PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pacquiao comes to the cage accompanied by para sayo ang laban na ito!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pacquiao
vs
Jones

170 cm
26
145 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

175 cm
22
155 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Jones!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao throws a big shot that misses.
Pacquiao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Pacquiao which made him look bad.
Pacquiao clobbers Jones with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

It looks like Alexander Jones has been cut.
Pacquiao fails to land with a series of punches.

Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jones is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pacquiao can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pacquiao is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Pacquiao avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jones.
Pacquiao wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jones.
Pacquiao is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pacquiao is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Pacquiao looks a forlorn figure.
Poor strikes thrown by Jones there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Pacquiao is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Jones lands a big shot there that rocks Pacquiao but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns Pacquiao that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jones fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pacquiao wants to try and get back to his feet.
Jones trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pacquiao is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The referee warns Pacquiao that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jones wants to control the pace but Pacquiao is squirming around nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones cracks Pacquiao with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pacquiao blocking the ground and pound.
Jones thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Pacquiao defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Jones.
Pacquiao is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jones sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jones has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pacquiao's face.
Pacquiao tries to buck Jones off but he can't manage it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jones scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
You get the feeling that Pacquiao really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Pacquiao is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Pacquiao blocking the ground and pound.
You get the feeling that Pacquiao really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Jones punishing his opponent with strikes.
Pacquiao in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Pacquiao is rocked!
Pacquiao taking shots to the head.
Oh Pacquiao is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pacquiao is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Jones looking to finish Pacquiao with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pacquiao!
Pacquiao really wants to buck Jones off and get back to his feet.
Pacquiao in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jones softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Pacquiao is out cold! Jones jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Jones!