PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sick Puppy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pavel Sherbo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sherbo has chosen Boom Boom Out Go The Lights/ Pat Travers as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Puppy
vs
Sherbo

173 cm
35
166 lbs
22 - 18 - 2

177 cm
36
162 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 22 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Sick Puppy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pavel Sherbo!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puppy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Puppy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sherbo gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sherbo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Puppy scores with a body shot.
Puppy misses with a body shot
letting Sherbo counter with a right hand.
Puppy misses with a hook. Sherbo ducked under it nicely.
A left and a right from Sherbo both land. Nice combination.
Puppy lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sherbo throws a body punch but Puppy moves out of range.
Puppy is looking to chop away at Sherbo's legs.
Sherbo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sherbo throws out a loose jab but Puppy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sherbo swinging wildly here.
Puppy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puppy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sherbo.
Sherbo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Puppy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sherbo as he jumps to the side.
Sherbo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Puppy.
A telegraphed right hand from Puppy misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherbo throws a right and a left that Puppy avoids nicely.
Puppy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sherbo. That did some damage!
Sherbo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sherbo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Puppy is looking to counter punch.
Sherbo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Puppy.
Puppy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Puppy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Puppy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sherbo.
Sherbo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Puppy's hands.
Puppy throws a nice looking combination but Sherbo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Sherbo misses the target.
A jab from Sherbo misses.
Sherbo lands with an overhand left.
A punch combination from Sherbo misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puppy looks to land a left hand but Sherbo moved out of range nicely.
Sherbo just misses with a punch to the body.
Puppy throws the left hand but Sherbo avoids the punch easily.

Puppy feints and as Sherbo raises his hands in defense, Puppy changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Sherbo is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Puppy presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puppy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Puppy can't find room to land a body shot as Sherbo controls the action.
Sherbo blocks an uppercut.
Puppy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Puppy lands an uppercut.
Sherbo misses with the head strike.
Puppy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sherbo content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sherbo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sherbo is trying to push Puppy away but Puppy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Puppy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Sherbo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sick Puppy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sherbo.
Puppy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puppy is pushing Sherbo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Puppy pushes Sherbo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sherbo fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Puppy goes for a takedown attempt but Sherbo pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Sherbo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Puppy throws a front kick aimed at Sherbo's knee but Sherbo avoids it well.
Sherbo throws a hook to the side of Puppy's head but Puppy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Sherbo.
Sherbo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Puppy at a distance.
Sherbo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A leg kick checked by Sherbo.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Puppy. Sherbo shrugs it off though.
Sherbo misses with a series of wild punches.
Sherbo misses with a hook. Puppy ducked under it nicely.
Sherbo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sherbo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sherbo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Puppy takes a swing at Sherbo's ribcage but misses.
Sherbo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Puppy is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sherbo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sherbo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Puppy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sherbo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sherbo lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Puppy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sherbo was well out of range. Poor timing from Puppy.
Sherbo ducks under a wild hook from Puppy.
Puppy wants to clinch up but Sherbo keeps it at a distance.
A jab from Sherbo does it's job there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Puppy shoots in for a takedown but Sherbo shows good takedown defense.
The fighters circling - Puppy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pavel Sherbo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sherbo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Puppy.
Sherbo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Puppy.
Puppy scores with a jab. Sherbo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pavel Sherbo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sherbo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sherbo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sherbo tests Puppy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Puppy looks to land a right hand but Sherbo moved out of range.
Puppy misses with a right hand
and Sherbo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sherbo defending well as Puppy loads up on a big left hand.
Sherbo digs a good body shot into Puppy's ribs.
Puppy scores with a head kick. Sherbo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Pavel Sherbo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Puppy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Puppy punishes Sherbo's body with a nice straight punch.
Puppy missing with a left hand there. Sherbo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sherbo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Puppy slips under a jab.
Sherbo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pavel Sherbo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Puppy throws a hook but Sherbo blocks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sherbo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A lazy left from Sherbo finds it's target.
Sherbo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Puppy loads up on a big right hand but Sherbo slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Sherbo.
Puppy tried to counter with a leg kick but Sherbo avoided it.
Puppy lands a really nice looking cross but Sherbo seems unphased.
Puppy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puppy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sherbo manages to avoid it.
Puppy connects with a leg kick. Sherbo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Sherbo scores with a jab to the head.
A punch combination from Sherbo misses.
Sherbo moves out of range of the strikes.
As Puppy backs off Sherbo throws a huge counter combo but Puppy manages to avoid it all.
A punch combination from Sherbo misses.
Sherbo ducks right into an uppercut from Puppy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Puppy. Sherbo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Puppy avoids the body shot from Sherbo.
Sherbo loads up on a big right hand but Puppy slips the punch.
Sherbo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puppy moves away.
Sherbo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Puppy.
Sherbo scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puppy throws out a loose jab but Sherbo uses good head movement to avoid it.

Puppy shoots in and bounces Sherbo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sherbo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sherbo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Puppy trying to control but Sherbo is working from the bottom.

Sherbo working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Puppy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Puppy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Sherbo working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puppy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Sherbo keeping full guard, as Puppy tries to pass.
Puppy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Puppy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Puppy slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Sherbo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puppy.
Puppy jabs Sherbo right on the nose. Sherbo blinks but takes it well.

Sherbo is rocked!
Puppy fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Sherbo out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Sick Puppy!
Sick Puppy managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, GREEN!160, into his post fight interview.