PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gerardo Pacheco (ranked 1846 p4p, 197 weight class) and Luis Gonzales (ranked 2134 p4p, 227 weight class). Gerardo Pacheco has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pacheco
vs
Gonzales

174 cm
23
152 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

169 cm
22
155 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Gerardo Pacheco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luis Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacheco closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gonzales throws a hook but Pacheco blocks it.
Gonzales avoids the body shot from Pacheco.
Luis Gonzales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Gonzales gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pacheco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gonzales misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Pacheco's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gonzales lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pacheco.
Pacheco tries to work over Gonzales's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pacheco lands with a short shot to the head.
Pacheco dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gonzales trying to land knees to the body.
Gonzales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Gonzales.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pacheco lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gonzales blocks the elbow strike.
Pacheco lands with a short shot to the head.
Pacheco is working Gonzales over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacheco lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pacheco.
Gonzales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pacheco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gonzales scores with a knee to the head.
Gonzales missing with knees to the body.
Gonzales has a couple of punches blocked by Pacheco.
Pacheco lands with a short shot to the head.
Pacheco digs a right hand underneath Gonzales's ribcage. Gonzales let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pacheco lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gonzales swings wildly with an uppercut but Pacheco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzales dodges an elbow strike from Pacheco.
Gonzales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gonzales looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pacheco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Pacheco prevents a body shot from Gonzales.
Pacheco misses with a punch to the body.
Pacheco swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gonzales swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pacheco lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Gonzales trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Pacheco.
Pacheco swings wildly with an uppercut but Gonzales uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pacheco lands with a light punch inside.

Gonzales is rocked!
Pacheco tries to throw a body punch but Gonzales avoids it by throwing Pacheco back against the cage.
Pacheco blocks a body shot from Gonzales.
Pacheco lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gonzales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gonzales tries to land knees in the clinch but Pacheco avoids the damage to the body.
Pacheco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Gonzales.
Gonzales misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pacheco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pacheco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gonzales tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pacheco avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacheco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pacheco.
Gonzales wants to stall.
Pacheco can't find room to land a body shot as Gonzales controls the action.
Gonzales tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pacheco's elbow.
Gonzales lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Pacheco.
Gonzales's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gonzales is still on wobbly legs! Can Pacheco finish him?
Gonzales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pacheco misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee calls for Pacheco to work.
Gonzales seems to have recovered his senses.
Gonzales is trying to stall.
Pacheco lands a body shot.
Gonzales working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pacheco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Pacheco.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gonzales.
Pacheco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pacheco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gonzales's elbow.
Gonzales taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pacheco.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pacheco misses with a body punch.
Pacheco throws a punch but it's blocked by Gonzales.
Pacheco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gonzales backwards.
Gonzales landing knees to the body.
Gonzales has a couple of punches blocked by Pacheco.
Gonzales unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pacheco throws a head punch that misses.
Pacheco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gonzales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pacheco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gonzales using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pacheco has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pacheco misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerardo Pacheco dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

A low kick from Gonzales misses
and Pacheco connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pacheco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gonzales.
Pacheco slips a jab from Gonzales.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pacheco checks a leg kick.
Pacheco fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pacheco is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gonzales can do to turn this around?
A telegraphed right hand from Pacheco misses the target.
Good leg kick by Gonzales there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pacheco throws a body shot but no joy.
Pacheco tries to bum rush Gonzales with a series of wild strikes but Gonzales uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gonzales scores with a three punch combo!

Gonzales closes the distance and clinches.
Pacheco lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzales tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales misses with a knee to the head.
Pacheco tries to work over Gonzales's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gonzales letting Pacheco take a breather here.
Pacheco lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pacheco blocking some punches.
Gonzales tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gonzales creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pacheco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pacheco throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gonzales tries a knee to the head but Pacheco blocks it.
Gonzales tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gonzales blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pacheco.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Pacheco has a couple of punches blocked by Gonzales.
Pacheco tries to work over Gonzales's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacheco lands with a light punch inside.
Gonzales connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pacheco's face.
A short right from Pacheco.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzales tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pacheco avoiding damage as Gonzales throws knees to the body.
Pacheco lands a nice shot to the body.
Pacheco comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pacheco struggles to land a body shot inside as Gonzales controls his hands.
Pacheco has a couple of punches blocked by Gonzales.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pacheco.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pacheco.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gonzales.
Gonzales tries to work over Pacheco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pacheco lands with a right to the head.
Gonzales is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gonzales tries a knee to the head but Pacheco blocks it.
Gonzales lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gonzales.
Pacheco blocks a body shot from Gonzales.
Gonzales can't find room to land a body shot as Pacheco controls the action.
Gonzales looking to throw knees to the head but Pacheco is blocking nicely.
Gonzales misses with a body punch.
Pacheco lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pacheco.
Pacheco managing to block the knees to the body from Gonzales.
Pacheco scores with a shoulder strike.
Pacheco misses with the head strike.
Pacheco throws an elbow that misses.
Gonzales takes an elbow to the temple.
A left hand lands to the body for Pacheco.
Pacheco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gonzales lands with a short shot to the head.
Gonzales dodges an elbow strike from Pacheco.
Pacheco blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales has a couple of punches blocked by Pacheco.
Pacheco scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gonzales throws a punch but it's blocked by Pacheco.
Pacheco prevents a body shot from Gonzales.
Pacheco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gerardo Pacheco has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pacheco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pacheco throws a punch but it's blocked by Gonzales.
Pacheco on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pacheco just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gonzales's brow.
A nice left hand lands by Pacheco.
Gonzales is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pacheco is keeping busy.
Pacheco lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gonzales being controlled against the cage.
Pacheco lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gerardo Pacheco dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Decent striking displayed by Pacheco there.
Pacheco throws a hook to the side of Gonzales's head but Gonzales sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pacheco lands with a big left! Gonzales is wobbled badly! Pacheco comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Gonzales to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Gerardo Pacheco!
A very excited looking Gerardo Pacheco made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.