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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Pacquio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yazan Naber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pacquio comes to the cage accompanied by In Harms Way. Naber has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aaron Pacquio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yazan Naber!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquio is looking to clinch.
Naber looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Pacquio forces Naber back against the cage and clinches.
A knee to the head by Pacquio.
Pacquio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Yazan Naber has been cut.
Pacquio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Naber's face.
Pacquio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pacquio with a knee to the head.
Pacquio scores with a knee to the head.
Pacquio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pacquio lands an elbow just above Naber 's eye.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pacquio.
Pacquio lands a nice elbow.
Pacquio lands an elbow inside that Naber shrugs off.
Pacquio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
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!
Pacquio lands an elbow that stopped Naber in his tracks for a moment.
Pacquio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pacquio lands an elbow just above Naber 's eye.
Naber takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pacquio lands a damaging elbow.
Pacquio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pacquio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Naber has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pacquio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Naber takes a knee right on the jaw!
Naber takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pacquio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pacquio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Naber's defenses.
Pacquio lands an elbow inside that Naber shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Naber's face.
Pacquio with a knee to the head.
Pacquio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Naber's face.
Pacquio tries a knee to the head but Naber blocks it.
Pacquio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Naber blocks it with crossed arms.
Pacquio lands a damaging elbow.
Pacquio lands an elbow just above Naber 's eye.
Pacquio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Naber has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pacquio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Naber wants to break free but Pacquio has control.
Naber tries to score a body lock takedown but Pacquio shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Naber takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pacquio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Naber's defenses.
Pacquio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Naber's defenses.
Pacquio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pacquio tries a knee to the head but Naber blocks it.
Pacquio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pacquio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pacquio connects with a knee to the head.
Naber fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pacquio lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pacquio lands an elbow just above Naber 's eye.
Pacquio scores with a knee to the head.
Pacquio lands a knee to the head.
Pacquio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pacquio with a knee to the head.
Pacquio looking to throw knees to the head but Naber is blocking nicely.
Pacquio lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Pacquio.
Pacquio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Naber has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pacquio.
Pacquio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pacquio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Naber can't get the takedown.
Aaron Pacquio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yazan Naber.
Pacquio with a knee to the head.
Pacquio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pacquio lands an elbow inside.
Pacquio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pacquio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Naber's defenses.
Naber tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pacquio with a knee to the head.
Naber tries to pull guard but Pacquio won't allow it.
Naber takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquio connects with a knee to the head.
Pacquio lands a damaging elbow.
Pacquio lands an elbow inside.
Pacquio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pacquio misses with a knee strike.
Naber tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pacquio smiles and moves away.
Naber takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Naber blocks a head kick by Pacquio.
Pacquio rushes Naber and presses him up against the cage.
Naber is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pacquio gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pacquio tries a knee to the head but Naber blocks it.
Naber is trying to stall.
Pacquio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pacquio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Naber lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pacquio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Naber's brow.
Naber wants a takedown but no success here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pacquio lands a nice elbow.
Naber takes a knee right on the jaw!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Naber is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pacquio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Naber can't break the clinch.
Pacquio with a knee to the head.
Naber missing with knees to the body.
Naber tries to break the clinch but Pacquio is controlling the position.
Naber takes an elbow to the temple.
Pacquio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pacquio landing knees to the head.
Pacquio misses with a knee to the head.
Naber fails to pull guard.
Pacquio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pacquio with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pacquio misses with an elbow over the top.
Naber wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pacquio misses with a knee strike.
Naber breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Pacquio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yazan Naber's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pacquio lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Naber blocks a head kick by Pacquio.
Pacquio lands a head kick!
Naber takes one to the chin there.
Pacquio is looking to clinch.
Pacquio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pacquio moves in looking to clinch but Naber pushes him off.
Pacquio tries to clinch there but Naber circles away.
Pacquio tries to close the distance and clinch but Naber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pacquio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pacquio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Naber's defenses.
Pacquio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pacquio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Naber has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Naber takes an elbow to the temple.
Pacquio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Naber's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Naber changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pacquio fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pacquio wants to clinch up but Naber keeps it at a distance.
Pacquio wants to clinch.
Pacquio tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Naber shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pacquio is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Aaron Pacquio is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Naber avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aaron Pacquio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pacquio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacquio fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pacquio avoids the head kick by Naber.
Pacquio tries to clinch up but Naber circles away and keeps his distance.
Pacquio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacquio throws a nice head kick!
Pacquio is looking to clinch but Naber is avoiding it.
Naber misses with a head kick.
Pacquio gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pacquio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pacquio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pacquio lands an elbow that stopped Naber in his tracks for a moment.
Pacquio lands an elbow just above Naber 's eye.
Pacquio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pacquio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pacquio lands an elbow that stopped Naber in his tracks for a moment.
Pacquio crunches a lovely knee into Naber's ribcage.
Pacquio unloads a knee to the mid-section. Naber lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Pacquio lands an elbow inside that Naber shrugs off.
Pacquio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naber blocks an elbow strike from Pacquio.
Pacquio lands a nice knee to the body.
Naber wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pacquio has him pressed against the cage.
Pacquio tries a knee to the head but Naber blocks it.
Pacquio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pacquio managing to block the knees to the body from Naber.
Pacquio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Naber blocks an elbow strike from Pacquio.
Pacquio lands an elbow just above Naber 's eye.
Pacquio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Naber landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Naber drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Pacquio gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pacquio lands an elbow inside.
Aaron Pacquio has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Naber blocks an elbow strike from Pacquio.
Pacquio connects with a nasty looking knee right to Naber's face.
A knee to the head by Pacquio.
Pacquio lands an elbow that stopped Naber in his tracks for a moment.
Naber fails to pull guard.
Aaron Pacquio has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yazan Naber.
Pacquio misses with a knee to the head.
Pacquio lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Naber takes an elbow to the forehead.
Naber wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pacquio prevents Naber from breaking the clinch.
Pacquio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Naber blocks it with crossed arms.
Naber wants to stall.
Pacquio tries a knee to the head but Naber blocks it.
Pacquio misses with an elbow over the top.
Naber changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pacquio fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pacquio tries to clinch but Naber moves out of range.
Pacquio cracks Naber with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pacquio tries to close the distance and clinch but Naber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aaron Pacquio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacquio fails in his attempt to clinch.
Naber keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Pacquio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Pacquio dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Yazan Naber's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Pacquio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Naber looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pacquio tries to clinch but Naber is having none of it.
Pacquio is looking to clinch.
Pacquio misses with a head kick.
Pacquio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Naber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pacquio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Naber.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pacquio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pacquio rushes Naber and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pacquio lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacquio scores with a knee to the head.
Naber takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pacquio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Naber takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees in the clinch landing for Pacquio.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pacquio lands an elbow inside.
Pacquio lands an elbow inside.
Pacquio lands a damaging elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquio landing knees to the head.
Pacquio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pacquio landing knees to the head.
Pacquio lands an elbow inside that Naber shrugs off.
Pacquio looking to throw knees to the head but Naber is blocking nicely.
Pacquio throws an elbow that misses.
Pacquio misses with a knee to the head.
Naber takes a knee right on the jaw!
Naber is trying to maintain a safe position but Pacquio gets an underhook and turns Naber into the cage.
Pacquio with a knee to the head.
Naber is looking to break free of the clinch but Pacquio has double underhooks.
Pacquio misses with a knee to the head.
Pacquio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Naber wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pacquio lands an elbow that stopped Naber in his tracks for a moment.
Pacquio stops a takedown attempt from Naber.
Pacquio lands an elbow that stopped Naber in his tracks for a moment.
Pacquio with a knee to the head.
Pacquio lands a knee to the head.
Pacquio scores with a knee to the head.
Naber has had enough of the clinch but Pacquio keeps him there for the moment.
Yazan Naber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pacquio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pacquio lands a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Pacquio.
Pacquio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pacquio tries to land a knee to the head but Naber blocks with his arms.
Pacquio misses with a knee strike.
Pacquio connects with a knee to the head.
Naber wants to stall.
Pacquio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pacquio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Naber's brow.
Pacquio lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Naber gets control of Pacquio's arms and successfully pulls guard. Naber will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Pacquio stopping the sweep attempt from Naber.
Pacquio prevents Naber from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naber is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Naber wants to control but Pacquio passes easily into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pacquio gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pacquio tries to clinch there but Naber circles away.
Pacquio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacquio throws a head kick that Naber semi-blocks.
Pacquio tries to clinch up but Naber circles away and keeps his distance.
Pacquio tries to clinch but Naber moves out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pacquio throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Naber keeps the fight on the outside.
Aaron Pacquio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pacquio has Naber up against the cage in a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Pacquio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pacquio has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Pacquio!
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hype
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