PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksei Kadochnicov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kadochnicov
vs
Pacquiao

175 cm
19
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
200 lbs
5 - 14 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aleksei Kadochnicov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 14 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kadochnicov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kadochnicov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pacquiao smiles and moves away.
Kadochnicov tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pacquiao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab
and Kadochnicov counters with a three punch combo that has Pacquiao backing up. Pacquiao nods at Kadochnicov to acknowledge the strikes.
Kadochnicov moves out of range of the strikes.
Pacquiao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Manny Pacquiao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pacquiao thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kadochnicov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pacquiao misses with a series of wild punches.
Pacquiao looks gassed!
Pacquiao throws a right hand that Kadochnicov ducks under and follows up with a left that Kadochnicov also avoids with ease.
Kadochnicov moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
The fighters circling - Pacquiao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pacquiao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Kadochnicov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pacquiao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two 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.
Kadochnicov is looking to clinch.
Kadochnicov misses with a body shot.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up.
Pacquiao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pacquiao misses with a two punch combination.
Kadochnicov wants to clinch up but Pacquiao keeps it at a distance.
Kadochnicov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kadochnicov misses the shot to the body.
Kadochnicov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kadochnicov is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Kadochnicov is looking to clinch.
Kadochnicov moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kadochnicov lands a slapping body shot.
Kadochnicov moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kadochnicov wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kadochnicov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kadochnicov could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Pacquiao blocks the leg kick.
Kadochnicov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kadochnicov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pacquiao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kadochnicov circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Kadochnicov feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pacquiaos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A combination from Pacquiao does no damage.
Kadochnicov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pacquiao. That did some damage!
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pacquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kadochnicov throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pacquiao.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
Pacquiao is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kadochnicov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kadochnicov doesn't manage to clinch there - Pacquiao circles away.
Pacquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Kadochnicov.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kadochnicov tries to score with a low kick but Pacquiao moves his leg out of the way.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.

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.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pacquiao manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up.
Pacquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Kadochnicov.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
Kadochnicov cracks Pacquiao with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kadochnicov misses with a low kick.
Kadochnicov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kadochnicov looks to score with a jab to the body but Pacquiao is just out of range.
Pacquiao will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacquiao checks a low kick from Kadochnicov.
Kadochnicov is looking to clinch.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up.

That's four 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.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kadochnicov, right into the meat.
Kadochnicov wants to clinch.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Kadochnicov moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pacquiao manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pacquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Kadochnicov.
Kadochnicov fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aleksei Kadochnicov dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

Kadochnicov ducks under a wild hook from Pacquiao.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pacquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacquiao misses the target.
Kadochnicov looks to land a right hand but Pacquiao moved out of range.
Pacquiao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Pacquiao misses.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up.
Pacquiao closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pacquiao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kadochnicov wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kadochnicov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kadochnicov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pacquiao.
Aleksei Kadochnicov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pacquiao manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kadochnicov moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Kadochnicov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pacquiao manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kadochnicov misses with a low kick.
No joy there for Pacquiao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kadochnicov doesn't manage to clinch there - Pacquiao circles away.
Kadochnicov moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pacquiao manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kadochnicov connects with a solid leg kick.
Kadochnicov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kadochnicov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up.
Kadochnicov moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kadochnicov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four 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.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Kadochnicov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pacquiao manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Pacquiao throws a right hand that Kadochnicov ducks under and follows up with a left that Kadochnicov also avoids with ease.
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacquiao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kadochnicov moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kadochnicov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pacquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Manny Pacquiao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aleksei Kadochnicov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kadochnicov.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aleksei Kadochnicov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kadochnicov, 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksei Kadochnicov!