PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Manny Paquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Wayne Andrews was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Paquiao
vs
Andrews

169 cm
25
143 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
143 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manny Paquiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wayne Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andrews tries to clinch up but Paquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Paquiao fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Andrews wants to clinch up but Paquiao keeps it at a distance.
A big right from Paquiao misses.
Andrews is looking to clinch.
Paquiao shoots in for a takedown but Andrews shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Paquiao fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Paquiao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Paquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed right hand from Paquiao misses the target.
Andrews tries to clinch but Paquiao is having none of it.

Andrews instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paquiao tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Andrews smiles and moves away.
Andrews tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Paquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Andrews slips under a jab.
Andrews doesn't manage to clinch there - Paquiao circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews tries to clinch up but Paquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Andrews is looking to clinch but Paquiao is avoiding it.
Paquiao on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Manny Paquiao has been cut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Andrews looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Andrews tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big left from Paquiao misses.

Andrews pushes Paquiao up against the ropes in a clinch.
Paquiao has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Andrews avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Andrews scores with a knee to the head.
Paquiao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Andrews tries to land a knee to the head but Paquiao blocks with his arms.
Andrews taking a breather.
Paquiao dodges an elbow strike from Andrews.
Paquiao tries for a takedown but Andrews manages to get underhooks.
Andrews throws an elbow but it misses.
Nice elbow from Andrews.
Paquiao is working for takedown but Andrews is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrews throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Andrews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Andrews fails with an attempt to clinch.
Andrews wants to clinch up but Paquiao keeps it at a distance.
Andrews fails in his attempt to clinch.
Paquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Paquiao throws an overhand right that lands on Andrews's shoulder, as Andrews tries to avoid the shot.
Andrews wants to clinch up but Paquiao keeps it at a distance.

Andrews rushes Paquiao and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Andrews tries to land knees in the clinch but Paquiao avoids the damage to the body.
Andrews utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Paquiao managing to block the knees to the body from Andrews.
Andrews is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Paquiao tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Andrews just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Andrews lands a nice elbow.
Paquiao is breathing heavily.
Paquiao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Andrews taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andrews landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paquiao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Andrews looking to throw knees to the head but Paquiao is blocking nicely.
Andrews connects with a nasty looking knee right to Paquiao's face.
Andrews tries to land a knee to the head but Paquiao blocks with his arms.
Paquiao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Andrews looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Andrews throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paquiao blocks it with crossed arms.
Andrews lands a nice elbow.
Andrews throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paquiaos head.
Andrews lands a knee to the head.
Paquiao letting Andrews take a breather here.

Andrews pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Andrews fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Andrews looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Andrews tries to clinch up but Paquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Paquiao looks to land a left hand but Andrews moved out of range nicely.

That's four 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.

Andrews has managed to clinch.

Andrews breaks the clinch.
Andrews doesn't manage to clinch there - Paquiao circles away.

Andrews closes the distance and pushes Paquiao back into the ropes.

Andrews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Andrews stuffs the takedown.
Andrews uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paquiao.
Andrews tries to close the distance and clinch up but Paquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Andrews fails in his attempt to clinch.

Paquiao tries to keep at a distance but Andrews has taken the fight into the clinch.
Andrews slows down the pace here.
Paquiao looking for a takedown.
Paquiao takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Andrews dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manny Paquiao's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Paquiao misses with an uppercut.
Paquiao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Andrews tries to clinch up.
Andrews tries to close the distance and clinch but Paquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Andrews tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Paquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No luck for Paquiao with that takedown attempt.
Andrews fails in his attempt to clinch.
Andrews doesn't manage to clinch there - Paquiao circles away.
Andrews uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Paquiao.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Andrews tries to clinch up but Paquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Andrews is looking to clinch.
Andrews tries to clinch up.
Andrews tries to close the distance and clinch but Paquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Andrews tries to clinch but Paquiao moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Andrews tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Paquiao shoots in and drives through. Andrews sprawls well.
Andrews fails to land with a series of punches.

Andrews has closed the distance and engaged Paquiao in a clinch.
Andrews is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Andrews stops a takedown attempt from Paquiao.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manny Paquiao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Andrews with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Andrews with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Andrews.
Andrews trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Andrews.

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.
Andrews stalling in the clinch.
Andrews throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Andrews gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Paquiao.
Paquiao takes an elbow to the forehead.
Andrews scores with a knee to the head.
Paquiao tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Andrews smiles and moves away.
Andrews keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paquiao.
Paquiao avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Andrews tries to clinch but Paquiao is having none of it.
Andrews wants to clinch.
Andrews fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews tries to close the distance and clinch but Paquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Andrews fails with an attempt to clinch.
Andrews tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Paquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Andrews tries to clinch up.
Andrews tries to close the distance and clinch but Paquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Andrews doesn't manage to clinch there - Paquiao circles away.
Andrews tries to clinch up.
Andrews wants to clinch up but Paquiao keeps it at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Andrews misses the target.
Paquiao looks to land a left hand but Andrews moved out of range nicely.
Paquiao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Andrews tries to clinch but Paquiao moves out of range.
Andrews lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andrews scores with a jab to the head.

Paquiao is rocked!

Andrews closes the distance and clinches.
Oh Paquiao is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Andrews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Paquiao seems to have got his legs back now.
Andrews stuffs the takedown attempt from Paquiao. Paquiao gets slowly back to his feet.
Andrews shoots for a double leg takedown but Paquiao sprawls well. He's pushed Andrews's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Andrews doesn't manage to clinch there - Paquiao circles away.
Andrews tries to clinch but Paquiao moves out of range.
Andrews tries to clinch up but Paquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Paquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Andrews.
Paquiao shoots and misses
and Andrews counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Paquiao! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Andrews!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wayne Andrews!