PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Emil Jensen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Carl Emil Jensen enters the cage!

Pacquiao
vs
Emil Jensen

169 cm
24
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manny Pacquiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Carl Emil Jensen!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pacquiao clinches with his opponent.
Pacquiao can't break the clinch.
Pacquiao displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jensen up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Pacquiao for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Pacquiao trying to land knees to the body.
Pacquiao fails to pull guard.

Jensen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pacquiao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jensen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Pacquiao!

Jensen stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Nice body punch from Jensen.
Pacquiao shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jensen as he avoids it easily.
Jensen fails with the takedown
and Pacquiao makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jensen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pacquiao avoids it really well and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen fails with the takedown

and Pacquiao counters with a takedown into side control.
Manny Pacquiao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Carl Emil Jensen.
Jensen can't do much from the bottom here.
Pacquiao trying to control the action but Jensen is working from the bottom.
Jensen takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jensen is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Pacquiao off and has taken his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Jensen's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Jensen looks gassed!
Jensen throwing sloppy strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen tries to get the hooks in deep but Pacquiao pushed the leg off.
Pacquiao is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Pacquiao knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jensen on the ground.
Jensen is looking to control Pacquiao but Pacquiao is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Pacquiao tries to roll but Jensen sticks to his back.
Pacquiao has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jensen patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Jensen misses with punches from the back.
Pacquiao tries to escape but Jensen has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Jensen misses with a punch to the head.
Jensen biding his time, looking for the opening.

Jensen working for the choke.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pacquiao prevents Jensen from getting a body triangle.
Jensen throwing sloppy strikes.
Pacquiao holding both Jensen 's hands and preventing any damage.

Pacquiao fending off the submission attempt from Jensen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Manny Pacquiao will probably get the nod.
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.

Pacquiao throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jensen was covering up waiting for the punch and Pacquiao finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Jensen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pacquiao!
Pacquiao tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jensen wants to control the pace but Pacquiao is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen with good strikes from the mount here!
Jensen looking to control but Pacquiao is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Jensen working for a submission but Pacquiao is keeping him at bay.
Pacquiao might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jensen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pacquiao wants to hold on but Jensen pushes him away.
Jensen thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jensen looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jensen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pacquiao working to try and regain half guard.
Jensen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pacquiao is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pacquiao wants to hold on but Jensen pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Manny Pacquiao will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.

Jensen fails with the takedown

and Pacquiao counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Pacquiao.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Carl Emil Jensen.
Pacquiao tries to clinch up but Jensen circles away and keeps his distance.
Jensen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jensen tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jensen tries to bum rush Pacquiao with a series of wild strikes but Pacquiao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Pacquiao drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jensen wants to sweep here but Pacquiao controlling him for the moment.
Pacquiao working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Jensen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pacquiao working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Jensen's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao wants to stand but Jensen is controlling his posture from full guard.
Pacquiao trying to control the position from guard on top but Jensen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pacquiao wants to pass the guard but Jensen is keeping the position.
Jensen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Pacquiao's guard.
Pacquiao wants to stand and escape but Jensen is having none of it.
Jensen won't allow Pacquiao to sweep him here.
Pacquiao pulls Jensen in to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pacquiao has a closed guard, preventing Jensen from standing up.
Pacquiao is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Pacquiao working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Jensen has passed into half guard!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Pacquiao is not content to let Jensen control the position.
Pacquiao is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jensen throwing shots but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
Jensen is keen to just control but Pacquiao is a slippery customer.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Manny Pacquiao overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pacquiao is staying active underneath Jensen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Pacquiao shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pacquiao showed some decent athleticism there.
Jensen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Pacquiao showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pacquiao 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28

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