PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Frankie Russo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pacquiao is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Its Time for War. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Russo
vs
Pacquiao

169 cm
39
165 lbs
22 - 17 - 0

169 cm
35
155 lbs
25 - 24 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

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 22 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frankie Russo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Darius Henderson and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao throws out a loose jab but Russo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pacquiao ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Manny Pacquiao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pacquiao lands with a nice combination. Russo backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Frankie Russo has been cut.
Russo misses with a few strikes there.
Pacquiao slips a jab and a cross from Russo.

Russo shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Pacquiao is trying to defend but Russo finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Russo looks to land a strike but Pacquiao avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Russo won't allow Pacquiao to get back to his feet.
Russo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Russo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Russo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Russo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Russo looking to sit in guard and control but Pacquiao gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pacquiao looking to pass the guard.
Pacquiao postures up in Russo's guard and throws a big left but Russo blocks it.
Pacquiao trying to stand up but can't free himself from Russo's guard.
Russo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Russo avoids the attempt from Pacquiao to control.
Pacquiao trying desperately to get to his feet.
Russo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Russo throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Pacquiao because Russo loaded up on that one.
Russo with a couple of short strikes.
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!
Russo wants to control the pace but Pacquiao is squirming around nicely.
Russo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao is squirming around, avoiding Russo's attempts to control the action.
Pacquiao gets back to half guard.
Russo misses with a head shot. Pacquiao uses the momentum to regain guard.
Russo wants to control from the top but Pacquiao keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russo trying to move into half guard but instead Pacquiao has managed to sweep!
Russo wants to sweep but no luck.
Pacquiao wants to control from the top but Russo keeps moving.
Russo is pulling down on Pacquiao's head to control his posture.
Pacquiao sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Pacquiao trying to control but Russo is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frankie Russo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frankie Russo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Russo misses with the combination.
Pacquiao misses with a wild body shot.
Pacquiao looks to land a left hand but Russo moved out of range nicely.
Pacquiao catches Russo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Russo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Some wild striking there from Pacquiao.
A combination from Russo does no damage.
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Russo avoids them all with ease.
Pacquiao takes a swing at Russo's ribcage but misses.
Pacquiao fails to land with a series of punches.
Russo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Russo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Frankie Russo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacquiao lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Russo circles away quickly and effectively.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut. Russo saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Russo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Russo just misses with a punch to the body.
Russo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Russo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Russo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Russo slips a straight right by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao throws a lazy right hand but Russo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Russo throws a one two combo.

It looks like Manny Pacquiao has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Russo misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pacquiao ducks under a wild hook from Russo.
Russo feints a jab promting Pacquiao to slip. Russo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Pacquiao slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Russo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Pacquiao is rocked!
Russo throws a series of punches but Pacquiao avoids them all with ease.
Pacquiao throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Russo on the side of the head.
Pacquiao thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russo swinging wildly here.
Pacquiao cracks Russo with a hook to the temple - Russo is on wobbly legs here! Pacquiao swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Russo falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Pacquiao wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Manny Pacquiao!
Manny Pacquiao thanked the fans post fight for their support.