PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chul Moo Pak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Protacio Jawo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pak comes to the cage accompanied by Meat Loaf - Everything louder than everything else. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Moo Pak
vs
Protacio Jawo

180 cm
28
181 lbs
13 - 5 - 1

175 cm
31
180 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chul Moo Pak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose Protacio Jawo!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jawo jabs at Pak's body.
Jawo misses with a body shot.
Jawo tries to clinch up but Pak circles away and keeps his distance.
Jawo misses with a body shot.
Pak throws a head kick that misses.
Jawo tries to clinch but Pak is having none of it.
Pak connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Pak clinches up with Jawo and pushes him back against the cage.
Pak has a couple of punches blocked by Jawo.
Jawo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pak blocks it with crossed arms.
Pak misses with a body punch.
Pak gets through Jawo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pak misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jawo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jawo misses with some punches.
Jawo prevents a body shot from Pak.
Pak utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pak tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Jawo fails to land.
Pak tries to land knees in the clinch but Jawo avoids the damage to the body.
Pak misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jawo.
A nice left hand lands by Pak.
Jawo has a couple of punches blocked by Pak.
Pak with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jawo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pak lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pak can't find room to land a body shot as Jawo controls the action.
Jawo is working Pak over against the cage.
Jawo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pak misses with a body punch.
Pak avoiding damage as Jawo throws knees to the body.
Pak trying to land knees to the body.
Pak working aggressively here.
Pak misses with a knee to the head.
Jawo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jawo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pak backwards.
Jawo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jawo effectively controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pak lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pak lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jawo backwards.
Pak tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jawo avoids it.
Pak landing knees to the body.
Jawo misses with some punches.
Pak working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jawo lands an elbow just above Pak 's eye.

It looks like Chul Moo Pak has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pak.
Jawo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pak.
Pak lands a body punch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jawo as Pak tries to tie him up.
Jawo has a couple of punches blocked by Pak.
Jawo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jawo throws an elbow but misses.
Pak prevents a body shot from Jawo.
Pak takes a shot to the head.
Pak stalling in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Jawo scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pak tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jawo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jawo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pak prevents a body shot from Jawo.
Jawo lands a hook that snaps the head of Pak backwards.
Jawo missing with knees to the body.
Pak pushes Jawo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pak tries to land a knee to the head but Jawo blocks with his arms.
Pak misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pak lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Jose Protacio Jawo has been cut.

Pak manages to break the clinch.
Jawo slips under a jab from Pak.
Jawo throws the left hand but Pak avoids the punch easily.
Pak defending well as Jawo loads up on a big left hand.
Jawo connects with a body shot that sends Pak's belly button to the back.
Pak throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pak scores with a punch to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jawo misses with a few strikes there.
Jawo jabs Pak right on the nose. Pak blinks but takes it well.
Jawo takes a swing at Pak's ribcage but misses.

Pak gets a clinch.
Jawo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pak lands with a light punch inside.
Jawo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jawo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jawo trying to land knees to the body.
Pak lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jawo misses with an elbow over the top.
Jawo throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jawo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pak is leaning against Jawo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pak lands a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Pak.
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 Chul Moo Pak will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Jawo tries to clinch but Pak is having none of it.
Jawo stuns Pak with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jawo tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pak makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jawo is looking to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pak struggles to land a body shot inside as Jawo controls his hands.
Pak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jawo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Pak.
Pak with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jawo lands an elbow that stopped Pak in his tracks for a moment.
Pak lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pak misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Jawo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Pak on the inside.
Jawo blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pak.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pak avoiding damage as Jawo throws knees to the body.

Pak manages to break the clinch.
Pak throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jawo on the side of the head.
Jawo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Pak throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jawo.
Pak lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Pak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jawo checks a low kick from Pak.
Jawo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pak.
Jawo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pak rather than just go for the knockout.
Jawo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Pak gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jawo wants to stall.
Jawo is stalling here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pak stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jawo.
Pak lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pak has a couple of punches blocked by Jawo.
Chul Moo Pak has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jawo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pak backwards.
Pak avoiding damage as Jawo throws knees to the body.
Pak tries a body shot but Jawo blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pak.
Pak using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jawo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jawo misses with an elbow over the top.
Jawo swings wildly with an uppercut but Pak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jawo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pak lands a shoulder strike.
Jawo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pak tries to throw a body punch but Jawo avoids it by throwing Pak back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Pak on the inside.
Jawo blocking some punches.
Pak lands an elbow inside.
Pak lands with a left to the head.
Jawo misses with a punch on the inside.
Pak landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jawo is breathing heavily.
Jawo can't find room to land a body shot as Pak controls the action.
Pak tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jawo's elbow.
Jawo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jawo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pak tries a knee to the head but Jawo blocks it.
Jawo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pak on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Jawo.
Jawo cracks Pak with a nice body shot.
Pak unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jawo misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pak.
Jawo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jawo throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jawo lands a body punch.
A short right from Jawo on the inside.
Jawo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pak.
Pak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jawo blocking some punches.
Jawo misses with an elbow over the top.
Jawo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pak scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pak goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pak misses with a punch to the body.
Pak stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pak takes an elbow to the temple.
Pak lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jawo backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chul Moo Pak dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Pak is looking to slow Jawo down with leg kicks.

Jawo clinches.
Jawo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pak struggles to land a body shot inside as Jawo controls his hands.
Pak pushes Jawo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pak misses with a knee to the head.
Jawo swings wildly with an uppercut but Pak uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jawo blocks a body shot from Pak.
Pak avoids the elbow strike from Jawo, against the cage.

Pak escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jawo connects with a crisp jab.
Jawo scores with a shot to the body.
Jawo staying out of range there.
Pak avoids the body shot from Jawo.
Pak staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pak swats away the attempt to clinch by Jawo.
Pak misses with a body shot.
Jawo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jawo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pak catches Jawo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Jawo stuns Pak with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jawo punishes Pak's body with a nice straight punch.
Pak looks for the body kick but Jawo saw that one coming.
Pak scoring well with a low kick there.
Pak misses with a hook to the body
and Jawo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jawo walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jose Protacio Jawo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pak takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Chul Moo Pak is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jawo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
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!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jawo checks a leg kick.
Pak circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jawo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pak scores with a head kick. Jawo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nice jab there from Jawo.
Pak pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pak throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jawo checks a low kick from Pak.
Pak throws a wild body kick that Jawo sees coming a mile off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pak keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jawo.
Jawo throws a nice looking combination but Pak bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jawo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pak lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jawo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Pak gets a clinch.
Pak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jawo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jawo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jawo throws a head punch that misses.
Jawo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jawo blocks a body shot from Pak.
Pak can't find room to land a body shot as Jawo controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jawo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pak's brow.
Pak trying to stall but Jawo improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pak takes an elbow to the temple.
Jawo trying to control the position but instead, Pak has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jawo into the cage.

Pak breaks from the clinch.
Pak ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jawo moves away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jawo scores with a jab.
Pak dodges the punch combination from Jawo.
Jawo takes one to the side of the head.

Pak has closed the distance and engaged Jawo in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pak lands a right hand.

Pak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chul Moo Pak.
Well Pak 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 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chul Moo Pak!
During a confident post fight interview, Chul Moo Pak thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.