PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manny Pacquaio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Calderwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Pacquaio
vs
Calderwood

170 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

180 cm
19
143 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manny Pacquaio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jon Calderwood!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calderwood takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Pacquaio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Calderwood wants to counter the offense by Pacquaio and move into the clinch position.
Calderwood is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Calderwood blocks a head kick by Pacquaio.
Calderwood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Pacquaio paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pacquaio keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Calderwood wants to clinch up but Pacquaio keeps it at a distance.
Manny Pacquaio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calderwood shoots in for a takedown but Pacquaio shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Calderwood with a poor takedown
letting Pacquaio counter with a right hand.
Manny Pacquaio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Calderwood.
Calderwood takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Pacquaio shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Calderwood is trying to defend but Pacquaio finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Calderwood trying to control from the bottom.
Calderwood is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calderwood trying to control from the bottom.
Calderwood gets full guard.
Calderwood doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

Calderwood is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Calderwood trying to control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Pacquaio fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Calderwood sprawls well initially but Pacquaio persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Pacquaio is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pacquaio stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Calderwood to get to his feet.
Pacquaio misses with a body kick.
Pacquaio shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Calderwood defends it nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Calderwood.
Jab by Calderwood.
Calderwood slaps away a takedown attempt from Pacquaio, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Calderwood scores with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Pacquaio has closed the distance and engaged Calderwood in a clinch.
Pacquaio wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Calderwood wants to get back to striking at distance but Pacquaio won't allow it.
Calderwood tries for a takedown. No joy.
Pacquaio swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Calderwood jumps into guard, dragging Pacquaio to the mat.

Calderwood looking for a guillotine here but Pacquaio defends easily.

Pacquaio avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquaio stops Calderwood from standing up.
Pacquaio preventing the sweep.
Calderwood trying to control the position.
Calderwood is looking to sweep but instead, Pacquaio has passed into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pacquaio stalling away here and it's allowed Calderwood to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Pacquaio dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Calderwood clinches.
Pacquaio works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Pacquaio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pacquaio misses with the combination.
Pacquaio throws a series of punches but Calderwood avoids them all with ease.
Manny Pacquaio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Calderwood tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Pacquaio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pacquaio throws a big counter combination but Calderwood scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Calderwood throws a head kick but Pacquaio moves out of range.
Calderwood shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pacquaio sprawls well. Pacquaio wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Calderwood gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacquaio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A combination from Calderwood does no damage.
Pacquaio throws a sloppy head kick and Calderwood moves out of range easily.
Calderwood doesn't manage to clinch there - Pacquaio circles away.
Manny Pacquaio is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquaio throws a combination that misses

and Calderwood counters by clinching up.
Pacquaio is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Pacquaio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Calderwood lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Calderwood dodges an elbow strike from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Calderwood is keeping busy.
Pacquaio taking a breather.
Pacquaio is trying to break free.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Calderwood throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pacquaio has Calderwood pressed against the ropes, preventing Calderwood from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Calderwood gets control of Pacquaio's arms and successfully pulls guard. Calderwood will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Calderwood looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calderwood looking to control but Pacquaio passes into half guard.
Pacquaio is thwarting Calderwood's attempts to control the position.
Pacquaio prevents Calderwood from improving his position.
Pacquaio tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calderwood regains full guard. Nicely done.
Calderwood wants to stand but Pacquaio is controlling the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Pacquaio darts in looking for a takedown but Calderwood gets double underhooks and turns Pacquaio into the ropes.
Calderwood connects with a nice looking jab.
Calderwood throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pacquaio's head.
Calderwood tries to clinch there but Pacquaio circles away.
Calderwood fails to land the takedown.
Manny Pacquaio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Calderwood.
Calderwood shoots in looking for a takedown. Pacquaio tries to sprawl out of it but Calderwood keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Pacquaio manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pacquaio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Calderwood can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Calderwood moves into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Calderwood jumps guard but Pacquaio turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Calderwood wants to stall.
Calderwood trying to stall but Pacquaio improves his position.

Pacquaio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pacquaio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Calderwood feints and as Pacquaio raises his hands in defense, Calderwood changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Calderwood loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Pacquaio is working an open guard so Calderwood takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Calderwood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Pacquaio circles away from the clinch attempt.
Calderwood shoots in but Pacquaio avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Calderwood swinging wildly here.
Pacquaio looks to land a combination but Calderwood avoids it well.
Calderwood goes for a double leg but Pacquaio avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Pacquaio continues to drive forward.
Calderwood fails to land with a series of punches.

Pacquaio throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Calderwood was covering up waiting for the punch and Pacquaio finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Calderwood wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacquaio controlling from the top position.
Pacquaio tries to stand but Calderwood is controlling from the bottom.
Calderwood thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Calderwood is trying to hold Pacquaio in close to prevent damage but Pacquaio has managed to pass into half guard.
Calderwood trying to control but Pacquaio postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Calderwood moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Calderwood looking to control.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Calderwood dives in and grabs Pacquaio's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pacquaio pushes down on Calderwood's head and hops out.
Manny Pacquaio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Calderwood.

Calderwood forces Pacquaio back against the ropes and clinches.
Calderwood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Calderwood tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pacquaio avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquaio throws an elbow but it misses.
Calderwood tries to break free but Pacquaio pushes him back against the ropes.
Pacquaio looking to slow down the pace here.
Pacquaio stops a takedown attempt from Calderwood.
Calderwood wants to break free but Pacquaio has control.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pacquaio as Calderwood tries to tie him up.
Calderwood looking to stall.
Pacquaio working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Calderwood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pacquaio shoots in looking for a takedown but Calderwood manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pacquaio's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pacquaio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Calderwood circles away quickly and effectively.
Calderwood tries to clinch there but Pacquaio circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Calderwood bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Calderwood has an Americana. Pacquaio didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Calderwood is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Calderwood hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jon Calderwood!