PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Passion Pacio (ranked 720 p4p, 3186 weight class) and Jonathan Hong (ranked 58 p4p, 205 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Pacio
vs
Hong

171 cm
27
135
7 - 5 - 0

225 cm
25
130
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Passion Pacio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jonathan Hong!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Pacio misses.
Sloppy strikes from Hong. Those never looked like landing.
Pacio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pacio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hong lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pacio misses with a looping right.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pacio will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hong up against the cage.
Pacio is stalling here.
Pacio lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Pacio.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
Hong takes an elbow to the temple.
Hong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hong throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong misses with the head strike.
Pacio stalling the fight.
Hong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pacio is struggling to control the position.
Pacio softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pacio displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hong up against the cage.
Pacio lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Jonathan Hong has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Pacio.
Hong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hong has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Pacio seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Hong can turn it around.
Hong throws a head punch that misses.
Hong working aggressively here.
Hong swings wildly with an uppercut but Pacio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pacio blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacio lands a shoulder strike.
Hong throws a head punch that misses.
Pacio throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hongs head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pacio lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
Pacio's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pacio taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pacio lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pacio.
Pacio lands an uppercut.
Hong misses with some punches.
Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pacio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pacio lands an elbow that stopped Hong in his tracks for a moment.
Hong is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pacio taking a breather.
Pacio taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pacio stalling.
Pacio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pacio definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Pacio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacio stalling the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
Pacio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pacio avoiding damage.
Pacio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
Pacio lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hong misses with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Pacio to work.
Hong pushes Pacio back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pacio is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pacio lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong working aggressively here.
Hong misses with some punches.
Hong throws a punch but it's blocked by Pacio.
Pacio lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pacio lands an elbow that stopped Hong in his tracks for a moment.
Still in the clinch, Pacio scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pacio is struggling to control the position.
Hong scores with a shot to the side of Pacio's head.
Hong gets through Pacio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pacio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pacio pushes Hong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Pacio.
Pacio stalling the fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pacio.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pacio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pacio.
A bit of stalling here from Pacio.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Passion Pacio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Hong's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nice uppercut there from Pacio.

Hong is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
A jab from Pacio misses.
Hong is still on wobbly legs! Can Pacio finish him?
Pacio moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hong tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacio swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hong drops his hands momentarily and Pacio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hong moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Pacio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Pacio.
Pacio controlling the action here for a moment.
Hong takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hong misses with a hook from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pacio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hong gets through Pacio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Passion Pacio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pacio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hong seems to have recovered his senses.
Pacio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hong can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong misses with some punches.
A short right from Pacio on the inside.
Pacio lands a nice elbow.
Pacio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
Pacio slows down the pace here.
Pacio has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A short uppercut from Pacio.
Pacio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pacio lands a left hand.
Hong takes an elbow to the temple.
Pacio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pacio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Hong fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pacio.
Hong misses with a punch on the inside.
Pacio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That has opened up Jonathan Hong's cut even more.
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!
Hong working aggressively here.
Pacio has Hong pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong throws a punch but it's blocked by Pacio.
Hong throws a head punch that misses.
Hong takes an elbow to the temple.
Hong swings wildly with an uppercut but Pacio uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pacio lands with a light punch inside.
Hong throws a punch but it's blocked by Pacio.
Pacio lands a hook that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
Pacio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hong misses with some punches.
Pacio has Hong pressed against the cage.
Hong throws a head punch that misses.
Pacio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hong's defenses.
Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hong throws a head punch that misses.
Pacio will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hong up against the cage.
Pacio stalls.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pacio creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pacio slowing the pace effectively.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pacio.
Nice elbow from Pacio.
Nice elbow from Pacio.
Hong takes an elbow to the temple.
Hong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pacio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pacio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pacio lands a left hand.
Pacio content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pacio lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
Pacio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

The cut above Jonathan Hong's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hong working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Pacio.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hong misses with some punches.
Pacio leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hong throws a punch but it's blocked by Pacio.
Pacio working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pacio lands an elbow that stopped Hong in his tracks for a moment.
Pacio lands a damaging elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pacio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pacio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pacio takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hong.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pacio scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pacio blocks an uppercut.
Pacio lands an elbow inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Passion Pacio dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jonathan Hong's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Hong ducks under a wild hook from Pacio.
Hong tries to bum rush Pacio with a series of wild strikes but Pacio uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pacio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pacio throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pacio is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pacio misses with a looping left.
Despite the aggression on Hong's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hong misses with an uppercut
letting Pacio counter with a right hand.
Hong closes the distance but Pacio moves to the side
and Pacio counters with a crisp right that sends Hong to the canvas! Pacio follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Passion Pacio!