PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Angus Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Live Wire. Pacquiao has chosen para sayo ang laban na ito! as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Young
vs
Pacquiao

175 cm
27
153 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
145 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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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 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Angus Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young misses with a few strikes there.
Pacquiao loads up on a big right hand but Young slips the punch.
Jab by Young.
Pacquiao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Young looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Young lands with a slapping head kick.
Pacquiao misses the jab.
Pacquiao looks to land a combination but Young avoids it well.
Young throws a head kick but Pacquiao moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Young.
Young throws a quick inside leg kick.
Angus Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Young blocks a jab.
Nice body kick from Young.
Pacquiao throws a left and a right that both miss

and Young holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Young lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Young effectively controlling the action here.
Pacquiao tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.
Young lands a nice knee to the body.
Pacquiao looks gassed!
Pacquiao is trying to break the clinch but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Young stalls.
Young is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Young landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young cracks Pacquiao with a nice body shot.
Young taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Young with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Young landing knees to the head.
Young landing knees to the head.
Young crunches a lovely knee into Pacquiao's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Young.
Young lands a knee to the head.
Pacquiao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Young scores with a knee to the head.

Pacquiao is rocked!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pacquiao takes a knee to the side of the body.
Young connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pacquiao's face.
Young scores with a knee to the head.
Pacquiao is still on wobbly legs! Can Young finish him?
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
Young gets through Pacquiao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pacquiao seems to have recovered his senses.
Young working Pacquiao over with knees to the body.
Young with a knee to the head.
Young controlling the action here for a moment.
Young is working Pacquiao over against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Young obliges.
Young is pushing Pacquiao up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Young lands a hook to the side of the head.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Young pressing his opponent against the cage.
Young with a knee to the head.
Young keeps control of Pacquiao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Young obliges.
Pacquiao is trying to force a seperation but Young has the dominant position.
Young connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pacquiao's face.
Pacquiao tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.
Young lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pacquiao working hard to break the clinch.
Young lands an uppercut.
Young using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Young has Pacquiao pressed against the cage.
Young with a knee to the head.
Young working Pacquiao over with knees to the body.
Pacquiao looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pacquiao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch but Young keeps him there for the moment.
Young controlling the action here for a moment.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Young takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch but Young keeps him there for the moment.
Pacquiao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pacquiao tries to circle away but Young has him pinned against the cage.
Young lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Young keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pacquiao's efforts to push away.
Young makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Young prevents Pacquiao from breaking the clinch.
Pacquiao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Young stalling.
Young scores with a knee to the head.
Pacquiao can't break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Young.
Young slows down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Young.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pacquiao being controlled against the cage.
Pacquiao wants to get back to striking at distance but Young won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Young dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pacquiao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pacquiao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pacquiao.
Young throws a front kick that sends Pacquiao stumbling back into the cage.
Young misses with an uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Young as he connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young scores with a nice body kick.
Pacquiao gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Young connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Young.
Young is looking to clinch but Pacquiao is avoiding it.
Pacquiao looks to throw the jab but Young is out of range.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab
and Young counters with a right hand to the body.
Pacquiao is breathing heavily.
Pacquiao misses with a hook. Young ducked under it nicely.
A thudding body kick lands there by Young!
Pacquiao on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Young.
Pacquiao has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Young.
Young throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pacquiao.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Young lands a high kick!
Pacquiao takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Young.
Young cracks Pacquiao with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Young lands with a slapping head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacquiao throws a big shot that misses.
Young lands a nice shot that snaps Pacquiao's head back.
Pacquiao clinches but Young breaks the clinch
and Young cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pacquiao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Young.
Nice cross by Young.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab
and Young finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a head kick!
Pacquiao walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fighters circling - Pacquiao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Manny Pacquiao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
and Young counters with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Young thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pacquiao if he has to take too many more of those.
Young lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angus Young dominated that second round.
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.

Young thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pacquiao if he has to take too many more of those.
Young throws a right and a left that Pacquiao avoids nicely.
Young avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Pacquiao circles away.
Young gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pacquiao.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Angus Young is winning the standup battle so far.
Young lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pacquiao takes a step back to recover.
Young pushes Pacquiao away with a front kick.
Pacquiao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Young lands with a slapping head kick.
A head kick misses from Young.
Young takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pacquiao might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Pacquiao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Young.
Young lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Young tries to land a front kick but Pacquiao steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Young there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Young looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao tries to move into range but Young moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Manny Pacquiao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pacquiao slips under a jab from Young.
Young connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pacquiao throws a right hand that Young ducks under and follows up with a left that Young also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Young looking to throw knees to the head but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
Angus Young has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Young landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Young landing knees to the body.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section.

Young lands a big knee to the head and Pacquiao goes down! Young is looking to finish!

Young tries for a kimura but Pacquiao is defending well.
Young misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

Pacquiao throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Young throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pacquiao wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Pacquiao.
Young wants to clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Young. Pacquiao shrugs it off though.
Angus Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice cross by Young.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - Pacquiao circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Angus Young showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Young, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:25
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:25
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Angus Young!