PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manny Pacquiao is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Perry
vs
Pacquiao

167 cm
25
137 lbs
2 - 2 - 1

170 cm
27
140 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ethan Perry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao swinging wildly here.

Perry shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pacquiao tries to get to full guard but Perry has control of the leg.
Perry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Perry stops Pacquiao from getting back to his feet.
Pacquiao is looking to get back to full guard here but Perry has managed to pass to side control instead.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Perry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Perry lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pacquiao blocking the ground and pound.
Perry thowing shots but they're missing.
Perry working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Perry looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Perry prevents Pacquiao from getting the reversal.
Perry scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Perry content just to control the position here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Perry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao blocking the ground and pound.
Perry throwing strikes here but Pacquiao is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Perry landing strikes from the mount.
Pacquiao is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Perry throws some wild stikes that Pacquiao manages to avoid easily.
Pacquiao looks gassed!
Pacquiao is bucking up trying to escape but Perry cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Perry punching from mount but Pacquiao doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Perry is landing with some decent strikes but Pacquiao is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Perry controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perry 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 in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Perry lands a big shot there that rocks Pacquiao but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pacquiao takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Pacquiao tries to hold on but Perry postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao is squirming around, avoiding Perry's attempts to control the action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Perry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Poor strikes thrown by Perry there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Perry working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Perry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perry looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pacquiao taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ethan Perry dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Perry changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Pacquiao looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Perry misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Perry working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Perry is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Pacquiao will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Pacquiao dodges the ground and pound from Perry.
Pacquiao avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Perry.

Perry is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Pacquiao has escaped the position, nice work there.
Pacquiao is trying to escape the position but Perry is controlling the position.
Pacquiao is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao taking punishment in the form of punches.
Perry trying to control the action but Pacquiao is working from the bottom.

Perry is trying to get an arm triangle but Pacquiao is defending well.
Pacquiao is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Perry asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Perry wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pacquiao keeps working.
The ground and pound from Perry seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Pacquiao wants to control but Perry postures up.
Perry with the ground and pound but Pacquiao regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Perry is trying to control. Pacquiao wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Perry closes the distance and clinches up with Pacquiao, looking for a takedown. Perry pushes Pacquiao against the cage but Pacquiao circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Perry fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Perry looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Pacquiao!
Poor strikes thrown by Perry there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Perry is landing with some decent strikes but Pacquiao is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Perry wants to control the pace but Pacquiao is squirming around nicely.
Perry lands a nice shot to the head.
Perry avoids the attempt from Pacquiao to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Perry tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Perry punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ethan Perry dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Pacquiao fails with the takedown

and Perry counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Perry stalling.
Perry seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Perry takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Ethan Perry.

Perry gets the takedown into side control.
Pacquiao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Perry looks up at the clock and then as Pacquiao takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Perry smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Pacquiao taking punishment in the form of punches.
The ground and pound from Perry seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Pacquiao is trying to get back to his feet.
Perry scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pacquiao to see if he's OK.
A lull in the action here as Perry stalls from top position.
Perry working the head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pacquiao keeps working.
Perry working the head with strikes.
Perry working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Perry trying to control the position but Pacquiao is working away.
Perry throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Perry is looking to take a break and control but Pacquiao is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao is looking to reverse the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Perry gets a takedown into half guard.
Perry throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Perry thows a huge punch but Pacquiao dodges it nicely.
Perry missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pacquiao on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Perry lands a nice short elbow.
Perry content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Pacquiao trying to hold on to Perry's head to control him but Perry postures up.
Manny Pacquiao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ethan Perry is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Well, if Perry is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ethan Perry showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Perry, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:25
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ethan Perry!