PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Takahara Kamigawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kamigawa
vs
Pacquiao

170 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

169 cm
22
147 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Takahara Kamigawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamigawa wants to slow Pacquiao down by chopping away at his legs.
Kamigawa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kamigawa misses with a head kick.
Kamigawa misses with a wild body shot.
Pacquiao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kamigawa.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pacquiao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Kamigawa shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Kamigawa was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kamigawa controlling the position easily from mount.

Kamigawa stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Kamigawa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Pacquiao tries to keep at a distance but Kamigawa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kamigawa.

Kamigawa breaks the clinch.
Pacquiao checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kamigawa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pacquiao misses with a body kick.
Kamigawa scores with a leg kick.
Pacquiao misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pacquiao fails to land with a series of punches.

Kamigawa scores a takedown into full mount!
Pacquiao is trying to escape the mount.
Kamigawa controlling from the full mount.
Kamigawa seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Pacquiao for as long as he can get away with.
Pacquiao is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kamigawa stands up from mount. Strange move.
Pacquiao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pacquiao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kamigawa.
Pacquiao looks gassed!
Kamigawa dodges the punch combination from Pacquiao.

Kamigawa rushes Pacquiao and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pacquiao wants to break free but Kamigawa has control.
Kamigawa tries a knee to the head but Pacquiao blocks it.

Kamigawa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kamigawa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kamigawa tries a head kick but it misses.
Kamigawa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pacquiao throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pacquiao swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Kamigawa counters by clinching up.

Kamigawa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pacquiao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pacquiao on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kamigawa dodges the punch combination from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kamigawa misses with a head kick.
Pacquiao falls off balance throwing a combination

and Kamigawa moves into the clinch.
Pacquiao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kamigawa keeps control of Pacquiao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kamigawa prevents Pacquiao from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pacquiao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kamigawa wants to break free but Pacquiao has control.
Kamigawa prevents Pacquiao from breaking the clinch.

Pacquiao manages to break the clinch.
Pacquiao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pacquiao checks a low kick from Kamigawa.
Kamigawa throws a wild body kick that Pacquiao sees coming a mile off.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab.
Pacquiao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A leg kick checked by Kamigawa.
Some wild striking there from Pacquiao.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kamigawa feints and as Pacquiao raises his hands in defense, Kamigawa changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Kamigawa showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamigawa passes Pacquiao's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Pacquiao pushes Kamigawa off looking to stand but Kamigawa dives back in and keeps control.
Kamigawa scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Kamigawa decides to stand and escape the position.
Kamigawa misses with a wild combination.
Pacquiao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kamigawa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Kamigawa takes the fight into the clinch.

Kamigawa breaks the clinch.
Kamigawa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pacquiao misses with a wild combination.
Kamigawa misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pacquiao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Kamigawa moves into range and clinches up with Pacquiao.
Kamigawa misses with a knee strike.
Kamigawa lands a knee to the body.
Pacquiao is trying to break free.

Kamigawa manages to break the clinch.
Pacquiao lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pacquiao.
Kamigawa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Pacquiao misses.

Kamigawa has closed the distance and engaged Pacquiao in a clinch.
Pacquiao wants to get back to striking at distance but Kamigawa won't allow it.

Pacquiao breaks from the clinch.
Oooh a lovely combination from Pacquiao sends Kamigawa down but not out. Pacquiao dives into side control looking to finish.

Kamigawa is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pacquiao connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kamigawa some visible discomfort.
Oh Kamigawa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Pacquiao decides to stand back up.
Pacquiao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pacquiao looks to land a combination but Kamigawa avoids it well.
Pacquiao tries to bum rush Kamigawa with a series of wild strikes but Kamigawa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kamigawa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pacquiao fails to land with a series of punches.
Kamigawa looks to score with a jab to the body but Pacquiao is just out of range.
Kamigawa seems to have got his legs back now.
Kamigawa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Pacquiao.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pacquiao gets caught flat footed, as Kamigawa shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Kamigawa trying to control the position from guard on top but Pacquiao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kamigawa passes Pacquiao's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Pacquiao tries to kick Kamigawa off but Kamigawa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Pacquiao wants to stand back up but Kamigawa manages to pass into side control.
Pacquiao tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pacquiao has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Pacquiao is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Kamigawa is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Pacquiao. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Pacquiao takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Kamigawa doesn't have the hooks in and Pacquiao manages to turn into his guard.
Pacquiao throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kamigawa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kamigawa seems keen to control Pacquiao's posture.
Pacquiao has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Kamigawa is proving hard to escape from.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamigawa tries to strike from the bottom.
Pacquiao is looking to stand up but Kamigawa won't let him.

Pacquiao avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Kamigawa wriggles free and stands up.
Kamigawa takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A punch combination from Pacquiao misses.
Pacquiao moves out of range as Kamigawa strikes.
Manny Pacquiao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kamigawa wants to clinch.
Pacquiao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Manny Pacquiao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kamigawa throws a head kick but Pacquiao moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Kamigawa avoids them all with ease.
Pacquiao misses with a series of wild punches.
Pacquiao misses with a few strikes there.
Pacquiao falls off balance throwing a combination

and Kamigawa counters by moving into the clinch.
Kamigawa tries to land knees in the clinch but Pacquiao avoids the damage to the body.

Kamigawa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kamigawa gets a clinch.
Kamigawa blocks an uppercut.

Kamigawa works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Pacquiao is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kamigawa is controlling him.

Kamigawa stands up and waves to Pacquiao to follow him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pacquiao wants to break free but Kamigawa has control.
Pacquiao wants to get back to striking at distance but Kamigawa won't allow it.
Kamigawa with a knee to the head.

It looks like Manny Pacquiao has been cut.
Pacquiao tries to break the clinch but Kamigawa is controlling the position.

Kamigawa breaks the clinch.
Kamigawa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pacquiao.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takahara Kamigawa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manny Pacquiao's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Kamigawa darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pacquiao is trying to stand.
Kamigawa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pacquiao looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kamigawa with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Kamigawa escapes and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kamigawa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Takahara Kamigawa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacquiao blocks a head kick by Kamigawa.
Pacquiao misses with the combination.

Pacquiao gets caught flat footed, as Kamigawa shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao wants to get back to his feet but Kamigawa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kamigawa scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Kamigawa decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pacquiao, up you get!

Kamigawa closes the distance and clinches.
Kamigawa prevents Pacquiao from breaking the clinch.
Come on Kamigawa - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pacquiao wants to break the clinch but can't.

Kamigawa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Kamigawa closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Pacquiao wants to get back to his feet.
Pacquiao tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao wants to get back to his feet.
Pacquiao is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Pacquiao covers up after that shot from Kamigawa.
Pacquiao looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Kamigawa controlling well, preventing Pacquiao from escaping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamigawa lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Pacquiao.
Takahara Kamigawa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pacquiao is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Kamigawa sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Pacquiao taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Takahara Kamigawa!