PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hanzov Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pat Pasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wright's entrance music is The Final Countdown by Europe. A fine choice. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Wright
vs
Pasi

178 cm
24
193 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

187 cm
24
192 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Balco Boys - Hilo

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hanzov Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Pat Pasi!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright misses with an uppercut.
Pasi slips a jab and a cross from Wright.

Pasi has Wright up against the cage in a clinch.

Pasi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wright throws a combination. Pasi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wright avoids the head kick by Pasi.
Wright looks to land a combination. Pasi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wright looks to land a combination. Pasi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pasi throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wright.
Pasi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wright swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wright swats away the attempt to clinch by Pasi.
Wright looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pasi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pasi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pasi tries to clinch there but Wright circles away.
Wright misses with a hook. Pasi ducked under it nicely.
Wright avoids the head kick by Pasi.

Pasi rushes Wright and presses him up against the cage.
Pasi tries to land a knee to the head but Wright blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Pasi.
Pasi scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pasi obliges.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Pasi.
Pasi lands a nice knee to the body.
Wright is stalling here.
Wright blocks an elbow strike.
Pasi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wright blocks it with crossed arms.
Pasi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Wright stalling against the cage.
Pasi trying to land knees to the body.
Pasi lands a good knee to the midsection. Wright won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pasi obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Pasi.
Pasi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wright wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pasi crunches a lovely knee into Wright's ribcage.
Wright is breathing heavily.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wright looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Wright pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wright is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pasi.
Pasi doesn't manage to clinch there - Wright circles away.
Pasi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donk. Pasi catches Wright right on the button with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pasi doesn't manage to clinch there - Wright circles away.
Pasi tries a head kick but it misses.
Pasi throws a solid leg kick but Wright takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pasi.
Pasi moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pasi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pasi lands a knee to the body.
Pasi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pasi tries to land a knee to the head but Wright blocks with his arms.
Pasi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pasi prevents Wright from breaking the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pasi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wright wants a takedown but no success here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pasi.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pasi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pasi working Wright over with knees to the body.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wright.
Knees to the body from Pasi.
Stalling in the clinch from Pasi.

Pasi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pasi avoids the body shot from Wright.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wright avoids the head kick by Pasi.
Wright misses with a few strikes there.
Pasi throws a head kick that misses.
Wright moves forwards but Pasi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Pasi dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Wright moves forwards but Pasi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Wright looks to land a combination. Pasi sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pasi slips under a jab from Wright.
Wright getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pasi feints and then cracks Wright's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wright down.
Wright takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pasi doesn't manage to clinch there - Wright circles away.
A head kick misses from Pasi.
Pasi scores with a nice head shot.
Nice body kick from Wright.
Pasi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Pasi.
Wright wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pasi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pasi scores with a leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wright goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pat Pasi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pasi throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pasi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pasi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pasi fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pasi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wright throws out the jab.
Wright avoids the head kick by Pasi.
Wright misses with a wild body shot.
Pasi throws a front kick that sends Wright stumbling back into the cage.
Wright keeps the fight on the outside.
Pasi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pasi doesn't manage to clinch there - Wright circles away.
Pasi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wright's sensitive parts.
Wright takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pasi.
Pasi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pasi.
Pasi misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pasi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wright scores with a jab.

Pasi has Wright up against the cage in a clinch.

Pasi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pasi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wright lands a nice shot that snaps Pasi's head back.

Pasi clinches with his opponent.
Wright wants to get back to striking at distance but Pasi won't allow it.
Pasi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pasi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pasi pushes off an throws an elbow but Wright leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pasi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pasi with a knee to the head.
Wright is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pasi prevents Wright from breaking the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Wright.
Wright looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pasi connects with a knee to the head.
Pasi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pasi utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pasi missing with knees to the body.
Wright avoiding damage as Pasi throws knees to the body.
Pasi landing knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pasi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wright.
Wright avoiding damage as Pasi throws knees to the body.
Wright avoiding damage as Pasi throws knees to the body.
Pasi trying to land knees to the body.
Wright is looking to control Pasi's arms but Pasi gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wright has his back to the cage.
Pasi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Pasi tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Pasi.
A frustrated look appears on Wright's face as he tries to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Pasi breaks from the clinch.
Wright lands with an overhand left.
Wright swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pasi counters with an outside leg kick.
Wright throws a shot from downtown. Pasi moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pat Pasi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Wright fails to land with a series of punches.
Wright misses with a shot to the body
and Pasi counters with an inside leg kick.
Pasi moves out of range as Wright strikes.
Wright looks to land a right hand but Pasi moved out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Pasi.
Pasi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pasi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Pasi.
Hanzov Wright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pasi misses with a body kick.
Pasi lands a high kick!
Wright takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pasi. That's going to slow Wright down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Pasi has closed the distance and engaged Wright in a clinch.
Pasi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wright avoiding damage as Pasi throws knees to the body.
Wright wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pasi slows down the pace here.

Pasi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wright misses with a hook to the body
and Pasi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wright's knee momentarily.
Wright lands with a right hand.
Wright throws a jab when Pasi was well out of range.
Pasi moves away from the strike by Wright.

Pasi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wright takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pasi trying to land knees to the body.
Pasi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Wright lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pasi trying to land knees to the body.
Pasi missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pasi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.
Wright lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pasi slows down the pace here.
Wright dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wright scores with a shoulder strike.
A bit of stalling here from Wright.
Pasi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.

Pasi breaks from the clinch.
Pasi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pasi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pasi moves in looking to clinch but Wright pushes him off.
Wright misses with a combination
and Pasi counters with a three punch combo that has Wright backing up. Wright nods at Pasi to acknowledge the strikes.
Pasi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wright lands a nice hook to Pasi's body. Pasi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pasi misses with a two punch combination.
Wright throws a nice looking combination but Pasi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pat Pasi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wright misses the shot to the body.
Wright throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Pasi closes the distance and clinches.
Wright is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wright taking a breather.
Pasi tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pasi avoiding damage.
Wright dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A knee to the head by Pasi.
Hanzov Wright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wright wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pasi has him pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pat Pasi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pasi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pat Pasi!