PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Manny Paqiauo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Manny Paqiauo has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Paqiauo
vs
Pierre

163 cm
24
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
161 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Paqiauo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricky Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierre throws a series of punches but Paqiauo moves out of range.
Pierre moves in looking to clinch but Paqiauo pushes him off.
Paqiauo stuffs the takedown attempt from Pierre. Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.

Pierre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Paqiauo pushes Pierre off but Pierre dives into side control.
Paqiauo is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Paqiauo tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Paqiauo is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

Pierre moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Paqiauo has worked his arm free - good work by Paqiauo!
Paqiauo is looking for a sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pierre decides to stand back up.
Paqiauo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pierre dives in and grabs Paqiauo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Paqiauo pushes down on Pierre's head and hops out.
Pierre walks forward, straight into a front kick from Paqiauo.
Pierre looks gassed!
Paqiauo tries a head kick but it misses.
Paqiauo could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Paqiauo fails with the takedown
and Pierre counters with a head kick. That will keep Paqiauo thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A nice combination there by Paqiauo.
Paqiauo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Paqiauo.
Paqiauo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A head kick misses from Paqiauo.

Paqiauo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Paqiauo.
Pierre tries for a takedown but Paqiauo manages to get underhooks.
Manny Paqiauo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Pierre.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paqiauo lands a shot to the body.
Paqiauo presses Pierre against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Paqiauo has had enough of the clinch but Pierre keeps him there for the moment.
Paqiauo working hard to break the clinch.
Pierre trying to land knees to the body.
Paqiauo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pierre or not.

Paqiauo breaks the clinch.
Paqiauo misses with a head kick.
Paqiauo throws a lazy head kick
and Pierre counters with an outside leg kick.
Paqiauo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pierre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paqiauo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Paqiauo scores with a three punch combo!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Paqiauo.
Paqiauo working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paqiauo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Paqiauo is putting a hurting on Pierre here, landing some big shots from side control.
Paqiauo throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Paqiauo looks up at the clock and then as Pierre takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Paqiauo smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Check out the look on Paqiauo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Paqiauo throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Paqiauo grinds an elbow into Pierre's temple.
Paqiauo working the ground and pound but Pierre is defending the strikes.
Paqiauo landing a few strikes.
Paqiauo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pierre to see if he's OK.
Paqiauo connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Pierre some visible discomfort.
Pierre managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Paqiauo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paqiauo in side control, throwing shots but Pierre defends.
Paqiauo lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pierre down.
Paqiauo cracks Pierre with a big right hand but Pierre just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Paqiauo in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Paqiauo landing strikes.
Paqiauo working away.
Paqiauo cracks Pierre with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Paqiauo throws a strike aimed at the side of Pierre's head but Pierre avoids it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Paqiauo working the body and head with strikes.
Paqiauo lands a few punches from side control.
Paqiauo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paqiauo landing a few strikes.
Pierre holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Paqiauo in side control lands a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Paqiauo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Paqiauo tries a head kick but it misses.
Manny Paqiauo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pierre stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Pierre wants it to stay on the feet.
Paqiauo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paqiauo tries to clinch there but Pierre circles away.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Pierre.
Pierre takes a little break here. Paqiauo wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Paqiauo is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Pierre is controlling him well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pierre is looking to take a break and control but Paqiauo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Paqiauo is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre is looking to take a break and control but Paqiauo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Paqiauo sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Paqiauo makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Paqiauo throws a sloppy head kick and Pierre moves out of range easily.
Paqiauo throws a head kick that misses.
Paqiauo misses with a head kick.
Paqiauo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Paqiauo tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Pierre counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Paqiauo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paqiauo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Paqiauo breaks from Pierre's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pierre is in a horrible position here. Paqiauo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Paqiauo with the ground and pound from mount.
Manny Paqiauo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre is looking to improve his position but Paqiauo isn't that keen on the idea.
Paqiauo dominating with strikes here.
Paqiauo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pierre?
Paqiauo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Pierre can do anything to dispel that myth.
Paqiauo lands a big elbow.
Paqiauo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pierre's face.
Paqiauo pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pierre tries to hold on but Paqiauo pushes him away.
Paqiauo fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Paqiauo lands with some strikes.
Paqiauo lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paqiauo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Paqiauo unloading with bombs!
Paqiauo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Paqiauo with shots to the head and body - Pierre looks very uncomfortable down there.
Paqiauo dominating with strikes here.
Pierre is in all sorts of trouble here.
Paqiauo unloading with bombs!
Pierre is looking to improve his position but Paqiauo isn't that keen on the idea.
Paqiauo lands a big shot there that rocks Pierre but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pierre is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Pierre is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Paqiauo dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Paqiauo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Manny Paqiauo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Pierre.
Paqiauo throws a sloppy head kick

and Pierre counters with a single leg into guard. Paqiauo didn't expect that.
Paqiauo wants to get back to his feet but Pierre is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Paqiauo looking for a sweep. Not yet Paqiauo, not yet.
Pierre content to stall in guard here.

Paqiauo has his feet on Pierre's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Paqiauo scores a takedown into full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre is bucking up trying to escape but Paqiauo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Paqiauo unloading with bombs!
Pierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Paqiauo unloading with bombs!
Paqiauo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Paqiauo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Paqiauo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pierre wants to try and get back to his feet.
Paqiauo looking to finish Pierre with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pierre!
Paqiauo landing strikes from the mount and Pierre is in trouble!
Paqiauo landing shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paqiauo lands a big shot there that rocks Pierre but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Paqiauo lands with some strikes.
Pierre tries to lock up and control but Paqiauo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Paqiauo lands a heavy elbow.
Paqiauo lands a big elbow.
Paqiauo avoids the attempt from Pierre to control.
Pierre is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paqiauo working the ground and pound effectively.
Pierre is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Paqiauo with good strikes from the mount here!
Paqiauo breaks from Pierre's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Paqiauo landing strikes, looking to finish!
Paqiauo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pierre?
Paqiauo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pierre can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Paqiauo lands a nice shot to the head.
Paqiauo raining down shots from the mount!
Paqiauo is landing with some decent strikes but Pierre is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Pierre is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Pierre working to try and regain half guard.
A nice elbow there by Paqiauo.
Paqiauo with a couple of short strikes.
Paqiauo has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pierre's face.
Paqiauo is landing with some decent strikes but Pierre is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Pierre taking shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Paqiauo.
Pierre can't escape the position.
Ricky Pierre has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Manny Paqiauo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice elbow there by Paqiauo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Paqiauo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Paqiauo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Paqiauo!