PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pavel Sherbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Witt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sherbo's entrance music is Boom Boom Out Go The Lights/ Pat Travers. A fine choice. Witt has chosen Animal by Disturbed as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sherbo
vs
Witt

177 cm
35
162 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

165 cm
36
157 lbs
37 - 16 - 2

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

KnockOut
GREEN!160

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 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pavel Sherbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Aaron Witt!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sherbo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sherbo misses with a straight right.
Sherbo seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Sherbo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Witt.
Sherbo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice cross by Sherbo.
A big right from Witt misses.
Witt connects with an inside leg kick.
Witt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sherbo lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sherbo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Witt.
Witt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sherbo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
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 rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Witt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Witt wants to counter the offense by Sherbo and move into the clinch position.
The fighters circling - Sherbo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Witt scores with a body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Sherbo.
Witt misses with a straight right.
Sherbo appears to be looking for a big counter.
Witt scores with a hook.
Witt connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Sherbo misses.
Sherbo lands a right hook to the body.
Witt misses with a looping right.
Sherbo is looking for a counter combo.
Good shot there by Witt.
Sherbo swinging wildly here.
Sherbo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Witt.
Witt cracks Sherbo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sherbo throws a lazy right hand but Witt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Witt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Witt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sherbo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Witt circles away quickly and effectively.
Witt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sherbo moves away.
Sherbo with a nice cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Witt gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sherbo.
Witt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Witt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sherbo is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Witt thuds his right hand into Sherbo's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Witt comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sherbo throws a lazy right hand but Witt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Witt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sherbo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sherbo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sherbo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Witt doesn't seem bothered though.
Witt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sherbo.
Witt feints a counter leg kick.
Witt lands with a nice combination. Sherbo backs away looking to recover.
Nice shot by Witt.
Sherbo lands a jab to the nose.
Sherbo slips under a jab.
Sherbo appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sherbo misses with a series of wild punches.
Witt throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sherbo went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Witt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sherbo ducks under a wild hook from Witt.
Witt throws a lazy right hand but Sherbo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Witt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sherbo was well out of range. Poor timing from Witt.
Witt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sherbo.
Sherbo is looking for a counter combo.
Sherbo punishes Witt's body with a nice straight punch.
Witt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sherbo throws the left hand but Witt avoids the punch easily.
Witt throws a body shot but no joy.
Witt defending well as Sherbo loads up on a big left hand.
Witt on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Witt moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sherbo scores with a jab.
Sherbo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sherbo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Witt.
Pavel Sherbo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sherbo misses with an uppercut. Witt saw that one coming.
Sherbo missing with a left hand there. Witt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Witt throws a lazy uppercut
and Witt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sherbo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
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!
Witt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sherbo.
No joy there for Sherbo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Witt steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sherbo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sherbo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Witt.
Sherbo loads up on a big right hand but Witt slips the punch.
A jab from Sherbo misses.
Sherbo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sherbo scores with a jab to the head.
Witt throws a lazy right hand but Sherbo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Witt misses with a hook
and Sherbo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sherbo lands with a cross.
Witt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Witt is rocked!
Sherbo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Witt feints a counter leg kick.
Sherbo missing with a left hand there. Witt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sherbo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sherbo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Witt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sherbo moves away.
It looked like Sherbo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sherbo slips under a jab from Witt.
A left lands for Sherbo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Sherbo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Sherbo checks a leg kick nicely.
Sherbo throws a series of strikes that have Witt backpedaling.
Witt is still on wobbly legs! Can Sherbo finish him?
Sherbo lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice cross by Witt.
Sherbo misses with a jab to the body
and Witt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sherbo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Witt can do to turn this around?
Sherbo lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Witt falls backwards - clearly groggy! Sherbo dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pavel Sherbo!
After the fight, Pavel Sherbo 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.