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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adair Polley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Pavlovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anton Pavlovich is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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280 lbs
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240 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adair Polley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anton Pavlovich!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polley turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pavlovich uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Polley.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pavlovich! But no joy.
Pavlovich keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've been informed that Pavlovich has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Pavlovich will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pavlovich misses with a hook.
Polley misses with a left hand
and Pavlovich counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Polley keeps the fight on the outside.
Polley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pavlovich ducks under a wild hook from Polley.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pavlovich! But no joy.
Polley throws a hook but Pavlovich blocks it.
Pavlovich throws out a counter right but Polley avoids it with no problem.
Pavlovich doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Polley takes a swing at Pavlovich's ribcage but misses.
Pavlovich is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pavlovich blocks a jab.
A punch combination from Polley misses.
Polley throws a right hand that Pavlovich ducks under and follows up with a left that Pavlovich also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polley looks to land a left hand but Pavlovich moved out of range nicely.
Polley misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pavlovich counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Polley looks to land a combination but Pavlovich avoids it well.
Pavlovich closes the distance and clinches.
Pavlovich throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pavlovich scores with a shot to the side of Polley's head.
Pavlovich swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Polley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pavlovich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Polley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Polley's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pavlovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Polley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Polley blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlovich content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Polley blocks an uppercut.
Pavlovich digs a right hand into Polley's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Polley's gas tank.
Pavlovich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pavlovich scores with a nice hook to the head.
Polley misses with a punch to the body.
Pavlovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pavlovich misses with the head strike.
Polley throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pavlovich's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavlovich working aggressively here.
Polley blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Pavlovich fails to land.
Pavlovich slowing the pace effectively.
A head punch on the inside from Pavlovich fails to land.
Pavlovich throws a punch but it's blocked by Polley.
Pavlovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Polley takes a shot to the head.
Polley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Polley misses with a body punch.
Pavlovich stalling the fight.
Pavlovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pavlovich taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pavlovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Pavlovich scores with a hook to the body.
Pavlovich doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pavlovich misses with the head strike.
Pavlovich lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pavlovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Pavlovich fails to land.
Pavlovich misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pavlovich creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Polley is trying to push Pavlovich away but Pavlovich has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anton Pavlovich dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Polley feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pavlovich's calf.
Polley lands a right hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Polley. Pavlovich does a little dance to reset his feet.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Polley.
Polley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pavlovich loads up on a big right hand but Polley slips the punch.
It looked like Polley was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pavlovich.
Polley throws a chopping leg kick but Pavlovich manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Polley misses with a body shot
letting Pavlovich counter with a right hand.
Adair Polley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pavlovich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Polley.
Polley lands a right hook to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Pavlovich. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Polley misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Pavlovich there.
Polley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pavlovich looks to score with a jab to the body but Polley is just out of range.
Polley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pavlovich tries to clinch but Polley moves away
and Polley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polley misses with a hook. Pavlovich ducked under it nicely.
Polley misses with a combination
and Pavlovich counters with a straight right hand.
Polley fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pavlovich ducks under a wild hook from Polley.
Pavlovich looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jab by Pavlovich.
Polley cracks Pavlovich with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Adair Polley is winning the standup battle so far.
Pavlovich feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Polley sprawling to the canvas! Polley rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Pavlovich finish him?!
Polley is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pavlovich fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Oh Polley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pavlovich ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Polley's jaw. Polley's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Pavlovich does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anton Pavlovich!
After the fight, Anton Pavlovich was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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RATING
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