PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Judson Trujillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Paquito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Judson Trujillo had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Trujillo
vs
Paquito

218 cm
24
140 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

169 cm
20
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Judson Trujillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Paquito!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trujillo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Paquito connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trujillo avoids the head kick by Paquito.
Paquito closes the distance and clinches up with Trujillo, looking for a takedown. Paquito pushes Trujillo against the cage but Trujillo circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Trujillo misses with a takedown attempt
and Paquito counters with a one-two to the body.
Trujillo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Paquito in his tracks.
Trujillo keeps the fight on the outside.
Trujillo drops down looking for a counter takedown but Paquito sprawls and moves away.

Paquito instigates a clinch.
Paquito tries to pull guard but Trujillo won't allow it.
Trujillo stalling against the cage.

Trujillo breaks the clinch.
Trujillo lands with a shot to the body.

Trujillo throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Paquito tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Trujillo is in Paquito's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paquito managing to control the position.
Paquito trying to keep a closed guard but Trujillo is proving a slippery customer.
Paquito tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Paquito controls Trujillo momentarily but Trujillo frees himself.
Paquito manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Trujillo manages to get himself to full guard.

Trujillo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Paquito tries to free his leg and advance position but Trujillo is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Trujillo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Paquito is aware though and is defending well.

Trujillo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Paquito can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Trujillo keeping moving, preventing Paquito from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trujillo throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

Trujillo pushes Paquito off and gets back to his feet.
Trujillo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Paquito defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Judson Trujillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paquito misses with a takedown attempt

and Trujillo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Paquito tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Paquito fails to pull guard.
Trujillo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Manny Paquito has been cut.
Trujillo throws a head punch that misses.
Paquito drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Trujillo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Paquito tries to pull guard but Trujillo holds him up against the cage and eventually Paquito drops back down to his feet.

Trujillo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Trujillo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Paquito was covering up waiting for the punch and Trujillo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Trujillo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Paquito works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Paquito is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Trujillo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Trujillo gets to his feet. Paquito looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Paquito tries to clinch up
and Paquito takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Judson Trujillo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Manny Paquito's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Paquito looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Trujillo is fending him off so far but Paquito persists. Nope, Trujillo circles away and we're back to standing.
A little feinted left hand from Trujillo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trujillo fails with a takedown attempt.
Trujillo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Paquito swivels and escapes.
Paquito wants to clinch

and Trujillo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Paquito won't be happy with that.

Trujillo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paquito is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Trujillo asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Trujillo stands up and beckons Paquito to his feet.
Paquito defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Trujillo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Judson Trujillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Paquito tries to clinch up but Trujillo circles away and keeps his distance.
Paquito tries to clinch
and Trujillo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trujillo shoots in but Paquito avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Trujillo shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Paquito as he jumps to the side.
Trujillo shoots in looking for a takedown but Paquito manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Trujillo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Paquito looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paquito tries to clinch there but Trujillo circles away.
Paquito misses with a straight left.
Paquito throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Trujillo counter with a right hand.
Nice takedown defense from Trujillo. No joy for Paquito on that attempt.
Trujillo has his takedown stuffed
and Paquito counters with a three punch combo that has Trujillo backing up. Trujillo nods at Paquito to acknowledge the strikes.
Trujillo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Paquito pinned against the cage. Paquito gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paquito fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Paquito slaps away a takedown attempt from Trujillo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
No luck for Paquito with that takedown attempt.
Paquito avoids the body shot from Trujillo.
Paquito with the counter takedown but Trujillo avoids it easily.
Trujillo darts in looking for a takedown but Paquito gets double underhooks and turns Trujillo into the cage.
Paquito appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Trujillo shoots in for a takedown but Paquito shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Trujillo fails with a takedown attempt.
Paquito tries to counter with a clinch but Trujillo shakes him off and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paquito tries to clinch up.
Paquito tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Paquito shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Paquito thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Trujillo throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Trujillo trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Paquito performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Paquito prevents Trujillo from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Manny Paquito will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Manny Paquito's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Paquito doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Trujillo counters by moving into the clinch.
Trujillo's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Trujillo misses with a hook from the clinch.

Trujillo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Paquito is defended easily by Trujillo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Trujillo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Trujillo prevents Paquito from improving his position.
Trujillo working the head and body with strikes.
Paquito is trying to stand.
Trujillo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

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.
Paquito has a hand on Trujillo's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Trujillo takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Trujillo 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.
Trujillo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Trujillo controlling from the full mount.
Paquito is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Trujillo tries to control but Paquito wriggling away.
Trujillo landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Paquito looks a forlorn figure.
Paquito is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Paquito wants to hold on but Trujillo pushes him away.
Trujillo wants to control the pace but Paquito is squirming around nicely.
Judson Trujillo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Paquito really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Paquito takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Trujillo trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paquito tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Trujillo wants to finish this one by submission but Paquito is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Trujillo.
Trujillo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Paquito is rocked!
Trujillo postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Paquito bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Trujillo and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Judson Trujillo!