PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny McBraddish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McBraddish comes into the arena with Broken by 12 Stones blaring out of the sound system. Manny Pacquiao will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

McBraddish
vs
Pacquiao

150 cm
28
130 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

169 cm
22
146 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class 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 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny McBraddish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao punishes McBraddish's body with a nice straight punch.
Pacquiao scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
McBraddish throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pacquiao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pacquiao throws a body punch but McBraddish moves out of range.
McBraddish moves out of range of the strikes.
McBraddish ducks under a wild hook from Pacquiao.
McBraddish loads up on a big right hand but Pacquiao slips the punch.
McBraddish throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pacquiao sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McBraddish throws a low kick but Pacquiao avoids it.
Pacquiao just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab from Pacquiao.
McBraddish swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pacquiao counters with a nice uppercut.
Pacquiao lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McBraddish displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pacquiao throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws a looping overhand right but McBraddish ducks down to avoid it.
Pacquiao throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pacquiao ducks under a wild hook from McBraddish.
McBraddish throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pacquiao displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McBraddish throws out the jab.
Pacquiao bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McBraddish's head.
Pacquiao lands with a shot to the body.
Pacquiao avoids the body shot from McBraddish.
Pacquiao lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McBraddish doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McBraddish moves away from the strike by Pacquiao.
McBraddish gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pacquiao.

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.
McBraddish jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
McBraddish throws a shot from downtown. Pacquiao moves away and avoids it.
Pacquiao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pacquiao comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McBraddish scores with the left hand. Pacquiao knows he should have avoided that one.
Pacquiao slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pacquiao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McBraddish momentarily.
A slow jab from Pacquiao misses its intended target.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut. McBraddish saw that one coming.
Pacquiao bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McBraddish's head.
Pacquiao defending well as McBraddish loads up on a big left hand.
Pacquiao looks to throw the jab but McBraddish is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao misses the body punch
and McBraddish counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Pacquiao scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pacquiao looks to land a right hand but McBraddish moved out of range.
McBraddish misses with a hook.
Pacquiao moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pacquiao is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! McBraddish had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
McBraddish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McBraddish throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pacquiao stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pacquiao lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pacquiao.
McBraddish pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McBraddish closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McBraddish keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pacquiao.
McBraddish misses the body punch
and Pacquiao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao thows a left - swing and a miss!
No joy there for Pacquiao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
McBraddish on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McBraddish throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pacquiao. McBraddish does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pacquiao fails to land with a series of punches.
Pacquiao just misses with a punch to the body.
Pacquiao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - McBraddish throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pacquiao swinging wildly here.
Pacquiao lands with an overhand left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but 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 bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McBraddish's head.
Pacquiao throws the left hand but McBraddish avoids the punch easily.
McBraddish lands a nice looking body shot.
McBraddish lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McBraddish tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pacquiao misses with a hook. McBraddish ducked under it nicely.
Pacquiao looks to throw the jab but McBraddish is out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pacquiao.
McBraddish lands with a cross.
McBraddish is looking to clinch.
Manny Pacquiao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McBraddish tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacquiao throws an overhand right that lands on McBraddish's shoulder, as McBraddish tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBraddish scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Pacquiao doesn't seem bothered though.
McBraddish connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Manny Pacquiao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McBraddish looks to land a left hand but Pacquiao moved out of range nicely.
Pacquiao just misses with a punch to the body.
Pacquiao lands a nice shot that snaps McBraddish's head back.
McBraddish misses with a straight right.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut. McBraddish saw that one coming.
Pacquiao is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pacquiao, as that shot connected.
McBraddish lands with a nice body punch.
A slow jab from Pacquiao misses its intended target.
Nice shot lands for McBraddish.
Pacquiao tests McBraddish's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McBraddish sizes up Pacquiao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McBraddish dips to his left and cracks Pacquiao with an uppercut!
McBraddish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pacquiao throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McBraddish counters with a nice leg kick.
McBraddish scores with a nice head shot.
McBraddish blocks a jab.
McBraddish takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pacquiao throws a hook to the side of McBraddish's head but McBraddish sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McBraddish throws a body punch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Pacquiao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McBraddish.
Pacquiao connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McBraddish's hands.
McBraddish looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws a right and a left that McBraddish avoids nicely.
McBraddish slips under a jab.
McBraddish uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao throws a hook but McBraddish avoids it easily.
Johnny McBraddish is winning the standup battle so far.
Pacquiao looks to land a left hand but McBraddish moved out of range nicely.
Pacquiao throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McBraddish on the side of the head.
Pacquiao throws a hook but McBraddish avoids it easily.
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.
A lazy left from McBraddish finds it's target.

It looks like Manny Pacquiao has been cut.
McBraddish throws a hook but Pacquiao avoids it easily.
McBraddish slips a jab from Pacquiao.
McBraddish tries a head kick but it misses.
McBraddish staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut. McBraddish saw that one coming.
McBraddish takes a swing at Pacquiao's ribcage but misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pacquiao.
Pacquiao throws a hook but McBraddish avoids it easily.
Pacquiao throws a right hand that McBraddish ducks under and follows up with a left that McBraddish also avoids with ease.
Pacquiao throws a combination that misses
and McBraddish counters with a low kick, right behind Pacquiao 's knee.
McBraddish throws an overhand right that lands on Pacquiao's shoulder, as Pacquiao tries to avoid the shot.
Pacquiao moves out of range as McBraddish strikes.
A big right from Pacquiao misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by McBraddish. That's going to slow Pacquiao down.
McBraddish misses with a hook.
Pacquiao misses with a combination
and McBraddish counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny McBraddish dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manny Pacquiao's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

McBraddish forces Pacquiao back against the cage and clinches.
Pacquiao can't break the clinch.
Pacquiao is trying to force a seperation but McBraddish has the dominant position.
Pacquiao is trying to force a seperation but McBraddish has the dominant position.
McBraddish lands a shot to the body.
McBraddish keeps control of Pacquiao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McBraddish lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Pacquiao tries to break free but McBraddish pushes him back against the cage.
Pacquiao tries to break the clinch but McBraddish is controlling the position.
McBraddish lands a nice shot to the body.
Pacquiao blocking some punches.
Pacquiao looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Pacquiao's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McBraddish.
Pacquiao tries to circle away but McBraddish has him pinned against the cage.
McBraddish cracks Pacquiao with a nice body shot.
McBraddish lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pacquiao or not.
McBraddish softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McBraddish lands with a short shot to the head.
McBraddish scores with a hook to the body.
McBraddish lands with a left to the head.
McBraddish lands a shoulder strike.
Pacquiao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McBraddish throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pacquiaos head.
McBraddish has Pacquiao pressed against the cage, preventing Pacquiao from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McBraddish effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McBraddish lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
McBraddish lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for McBraddish.
McBraddish controlling the action here for a moment.
McBraddish softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McBraddish digs a right hand underneath Pacquiao's ribcage. Pacquiao let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McBraddish lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pacquiao.
McBraddish taking a breather.
McBraddish throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McBraddish'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.
Nice body punch from McBraddish - that landed with a thud.
McBraddish stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Good body shot from McBraddish.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Still in the clinch, McBraddish scores with a nice short uppercut.
McBraddish lands a nice uppercut.
McBraddish lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McBraddish keeps control of Pacquiao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McBraddish cracks Pacquiao with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from McBraddish.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McBraddish.
A left hand lands to the body for McBraddish.
McBraddish lands a shot to the body.
McBraddish has a couple of punches blocked by Pacquiao.
McBraddish works on Pacquiao's body with a couple of short punches.
A short left from McBraddish.
McBraddish lands with a left to the head.
McBraddish gets through Pacquiao's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McBraddish lands a shoulder strike.
McBraddish lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McBraddish lands with a left to the head.
McBraddish is struggling to control the position.
McBraddish is leaning against Pacquiao and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pacquiao as McBraddish tries to tie him up.
McBraddish makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from McBraddish - that landed with a thud.
Pacquiao can't break the clinch.
McBraddish lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Pacquiao wants to break free but McBraddish has control.
McBraddish lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBraddish lands an uppercut.
Pacquiao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McBraddish avoiding damage.
McBraddish lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pacquiao is trying to break the clinch but McBraddish is controlling him.
McBraddish lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McBraddish will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pacquiao up against the cage.
Pacquiao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A left hand lands to the body for McBraddish.
McBraddish lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McBraddish tries to stall but Pacquiao uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The referee is keeping an eye on McBraddish - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
McBraddish working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Johnny McBraddish has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pacquiao is trying to break the clinch but McBraddish is controlling him.
Nice body punch from McBraddish.
McBraddish slows down the pace here.
McBraddish pushes Pacquiao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pacquiao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hook to the body lands for McBraddish.
McBraddish content to slow the pace in the clinch.
McBraddish presses Pacquiao against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
McBraddish lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pacquiao is trying to break the clinch but McBraddish is controlling him.
McBraddish lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from McBraddish.
McBraddish is working Pacquiao over against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McBraddish.
McBraddish throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pacquiaos head.
A left hand lands to the body for McBraddish.
McBraddish scores with a hook to the body.
McBraddish lands a body shot.
A nice left hand lands by McBraddish.
McBraddish lands with a short punch from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McBraddish misses with the head strike.
McBraddish throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pacquiaos head.
McBraddish keeps control of Pacquiao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McBraddish looking to slow down the pace here.
McBraddish is leaning against Pacquiao and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny McBraddish showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McBraddish 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny McBraddish!