PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kuuya Ueda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Pavil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ueda's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, UnderDog - Test Eagles. Marcos Pavil will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Ueda
vs
Pavil

188 cm
28
270 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

225 cm
31
280 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Kore Fight Nutrition [TG]

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kuuya Ueda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcos Pavil!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ueda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ueda tries to clinch up but Pavil circles away and keeps his distance.
Ueda does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pavil thuds his right hand into Ueda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ueda fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pavil is out of range.
Ueda throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ueda throws a low kick, looking for Pavil's leg but Pavil calmly moves out of range.
Ueda tries to move into range but Pavil moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pavil uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pavil swats away the attempt to clinch by Ueda.
Pavil misses with an uppercut.
Ueda blocks a jab.
Ueda tries to clinch up.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ueda.
Ueda is looking to clinch.
Pavil thows a body shot but no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ueda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ueda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ueda moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavil avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ueda tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Pavil defends well and Ueda ends up having to push Pavil into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
I was talking to Ueda's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ueda working Pavil over with knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ueda just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pavil's brow.
Pavil on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ueda lands a good knee to the midsection. Pavil won't want to take too many of those.
Ueda prevents a body shot from Pavil.
Pavil takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ueda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pavil blocks it with crossed arms.
Ueda has Pavil pressed against the cage, preventing Pavil from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ueda scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pavil avoiding damage as Ueda throws knees to the body.
Ueda landing knees to the body.
Pavil looks winded!
Ueda tries a knee to the head but Pavil blocks it.
Ueda is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ueda lands an elbow just above Pavil 's eye.
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Ueda lands a knee to the body.
Ueda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ueda scores a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ueda with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Ueda.
Nice elbow from Ueda.

It looks like Marcos Pavil has been cut.
Ueda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ueda working Pavil over with knees to the body.
Ueda misses with a knee strike.
Ueda looking to throw knees to the head but Pavil is blocking nicely.
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Ueda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pavil is looking to break free of the clinch but Ueda has double underhooks.
Ueda lands a knee to the body.
Ueda keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pavil's efforts to push away.
Pavil looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ueda lands an elbow that stopped Pavil in his tracks for a moment.
Pavil takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ueda.
Pavil takes an elbow to the temple.
Ueda looking to throw knees to the head but Pavil is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ueda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ueda utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ueda lands an elbow inside that Pavil shrugs off.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ueda scores a nice knee to the body.
Ueda landing knees to the head.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ueda.
Ueda landing knees to the head.
Ueda landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pavil tries to break free but Ueda pushes him back against the cage.
Ueda working Pavil over with knees to the body.
Ueda working Pavil over with knees to the body.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Ueda.
Ueda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pavil working hard to break the clinch.
Ueda landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ueda.
Pavil is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ueda with a knee to the head.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Ueda landing knees to the head.

Pavil is rocked!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ueda obliges.
Knees to the body from Ueda.
A knee to the head by Ueda.
Pavil is still on wobbly legs! Can Ueda finish him?
Ueda misses with a knee strike.
Pavil seems to have recovered his senses.
Pavil misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pavil lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ueda backwards.
Ueda landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda lands an elbow just above Pavil 's eye.
Ueda lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ueda lands an elbow inside that Pavil shrugs off.
Ueda lands a nice knee to the body.
Ueda connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pavil's face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuuya Ueda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcos Pavil's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A thudding body kick lands there by Ueda!
Ueda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ueda lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pavil rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ueda moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ueda on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ueda tries to clinch but Pavil is having none of it.
Ueda throws a quick inside leg kick.

Ueda clinches with his opponent.
Ueda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pavil's defenses.
Pavil tries to circle away but Ueda has him pinned against the cage.
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ueda has Pavil pressed against the cage, preventing Pavil from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ueda prevents Pavil from breaking the clinch.
Pavil tries to circle away but Ueda has him pinned against the cage.
Pavil is breathing heavily.
Ueda landing knees to the head.
Ueda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pavil takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ueda is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ueda misses with a knee strike.
Ueda lands an elbow just above Pavil 's eye.
Ueda scores with a knee to the head.
Ueda misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ueda.
Ueda lands a knee to the head.
Ueda utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ueda scores with a knee to the head.
Ueda lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ueda.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ueda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ueda using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ueda with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ueda landing knees to the body.
Ueda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ueda.
Nice elbow from Ueda.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ueda landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Ueda.
Ueda crunches a lovely knee into Pavil's ribcage.
Ueda scores with a knee to the head.
Ueda with a knee to the head.
Ueda landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ueda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pavil is looking to break free of the clinch but Ueda has double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Pavil fails to land.
Ueda lands a nice elbow.
Ueda connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pavil's face.
Pavil tries to break free but Ueda pushes him back against the cage.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ueda obliges.
Pavil working hard to break the clinch.
Pavil blocks an elbow strike.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavil wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ueda throws an elbow but misses.
Ueda has Pavil pressed against the cage, preventing Pavil from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pavil.
Pavil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pavil has Ueda pushed against the cage.

Pavil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pavil fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pavil is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ueda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ueda is looking to clinch.
Pavil scores with a hook to the body. Ueda takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pavil has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ueda tries to clinch but Pavil is having none of it.
Ueda dives in for a single leg takedown but Pavil sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Pavil breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A leg kick checked by Pavil.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ueda takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A lazy left from Ueda finds it's target.
Marcos Pavil is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ueda moves in looking to clinch but Pavil pushes him off.
Ueda tries to clinch
and Pavil counters with a left and a right that stings Ueda.
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!
Pavil misses with a series of wild punches.
Ueda moves in looking to clinch but Pavil pushes him off.
Ueda tries to clinch up.
Pavil scores with a one two! Ueda had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ueda takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pavil thuds his right hand into Ueda's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pavil will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pavil blocks a head kick by Ueda.
Pavil thows a body shot but no joy.
A big right from Pavil misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuuya Ueda dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcos Pavil's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Ueda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pavil manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ueda wants to clinch up but Pavil keeps it at a distance.

Pavil clinches up against the cage.
Pavil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ueda lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nice elbow from Ueda.
Ueda looking to throw knees to the head but Pavil is blocking nicely.
Ueda lands an elbow inside.
Pavil takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ueda with a knee to the head.
Pavil takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ueda.
Ueda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pavil has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ueda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pavil's defenses.
Kuuya Ueda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ueda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pavil blocks it with crossed arms.
Pavil looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ueda keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pavil's efforts to push away.
Ueda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pavil can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ueda.
Ueda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pavil's defenses.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.
Pavil is looking to break free of the clinch but Ueda has double underhooks.
Ueda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ueda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pavil blocks it with crossed arms.
Pavil tries to circle away but Ueda has him pinned against the cage.
Pavil wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ueda with a knee to the head.
Pavil managing to block the knees to the body from Ueda.
Ueda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ueda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pavil.
Ueda misses with a knee to the head.

Pavil's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pavil catches Ueda with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pavil paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ueda tries to clinch but Pavil moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ueda tries a low kick but Pavil avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Pavil. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pavil.

It looks like Kuuya Ueda has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pavil misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pavil lands a head shot.
Ueda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ueda fails with the takedown.
Ueda tries to clinch but Pavil moves out of range.
Pavil throws the left hand but Ueda avoids the punch easily.
Ueda dodges the punch combination from Pavil.
Pavil swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ueda.
Pavil connects with the punch.
Ueda doesn't manage to clinch there - Pavil circles away.
Ueda tries to clinch up but Pavil circles away and keeps his distance.
Ueda tries to clinch up but Pavil circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pavil has Ueda up against the cage in a clinch.
Pavil is trying to break the clinch but Ueda has him pressed against the cage.
Ueda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pavil is defending well for now.
Ueda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ueda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ueda missing with knees to the body.
Pavil wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Pavil breaks the clinch.
Pavil with a jab.
Pavil lands a body shot.
Ueda tries to clinch
and Pavil counters with a straight right hand.
Ueda fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pavil connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pavil paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pavil stuns Ueda with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ueda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ueda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pavil paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pavil circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pavil throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pavil lands a slapping body shot.
Ueda gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pavil.
Ueda tries to clinch but Pavil is having none of it.
Pavil throws out a powerful jab.
Ueda is looking to slow Pavil down with leg kicks.
Pavil throws a series of punches but Ueda moves out of range.
Ueda wants to clinch up but Pavil keeps it at a distance.
Ueda fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Pavil misses its intended target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ueda tries to clinch up but Pavil circles away and keeps his distance.
Ueda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pavil throws a combination. Ueda tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Marcos Pavil has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kuuya Ueda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Good standup being displayed there by Pavil as he connects with a hook.
Ueda moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marcos Pavil.
I think Ueda has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kuuya Ueda!
Kuuya Ueda managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Kore Fight Nutrition [TG], into his post fight interview.