PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Punchsky (ranked 1312 p4p, 179 weight class) and Todd Packer (ranked 1476 p4p, 197 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Vladimir Punchsky has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Vladimir Punchsky seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Punchsky
vs
Packer

195 cm
28
187 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

177 cm
33
190 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vladimir Punchsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Todd Packer!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Punchsky bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Packer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Packer wants to clinch.
Packer misses with a head kick.
Packer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Packer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Punchsky chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Packer can pounce on him.
Packer has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Packer scores with a kick to the midsection.
Packer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Packer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Packer tries to clinch
and Punchsky counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Packer has taken the fight to the clinch.
Packer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Punchsky lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Punchsky has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Punchsky scores with a shoulder strike.
Punchsky is trying to force a seperation but Packer has the dominant position.
Packer swings wildly with an uppercut but Punchsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Punchsky can't find room to land a body shot as Packer controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Packer swings wildly with an uppercut but Punchsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Packer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Packer lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Vladimir Punchsky has been cut.
Packer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Packer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Punchsky has a couple of punches blocked by Packer.
Punchsky blocks a body shot from Packer.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Packer.
Punchsky is trying to break the clinch but Packer has him pressed against the cage.
Packer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Punchsky backwards.
Packer lands an elbow that stopped Punchsky in his tracks for a moment.
Punchsky misses with a short punch on the inside.
Packer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Punchsky backwards.
Punchsky wants to break the clinch but can't.
Packer lands with a right to the head.
Punchsky working aggressively here.
Packer lands a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Packer lands an elbow that stopped Punchsky in his tracks for a moment.
Packer tries a knee to the head but Punchsky blocks it.
Punchsky tries to break free but Packer pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Punchsky.
Nice body punch from Punchsky.
Punchsky dodges an elbow strike from Packer.
Packer pushes Punchsky back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Punchsky doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Punchsky.
A head punch on the inside from Punchsky fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Punchsky.
Packer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Punchsky misses with a hook from the clinch.

Punchsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Punchsky throws a body shot but no joy.
Punchsky throws out a powerful jab.
Punchsky takes a swing at Packer's ribcage but misses.
Packer misses with a series of wild punches.
Punchsky swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Packer is looking to slow Punchsky down with leg kicks.
Todd Packer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown attempt by Packer or perhaps it was just good defense by Punchsky, which made it look bad.
Punchsky closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Packer digs a good body shot into Punchsky's ribs.
Packer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Punchsky is able to avoid easily.
Punchsky uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Packer.
Punchsky is looking to counter punch.
Packer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Packer cracks Punchsky with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Packer darts in and clinches Punchsky up against the cage.
Punchsky blocking some punches.
Packer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Punchsky can't find room to land a body shot as Packer controls the action.
Punchsky lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Punchsky is looking to break free of the clinch but Packer has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Packer.
Packer swings wildly with an uppercut but Punchsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Punchsky scores with a shot to the side of Packer's head.
Packer lands with a left to the head.
Packer misses with a body punch.
Packer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Punchsky avoids a wild elbow strike from Packer.
Punchsky blocks an uppercut.
Punchsky tries a body shot but Packer blocks it.
Punchsky misses with a punch on the inside.
Punchsky struggles to land a body shot inside as Packer controls his hands.
Punchsky wants to break the clinch but can't.
Packer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Punchskys head.
Packer lands a nice elbow.
Punchsky tries to throw a body punch but Packer avoids it by throwing Punchsky back against the cage.
Packer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Packer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Punchsky.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Todd Packer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Punchsky's cut.
That's time! Punchsky's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Punchsky misses with a looping right.

Packer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Punchsky, pushing him back against the cage.
Packer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Packer missing with knees to the body.
Packer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Punchsky backwards.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Packer lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Punchsky.
Packer has Punchsky pressed against the cage, preventing Punchsky from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Packer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Punchsky throws a punch but it's blocked by Packer.
Still in the clinch, Packer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Punchsky lands a nice uppercut.
Punchsky misses with some punches.
Packer lands a shoulder strike.
Punchsky lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Punchsky tries to throw a body punch but Packer avoids it by throwing Punchsky back against the cage.
Punchsky on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Punchsky breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Packer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Packer throws the kick towards the body but Punchsky avoids it.
Packer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Packer throws a poor cross that misses
and Punchsky counters with a straight right hand.

Packer gets a clinch.
Packer has a couple of punches blocked by Punchsky.
Punchsky throws a head punch that misses.
Packer is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Punchsky avoiding damage as Packer throws knees to the body.
Packer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Packer tries a knee to the head but Punchsky blocks it.
Punchsky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Punchsky.
Packer blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Punchsky pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Packer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Packer slips a straight right by Punchsky.
Punchsky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vladimir Punchsky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Packer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Punchsky fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Packer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Packer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Punchsky tries to avoid it but Packer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Punchsky to the ground. Punchsky escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Vladimir Punchsky is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Punchsky misses with a two punch combination.
Packer misses with a looping right.
Packer connects with a looping right hand.
Packer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Packer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Packer tries for a takedown but Punchsky sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Packer dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Packer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Packer throws a body punch but Punchsky moves out of range.
Packer slips under a jab.
Packer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Punchsky connects with the punch.
Packer takes a jab right on the kisser.
Packer uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Punchsky.
A looping hook to the body misses from Punchsky. Packer does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Packer misses with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Packer lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Punchsky has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Punchsky and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Punchsky throws a hook to the side of Packer's head but Packer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice cross by Punchsky.
Packer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Packer slips a straight right by Punchsky.
Punchsky stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Packer.
Packer scores with a leg kick.
Punchsky checks a low kick from Packer.
Punchsky is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Packer closes the distance and clinches.
Punchsky looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Punchsky can't find room to land a body shot as Packer controls the action.
Packer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Punchsky blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Punchsky fails to land.
Punchsky gets through Packer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punchsky softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Packer tries to land a knee to the head but Punchsky blocks with his arms.
Packer tries to work over Punchsky's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Punchsky.
Packer pushes Punchsky back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Packer throws a punch but it's blocked by Punchsky.
Todd Packer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Punchsky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Punchsky working aggressively here.
Packer lands a left hand.
Packer lands an uppercut.
Punchsky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Punchsky throws a punch but it's blocked by Packer.
A nice right hand lands inside from Punchsky.
Nice body punch from Punchsky.
Packer is breathing heavily.
Punchsky lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Punchsky's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Punchsky tries to break the clinch but Packer is controlling the position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Packer.
Punchsky can't find room to land a body shot as Packer controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Todd Packer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Punchsky's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

A decent looking body kick lands there for Punchsky.
Punchsky slips a straight right by Packer.

Punchsky tries to sprawl but Packer drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Packer throwing shots but Punchsky is blocking nicely.
Packer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Punchsky's head.
Punchsky is trying to control but can't.
Punchsky keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Packer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Punchsky tries to get to full guard but Packer has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Punchsky has hold of Packer's hands but Packer slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Punchsky is pressing down on Packer's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Packer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Punchsky trying to keep a closed guard but Packer is proving a slippery customer.
Packer trying to control but Punchsky is working from the bottom.
Packer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Packer trying to control the position from guard on top but Punchsky is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Punchsky scores with a body shot.
Packer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Packer swinging wildly here.
Punchsky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Packer scores with a sloppy right hand. Punchsky should have avoided that one.
Packer scores with a punch to the head.
Vladimir Punchsky has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Punchsky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Packer.
Punchsky throwing a counter right hand but Packer manages to avoid it.
Vladimir Punchsky is winning the standup battle so far.
Packer looks to land a combination but Punchsky avoids it well.
Packer shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Punchsky as he jumps to the side.
Packer misses with a straight left.

Packer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Packer throws a punch but it's blocked by Punchsky.
Packer misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Punchsky's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Packer - that landed with a thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Punchsky prevents a body shot from Packer.
Packer lands a nice uppercut.
Packer lands a body punch.
Punchsky has a couple of punches blocked by Packer.

Punchsky breaks the clinch.

Punchsky gets tackled into the cage by Packer. Packer maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Punchsky misses with a body punch.
Punchsky avoids a wild elbow strike from Packer.
Packer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Punchsky.
Punchsky's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Punchsky takes a shot to the head.
Punchsky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Packer.
Punchsky misses with a punch on the inside.
Punchsky is trying to break free.
A short left from Packer.
Packer lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Packer scores a nice knee to the body.
Packer lands with a short shot to the head.
Packer digs a right hand underneath Punchsky's ribcage. Punchsky let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Packer cracks Punchsky with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Packer lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Packer misses with a punch on the inside.
Punchsky lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punchsky working aggressively here.
Packer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Punchsky is defending well for now.
Punchsky tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Packer's elbow.
Packer tries to throw a body punch but Punchsky avoids it by throwing Packer back against the cage.
Punchsky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Punchsky misses with a punch on the inside.
Packer lands a left hand.
Packer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Punchsky has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Punchsky lands a body shot.
Packer swings wildly with an uppercut but Punchsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Packer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Punchsky doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Packer swings wildly with an uppercut but Punchsky uses good head movement to avoid it.
Punchsky misses with a body punch.
Todd Packer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Punchsky lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Todd Packer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Packer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Todd Packer!