PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pedro De Pacas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Rico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rico has chosen Klendathu drop as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

De Pacas
vs
Rico

175 cm
25
163 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

RAGS of a RONIN

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro De Pacas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, John Rico!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rico ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Pacas tries to clinch but Rico is having none of it.
Rico connects with a right hand. De Pacas shakes it off.
De Pacas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rico throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

De Pacas closes the distance and pushes Rico back into the cage.
De Pacas misses with a punch to the body.
De Pacas throws a punch but it's blocked by Rico.
De Pacas lands an uppercut.
De Pacas throws a punch but it's blocked by Rico.
De Pacas prevents Rico from breaking the clinch.
De Pacas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Pacas misses with a punch on the inside.
Rico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rico.
Rico blocks an uppercut.
De Pacas misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from De Pacas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rico.
De Pacas has a couple of punches blocked by Rico.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Pacas misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Pacas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico is trying to force a seperation but De Pacas has the dominant position.
Rico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Pacas misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Pacas has a couple of punches blocked by Rico.
De Pacas lands a shoulder strike.
A short uppercut from De Pacas.
A head punch on the inside from De Pacas fails to land.
De Pacas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rico backwards.
De Pacas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rico backwards.
De Pacas throws a punch but it's blocked by Rico.
Rico misses with a body punch.
De Pacas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch on the inside from De Pacas fails to land.
De Pacas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Pacas is leaning against Rico and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Pacas.
De Pacas misses with a punch on the inside.
Rico blocks an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Pacas lands a left hand.
Rico blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from De Pacas fails to land.
De Pacas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from De Pacas.
Rico looks winded!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rico.
De Pacas looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
De Pacas has a couple of punches blocked by Rico.
De Pacas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Pacas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Pacas works on Rico's body with a couple of short punches.
Rico looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rico's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
De Pacas lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Pacas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
De Pacas tries a body shot but Rico blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from De Pacas fails to land.
De Pacas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rico misses with a punch on the inside.
De Pacas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rico blocks an uppercut.
De Pacas swings wildly with an uppercut but Rico uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Pacas swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico lands a nice uppercut.
De Pacas misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Pacas.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rico creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Pacas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Pacas.
De Pacas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rico's elbow.
De Pacas misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, De Pacas scores with a nice short uppercut.
De Pacas lands a shot to the body.
De Pacas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from De Pacas fails to land.
De Pacas has a couple of punches blocked by Rico.
Rico misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Pacas lands a hook that snaps the head of Rico backwards.
De Pacas lands a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Rico.
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!
De Pacas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Pacas lands with a light punch inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Pacas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rico.
A head punch on the inside from De Pacas fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Pacas.

Rico is rocked!
De Pacas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rico is still on wobbly legs! Can De Pacas finish him?
De Pacas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rico.
A head punch on the inside from De Pacas fails to land.
Rico seems to have recovered his senses.
Rico blocks an uppercut.
Rico scores with a hook to the body.
De Pacas has a couple of punches blocked by Rico.
Rico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rico is looking to break free of the clinch but De Pacas has double underhooks.
Rico blocks an uppercut.
De Pacas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rico backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rico lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Pacas backwards.
De Pacas swings wildly with an uppercut but Rico uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Pacas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro De Pacas 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.

De Pacas doesn't manage to clinch there - Rico circles away.
Rico throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Pacas tries to close the distance and clinch but Rico swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De Pacas tries to clinch but Rico moves out of range.
Pedro De Pacas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Pacas tries to clinch up.
Rico keeps the fight on the outside.
A little jabbing left from Rico on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De Pacas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rico paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rico swats away the attempt to clinch by De Pacas.
Rico throws out a counter right but De Pacas avoids it with no problem.
Rico connects with a good right hand that stumbles De Pacas. De Pacas circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

De Pacas clinches up against the cage.
De Pacas misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rico blocks a body shot from De Pacas.
Rico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Pacas scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short body shot lands from Rico as the two fighters clinch.
De Pacas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rico can do to turn this around?
Rico gets through De Pacas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rico blocks an uppercut.
Rico lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Pacas backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Pacas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Pacas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rico's elbow.
De Pacas swings wildly with an uppercut but Rico uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rico tries to break the clinch but De Pacas is controlling the position.
De Pacas working aggressively here.
De Pacas misses with a body punch.
De Pacas lands a body punch in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from De Pacas.
Rico blocking some punches.
Rico lands with a left to the head.
Rico blocking some punches.
De Pacas prevents Rico from breaking the clinch.
De Pacas lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rico blocking some punches.
De Pacas working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Pacas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rico.
De Pacas working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Rico.
De Pacas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Pacas.
De Pacas misses with some punches.
Rico misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Pacas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Pacas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Pacas tries to throw a body punch but Rico avoids it by throwing De Pacas back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from De Pacas fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Rico.
Rico is looking to break free of the clinch but De Pacas has double underhooks.
Rico throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Pacass head.
De Pacas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rico backwards.
De Pacas lands a hook that snaps the head of Rico backwards.
Pedro De Pacas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rico is leaning against De Pacas and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
De Pacas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rico's efforts to push away.
De Pacas working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rico is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Pacas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rico working hard to break the clinch.
Rico is trying to break the clinch but De Pacas is controlling him.
De Pacas has a couple of punches blocked by Rico.
A shot in the inside from De Pacas.
De Pacas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rico blocking some punches.
Rico blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rico wants to get back to striking at distance but De Pacas won't allow it.
Rico blocks an uppercut.
Rico blocking some punches.
De Pacas working aggressively here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Pacas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
De Pacas tries to work over Rico's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Pacas throws a head punch that misses.
Rico has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A right handed body shot lands from De Pacas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Pacas misses with some punches.
De Pacas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Pacas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rico is trying to push De Pacas away but De Pacas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rico misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Pacas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rico's elbow.
Rico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Pacas blocking some punches.
De Pacas gets through Rico's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from De Pacas.
De Pacas misses with a punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Pacas lands a hook that snaps the head of Rico backwards.
Rico lands an uppercut.
De Pacas scores with a nice hook to the head.
De Pacas misses with a punch on the inside.
Rico looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A nice left hand lands by De Pacas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pedro De Pacas dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

De Pacas closes the distance and clinches.
Rico blocking some punches.
De Pacas misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Pacas misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Pacas.
Rico wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Pacas has him pressed against the cage.
Rico lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Pacas misses with a punch on the inside.
Rico blocks an uppercut.
De Pacas misses with some punches.
Rico blocking some punches.
De Pacas scores with a hook to the body.
Rico fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rico blocking some punches.
Rico softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
De Pacas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Pacas throws a punch but it's blocked by Rico.
Rico blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rico blocks an uppercut.

De Pacas drops Rico onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Rico is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rico.
De Pacas misses with the head strike.
Rico is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Pacas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rico blocks an uppercut.
De Pacas swings wildly with an uppercut but Rico uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Pacas swings wildly with an uppercut but Rico uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rico wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De Pacas working aggressively here.
De Pacas misses with some punches.
De Pacas takes a shot to the head.
Rico wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Pacas has him pressed against the cage.
Rico blocking some punches.
Rico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rico takes a shot to the head.
De Pacas misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Pacas lands a body shot.
De Pacas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rico is trying to break free.
De Pacas throws a punch but it's blocked by Rico.
De Pacas misses with a punch on the inside.
De Pacas working aggressively here.
Rico blocking some punches.
De Pacas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rico backwards.
De Pacas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rico is trying to break free.
Rico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Pacas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Pacas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Pacas throws a punch but it's blocked by Rico.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rico.
Rico misses with the head strike.
Rico lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Pacas misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Pacas lands a shot to the body.
Rico has a couple of punches blocked by De Pacas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rico.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rico blocks an uppercut.
De Pacas throws a punch but it's blocked by Rico.
De Pacas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Pacas tries a body shot but Rico blocks it.
De Pacas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Pacas misses with the head strike.
John Rico has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Pacas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Pacas keeps control of Rico as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by De Pacas.
De Pacas misses with a body punch.
De Pacas lands with a left to the head.
Rico misses with a punch on the inside.
Rico blocking some punches.
Rico has had enough of the clinch but De Pacas keeps him there for the moment.
De Pacas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Pacas has a couple of punches blocked by Rico.
Rico blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Pacas misses with a punch to the body.
De Pacas lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Pacas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rico blocking some punches.
De Pacas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Pacas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rico backwards.
De Pacas throws a punch but it's blocked by Rico.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Pacas misses with the head strike.
De Pacas lands a nice uppercut.
De Pacas throws a head punch that misses.
Rico is looking to break free of the clinch but De Pacas has double underhooks.
De Pacas has a couple of punches blocked by Rico.
De Pacas tries a body shot but Rico blocks it.
Rico blocks a body shot from De Pacas.
De Pacas throws a head punch that misses.
Rico blocks a body shot from De Pacas.
De Pacas misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Pacas tries to work over Rico's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rico lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rico misses with a punch to the body.
De Pacas has a couple of punches blocked by Rico.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Pacas.
De Pacas swings wildly with an uppercut but Rico uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rico scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Pacas struggles to land a body shot inside as Rico controls his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Pacas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rico lands a shot to the body.
Rico wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rico fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Pacas struggles to land a body shot inside as Rico controls his hands.
De Pacas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Pacas.
De Pacas misses with a punch to the body.
De Pacas misses with the head strike.
Pedro De Pacas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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!
Rico wants to break free but De Pacas has control.
Rico working aggressively here.
Rico wants to get back to striking at distance but De Pacas won't allow it.
De Pacas scores with a shoulder strike.
Rico is trying to force a seperation but De Pacas has the dominant position.
Rico misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from De Pacas.
Rico takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
De Pacas blocking some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro De Pacas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for De Pacas, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pedro De Pacas!
Pedro De Pacas spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.