PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Odell Paquette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Longbow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Longbow comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hero kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Odell Paquette had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Paquette
vs
Longbow

177 cm
29
143 lbs
18 - 9 - 1

160 cm
33
139 lbs
18 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

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 18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Odell Paquette!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henry Longbow!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Longbow with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Paquette thumps Longbow with a low kick.
Longbow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paquette works Longbow's body with a nice hook.
Paquette 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.
Longbow takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Paquette throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Paquette throws a series of punches but Longbow moves out of range.
Longbow goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Paquette looks to land a right hand but Longbow moved out of range.
Paquette cracks Longbow with a right hand to the side of the head.
Longbow throws a push kick but Paquette slaps the foot to one side.
Paquette throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick misses from Longbow.
Longbow moves away from the strike by Paquette.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Paquette misses.
Paquette dips to his left and cracks Longbow with an uppercut!
A slow jab from Longbow misses its intended target.
Paquette throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Longbow lands a nice looking body kick.
Paquette checks a leg kick.
Paquette swings widly with a right hand
and Longbow counters with a low kick, right behind Paquette 's knee.
Longbow lands a right hook to the body.
Paquette tries to close the distance and clinch up but Longbow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Longbow lands with a shot to the body.
Paquette checks a low kick from Longbow.
Paquette throws a hook but Longbow blocks it.
Longbow throws a body kick that misses.
Longbow throws a sloppy head kick
letting Paquette counter with a right hand.
A combination from Paquette does no damage.
Paquette looks to land a combination. Longbow sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Longbow scores with a head kick.
Longbow on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Longbow fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Paquette connects with a body shot that sends Longbow's belly button to the back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longbow pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Paquette back to the cage. Longbow follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Longbow attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
As Longbow backs away, Paquette returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Paquette misses with a low kick as Longbow jumps back.
Longbow throws a nice outside leg kick.
Paquette scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A decent looking cross lands there for Paquette.
A nice leg kick lands there from Longbow.
Longbow throws a low kick, looking for Paquette's leg but Paquette calmly moves out of range.
Longbow avoids the body shot from Paquette.
Longbow misses with a body shot.
A slow jab from Paquette misses its intended target.
Longbow checks the leg kick.
Paquette catches Longbow with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Longbow scores with a shot to the body.
Longbow scores with a nice right hand.
Longbow checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longbow fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Paquette checks it well.

Paquette rushes Longbow and presses him up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Longbow.
Paquette tries to throw a body punch but Longbow avoids it by throwing Paquette back against the cage.

Paquette pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Longbow wants to land a leg kick but Paquette is out of range.
Paquette is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Paquette throws a looping overhand right but Longbow ducks down to avoid it.
Paquette throws a hook but Longbow blocks it.
Paquette jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Paquette swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Paquette throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Longbow counters with a nice low kick that buckles Paquette's knee momentarily.
Paquette throws a leg kick but Longbow moved away.
Paquette shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Paquette thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paquette is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Longbow misses with a body shot.
Paquette attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Longbow swinging wildly here.
It looked like Paquette wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longbow throws a leg kick but Paquette sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Paquette checks a leg kick nicely.
Longbow throws a series of punches but Paquette avoids them all with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Paquette. Those never looked like landing.
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!
Paquette blocks a leg kick.
Paquette is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Paquette. Longbow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paquette throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Longbow on the side of the head.
Paquette looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Paquette misses with a wild body shot.
Longbow misses with a body shot.
Paquette fires out a quick counter leg kick but Longbow just manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Paquette swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Longbow doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Paquette misses with a straight right.
Longbow cracks a nice hook into Paquette's ribs.
Longbow ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Odell Paquette will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Longbow walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Longbow wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Paquette checks the leg kick.
Paquette misses with an uppercut.
Paquette misses with a wild body shot.
Paquette takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Paquette misses with the combination.
Longbow throws a half hearted mid kick.
Longbow ducks under a wild hook from Paquette.
Paquette is looking to clinch.
It seemed like Longbow was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danga de danga de dang - Paquette scores with a four punch combination!
Paquette moves into range and connects with a jab.
A combination from Longbow does no damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Longbow.
A slow jab from Paquette misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Longbow throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Longbow ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Longbow throws a good cross that connects.
A punch lands to the side of Paquette 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Paquette fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A shot to the body from Longbow misses
and Paquette counters with a straight right hand.
Paquette moves out of range of the body kick from Longbow.
Longbow just misses with a punch to the body.
Longbow missing with a left hand there. Paquette was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Longbow is looking to slow Paquette down with leg kicks.
Longbow misses with a head kick.
Paquette avoids the body shot from Longbow.
Paquette lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Longbow at a distance.
Longbow lands a leg kick that knocks Paquette off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paquette displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Longbow throws out the jab.
Paquette scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paquette connects with the punch.
Paquette throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Longbow.
Paquette on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Odell Paquette is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Longbow will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Paquette appears to be looking for a big counter.
Longbow takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Paquette throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Longbow.
Paquette is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Paquette lands a jab to the head.
Paquette throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Longbow looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Paquette throws a nice looking combination but Longbow bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Odell Paquette is winning the standup battle so far.
Paquette misses with a straight right.
Paquette just misses with a punch to the body.
Paquette throws a series of punches but Longbow moves out of range.
Longbow fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Paquette looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Longbow throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Paquette throws a series of punches but Longbow moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paquette shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Longbow throws a leg kick but Paquette sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Paquette throws a shot from downtown. Longbow moves away and avoids it.
Longbow is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Paquette with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Paquette misses the target.
Paquette takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Paquette tries to close the distance and clinch up but Longbow swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Paquette misses with a body shot
and Longbow counters with a good low kick that Paquette was not able to check.
Paquette tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Longbow is able to avoid easily.
Longbow slips a straight right by Paquette.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Longbow! But no joy.
Longbow fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Paquette finds it's way through Longbow's defenses.
Longbow fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Longbow missing with a left hand there. Paquette was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Longbow misses with an attempted mid kick.
Longbow looks to land a left hand but Paquette moved out of range nicely.
Paquette went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longbow throws a leg kick that is checked
and Paquette counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paquette on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Longbow. Longbow obviously looking to wear him down.
Longbow thows a body kick. Paquette tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Longbow keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Longbow.
Paquette throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Longbow throws a leg kick but Paquette moved away.
Longbow slips a jab from Paquette.
Longbow misses with an attempted mid kick.
Longbow misses with a body kick.
A slow jab from Paquette misses its intended target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Longbow connects with a nice looking jab.
Paquette misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Longbow throws a leg kick that misses.
Paquette moves out of range of the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Henry Longbow will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Paquette will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Paquette pivots, looking for a leg kick but Longbow is out of range and Paquette settles back down.
Longbow misses the shot to the body.
Paquette just misses with a punch to the body.
Paquette misses with a looping left.
Longbow takes a swing at Paquette's ribcage but misses.
Paquette throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Longbow scores with a jab to the body.
Paquette scores with the left hand. Longbow knows he should have avoided that one.
Longbow swats away the attempt to clinch by Paquette.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paquette throws a lazy right hand but Longbow sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And Longbow responds with a good body kick, but Paquette manages to step out the way in time.
Paquette walks into a stiff left hand from Longbow.
Paquette thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paquette thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paquette keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Longbow.
An attempted straight right counter from Paquette misses the target.
Longbow checks a leg kick.
Longbow has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Longbow listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Longbow scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Longbow is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paquette.
Paquette connects with a single shot there.
Paquette does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Longbow.
Longbow throws a head kick that misses.
Paquette is looking for a counter combo.
Paquette doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Good work by Longbow as he checks the leg kick.
Longbow's jab looks to have found its range, popping Paquette under the eye.
Longbow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Paquette was well out of range. Poor timing from Longbow.
Paquette chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Longbow can pounce on him.
Longbow has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longbow slips a jab and a cross from Paquette.
Longbow tries a quick counter leg kick but Paquette is wise to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Longbow slips a jab and a cross from Paquette.
Longbow scores with a push kick.
Longbow takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Paquette walks into a straight right hand from Longbow.
Longbow thows a left - swing and a miss!
Longbow throws a front kick aimed at Paquette's knee but Paquette avoids it well.
Paquette on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Paquette dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Longbow throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good standup being displayed there by Paquette as he connects with a hook.
Paquette scores with a hook.
Longbow wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Paquette takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Paquette takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longbow misses with a body kick.
Longbow misses with a wild combination.
Longbow looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Paquette avoids the head kick by Longbow.
Longbow blocks a jab.
Paquette blocks a jab.
Longbow throws out a loose jab but Paquette uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paquette throws a series of punches but Longbow avoids them all with ease.
Longbow moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Longbow tries to bum rush Paquette with a series of wild strikes but Paquette uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Paquette is looking to counter punch.
Longbow throws a push kick but Paquette slaps the foot to one side.
Paquette moves out of range of the body kick from Longbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longbow bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Paquette lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Longbow is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Paquette rather than just go for the knockout.
Longbow connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paquette tries a low kick but Longbow avoids it.
Paquette lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Longbow looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Longbow is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Paquette.
Paquette takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Paquette will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Paquette looks to throw the jab but Longbow is out of range.
Longbow thuds his right hand into Paquette's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Paquette fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Longbow on the side of the head.
Longbow throws a hook to the side of Paquette's head but Paquette sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paquette throws a leg kick but Longbow checks it.
Paquette misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Longbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Henry Longbow.
I think Longbow has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Longbow!
A relieved looking Henry Longbow thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.