PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Neal Titus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Titus comes to the cage accompanied by 'Till We Die - Slipknot. Pacquiao has chosen para sayo ang laban na ito! as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Neal Titus has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Neal Titus seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Titus
vs
Pacquiao

185 cm
19
155 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

170 cm
23
145 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ Blue 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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neal Titus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Titus takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Pacquiao gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Titus to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Pacquiao is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Titus is controlling him.
Titus sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Pacquiao wants to stand up but Titus is controlling him.
Titus slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Pacquiao wants to stand and escape but Titus is having none of it.
Titus controlling from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Titus trying to control but Pacquiao is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titus is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Pacquiao is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Pacquiao wants to get back to his feet but Titus is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice defenses there by Titus.
Titus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pacquiao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Titus.
Pacquiao misses the jab.
Titus is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pacquiao sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pacquiao jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pacquiao misses with a series of wild punches.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab.
Pacquiao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two 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.
Titus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pacquiao.
The fighters circling - Pacquiao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Titus fails to land the takedown.
Titus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pacquiao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Titus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Pacquiao misses with a looping left.
Titus dodges the punch combination from Pacquiao.

Titus closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Pacquiao is pushing Titus's head away, looking to escape. Titus manages to hold on to the position though.

Titus tries for a kimura but Pacquiao is defending well.
The ground and pound from Titus seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Titus thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Titus scoring with punches from side control.
Pacquiao is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Titus is controlling him well.
Pacquiao looks gassed!

Titus looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Pacquiao wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pacquiao is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Pacquiao is trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Titus wants to control but Pacquiao is keeping him busy.
Pacquiao wants to get back to his feet.
Titus controls the position from side control.
Titus wants to control but Pacquiao is keeping him busy.
Pacquiao pushes Titus away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Titus gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Titus tries for a takedown but Pacquiao sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neal Titus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Titus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Titus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Titus slips a jab and a cross from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao stuffs the takedown attempt from Titus. Titus gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neal Titus dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pacquiao throws a looping overhand right but Titus ducks down to avoid it.
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 waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Titus.

Titus shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pacquiao's guard.
Titus wants to control from the top but Pacquiao keeps moving.
Titus throwing strikes from guard but Pacquiao blocks nicely.
Titus is stalling in the full guard.
Pacquiao wants to stand but Titus is controlling the position.
Pacquiao is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Titus is working Pacquiao over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Titus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pacquiao throws the left hand but Titus avoids the punch easily.
Pacquiao loads up on a big right hand but Titus slips the punch.
Pacquiao is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Pacquiao throws a hook but Titus avoids it easily.
Titus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pacquiao.
Manny Pacquiao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pacquiao misses with a series of wild punches.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut. Titus saw that one coming.

Titus feints and as Pacquiao raises his hands in defense, Titus changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Titus postures up and lands a big shot to Pacquiao's brow.
Titus looking to pass the guard.
Pacquiao is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Titus is controlling him.
Titus looking to sit in guard and control but Pacquiao gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Titus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao stops Titus from standing up.

Pacquiao gets to his feet. Titus looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Pacquiao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Titus.
No joy there for Pacquiao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Titus.
Titus slips under a jab from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao takes a swing at Titus's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Titus.

Titus drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pacquiao is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Pacquiao is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titus landing strikes.
Pacquiao is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Titus is controlling him well.
Pacquiao is not content to let Titus control the position.

Pacquiao throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Pacquiao displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Titus.
Pacquiao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Neal Titus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacquiao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Titus shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neal Titus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao misses with a few strikes there.
Titus shoots in for a takedown but Pacquiao shows good takedown defense.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Titus.
Pacquiao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Titus moves away.
Some wild striking there from Pacquiao.
Titus tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Pacquiao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Titus gets the takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Neal Titus dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Pacquiao throws an overhand right that lands on Titus's shoulder, as Titus tries to avoid the shot.
Jab from Pacquiao.
Titus fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pacquiao avoids it really well and circles away.
Titus takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Titus looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pacquiao is fending him off so far but Titus persists. Nope, Pacquiao circles away and we're back to standing.
A big left from Pacquiao misses.
Pacquiao throws a looping overhand right but Titus ducks down to avoid it.
Pacquiao throws the left hand but Titus avoids the punch easily.
Titus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pacquiao throws out the jab.
Some wild striking there from Pacquiao.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pacquiao lands with a nice combination. Titus backs away looking to recover.
Pacquiao misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws a big shot that misses.
Pacquiao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Titus.
Titus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pacquiao throws out the jab.
Titus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pacquiao.
Titus blocks a jab.
Titus shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pacquiao but Pacquiao pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neal Titus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao throws a hook but Titus blocks it.
Pacquiao scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Titus defending well as Pacquiao loads up on a big left hand.
Pacquiao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Titus.
The fighters circling - Pacquiao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pacquiao throws out a loose jab but Titus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Titus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pacquiao.
A swing and a miss from Pacquiao.

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.
Pacquiao misses with a looping left.
Titus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pacquiao's waist but Pacquiao gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Titus off to one side.
Pacquiao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Titus shoots in but Pacquiao avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fighters circling - Pacquiao throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A combination from Pacquiao does no damage.
Pacquiao lands a jab to the head.
Pacquiao looks to land a right hand but Titus moved out of range.
Titus shoots in looking for a takedown. Pacquiao tries to sprawl out of it but Titus keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pacquiao manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Pacquiao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pacquiao looks to land a right hand but Titus moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Titus.
Titus closes the distance and clinches up with Pacquiao, looking for a takedown. Titus pushes Pacquiao against the cage but Pacquiao circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Titus staying out of range there.
Titus fails with the takedown.
Pacquiao throws a hook but Titus blocks it.
Manny Pacquiao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pacquiao throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pacquiao throws out a loose jab but Titus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Titus shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Pacquiao as he jumps to the side.
Pacquiao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Titus.
Titus is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pacquiao.
Nice takedown defense from Pacquiao. No joy for Titus on that attempt.
Pacquiao misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao misses with a straight left.
Titus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pacquiao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pacquiao lands a nice looking body shot.
Pacquiao misses the jab.
A big left from Pacquiao misses.
Titus really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Titus shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pacquiao defends it nicely.
Pacquiao misses with a looping left.
Titus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Pacquiao's waist but Pacquiao gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Titus off to one side.
Pacquiao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Titus moves away.
Pacquiao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Titus.
Neal Titus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Titus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Pacquiao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Titus has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neal Titus!