PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ishi Kiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Paquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kiki
vs
Paquiao

173 cm
28
167 lbs
19 - 14 - 1

190 cm
24
166 lbs
14 - 15 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 1, fighting out of London, Ishi Kiki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Manuel Paquiao!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kiki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Paquiao looks to land a right hand but Kiki moved out of range.
Paquiao looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kiki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kiki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paquiao moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kiki. Paquiao does a little dance to reset his feet.

Kiki closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Paquiao to the mat! Paquiao manages to get full guard.

Kiki postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Paquiao is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Kiki, into his guard.
Paquiao stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kiki swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kiki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Paquiao!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Paquiao is looking to escape.
Paquiao wants to hold on but Kiki pushes him away.

Kiki with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Kiki wants to finish this one by submission but Paquiao is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Kiki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kiki working for a submission but Paquiao is keeping him at bay.

Kiki working for a submission but Paquiao is keeping him at bay.
Kiki trying to control but Paquiao is having none of it.
Paquiao wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiki trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Kiki wants to finish this one by submission but Paquiao is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Kiki.
Paquiao is trying desperately to improve position.
Paquiao wants to control but Kiki is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kiki controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kiki is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Paquiao has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Paquiao is desperately trying to improve his position but Kiki has a good base and remains in mount.
Kiki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Paquiao is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paquiao keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ishi Kiki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kiki misses with a body shot.
A nice combination there by Paquiao.
Paquiao lands with a hook. Kiki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kiki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Paquiao.
A lazy left from Paquiao finds it's target.
Paquiao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kiki was well out of range. Poor timing from Paquiao.
Kiki throws a right hand that misses
and Paquiao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paquiao tests Kiki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Paquiao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kiki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kiki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Paquiao.
Kiki throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Paquiao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kiki.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paquiao lands with an overhand left.
Paquiao scores with a hook to the body. Kiki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kiki lands with a nice combination. Paquiao backs away looking to recover.
Paquiao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kiki was well out of range. Poor timing from Paquiao.
Kiki just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiki takes a swing at Paquiao's ribcage but misses.
Paquiao is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kiki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kiki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paquiao manages to avoid it.
Kiki needs to keep his hands up - Paquiao had a free shot at his head there.
Paquiao scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Paquiao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kiki.
Paquiao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paquiao avoids the body shot from Kiki.
Paquiao misses with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paquiao's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kiki under the eye.
Paquiao works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kiki fails to land with a series of punches.
Kiki fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kiki walks into a jab.
Manuel Paquiao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Paquiao finds it's way through Kiki's defenses.
Paquiao punishes Kiki's body with a nice straight punch.
Paquiao darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kiki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Manuel Paquiao seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kiki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kiki shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kiki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Paquiao.
Paquiao misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Paquiao!
Kiki looks to land a left hand but Paquiao moved out of range nicely.
Paquiao misses with a hook.
Paquiao is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Paquiao rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Paquiao takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kiki misses with a wild body shot.
Paquiao will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Paquiao bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kiki's head.
Manuel Paquiao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Paquiao's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kiki under the eye.
Paquiao lands with an uppercut that bounces Kiki off the cage and back into range.
Kiki slips under a jab.
Kiki rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Paquiao moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Paquiao has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Paquiao throws an overhand right that lands on Kiki's shoulder, as Kiki tries to avoid the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paquiao throws a hook to the side of Kiki's head but Kiki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paquiao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paquiao scores with a hook to the body. Kiki takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Paquiao connects with a body shot.
Kiki misses with a straight right.
Kiki throws an overhand right that lands on Paquiao's shoulder, as Paquiao tries to avoid the shot.
Kiki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kiki is looking to wear down Paquiao with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Paquiao misses with an uppercut. Kiki saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paquiao lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Kiki misses with a hook
and Paquiao counters with a one-two to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kiki misses with a hook
and Paquiao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paquiao misses with a hook. Kiki ducked under it nicely.
Kiki just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manuel Paquiao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Paquiao lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Paquiao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kiki throws out the jab.
Paquiao misses with a hook. Kiki ducked under it nicely.
Kiki misses with a body shot.
Paquiao scores with a jab to the jaw.
Paquiao moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Paquiao drops his hands momentarily and Kiki takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Paquiao lands a lovely overhand right.
Kiki throws a body punch but Paquiao moves out of range.
Paquiao lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Paquiao staying out of range there.
Kiki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kiki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Paquiao scores with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paquiao cracks a nice hook into Kiki's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Paquiao thuds his right hand into Kiki's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Paquiao misses with an uppercut. Kiki saw that one coming.
Paquiao missing with a left hand there. Kiki was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Paquiao bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kiki's head backwards.
Kiki looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Paquiao dips to his left and cracks Kiki with an uppercut!
Paquiao bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Paquiao. That snapped Kiki's head back.
The crowd cheers as Paquiao lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kiki doesn't seem phased though.
Paquiao's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kiki under the eye.
Kiki slips a jab from Paquiao.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paquiao slips a jab from Kiki.
Paquiao showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kiki.
Kiki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paquiao ducks under a wild hook from Kiki.
Kiki avoids the body shot from Paquiao.
Paquiao avoids the body shot from Kiki.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiki looks to throw the jab but Paquiao is out of range.
Kiki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kiki tries to bum rush Paquiao with a series of wild strikes but Paquiao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paquiao. Kiki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paquiao lands a nice shot to the body.
Kiki throws a sloppy body shot
and Paquiao counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paquiao lands with a cross.
Paquiao feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kikis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Paquiao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Paquiao misses the target.
Kiki looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Paquiao lands with a right hand.
Paquiao thows a body shot but no joy.
Kiki ducks under a wild hook from Paquiao.
Kiki misses with an uppercut. Paquiao saw that one coming.
Nice body punch from Paquiao.
A jab from Kiki misses.
Paquiao lands an overhand right.
Paquiao ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Paquiao connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Paquiao cracks Kiki with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Paquiao lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kiki at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kiki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Paquiao counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kiki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Kiki looks to land a combination but Paquiao avoids it well.
A left lands for Paquiao.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Paquiao.
Paquiao looks to score with a jab to the body but Kiki is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paquiao cracks Kiki with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kiki rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Paquiao counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kiki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manuel Paquiao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Paquiao has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manuel Paquiao!
Manuel Paquiao made sure to mention his sponsor, ĄFFĄKĘTIΘN in his post fight interview.