PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Money Pacman (ranked 2043 p4p, 3374 weight class) and Zach Blackwood (ranked 140 p4p, 225 weight class). Zach Blackwood is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Pacman
vs
Blackwood

165 cm
24
135
7 - 0 - 0

173 cm
19
145
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Money Pacman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zach Blackwood!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Columbo Gatti and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackwood fails with a takedown attempt.
Blackwood drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

It looks like Zach Blackwood has been cut.
Pacman seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Blackwood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pacman throws out the jab.
Pacman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Blackwood fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blackwood moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Blackwood closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pacman circles away.
Money Pacman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zach Blackwood.

Blackwood decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Pacman is trying to escape back to his feet but Blackwood uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blackwood scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pacman to see if he's OK.
The ground and pound from Blackwood seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackwood tries to score with some ground and pound. Pacman controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Blackwood is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Pacman knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Blackwood is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Pacman is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Pacman wants to get back to his feet but Blackwood drags him back down.
Blackwood throws an elbow but Pacman slips to the side and avoids it well.
Blackwood trying to control the action but Pacman is working from the bottom.

Blackwood is trying to get an arm triangle but Pacman is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pacman sneaks out the side door and pushes Blackwood away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.

Pacman lands a left and a right that send Blackwood crashing to the mat, dazed. Pacman thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Blackwood is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pacman lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Blackwood up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Pacman from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Blackwood's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Money Pacman!