PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dutch Rudderme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Pacifico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dutch Rudderme looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Rudderme
vs
Pacifico

176 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

183 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dutch Rudderme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Pacifico!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Steve Montenegro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacifico misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pacifico doesn't manage to clinch there - Rudderme circles away.
Pacifico avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pacifico misses with a series of wild punches.
Pacifico tries to close the distance and clinch but Rudderme swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacifico lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pacifico looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rudderme throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rudderme throws a body punch but Pacifico moves out of range.
Rudderme is breathing heavily.
Pacifico scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pacifico tries for a takedown but Rudderme sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rudderme swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacifico.
Pacifico throws a nice looking combination but Rudderme bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pacifico lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pacifico is looking to clinch.
Pacifico scores with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacifico connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rudderme's hands.
Pacifico throws a series of punches but Rudderme avoids them all with ease.
Rudderme lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pacifico circles away quickly and effectively.
Pacifico closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rudderme falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pacifico counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rudderme keeps the fight on the outside.
Pacifico swinging wilding here.
Pacifico throws a combination. Rudderme tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pacifico looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jab by Pacifico.
Pacifico darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pacifico tries to clinch there but Rudderme circles away.
Pacifico tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacifico tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rudderme sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pacifico somewhat.
Dutch Rudderme has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Pacifico.
Pacifico tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rudderme swivels and escapes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pacifico.
Pacifico looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rudderme is fending him off so far but Pacifico persists. Nope, Rudderme circles away and we're back to standing.
Pacifico scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Pacifico lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pacifico is working the combinations to good effect here.
Rudderme stuffs the takedown.
Pacifico moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pacifico misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pacifico moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rudderme keeps the fight on the outside.
Pacifico moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pacifico.

Rudderme is rocked!
Rudderme stuffs the takedown attempt from Pacifico. Pacifico gets slowly back to his feet.
Pacifico shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rudderme sprawls well. Rudderme wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pacifico gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rudderme avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pacifico scores with the left hand. Rudderme knows he should have avoided that one.
Pacifico tries to clinch up but Rudderme circles away and keeps his distance.
Pacifico lands with an uppercut that bounces Rudderme off the cage and back into rage.
Pacifico throws a right and a left that Rudderme avoids nicely.
Pacifico tries to clinch but Rudderme moves out of range.
Pacifico dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pacifico throws a series of strikes that have Rudderme backpedaling.
Pacifico shoots in for a double leg but Rudderme sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Pacifico misses with a double jab.
Rudderme doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pacifico wants to clinch up but Rudderme keeps it at a distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pacifico is defended easily by Rudderme.
Pacifico is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacifico looks for a takedown but Rudderme sprawls well.
Rudderme walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pacifico looks to land a combination. Rudderme sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Horrible takedown by Pacifico or perhaps it was just good defense by Rudderme which made him look bad.
Pacifico scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pacifico is looking to clinch but Rudderme is avoiding it.
Pacifico lands a glancing blow to the side of Rudderme's head.
Pacifico throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pacifico is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Rudderme had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pacifico fails to land the takedown.
Pacifico wants to clinch up but Rudderme keeps it at a distance.
Pacifico throws a right hand that Rudderme ducks under and follows up with a left that Rudderme also avoids with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Pacifico dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pacifico fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rudderme moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Pacifico misses with a takedown attempt - Rudderme sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pacifico closes the distance and clinches up with Rudderme, looking for a takedown. Pacifico pushes Rudderme against the cage but Rudderme circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pacifico wants to clinch up but Rudderme keeps it at a distance.
Danny Pacifico seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pacifico throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rudderme's waist but Rudderme gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Pacifico off to one side.
Dutch Rudderme has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Pacifico.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pacifico.
Dutch Rudderme is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacifico fails with a takedown attempt.
Pacifico tries to close the distance and clinch but Rudderme swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacifico moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pacifico fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pacifico fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rudderme walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pacifico shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rudderme but Rudderme pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacifico works over Rudderme's head and body with a nice combination.
Pacifico scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rudderme takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pacifico lands a two punch combo.
Pacifico fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rudderme is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pacifico.
Pacifico lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pacifico.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pacifico.
Pacifico swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rudderme circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pacifico fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pacifico fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rudderme takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rudderme throws a nice looking combination but Pacifico bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pacifico is looking to clinch.
Rudderme tries a head kick but it misses.
Rudderme looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pacifico looks to land a combination but Rudderme avoids it well.
Pacifico tries to clinch but Rudderme moves out of range.
Pacifico shoots in for a takedown but Rudderme shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Danga de danga de dang - Pacifico scores with a four punch combination!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pacifico, as that shot connected.
Pacifico scores with a hook.
Pacifico shoots in looking for a takedown. Rudderme tries to sprawl out of it but Pacifico keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rudderme manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pacifico lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pacifico connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pacifico scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacifico fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rudderme swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacifico.
Pacifico scores with a one two! Rudderme had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pacifico lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rudderme misses with a few strikes there.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Rudderme.
Rudderme wants to stand but Pacifico has his arm trapped.
Pacifico is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rudderme's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Pacifico is looking to control Rudderme's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pacifico avoid being mounted?
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Pacifico is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rudderme pulls his head out easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacifico is trying to control but can't.
Rudderme stops Pacifico from getting back to his feet.
Pacifico misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Pacifico is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Rudderme pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rudderme not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Pacifico keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No joy there for Pacifico, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pacifico shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rudderme sprawls well. Rudderme wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pacifico gets slowly back to his feet.
Pacifico cracks Rudderme with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rudderme looks for the body kick but Pacifico saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Pacifico 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Pacifico misses with a wild combination.
Pacifico tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rudderme swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice takedown defense from Rudderme. No joy for Pacifico on that attempt.
Pacifico shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rudderme defends it nicely.

Rudderme pushes Pacifico up against the cage in a clinch.

Rudderme's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pacifico lands a nice shot that snaps Rudderme's head back.
Pacifico throws a right and a left that Rudderme avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rudderme throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rudderme displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pacifico.
Dutch Rudderme has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Pacifico.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pacifico.
Pacifico lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacifico tries to clinch up but Rudderme circles away and keeps his distance.
Rudderme gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pacifico.
Danga de danga de dang - Pacifico scores with a four punch combination!
Pacifico tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rudderme sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pacifico somewhat.
Pacifico getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pacifico shoots for a takedown but Rudderme saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Rudderme as Pacifico shoots in.

Rudderme feints and as Pacifico raises his hands in defense, Rudderme changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pacifico is trying to control the position but Rudderme postures up.
Rudderme wants to stand but Pacifico is controlling his posture from full guard.
Rudderme preventing the sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rudderme wants to get up but he can't break Pacifico's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Rudderme throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pacifico works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pacifico is trying to keep Rudderme in close.
Rudderme is looking to stand up but Pacifico won't let him.

Pacifico is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Rudderme has his hands clasped together but Pacifico extends an breaks Rudderme's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Pacifico.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Danny Pacifico!