PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Dubrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Whales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whales has chosen AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill as his entrance music. Pavel Dubrov has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Dubrov
vs
Whales

192 cm
27
210 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

181 cm
30
207 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

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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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pavel Dubrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick Whales!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Steve Montenegro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dubrov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A combination from Dubrov does no damage.

Dubrov drives through and clinches with Whales against the cage.
Whales has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dubrov has Whales pressed against the cage, preventing Whales from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dubrov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Whales avoids it.
Dubrov slows down the pace here.
Dubrov lands with a light punch inside.
Dubrov misses with a knee to the head.
Dubrov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dubrov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dubrov misses with a punch on the inside.
Dubrov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Whales looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dubrov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Whales is trying to break free.
Dubrov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Whales has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Whales tries to score a body lock takedown but Dubrov shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dubrov stalls.
Whales can't break the clinch.
Whales has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Dubrov after a bit of a struggle.
Whales is leaning against Dubrov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dubrov looking to throw knees to the head but Whales is blocking nicely.
Dubrov blocks an uppercut.
Whales tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dubrov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Whales avoids it.
Dubrov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dubrov trying to control the position but instead, Whales has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dubrov into the cage.
Whales lands an uppercut.
Whales working some nice short punches in the clinch.

It looks like Pavel Dubrov has been cut.
Dubrov tries a knee to the head but Whales blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whales tries for a takedown. No joy.
Pavel Dubrov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Whales.
Dubrov misses with a knee to the head.
Dubrov trying to land knees to the body.
Dubrov prevents a body shot from Whales.
Dubrov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Whales breaks the clinch.
Dubrov misses with a head kick.
Dubrov is looking to clinch but Whales is avoiding it.
Nice body kick there by Dubrov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dubrov swinging wildly here.
Whales takes one to the chin there.
Dubrov misses with an uppercut. Whales saw that one coming.
Pavel Dubrov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dubrov misses with a combination

and Whales counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dubrov won't be happy with that.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Dubrov is not content to let Whales control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whales scores with punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Whales creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Dubrov sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Dubrov is looking for a sweep.
Dubrov parries the strikes from Whales easily there. Whales is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dubrov to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whales sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Dubrov is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Whales tries to score with some ground and pound. Dubrov controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Whales throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Whales wants to control but Dubrov is keeping him busy.
Dubrov dodges the ground and pound from Whales.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dubrov is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Whales wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dubrov keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Patrick Whales will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pavel Dubrov's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dubrov tries a head kick but it misses.
Whales misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Whales looks for the body kick but Dubrov saw that one coming.
Dubrov staying out of range there.
Whales takes a kick to the side of the head.

Whales drives through and clinches with Dubrov against the cage.
Dubrov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Whales backwards.
Dubrov tries a knee to the head but Whales blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dubrov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dubrov trying to land knees to the body.
Dubrov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dubrov tries to land a knee to the head but Whales blocks with his arms.

Whales escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dubrov lands with a nice combination. Whales backs away looking to recover.
Dubrov takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dubrov throws a lazy right hand but Whales sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Whales clinches up against the cage.
Whales lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Whales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dubrov trying to stall but Whales improves his position.
Dubrov avoiding damage.
Pavel Dubrov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dubrov.
Dubrov stalls.
Dubrov tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dubrov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Whales.
Dubrov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dubrov can't find room to land a body shot as Whales controls the action.
Dubrov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Whales's face.
Whales just leaning against Dubrov, taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whales wants to stall.
Dubrov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Whales blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Dubrov fails to land.
Whales scores with a shot to the side of Dubrov's head.
Dubrov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Whales blocks it with crossed arms.
Whales lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dubrov missing with knees to the body.

Whales breaks from the clinch.
Whales lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dubrov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Dubrov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dubrov leaning his opponent against the cage.
Whales takes a shot to the head.
Dubrov misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dubrov blocking some punches.

Whales pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dubrov defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Whales.
Whales blocks a jab.
Dubrov just misses with a punch to the body.

Whales looking to score a takedown here. Dubrov is defending well but Whales drives through and ends up in Dubrov's guard.
Whales controls from within his opponent's guard.
Whales throws an elbow that misses. Dubrov uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Whales's guard. Nice move by Dubrov!
Whales lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dubrov keeping moving, preventing Whales from controlling successfully.
Whales postures up.
Whales controlling from the top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whales passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Pavel Dubrov will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Pavel Dubrov's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Whales pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dubrov lands a head kick. Whales smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Whales lands a head shot.
Pavel Dubrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Whales throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dubrov misses with a head kick.
Dubrov tests Whales's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Whales gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Dubrov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Whales is working for takedown but Dubrov is calmly controlling the position for now.
A short right from Whales on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dubrov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Whales lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dubrov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dubrov has Whales pressed against the cage.
Whales lands a shoulder strike.
Dubrov missing with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Dubrov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whales lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dubrov tries to stall but Whales uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A shot in the inside from Dubrov.
Dubrov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Whales blocks it with crossed arms.
Dubrov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dubrov stops a takedown attempt from Whales.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whales lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Whales pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A solid body kick from Whales.
Whales connects with a body shot.
Dubrov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Whales.
Whales throws a nice inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Whales is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Dubrov misses with a double jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Whales.
Pavel Dubrov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrick Whales.
A nice inside leg kick there by Whales. That's going to slow Dubrov down.
Whales walks into a straight right hand from Dubrov.
Whales clobbers Dubrov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Whales walks into a left hand.

Whales has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dubrov tries a knee to the head but Whales blocks it.
Dubrov misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whales avoiding damage as Dubrov throws knees to the body.
Dubrov scores a nice knee to the body.
Dubrov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dubrov missing with knees to the body.
Dubrov misses with a knee to the head.
Whales lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Whales breaks the clinch.
Whales takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Whales.
Whales throws a quick inside leg kick.
Whales thuds his right hand into Dubrov's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Whales uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dubrov.
Whales pushes Dubrov away with a front kick.
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!

Whales fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Dubrov to the ground. Whales is now in Dubrov's guard.
Whales seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Whales keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dubrov's head.
Dubrov keeping moving, preventing Whales from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Whales pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dubrov is keeping the position for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Whales comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Whales 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 29:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Patrick Whales!
A very excited looking Patrick Whales made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.