PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Adrian Patricio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Pan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patricio comes to the cage accompanied by COWBOYS FROM HELL. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Patricio
vs
Pan

163 cm
21
130 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

150 cm
22
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adrian Patricio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peter Pan!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pan forces Patricio back against the cage and clinches.
Pan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pan tries to land knees in the clinch but Patricio avoids the damage to the body.
Pan has Patricio pressed against the cage.
Pan with a knee to the head.

It looks like Adrian Patricio has been cut.

Pan breaks from the clinch.
Pan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pan wants it to stay on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Patricio.
Patricio closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pan circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrian Patricio. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Pan has Patricio up against the cage in a clinch.
Pan lands a knee to the body.
Pan lands a nice knee to the body.
Pan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Patricio is breathing heavily.

Pan manages to pull guard.
Pan working a defensive guard here.
Patricio has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Patricio!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee warns Patricio that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Pan.
Pan controlling from the full mount.
Pan breaks from Patricio's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Patricio is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Pan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pan prevents Patricio from getting the reversal.
Pan tries to control but Patricio wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pan breaks from Patricio's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Patricio is in a horrible position here. Pan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pan tries to control but Patricio wriggling away.

Patricio defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pan.
Pan trying to control but Patricio is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pan sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Pan is working for a guillotine from mount but Patricio frees his head quite easily.
Pan with a couple of short strikes.
Pan wants to control the pace but Patricio is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Patricio defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pan.
Pan should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Patricio wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Pan.
Patricio is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Pan is working for a guillotine from mount but Patricio frees his head quite easily.
Pan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Pan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adrian Patricio's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Patricio shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pan but Pan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pan tries to clinch up.
Patricio looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pan moves in looking to clinch but Patricio pushes him off.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Pan has eaten all the pies!
Patricio takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Pan has closed the distance and engaged Patricio in a clinch.
Pan crunches a lovely knee into Patricio's ribcage.
Pan scores with a knee to the head.

Pan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Patricio fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrian Patricio. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Pan gets a takedown into half guard.
Pan is taking a breather. Patricio says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pan stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Pan moves into the clinch successfully.
Pan lands an elbow inside.
Patricio can't get the takedown.
Pan lands a nice elbow.
Patricio takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pan missing with knees to the body.
Pan tries to land knees in the clinch but Patricio avoids the damage to the body.
Pan has Patricio pressed against the cage, preventing Patricio from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pan.
Pan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Patricio has him pressed against the cage.
Pan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Patricio is defending well for now.

That's two 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.
Pan trying to land knees to the body.
Patricio drops down looking for an ankle pick but Pan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Patricio blocks a head kick by Pan.
Pan is looking to clinch but Patricio is avoiding it.
Pan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pan wants it to stay on the feet.
Patricio shoots in but no luck this time.
Pan tries to clinch but Patricio is having none of it.
Pan tries to close the distance and clinch but Patricio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Patricio connects with a crisp jab.
Pan tries to clinch but Patricio moves out of range.
Patricio fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pan avoids it really well and circles away.
Pan is looking to clinch but Patricio is avoiding it.
Patricio shoots in for a takedown but Pan shows good takedown defense.
Pan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Patricio swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pan lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Patricio finds it's way round the side to connect with Pan's head.
Pan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pan misses with a two punch combination.
Pan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Patricio swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Patricio shoots in but Pan avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Pan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Patricio knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pan on the ground.
Pan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pan tries to pass to full mount but Patricio defends it.
Patricio avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pan is looking to take a break and control but Patricio is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pan wants to stand up but Patricio has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Pan trying to control the action but Patricio is working from the bottom.
Pan prevents Patricio from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Pan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Adrian Patricio's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Patricio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Patricio closes the distance and clinches up with Pan, looking for a takedown. Patricio pushes Pan against the cage but Pan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Peter Pan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pan clinches.
Pan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Patricio in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pan misses with a knee to the head.
Patricio is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Patricio takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pan lands an elbow just above Patricio 's eye.

Pan pulls Patricio into guard.

Patricio avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Pan is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Patricio will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Pan wriggles free and stands up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Pan. No joy for Patricio on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adrian Patricio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Patricio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pan tries to clinch up.
Pan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pan tries to clinch there but Patricio circles away.

Pan has managed to clinch.
Patricio drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pan gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Pan pulls Patricio into guard.
Pan controlling the position.
Pan is trying to control the position but Patricio postures up.
Patricio looking to pass the guard.

Pan is looking for a triangle but Patricio pushes his legs off easily.
Adrian Patricio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pan is trying to control the position but Patricio postures up.
Patricio lands a couple of digs.
Pan wants to stand and escape but Patricio is having none of it.

Pan pushes Patricio off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Patricio changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pan tries to avoid it but Patricio manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pan to the ground. Pan escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Patricio shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pan as he jumps to the side.
Pan doesn't manage to clinch there - Patricio circles away.

Patricio tries to keep at a distance but Pan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pan is pressed up against the cage. Patricio has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pan down to the mat. Pan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pan wants to clinch up but Patricio keeps it at a distance.
Pan tries to close the distance and clinch but Patricio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pan tries to clinch there but Patricio circles away.
Pan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Patricio tries to clinch but Pan moves out of range.
Pan stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pan wants it to stay on the feet.

Pan clinches up with Patricio and pushes him back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Patricio as Pan tries to tie him up.
Patricio drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Patricio can't get the takedown.
Pan crunches a lovely knee into Patricio's ribcage.
Pan stalling against the cage.
Pan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Patricio avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Pan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Peter Pan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pan tries to stall but Patricio uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pan tries to land knees in the clinch but Patricio avoids the damage to the body.
Patricio is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Patricio is trying to drag Pan to the mat but Pan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Pan gets underhooks to prevent Patricio's takedown attempt.
Pan taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pan blocks a body shot from Patricio.

And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Pan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pan 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 26:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Pan!