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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Paquiao (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 prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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165 lbs
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170 lbs
31 - 24 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Marcelo Garcia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 24 - 1, fighting out of London, Manuel Paquiao!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paquiao lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Garcia clinches with his opponent.
Garcia can't get the takedown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paquiao.
Paquiao gets underhooks to prevent Garcia's takedown attempt.
Paquiao throws a head punch that misses.
Garcia has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Paquiao is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcelo Garcia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Paquiao lands a hook to the side of the head.
Paquiao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Garcia has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Paquiao is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Paquiao is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Paquiao is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Garcia drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Paquiao gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Garcia has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Paquiao avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Garcia is working for takedown but Paquiao is calmly controlling the position for now.
Paquiao scores with a shoulder strike.
Paquiao misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia wants to take the fight to the mat but Paquiao manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garcia blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Paquiao creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paquiao misses with the head strike.
Paquiao swings wildly with an uppercut but Garcia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paquiao stops a takedown attempt from Garcia.
Garcia wants a takedown.
Garcia prevents a body shot from Paquiao.
Paquiao tries to throw a body punch but Garcia avoids it by throwing Paquiao back against the cage.
Paquiao lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Paquiao misses with a punch to the body.
Paquiao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Garcia is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Paquiao gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Paquiao throws a head punch that misses.
Paquiao lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garcia backwards.
Paquiao misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia is working for takedown but Paquiao is calmly controlling the position for now.
Paquiao has a couple of punches blocked by Garcia.
Garcia gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia is looking for a kimura but Paquiao is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Garcia to get the leverage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paquiao keeps control of the position for the meantime.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia is working for a submission of some sort.
Garcia 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.
Paquiao has one foot on Garcia's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Manuel Paquiao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab from Paquiao.
Marcelo Garcia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decent striking displayed by Paquiao there.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Paquiao lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Garcia is rocked!
Paquiao is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A punch combination from Garcia misses.
Garcia throws a lazy uppercut
and Paquiao counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Oh Garcia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garcia is looking for a sweep. Paquiao is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Garcia seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to control but can't.
Still in half guard, Paquiao seems content to control.
Garcia might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Garcia is looking to control Paquiao's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Garcia avoid being mounted?
Garcia looking for submissions off his back.
Paquiao wants to take a breather but Garcia is having none of it.
Garcia trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Garcia wants to hold on but Paquiao pushes him away.
Garcia regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garcia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Garcia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to maintain the position but Paquiao is very close to passing his half guard.
Garcia wants to improve his position but Paquiao is controlling well.
Garcia has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Paquiao is working away from the top position though.
Paquiao really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Garcia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Garcia is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Paquiao is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel Paquiao dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Paquiao clobbers Garcia with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Garcia misses with an uppercut.
Paquiao is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Paquiao has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Garcia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Paquiao gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Paquiao cracks Garcia with a big right hand and Garcia goes down!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paquiao is looking to stand up but Garcia won't let him.
Garcia working for a triangle but Paquiao defends it easily.
Paquiao controlling from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to control the position but Paquiao postures up.
Paquiao gets to his feet. Garcia looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Paquiao lands a slapping body shot.
Garcia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Garcia misses with a combination
and Paquiao counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paquiao prevents Garcia from improving his position.
Paquiao postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Garcia to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paquiao misses with a body kick.
Marcelo Garcia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Garcia falls off balance throwing a combination
so Paquiao counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Garcia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Garcia is trying to keep Paquiao in close.
Garcia is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Paquiao is aware though and is defending well.
Garcia doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Manuel Paquiao has got the better of the ground game so far.
Paquiao wants to stand but Garcia is controlling his posture from full guard.
Paquiao content to stall in guard here.
Garcia seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Garcia working a defensive guard but Paquiao manages to pass into side control anyway.
Paquiao decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Paquiao scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Garcia doesn't seem bothered though.
Garcia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garcia misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Paquiao, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Paquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garcia throws a shot from downtown. Paquiao moves away and avoids it.
Paquiao blocks a jab.
Garcia throws a lazy uppercut
and Paquiao counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garcia looking to control.
Paquiao looking to pass the guard.
Garcia has a closed guard, preventing Paquiao from standing up.
Paquiao wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Paquiao has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Garcia is proving hard to escape from.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel Paquiao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!
Paquiao slips a jab and a cross from Garcia.
Garcia misses with a body shot.
Both fighters circling a little - Paquiao finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Paquiao lands a lovely overhand right.
Garcia looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Paquiao cracks Garcia with a right hand to the side of the head.
A lazy left from Garcia finds it's target.
Garcia throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Paquiao keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Paquiao lands a nice looking body shot.
A slow jab from Garcia misses its intended target.
Garcia walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Garcia throws a series of punches but Paquiao avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paquiao connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Garcia looks to score with a jab to the body but Paquiao is just out of range.
Garcia 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.
Garcia lands a body shot.
Garcia takes one to the side of the head.
Garcia misses the jab.
Garcia throws a jab but it's blocked by Paquiao.
Paquiao tries to bum rush Garcia with a series of wild strikes but Garcia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Garcia shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Paquiao! Garcia is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manuel Paquiao!
A relieved looking Manuel Paquiao thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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