PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Manny Pacman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Butler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pacman comes into the arena with Bebot by Black Eyed Peas blaring out of the sound system. Butler has chosen Blind Man Can See It as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Pacman
vs
Butler

155 cm
20
145 lbs
6 - 4 - 1

168 cm
21
145 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Hellbent, Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Manny Pacman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Billy Butler!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacman lands with a cross.
Butler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Butler throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pacman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Butler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice uppercut there from Pacman.
Butler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pacman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Butler throws a sloppy head kick and Pacman moves out of range easily.
Butler avoids the body shot from Pacman.
Butler tries to clinch up.
Butler has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Butler there as he acknowledges the shot.
Butler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pacman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pacman thuds a left hand into Butler's body.
Butler tries to clinch but Pacman is having none of it.
Butler throws a sloppy head kick and Pacman moves out of range easily.
Butler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Butler throws a head kick that half lands.
Pacman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pacman scores with a hook.
Pacman avoids the head kick by Butler.
Pacman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Butler was well out of range. Poor timing from Pacman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacman just misses with a punch to the body.
Pacman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Butler uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pacman.
Pacman avoids a kick to the body.
Butler keeps Pacman at a distance using the push kick.
Butler tries to clinch but Pacman moves out of range.
Billy Butler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pacman avoids the head kick by Butler.
Butler feints and then cracks Pacman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pacman down.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacman misses the target.
Butler swinging wilding here.
Butler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacman paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pacman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Butler has time to react.
Pacman scores with a jab to the body.
Pacman takes one on the button.
Butler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Butler clinches up against the cage.
Pacman is trying to maintain a safe position but Butler gets an underhook and turns Pacman into the cage.
Pacman lands with a short shot to the head.
Butler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Butler with a knee to the head.

It looks like Manny Pacman has been cut.
Butler misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacman has a couple of punches blocked by Butler.
Pacman slowing the pace effectively.
Butler misses with a knee strike.
Pacman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Butler lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pacman gets through Butler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Butler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pacman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pacman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pacman can't find room to land a body shot as Butler controls the action.
Butler misses with a knee to the head.
A hook to the body from Pacman.
Butler looks gassed!
Butler trying to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Pacman.
Pacman lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pacman tries a body shot but Butler blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Butler.
Pacman on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pacman lands a shoulder strike.
Pacman can't find room to land a body shot as Butler controls the action.
Butler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Butler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pacman takes a knee right on the jaw!
Butler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A bit of stalling here from Pacman.
Pacman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pacman managing to block the knees to the body from Butler.
Pacman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacman lands a left hand.
Pacman blocks the elbow strike.
Pacman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pacman lands a body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pacman controlling the action here for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Pacman.
Butler tries to land a knee to the head but Pacman blocks with his arms.
Pacman lands a shot to the body.
Pacman looking to slow down the pace here.
Pacman lands a nice shot to the body.
Butler misses with a knee to the head.
Pacman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Butler.
Pacman is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pacman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Butler backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pacman is working Butler over against the cage.
Pacman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pacman takes an elbow to the forehead.
Butler looking to throw knees to the head but Pacman is blocking nicely.
Pacman works on Butler's body with a couple of short punches.
Pacman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Butler is keeping busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pacman.
Pacman has Butler pushed against the cage.
Pacman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pacman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Butler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pacman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Butler misses with a knee to the head.
Butler misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Butler as Pacman tries to tie him up.
Pacman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Butler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pacman's brow.
Butler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pacman.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pacman.
Butler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pacman trying to control the position but instead, Butler has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pacman into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pacman.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pacman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Butler backwards.
Pacman has Butler pressed against the cage.
Pacman lands a nice uppercut.
Butler connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Pacman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manny Pacman's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pacman misses with a hook. Butler ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Pacman misses.
Butler moves in looking to clinch but Pacman pushes him off.
Butler tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pacman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A thudding body kick lands there by Butler!
A swing and a miss from Pacman.
Butler takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Pacman looks to land a right hand but Butler moved out of range.
Butler lands with a slapping head kick.
Butler takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pacman thuds his right hand into Butler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pacman throws a jab when Butler was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacman lands a slapping body shot.
Pacman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Butler.
Pacman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pacman throws a jab but it's blocked by Butler.
Pacman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Butler lands with a kick to the temple. Pacman shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacman misses with a wild body shot.
Pacman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Butler.
Butler misses with a jab to the body
and Pacman counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Butler lands with a kick to the temple. Pacman shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Nice uppercut lands for Pacman. That snapped Butler's head back.
Pacman moves out of range of the strikes.
Pacman lands a right hook to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pacman!
Butler tries to clinch but Pacman is having none of it.
Pacman takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Butler blocks a jab.
Pacman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Butler in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Butler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Butler rushes Pacman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knees to the body from Butler.
Pacman is trying to stall.
Butler lands a damaging elbow.
Pacman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Butler tries to land a knee to the head but Pacman blocks with his arms.
Butler is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Butler or not.
Butler crunches a lovely knee into Pacman's ribcage.
Pacman cracks Butler with a nice body shot.
Pacman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Butler landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Butler tries to land a knee to the head but Pacman blocks with his arms.
Pacman lands with a right to the head.
Pacman scores with a shot to the side of Butler's head.
Butler tries to land knees in the clinch but Pacman avoids the damage to the body.
Pacman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pacman lands a nice shot to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Pacman scores with a nice short uppercut.
A body shot lands from Pacman.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pacman gets through Butler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Pacman.
Pacman scores with a hook to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pacman cracks Butler with a nice body shot.
Pacman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Butlers head.
Butler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pacman blocks it with crossed arms.
Pacman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Butler or not.
Pacman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Butler is keeping busy.
Pacman working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Butler.
Pacman scores with a shoulder strike.
Pacman trying to control the position but instead, Butler has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pacman into the cage.
Pacman tries to work over Butler's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Butler missing with knees to the body.
Butler tries to land a knee to the head but Pacman blocks with his arms.
A right handed body shot lands from Pacman.
Pacman works on Butler's body with a couple of short punches.
Pacman lands a body punch.
Manny Pacman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pacman lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pacman softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pacman lands a nice shot to the body.
Pacman stalls.
Pacman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Butler misses with a knee strike.
Pacman avoiding damage as Butler throws knees to the body.
Pacman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Butler or not.
Pacman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pacman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Butler pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Pacman as the two fighters clinch.
Pacman lands a nice shot to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pacman lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Butler backwards.
Butler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pacman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pacman.
A hook to the body from Pacman.
Pacman lands a right hand.
Butler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pacman.
Pacman trying to control the position but instead, Butler has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pacman into the cage.
Pacman gets through Butler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Butler misses with a knee to the head.
Pacman effectively controlling the action here.
Butler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pacman lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Pacman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manny Pacman's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Pacman throws a body punch but Butler moves out of range.
Pacman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Butler was well out of range. Poor timing from Pacman.
Pacman lunges at Butler with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Butler's hand.
Butler throws a sloppy head kick
and Pacman counters with a series of strikes. Butler will be more careful next time no doubt.
A swing and a miss from Pacman.
Butler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Butler has Pacman up against the cage in a clinch.
Pacman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Butler blocks an uppercut.
Butler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pacman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pacman can't find room to land a body shot as Butler controls the action.
Butler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Butler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pacman.
Butler misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pacman scores with a hook to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Pacman.
A short right from Pacman on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pacman scores with a hook to the body.
Pacman displaying some good clinch control by pressing Butler up against the cage.
Pacman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Butlers head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Butler misses with a knee to the head.
Pacman cracks Butler with a nice body shot.
Pacman lands a body punch.
Pacman lands with a short shot to the head.
Butler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pacman cracks Butler with a nice body shot.
Pacman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pacman has Butler pressed against the cage.
Butler missing with knees to the body.
Butler misses with an elbow strike.
Pacman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Butlers head.
Pacman is trying to stall.
Pacman lands a body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Pacman.
Butler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pacman has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pacman.
Pacman lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pacman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Butlers head.
Pacman stalling in the clinch but Butler improves position.
Manny Pacman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Butler throws a punch but it's blocked by Pacman.
Butler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pacman blocks it with crossed arms.
Pacman lands a nice shot to the body.
Pacman avoids the elbow strike from Butler, against the cage.
The is referee keeping an eye on Pacman - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Butler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pacman blocks it with crossed arms.
Pacman lands a body punch.
Pacman managing to block the knees to the body from Butler.
Pacman is working Butler over against the cage.
Butler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Butler tries to land a knee to the head but Pacman blocks with his arms.
Butler trying to land knees to the body.
Butler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Butler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pacman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacman tries to stall but Butler uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pacman lands a shot to the body.
Pacman avoiding damage as Butler throws knees to the body.
Good body shot from Pacman.
A short right from Pacman.
Butler creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Butler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pacman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Butler or not.
Pacman stalling the fight.
Butler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Good body shot from Pacman.
Butler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pacman slowing the pace effectively.
Pacman blocks the elbow strike.
Butler with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four 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.
Pacman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pacman avoiding damage as Butler throws knees to the body.
Pacman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Butler missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Pacman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Butler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pacman is leaning against Butler and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pacman is pushing Butler up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pacman cracks Butler with a nice body shot.
Butler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Butler looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Pacman.
Butler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Billy Butler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pacman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pacman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Butlers head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Pacman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pacman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Pacman!