PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andal Ampatuan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pacquiao's choice of entrance music: ten thousand fists. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ampatuan
vs
Pacquiao

176 cm
20
164 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

170 cm
26
145 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Andal Ampatuan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut.
Ampatuan throws a series of punches but Pacquiao avoids them all with ease.
Ampatuan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Pacquiao does no damage.
Pacquiao tried to score with a low kick but Ampatuan checks it.
Pacquiao lands with a cross.
Pacquiao throws the kick towards the body but Ampatuan avoids it.
Pacquiao uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ampatuan has time to react.
Some wild striking there from Ampatuan.
Ampatuan ducks under a wild hook from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ampatuan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pacquiao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pacquiao takes one on the button.
Pacquiao scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A head kick misses from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ampatuan. Ampatuan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ampatuan scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pacquiao in his tracks.
Ampatuan moves out of range of the strikes.
Ampatuan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ampatuan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pacquiao lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ampatuan at a distance.
Ampatuan misses with a body shot
and Pacquiao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ampatuan throws a right and a left that Pacquiao avoids nicely.
Ampatuan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ampatuan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ampatuan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ampatuan takes one to the side of the head.
Pacquiao comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ampatuan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Some wild striking there from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ampatuan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Ampatuan moves out of range.
Pacquiao throws a nice looking combination but Ampatuan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab
and Ampatuan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pacquiao throws a series of strikes that have Ampatuan backpedaling.
Pacquiao lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Ampatuan backs up against the cage.

It looks like Andal Ampatuan has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pacquiao tries to land a front kick but Ampatuan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pacquiao scores with a hook to the body. Ampatuan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pacquiao displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ampatuan misses with a double jab
and Pacquiao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pacquiao throws a jab when Ampatuan was well out of range.
Pacquiao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pacquiao swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ampatuan counters with a nice uppercut.
Pacquiao misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pacquiao is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ampatuan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ampatuan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Manny Pacquiao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ampatuan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ampatuan misses with a double jab
and Pacquiao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ampatuan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Ampatuan.
Ampatuan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pacquiao to score with a decent uppercut.
Pacquiao avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ampatuan is breathing heavily.
Pacquiao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ampatuan was well out of range. Poor timing from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao tries to bum rush Ampatuan with a series of wild strikes but Ampatuan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ampatuan avoids the body shot from Pacquiao.
Ampatuan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Ampatuan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pacquiao counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao digs a good body shot into Ampatuan's ribs.
Pacquiao throws a leg kick but Ampatuan moved away.
Ampatuan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pacquiao takes a step back to recover.
Ampatuan lands a slapping body shot.
Pacquiao swings for the body but Ampatuan moves out of range.
Ampatuan scores with a jab to the body.
Ampatuan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ampatuan misses with a double jab
and Pacquiao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pacquiao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pacquiao avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pacquiao takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ampatuan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pacquiao's hands.
Ampatuan throws a series of punches but Pacquiao avoids them all with ease.
Pacquiao throws a head kick that misses
and Ampatuan counters with a good, hard body kick but Pacquiao shrugs it off.
Pacquiao thows a body shot but no joy.
Ampatuan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ampatuan blocks a jab.
Ampatuan throws a series of punches but Pacquiao moves out of range.
A lazy left from Ampatuan finds it's target.
Pacquiao throws a hook but Ampatuan blocks it.
Ampatuan misses with a double jab
and Pacquiao counters with a nice body shot.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ampatuan.
Ampatuan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ampatuan manages to avoid it.
Ampatuan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pacquiao dodges the punch combination from Ampatuan.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Pacquiao lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ampatuan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ampatuan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pacquiao lands a body shot.
Pacquiao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ampatuan counters with a three punch combo that has Pacquiao backing up. Pacquiao nods at Ampatuan to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pacquiao jabs Ampatuan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ampatuan swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pacquiao counters with a left to the body.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ampatuan throws a nice looking combination but Pacquiao bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloppy strikes from Ampatuan. Those never looked like landing.
Ampatuan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
and Ampatuan counters with a stiff right hand.
Ampatuan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pacquiao circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ampatuan. Pacquiao does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pacquiao slips a jab and a cross from Ampatuan.
Pacquiao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pacquiao moves out of range of the body kick.
Ampatuan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ampatuan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pacquiao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ampatuan counters with a nice uppercut.
Ampatuan lands a two punch combo.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ampatuan misses with a body shot.
A combination from Ampatuan does no damage.
Ampatuan swings for the body but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Pacquiao scores with a jab to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Ampatuan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ampatuan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Ampatuan does no damage.
Ampatuan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pacquiao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ampatuan scores with a sloppy right hand. Pacquiao should have avoided that one.
Pacquiao with a nice cross.
Pacquiao scores with a nice head shot.
Ampatuan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ampatuan misses with a shot to the body
and Pacquiao counters with a nice body shot.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao scores with a decent looking hook.
Pacquiao keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ampatuan throws a right and a left that Pacquiao avoids nicely.
Ampatuan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Donk. Pacquiao catches Ampatuan right on the button with a cross.
Pacquiao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ampatuan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pacquiao counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pacquiao tries to score with a low kick but Ampatuan moves his leg out of the way.
Pacquiao thuds a left hand into Ampatuan's body.
Pacquiao misses with a leg kick
and Ampatuan counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pacquiao thinking.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ampatuan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ampatuan throws a right and a left that Pacquiao avoids nicely.
Pacquiao misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Andal Ampatuan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Andal Ampatuan's cut.
That's time! Ampatuan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Ampatuan misses with a jab, cross combination.
A swing and a miss from Ampatuan.
Ampatuan throws a nice looking combination but Pacquiao bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ampatuan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pacquiao misses with a looping right.
Pacquiao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ampatuan counters with a stiff right hand.
Andal Ampatuan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacquiao misses with a low kick.
Pacquiao throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ampatuan moves out of range of the body kick from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao throws a low kick but Ampatuan moves out of range easily.
Pacquiao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pacquiao lands with an overhand left.
Ampatuan misses with a combination
enabling Pacquiao to counter with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ampatuan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pacquiao misses with a hook.
Ampatuan shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pacquiao eats them both and turns towards Ampatuan to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pacquiao is breathing heavily.
Ampatuan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Andal Ampatuan is winning the standup battle so far.
Ampatuan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ampatuan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ampatuan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pacquiao moves out of range of the body kick from Ampatuan.
Pacquiao lands with a shot to the body.
Pacquiao misses with a straight right.
Ampatuan just misses with a punch to the body.
A right-left combo lands from Ampatuan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ampatuan cracks Pacquiao with an open hand slap.
Pacquiao lands a two punch combo.
Pacquiao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ampatuan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pacquiao will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ampatuan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pacquiao manages to avoid it.
Pacquiao throws a lazy right hand but Ampatuan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ampatuan.
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
and Ampatuan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pacquiao misses with the combination.
Ampatuan throws a combination that misses
enabling Pacquiao to counter with a crisp jab.
Pacquiao misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ampatuan counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A leg kick checked by Ampatuan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao scores with a punch to the head.
Ampatuan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pacquiao back to the cage. Ampatuan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ampatuan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ampatuan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pacquiao circles away quickly and effectively.
Pacquiao moves out of range as Ampatuan strikes.
Ampatuan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ampatuan pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Pacquiao back to the cage. Ampatuan follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Pacquiao misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Ampatuan.
Ampatuan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pacquiao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ampatuan is working the combinations to good effect here.
Pacquiao misses with a wild body shot.
Pacquiao misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ampatuan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ampatuan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pacquiao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ampatuan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pacquiao moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pacquiao misses with a series of wild punches.
Pacquiao digs a good body shot into Ampatuan's ribs.
Ampatuan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pacquiao counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pacquiao connects with a body shot.
Pacquiao swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ampatuan counters with a left and a right that stings Pacquiao.
Ampatuan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pacquiao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ampatuan.
Ampatuan blocks a head kick by Pacquiao.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ampatuan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pacquiao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pacquiao takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ampatuan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pacquiao takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A left and a right from Ampatuan both land. Nice combination.
Ampatuan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pacquiao.
Ampatuan misses with a double jab
and Pacquiao counters with a one-two to the body.
Ampatuan misses with a double jab
and Pacquiao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
and Ampatuan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ampatuan throws a combination that misses
and Pacquiao counters with a one-two to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Pacquiao does it's job there.
Ampatuan misses with a combination
and Ampatuan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pacquiao jabs Ampatuan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ampatuan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pacquiao.
Ampatuan throws a combination that misses
and Pacquiao counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ampatuan thinking.
Pacquiao lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Ampatuan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pacquiao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pacquiao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ampatuan misses with a wild combination.
Nice body punch from Pacquiao.
Ampatuan throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Pacquiao.
Ampatuan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pacquiao.
Ampatuan connects with a single shot there.
Pacquiao bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Pacquiao throws out a loose jab but Ampatuan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ampatuan swinging wildly here.
Ampatuan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pacquiao counters with a right hand to the body.
Ampatuan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ampatuan misses with a body punch
and Pacquiao counters with a one-two to the body.
Pacquiao scores with a body shot.

That's eight 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.
Pacquiao misses with a low kick as Ampatuan jumps back.
Ampatuan misses with a few strikes there.
Ampatuan blocks a head kick by Pacquiao.
Ampatuan throws a head kick that Pacquiao semi-blocks.
Ampatuan misses with a combination
and Pacquiao counters with a left to the body.
Ampatuan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A combination from Ampatuan does no damage.
Pacquiao blocks a head kick by Ampatuan.
Ampatuan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ampatuan misses with a combination
and Pacquiao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pacquiao lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ampatuan.
Pacquiao throws a head kick that misses
and Ampatuan counters with a nice uppercut.
Pacquiao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ampatuan.
Pacquiao comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Ampatuan misses with a few strikes there.
Ampatuan slips a jab and a cross from Pacquiao.
Ampatuan throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pacquiao counters with a one-two to the body.
Ampatuan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ampatuan throws a combination that misses
and Pacquiao counters with a series of strikes. Ampatuan will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pacquiao misses with a straight right.
Pacquiao ducks under a wild hook from Ampatuan.
Ampatuan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andal Ampatuan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ampatuan 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Andal Ampatuan!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Andal Ampatuan!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Andal Ampatuan!

Andal Ampatuan wins by unanimous decision!