PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Benigno Aquino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Every Thing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Every Thing has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Aquino
vs
Thing

173 cm
19
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

177 cm
27
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Benigno Aquino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Every Thing!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Thing is defended easily by Aquino.
Thing with a poor takedown
and Aquino counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Aquino misses with a straight left.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aquino.
Thing slips a straight right by Aquino.
Aquino misses with a hook. Thing ducked under it nicely.
Aquino looks to land a left hand but Thing moved out of range nicely.
Thing ducks under a wild hook from Aquino.
Aquino misses with a hook. Thing ducked under it nicely.
Aquino stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Aquino wants it to stay on the feet.
Benigno Aquino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Every Thing.
Thing tries for a takedown but Aquino circles away easily
and Aquino connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thing looks gassed!
Thing has his takedown stuffed

and Aquino moves into the clinch.
Thing letting Aquino take a breather here.
Thing misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thing is trying to stall.
Aquino leaning his opponent against the ropes.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Aquino for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Thing misses with some punches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Aquino takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thing wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aquino has him pressed against the ropes.
Thing letting Aquino take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Benigno Aquino.

Aquino clinches up with Thing and pushes him back against the ropes.
Aquino is struggling to control the position.
Thing misses with a punch to the body.
Thing taking a breather.
Thing tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Aquino's elbow.
Thing misses with the head strike.
Thing misses with some punches.
Aquino blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thing can't find room to land a body shot as Aquino controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Aquino has Thing pushed against the ropes.
Thing tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thing is trying to stall.
Thing fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thing being controlled against the ropes.
Aquino blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Aquino is struggling to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thing lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thing can't find room to land a body shot as Aquino controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aquino.
Aquino is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Thing tries to work over Aquino's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aquino blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aquino prevents a body shot from Thing.
Thing misses with the head strike.
Come on Aquino - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
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 Benigno Aquino will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Thing tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Aquino swivels and escapes.
Thing shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Aquino sprawls well. Aquino wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Thing gets slowly back to his feet.
Thing fails with a takedown attempt.
Benigno Aquino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Every Thing.
Aquino jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Aquino lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Aquino keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Aquino misses with an uppercut.
Aquino stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Aquino wants it to stay on the feet.
Thing slips under a jab from Aquino.
Nice uppercut there from Aquino.
Thing fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Thing avoids the body shot from Aquino.
Thing is breathing heavily.
Aquino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thing moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thing tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thing shoots in for a double leg but Aquino sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Aquino has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Thing ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Aquino connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thing slips under a jab from Aquino.
Aquino scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A jab from Aquino misses.
Aquino misses with an uppercut. Thing saw that one coming.
Aquino stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Aquino wants it to stay on the feet.
Every Thing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aquino looks to land a left hand but Thing moved out of range nicely.
A left lands for Aquino.
Aquino misses with a hook. Thing ducked under it nicely.
Aquino misses with a straight left.
Aquino throws a hook but Thing blocks it.
Thing is trying hard to land a takedown here. Aquino sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Aquino fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thing has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Thing gets tackled into the ropes by Aquino. Aquino maintains the clinch.
Thing stalling in the clinch but Aquino improves position.
Aquino controlling the action here for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aquino gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Thing misses with some punches.
Aquino displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thing up against the ropes.
Thing wants to get back to striking at distance but Aquino won't allow it.
Aquino blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aquino has Thing pressed against the ropes.
Thing is trying to stall.
Thing misses with a body punch.
Stalling in the clinch from Aquino.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Benigno Aquino.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thing.
A shot to the liver by Aquino. Beautiful body shot.
Thing ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thing gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Aquino.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thing fails with a takedown attempt.
That kick from Aquino tenderised Thing's leg. Thing is trying to keep his angry face on.
Aquino throws a hook but Thing blocks it.
Aquino stuffs the takedown attempt from Thing. Thing gets slowly back to his feet.
Thing takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Aquino instigates a clinch.
Thing misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aquino just leaning against Thing, taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Aquino throws the left hand but Thing avoids the punch easily.
Aquino is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aquino is looking to slow Thing down with leg kicks.
Aquino displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thing.
Aquino displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Thing.
Thing bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thing swats away the attempt to clinch by Aquino.
Thing takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nice sprawl there from Aquino as Thing shoots in.
Benigno Aquino has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Every Thing.
Thing avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Aquino leaves Thing with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Aquino throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thing sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Benigno Aquino is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aquino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thing shoots in and drives through. Aquino sprawls well.
Thing shoots in but Aquino avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Aquino bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Thing is trying desperately to land a takedown but Aquino is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Thing.

Aquino gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thing.
Aquino taking a breather.
Thing is trying to break free.
Thing wants to get back to striking at distance but Aquino won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thing is trying to break free.
Thing tries to throw a body punch but Aquino avoids it by throwing Thing back against the ropes.
Thing stalling in the clinch but Aquino improves position.
Stalling in the clinch from Aquino.
Thing has a couple of punches blocked by Aquino.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thing.
Aquino holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Aquino has Thing pushed against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Every Thing has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Benigno Aquino.
Aquino misses with a hook. Thing ducked under it nicely.
Thing shoots in for a takedown but Aquino shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Aquino lands a jab to the nose.
Aquino throws an overhand right that lands on Thing's shoulder, as Thing tries to avoid the shot.
Thing shoots for a takedown but Aquino saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Aquino moves into the clinch.
Aquino manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thing misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Aquino - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benigno Aquino has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Aquino blocks a body shot from Thing.
Thing taking a breather.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Thing.
Aquino stalling against the ropes.
Thing is working Aquino over against the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Benigno Aquino showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Aquino 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Benigno Aquino!
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Benigno Aquino!
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight for Benigno Aquino!

Benigno Aquino wins by unanimous decision!