo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McGobblecock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sherbo.
Sherbo throws a left and a right that both miss
and McGobblecock counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A combination from Sherbo does no damage.
Sherbo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McGobblecock counters with a left to the body.
Sherbo 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.
Sherbo avoids the body shot from McGobblecock.
Sherbo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McGobblecock counters with a nice uppercut.
We've been hearing reports that McGobblecock has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No joy there for Sherbo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice shot by McGobblecock.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherbo slips a straight right by McGobblecock.
McGobblecock walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
McGobblecock takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sherbo misses with a wild combination.
Sherbo misses with the combination.
McGobblecock fails to land with a series of punches.
McGobblecock throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sherbo throws a left and a right that both miss
and McGobblecock counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McGobblecock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sherbo.
Sherbo fails to land with a series of punches.
McGobblecock throws a hook but Sherbo avoids it easily.
Sherbo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McGobblecock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sherbo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sherbo misses with a double jab
and McGobblecock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sherbo throws a big shot that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Sherbo. Those never looked like landing.
Sherbo ducks under a wild hook from McGobblecock.
Sherbo misses with a wild combination.
McGobblecock thows a left - swing and a miss!
McGobblecock scores with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

McGobblecock has taken the fight to the clinch.
McGobblecock lands a body punch.
Sherbo tries a body shot but McGobblecock blocks it.
McGobblecock will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sherbo up against the cage.
McGobblecock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sherbo backwards.
McGobblecock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McGobblecock blocks an elbow strike from Sherbo.
Still in the clinch, McGobblecock scores with a nice short uppercut.
McGobblecock misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGobblecock blocks a body shot from Sherbo.
A nice right hand lands inside from McGobblecock.
McGobblecock taking a breather.
Sherbo misses with a hook from the clinch.

McGobblecock manages to break the clinch.
A nice combination there by Sherbo.
McGobblecock throws a jab when Sherbo was well out of range.
McGobblecock lands a lovely overhand right.
Sherbo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McGobblecock circles away quickly and effectively.
McGobblecock cracks Sherbo with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sherbo misses with a double jab
and McGobblecock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sherbo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sherbo misses with a two punch combination.
McGobblecock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Sherbo misses with a combination

and McGobblecock decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Sherbo's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
McGobblecock makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
McGobblecock connects with a couple of short punches.
McGobblecock has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
McGobblecock is working Sherbo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McGobblecock works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Sherbo looking for submissions off his back.
McGobblecock is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
McGobblecock throwing shots but Sherbo is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGobblecock is trying to control the action in half guard but Sherbo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice uppercut lands for McGobblecock. That snapped Sherbo's head back.
Sherbo avoids the body shot from McGobblecock.

McGobblecock shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than McGobblecock was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

Sherbo is rocked!
McGobblecock cracks Sherbo with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! McGobblecock immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Sherbo is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by McGobblecock!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). BJ McGobblecock!
Jumping up and down and very excited, BJ McGobblecock waved his t-shirt featuring Fury Nutrition Inc.'s logo in front of the cameras.