PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between jamal naseem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenny Pavey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

naseem
vs
Pavey

188 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
18
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, jamal naseem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Kenny Pavey!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavey tries to close the distance and clinch but naseem swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
naseem wants to clinch but Pavey slips to the side
and Pavey counters with a one-two to the body.
naseem doesn't manage to clinch there - Pavey circles away.
naseem tries a head kick but it misses.
Pavey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
naseem fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Pavey changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. naseem looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
naseem tries to improve position but can't.
The strikes coming from Pavey are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Pavey decides to take the fight back to the feet.
naseem checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Pavey has taken the fight to the clinch.

Pavey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
naseem wants to clinch

and Pavey counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Pavey has had enough of the clinch but naseem keeps him there for the moment.

naseem breaks from the clinch.
Pavey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pavey connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between naseem's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavey misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - naseem looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
naseem clinches but Pavey breaks the clinch

and Pavey counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Pavey stands up and waves to naseem to follow him.

Pavey shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Pavey sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed naseem's guard.
Pavey has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pavey sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Pavey looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavey wants to stand but naseem has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Pavey trying to control from half guard but naseem is working away.
Pavey looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Pavey stands up out of the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavey stuffs the takedown attempt from naseem. naseem gets slowly back to his feet.
naseem fails with an attempt to clinch.
naseem wants to clinch up but Pavey keeps it at a distance.
Pavey swats away the attempt to clinch by naseem.
Pavey avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pavey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pavey misses with a series of wild punches.
naseem changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pavey tries to avoid it but naseem manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pavey to the ground. Pavey escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jamal naseem. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pavey looks for a takedown but naseem sprawls well.
naseem tries to clinch up.
jamal naseem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown by Pavey or perhaps it was just good defense by naseem which made him look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
naseem tries to clinch up but Pavey circles away and keeps his distance.

naseem has Pavey up against the cage in a clinch.
naseem wants to stall.
naseem pushes Pavey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

naseem breaks from the clinch.
Pavey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
naseem tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pavey paws at him with a jab and circles away.
naseem closes the distance but Pavey moves to the side
and Pavey counters with a series of strikes. naseem will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pavey wants to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pavey.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
naseem fails with an attempt to clinch.
naseem misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenny Pavey dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - Pavey looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
naseem misses with a few strikes there.
naseem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good work by naseem as he checks the leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Pavey.
naseem fails with an attempt to clinch.
naseem fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pavey fails to land the takedown.

naseem clinches up with Pavey and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
naseem scores a nice knee to the body.
naseem pushes Pavey back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

naseem escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
naseem tries to clinch but Pavey moves away
and Pavey counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Pavey is breathing heavily.
naseem looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
naseem tries to clinch up but Pavey circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.

naseem gets in close and instigates a clinch.
naseem throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pavey wants to break the clinch but can't.
naseem tries a knee to the head but Pavey blocks it.
naseem goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
naseem misses with a hook from the clinch.
naseem misses with a punch on the inside.
Pavey blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
naseem gets underhooks to prevent Pavey's takedown attempt.
naseem lands a knee to the body.
naseem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pavey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
naseem unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pavey lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short body shot lands from naseem as the two fighters clinch.
Pavey looking to throw knees to the head but naseem is blocking nicely.
Pavey pushes naseem back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pavey managing to block the knees to the body from naseem.

Pavey breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
naseem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pavey throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Nice sprawl there from Pavey as naseem shoots in.
naseem slips a jab and a cross from Pavey.
Pavey throws a combination that misses

and naseem counters by clinching up.

naseem's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
naseem tries to clinch up but Pavey circles away and keeps his distance.

Pavey fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. naseem sprawls well initially but Pavey persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
naseem is trying to stand back up but Pavey is controlling him

Pavey postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for naseem to stand up.
naseem is looking to clinch but Pavey is avoiding it.
Pavey throws a leg kick but naseem sees it coming and moves out of range.

naseem moves into range and clinches up with Pavey.
naseem takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pavey wants to break free but naseem has control.
naseem throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pavey wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
naseem landing knees to the body.
Pavey wants a takedown.
jamal naseem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenny Pavey.
naseem is trying to break the clinch but Pavey has him pressed against the cage.
Pavey is trying to break free.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

Pavey gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, naseem regains guard.
naseem keeping moving, preventing Pavey from controlling successfully.
naseem has a closed guard, preventing Pavey from standing up.
Pavey trying to control but naseem is working from the bottom.
naseem has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
naseem keeping moving, preventing Pavey from controlling successfully.
Pavey preventing the sweep.

Pavey decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Pavey throws a big shot that misses.
naseem tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kenny Pavey will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Pavey thows a leg kick but naseem checks it

and naseem counters with a single leg into guard. Pavey didn't expect that.
Pavey keeping moving, preventing naseem from controlling successfully.

naseem stands up from Pavey's guard - naseem perhaps looking for a knockout.
Pavey stuffs the takedown.
Pavey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
naseem shoots in looking for a takedown. Pavey tries to sprawl out of it but naseem keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pavey manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pavey.
Pavey lands with an uppercut that bounces naseem off the cage and back into rage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Pavey.
naseem tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Pavey easily slips into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavey controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
naseem can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
naseem is working hard here to advance position.
BOOM! Pavey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pavey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Pavey's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavey tries to control but naseem wriggling away.
Pavey controlling from the full mount.
naseem wants to try and get back to his feet.
Kenny Pavey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pavey controlling the pace for now.
naseem is squirming around, avoiding Pavey's attempts to control the action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Kenny Pavey just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
naseem moves in looking to clinch but Pavey pushes him off.

Pavey darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Pavey wants to control but naseem is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenny Pavey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pavey winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenny Pavey!