PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wanny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and cody Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pacquiao kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is They Call Me Pacman. cody Jensen will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Pacquiao
vs
Jensen

169 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Likes ground

Nemesis Cage Clothing

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wanny Pacquiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, cody Jensen!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Jensen moves out of range.

Jensen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Pacquiao!
Pacquiao is bucking up trying to escape but Jensen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jensen unloading with bombs!
Pacquiao is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.

Jensen stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Jensen closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pacquiao to the mat! Pacquiao manages to get full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jensen passes Pacquiao's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Pacquiao pushes Jensen off looking to stand but Jensen dives back in and keeps control.
Jensen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pacquiao tries to kick Jensen off in order to stand up. Jensen Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Pacquiao on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pacquiao tries to get out of the position.
Pacquiao takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Jensen has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jensen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Pacquiao clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Jensen has Pacquiao pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Jensen pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Pacquiao tumbling to the mat - Jensen dives into Pacquiao's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao keeping moving, preventing Jensen from controlling successfully.
Pacquiao wants to stand but Jensen is controlling the position.
Pacquiao is breathing heavily.
Jensen pushing down on Pacquiao's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Jensen stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Pacquiao to get to his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Pacquiao misses the target.
Pacquiao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pacquiao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jensen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Pacquiao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jensen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pacquiao stuffs the takedown attempt from Jensen. Jensen gets slowly back to his feet.
Wanny Pacquiao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of cody Jensen.

Jensen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Pacquiao knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jensen on the ground.

Jensen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jensen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jensen thows a big elbow that misses.
Jensen trying to control the position from guard on top but Pacquiao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pacquiao wants to get back to his feet but Jensen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao keeping moving, preventing Jensen from controlling successfully.
Jensen is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jensen fails to land the takedown.
cody Jensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pacquiao tries to close the distance and clinch but Jensen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacquiao will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jensen shoots in for a double leg but Pacquiao sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jensen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pacquiao is fending him off so far but Jensen persists. Nope, Pacquiao circles away and we're back to standing.
Pacquiao tries to bum rush Jensen with a series of wild strikes but Jensen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pacquiao misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jensen.
Pacquiao misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jensen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jensen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pacquiao.
Jensen fails with the takedown.
Pacquiao scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Jensen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jensen wants to control from the top but Pacquiao keeps moving.
Pacquiao wants to get back to his feet but Jensen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jensen showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

cody Jensen 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.

Jensen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jensen lands in his opponent's guard.

Jensen gets to his feet. Pacquiao looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
A punch combination from Pacquiao misses.

Jensen scores a takedown into full mount!
Jensen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pacquiao is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao taking shots to the head.
Jensen lands with some strikes.
Jensen unloading with bombs!
Pacquiao wants to get back to his feet.
Jensen controlling his opponent.

Jensen looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Pacquiao is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jensen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Pacquiao is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Jensen controlling from the full mount.
Jensen working Pacquiao over with strikes here.
Pacquiao squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jensen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pacquiao might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Pacquiao tries to buck Jensen off but Jensen takes his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Pacquiao is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Pacquiao is trying to stand back up.
Pacquiao trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Jensen trying to control momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jensen is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Pacquiao has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Will Jensen go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?

Jensen is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Pacquiao knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Pacquiao for a finish.
Pacquiao wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

cody Jensen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

No luck for Jensen with that takedown attempt.
Jensen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pacquiao circles away.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab.
Nice sprawl there from Pacquiao as Jensen shoots in.
Wanny Pacquiao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of cody Jensen.
Pacquiao is looking to clinch but Jensen is avoiding it.
Pacquiao looks to score with a jab to the body but Jensen is just out of range.
Pacquiao tries to clinch up but Jensen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jensen will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pacquiao looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jensen shoots in looking for a takedown. Pacquiao tries to sprawl out of it but Jensen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pacquiao manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pacquiao tries to clinch but Jensen is having none of it.
Pacquiao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao tries to clinch but Jensen is having none of it.
Pacquiao moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jensen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pacquiao tries to avoid it but Jensen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pacquiao to the ground. Pacquiao escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Wanny Pacquiao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pacquiao swinging wilding here.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab.

Jensen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jensen lands in his opponent's guard.
Jensen stops Pacquiao from standing up.

Jensen gets to his feet. Pacquiao looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jensen tries for a takedown but Pacquiao sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Jensen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jensen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jensen controlling the pace for now.
Jensen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pacquiao's face.
Jensen with good strikes from the mount here!
Pacquiao squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
cody Jensen has got the better of the ground game so far.

Jensen looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Jensen connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao wants to get back to his feet.
Pacquiao has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.

Jensen is cranking Pacquiao's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Pacquiao! He's tightened the choke and Pacquiao is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). cody Jensen!