PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giorgio Petrosyan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Pacquiao
vs
Petrosyan

169 cm
24
146 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

178 cm
22
145 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giorgio Petrosyan!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrosyan walks into a jab.
Pacquiao throws a right and a left that Petrosyan avoids nicely.
Pacquiao avoids a kick to the body.
Petrosyan throws a leg kick but Pacquiao moved away.
Petrosyan lands with a kick to the temple. Pacquiao shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Petrosyan throws a body kick that misses.
Pacquiao checks a leg kick nicely.
Petrosyan is looking to score with low kicks.
Petrosyan scores with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Pacquiao misses its intended target.
Petrosyan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Petrosyan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Pacquiao misses its intended target.

Petrosyan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Petrosyan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pacquiao avoids it.
Pacquiao working hard to break the clinch.
Petrosyan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao avoiding damage as Petrosyan throws knees to the body.
Pacquiao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pacquiao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pacquiao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pacquiao avoiding damage as Petrosyan throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Petrosyan.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch but Petrosyan keeps him there for the moment.
Petrosyan tries to land knees in the clinch but Pacquiao avoids the damage to the body.
Pacquiao is trying to break the clinch but Petrosyan has him pressed against the cage.
Pacquiao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pacquiao can't break the clinch.
Pacquiao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Petrosyan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petrosyan looks gassed!
Pacquiao managing to block the knees to the body from Petrosyan.
Pacquiao avoiding damage as Petrosyan throws knees to the body.
Pacquiao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Petrosyan tries to land knees in the clinch but Pacquiao avoids the damage to the body.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pacquiao working hard to break the clinch.

Pacquiao pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Pacquiao misses.
Pacquiao misses with a body shot.
Petrosyan throws a leg kick but Pacquiao sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Petrosyan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pacquiao.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Petrosyan 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 Pacquiao has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pacquiao and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Petrosyan misses with a lunging right hand
and Pacquiao counters with a right hand to the body.
Petrosyan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pacquiao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pacquiao feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Petrosyans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Petrosyan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Petrosyan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Pacquiao uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Petrosyan has time to react.
Petrosyan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pacquiao checks it well.
Giorgio Petrosyan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pacquiao tries to bum rush Petrosyan with a series of wild strikes but Petrosyan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Petrosyan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Petrosyan tries to score with a low kick but Pacquiao moves his leg out of the way.
Petrosyan throws a leg kick but Pacquiao sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Petrosyan. That's going to slow Pacquiao down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao lands with a good body shot.
Petrosyan wants to slow Pacquiao down by chopping away at his legs.
Pacquiao lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Petrosyan at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacquiao misses the target.
Pacquiao checks a leg kick nicely.
Petrosyan connects with an inside leg kick.
Pacquiao lands a nice looking body shot.
Pacquiao takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Petrosyan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Petrosyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Petrosyan is looking to chop away at Pacquiao's legs.
Petrosyan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pacquiao. Petrosyan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pacquiao takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao cracks Petrosyan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Petrosyan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pacquiao lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pacquiao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Petrosyan, right into the meat.
Pacquiao throws a right hand that Petrosyan ducks under and follows up with a left that Petrosyan also avoids with ease.
Petrosyan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut. Petrosyan saw that one coming.
Pacquiao misses the shot to the body.
Pacquiao lands a right hook to the body.
Petrosyan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pacquiao is out of range.
Pacquiao loads up on a big right hand but Petrosyan slips the punch.
Petrosyan slips a straight right by Pacquiao.
Petrosyan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pacquiao blocks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Pacquiao dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pacquiao blocks a low kick nicely.
Pacquiao takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pacquiao on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Petrosyan ducks under a wild hook from Pacquiao.
Petrosyan throws out a leg kick but Pacquiao moves out of range and Petrosyan only half commits.
Pacquiao lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Petrosyan misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Petrosyan.
Pacquiao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pacquiao lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacquiao misses with a few strikes there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Petrosyan, right into the meat.
Petrosyan lands a head kick!
A bone on bone clash there as Pacquiao blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrosyan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pacquiao throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pacquiao scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Petrosyan feints and then cracks Pacquiao's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pacquiao down.
Petrosyan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Petrosyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pacquiao jabs at Petrosyan's body.
Pacquiao scores with a hook to the body. Petrosyan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Petrosyan slips under a jab from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao lands a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Pacquiao. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pacquiao.
Pacquiao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petrosyan moves away.
Petrosyan throws a head kick that misses.
Pacquiao throws a hook but Petrosyan blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan connects with an inside leg kick.
Petrosyan 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.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacquiao misses the target.
Petrosyan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pacquiao is out of range and Petrosyan settles back down.
Petrosyan throws a leg kick that misses.
Petrosyan is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Petrosyan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That kick from Petrosyan tenderised Pacquiao's leg. Pacquiao is trying to keep his angry face on.
Petrosyan is looking to slow Pacquiao down with leg kicks.
Petrosyan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pacquiao on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pacquiao lands with a good body shot.
Petrosyan cracks the inside of Pacquiao's front leg.
Pacquiao feints a jab promting Petrosyan to slip. Pacquiao then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Petrosyan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Pacquiao lands a nice hook to Petrosyan's body. Petrosyan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Petrosyan misses with a hook.
Pacquiao throws a hook but Petrosyan blocks it.
Petrosyan throws a sloppy head kick and Pacquiao moves out of range easily.
Pacquiao avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Petrosyan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pacquiao cracks Petrosyan with an open hand slap.
Petrosyan misses with a hook
and Pacquiao counters with a nice body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pacquiao.
Petrosyan lands a leg kick that knocks Pacquiao off balance momentarily.
Pacquiao avoids the head kick by Petrosyan.
Pacquiao clobbers Petrosyan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

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.
Pacquiao keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Petrosyan tries a low kick but Pacquiao avoids it.
Pacquiao checks the leg kick.
Pacquiao misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Pacquiao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Petrosyan scores with a head kick. Pacquiao tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Pacquiao takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pacquiao lands a nice looking body shot.
Petrosyan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pacquiao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pacquiao throws a body punch but Petrosyan moves out of range.
Petrosyan walks into a jab.
Pacquiao checks a leg kick.
Pacquiao scores with a hook to the body. Petrosyan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Manny Pacquiao will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Pacquiao misses with a straight left.
Pacquiao checks a low kick from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Petrosyan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pacquiao blocks a low kick nicely.
Pacquiao checks a leg kick nicely.
Pacquiao moves into range and connects with a jab.
Petrosyan misses with a low kick as Pacquiao jumps back.
Petrosyan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Petrosyan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pacquiao checks a leg kick.
Petrosyan tries a low kick but Pacquiao avoids it.
Petrosyan misses with a low kick.
Pacquiao tests Petrosyan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pacquiao lands a nice shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Pacquiao misses.
Pacquiao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pacquiao checks a low kick from Petrosyan.
Petrosyan 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.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pacquiao.
Petrosyan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pacquiao is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut. Petrosyan saw that one coming.
Pacquiao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petrosyan moves away.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut.
Petrosyan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pacquiao.
Petrosyan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pacquiao is out of range and Petrosyan settles back down.
Petrosyan misses with a kick to the body.
Petrosyan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

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.
Petrosyan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pacquiao checks a leg kick nicely.
Petrosyan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Petrosyan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pacquiao swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Petrosyan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pacquiao with a hook.
Petrosyan misses with a low kick.
Pacquiao works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Petrosyan throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Petrosyan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pacquiao is able to avoid easily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Pacquiao crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Petrosyan - the referee stops the clock and Pacquiao gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Petrosyan. Pacquiao manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Pacquiao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Petrosyan moves away.
Pacquiao misses with a looping left.
Pacquiao pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Petrosyan back to the cage. Pacquiao follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrosyan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Petrosyan throws a hook to the side of Pacquiao's head but Pacquiao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Petrosyan tries to score with a low kick but Pacquiao moves his leg out of the way.
Petrosyan slips under a jab.
Petrosyan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pacquiao is out of range.
Pacquiao misses with a hook
and Petrosyan counters with an outside leg kick.
Pacquiao looks to throw the jab but Petrosyan is out of range.
Petrosyan is looking to chop away at Pacquiao's legs.
Some bone on bone action there as Pacquiao checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Petrosyan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pacquiao connects with a nice looking jab.
Petrosyan goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Petrosyan walks into a straight right hand from Pacquiao.
Petrosyan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

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 swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manny Pacquiao is winning the standup battle so far.
Petrosyan will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pacquiao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pacquiao punishes Petrosyan's body with a nice straight punch.
Giorgio Petrosyan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pacquiao blocks a head kick by Petrosyan.
Petrosyan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pacquiao throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Petrosyan on the side of the head.
Petrosyan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Petrosyan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacquiao misses the target.
Pacquiao thuds a left hand into Petrosyan's body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Petrosyan misses with a hook
and Pacquiao counters with a one-two to the body.
Petrosyan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Petrosyan takes a jab right on the kisser.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Pacquiao showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pacquiao, 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Pacquiao!