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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ben Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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216 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cuts easily |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Pacquiao lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Ben Johnson has been cut.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab.
Johnson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pacquiao avoids it really well and circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Pacquiao.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pacquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Pacquiao moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ben Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pacquiao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Johnson shoots for a takedown but Pacquiao saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pacquiao swinging wildly here.
A combination from Pacquiao does no damage.
Pacquiao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pacquiao looks gassed!
Pacquiao throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pacquiao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Pacquiao.
Johnson dodges the punch combination from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Pacquiao is avoiding it.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Manny Pacquiao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pacquiao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pacquiao rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pacquiao misses with a two punch combination.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pacquiao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Johnson.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Pacquiao dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Pacquiao keeps it at a distance.
Johnson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pacquiao is fending him off so far but Johnson persists. Nope, Pacquiao circles away and we're back to standing.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pacquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Pacquiao throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johnson shoots for a double leg takedown but Pacquiao sprawls well. He's pushed Johnson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ben Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao is breathing heavily.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Pacquiao is avoiding it.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Johnson moves out of range.
Johnson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pacquiao works over Johnson's head and body with a nice combination.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson shoots in but Pacquiao avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pacquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pacquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
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.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Pacquiao is avoiding it.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Pacquiao swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Pacquiao keeps it at a distance.
Johnson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pacquiao but Pacquiao pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
Pacquiao throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pacquiao swinging wildly here.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pacquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Pacquiao is avoiding it.
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Johnson avoids them all with ease.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pacquiao misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
A punch combination from Pacquiao misses.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Pacquiao keeps it at a distance.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson shoots in for a double leg but Pacquiao sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Johnson tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Pacquiao is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Pacquiao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Pacquiao is avoiding it.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
A right-left combo lands from Pacquiao.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Johnson.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnson closes the distance and clinches up with Pacquiao, looking for a takedown. Johnson pushes Pacquiao against the cage but Pacquiao circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pacquiao takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Johnson 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 Ben Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Pacquiao throws a right hand that Johnson ducks under and follows up with a left that Johnson also avoids with ease.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
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.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pacquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Pacquiao keeps it at a distance.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Pacquiao misses with a two punch combination.
Johnson dives in and grabs Pacquiao's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pacquiao pushes down on Johnson's head and hops out.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Pacquiao circles away.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Pacquiao misses with the combination.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pacquiao misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pacquiao throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Ben Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnson tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pacquiao defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Johnson.
Pacquiao looks to land a combination but Johnson avoids it well.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Pacquiao is avoiding it.
Johnson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johnson wants to clinch.
That's four 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.
Pacquiao lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Johnson circles away quickly and effectively.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Johnson is looking to clinch but Pacquiao is avoiding it.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Pacquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Johnson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pacquiao swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johnson rushes Pacquiao and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Johnson throws an elbow but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Johnson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Pacquiao shrugs off.
Johnson lands an elbow inside that Pacquiao shrugs off.
Johnson trying to land knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Pacquiao comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pacquiao winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Pacquiao!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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