PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jah Wobble (ranked 2408 p4p, 276 weight class) and Filip Pavi (ranked 2679 p4p, 308 weight class). Wobble comes into the arena with Passage to Hades blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wobble
vs
Pavi

166 cm
19
162 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
164 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jah Wobble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Filip Pavi!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Jah Wobble has been cut.
Wobble throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pavi's waist but Pavi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Wobble off to one side.
Pavi throws a combination that misses

and Wobble counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Pavi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wobble slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Pavi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wobble lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pavi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wobble is one step ahead there.
Pavi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pavi being controlled here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wobble stands up over Pavi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wobble scoring with punches to the head and body.
Pavi has momentary wrist control but Wobble slips an elbow through the middle.
Wobble is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wobble working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pavi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wobble. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wobble advances position into side control!
Pavi is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Wobble asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Wobble cracks Pavi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Pavi wants to get back to his feet but Wobble drags him back down.
Pavi wants to control but Wobble postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavi is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wobble landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wobble taking a breather here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wobble in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wobble cracks Pavi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Wobble taking a breather here.
Wobble landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wobble working the ground and pound.
Pavi takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pavi bucks up and tries to throw Wobble off but instead Wobble has got his back!
Wobble has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Wobble connects with a big shot to the side of Pavi's head.
Pavi covers up after that shot from Wobble.
Wobble punishes Pavi with strikes from the back mount.
Wobble is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Wobble gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Wobble gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Wobble apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Wobble is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pavi.
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!
Wobble takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Wobble shoots in and bounces Pavi off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Wobble working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wobble showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Pavi working a defensive guard here.
Wobble is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Wobble's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Pavi working a defensive guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jah Wobble dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jah Wobble'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.

Pavi cracks Wobble with a right hand to the side of the head.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pavi!

Wobble bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wobble lands an elbow.
You can see the frustration on Pavi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Pavi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wobble landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Pavi is trying to get back to half guard.
Pavi takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wobble scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pavi to see if he's OK.
Wobble grinds an elbow into Pavi's temple.
Wobble working the ground and pound.
Pavi taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wobble working the head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wobble is chipping away with strikes.
A lull in the action here as Wobble stalls from top position.
Wobble landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wobble scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pavi to see if he's OK.
Wobble working the head and body with strikes.
Wobble scoring with punches from side control.
Jah Wobble overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wobble lands an elbow.
Wobble taking a breather here.
Wobble creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Wobble controlling the position from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wobble landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Pavi throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Wobble controls the position.
Further stalling from Wobble.
Wobble lands a nice forearm strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Wobble politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Wobble prefers to stall for the moment though.
Pavi is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Wobble working the head and body with strikes.
Wobble has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Pavi!
Wobble lands a heavy elbow.
We've been hearing good reports from Wobble's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Wobble sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wobble with shots to the head and body - Pavi looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wobble lands with some strikes.
Wobble breaks from Pavi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pavi is in a horrible position here. Wobble smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wobble putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wobble connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wobble scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pavi?
Wobble is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pavi can do to turn this around?
Wobble landing strikes from the mount.

Pavi is rocked!
Wobble with good strikes from the mount here!
Pavi is still in real trouble! Can Wobble finish him?
A big strike lands for Wobble! That's really hurt Pavi and he's turned his back - Wobble keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Wobble jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jah Wobble!
An out of breath Jah Wobble thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.