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Event:
Bantamweight Battle Round 1
Date: Jan 31, 2018 |
#R1#
Meep throws a lazy uppercut
and Pacquiao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Meep moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut
and Meep counters with a stiff right hand.
Pacquiao lands with a hook. Meep tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pacquiao scores with a jab. Meep acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pacquiao moves out of range as Meep strikes.
Meep throws a jab when Pacquiao was well out of range.
Pacquiao throws a series of punches but Meep avoids them all with ease.
Pacquiao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pacquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Meep.
Meep staying out of range there.#CL#
Meep forces Pacquiao back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pacquiao misses with a body punch.
#T1#
Meep lands with a right to the head.
Meep lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Meep struggles to land a body shot inside as Pacquiao controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Meep.
Meep lands an uppercut.
Meep keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pacquiao's efforts to push away.
Meep tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Meep creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Meep misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meep cracks Pacquiao with a nice body shot.
Meep blocks an uppercut.
Meep tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meep prevents a body shot from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Meep.
Pacquiao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
#T2#
Pacquiao lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meep tries a body shot but Pacquiao blocks it.
Meep tries to work over Pacquiao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Meep tries to work over Pacquiao's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Meep.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meep.
Meep scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Meep tries a body shot but Pacquiao blocks it.
Pacquiao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pacquiao misses with a body punch.
Meep prevents a body shot from Pacquiao.
Meep lands a hook that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Meep tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pacquiao's elbow.
Pacquiao swings wildly with an uppercut but Meep uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meep misses with a body punch.
Meep stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.#T3#
Meep tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pacquiao blocks an uppercut.
Meep lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meep lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Meep misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Meep.
Meep lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Meep struggles to land a body shot inside as Pacquiao controls his hands.
Pacquiao blocks an uppercut.
Meep misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meep lands a body punch.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch but Meep keeps him there for the moment.
Meep swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pacquiao blocking some punches.
Pacquiao swings wildly with an uppercut but Meep uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meep lands with a right to the head. #T4#
Meep tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pacquiao's elbow.
Pacquiao lands a nice shot to the body.
Meep misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meep misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meep misses with the head strike.
Meep misses with some punches.
Meep has a couple of punches blocked by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Meep goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pacquiao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meep's elbow.
Pacquiao lands a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Meep.
Meep tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Meep lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pacquiao or not.
Pacquiao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Meep on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marvin Meep dominated that round.
That's time! Meep's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Pacquiao waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Meep.
It looked like Meep was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao just misses with a punch to the body.
Meep scores with the left hand. Pacquiao knows he should have avoided that one.
Meep tries to close the distance and clinch but Pacquiao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Meep swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pacquiao counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Meep jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pacquiao lands a right hook to the body.
Meep throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Meep misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL#
Meep clinches up with Pacquiao and pushes him back against the cage.
Pacquiao blocks a body shot from Meep.
Meep tries a body shot but Pacquiao blocks it.
Pacquiao swings wildly with an uppercut but Meep uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Meep.
#T1#
Meep doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Meep stalling against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Meep fails to land.
Meep scores with a hook to the body.
Meep lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pacquiao.
Meep keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pacquiao's efforts to push away.
Marvin Meep has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pacquiao looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Meep blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meep is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pacquiao can do to turn this around?
Pacquiao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Meep struggles to land a body shot inside as Pacquiao controls his hands.
Meep doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Pacquiao fails to land.
Meep misses with a hook to the ribs.
#T2#
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Meep works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Meep blocks an uppercut.
Meep misses with a punch to the body.
Meep lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Meep lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Meep.
Meep works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A shot in the inside from Meep.
Meep misses with a punch to the body.
Pacquiao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Meep.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meep prevents a body shot from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao throws a punch but it's blocked by Meep.
A hook to the body from Meep.
Meep tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pacquiao's elbow.
Meep softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.#T3#
Pacquiao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meep's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meep.
Meep lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
A short right from Meep.
Pacquiao lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Meep blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meep blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meep.
Pacquiao misses with a punch on the inside.
Pacquiao's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Meep tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pacquiao blocking some punches.
Pacquiao tries to break free but Meep pushes him back against the cage.
Pacquiao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Meep misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meep displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pacquiao up against the cage.#T4#
Meep tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meep scores with a shoulder strike.
Meep blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meep lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Meep lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pacquiao or not.
Meep cracks Pacquiao with a nice body shot.
Meep will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pacquiao up against the cage.
Meep throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Meep misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pacquiao prevents a body shot from Meep.
Meep misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Meep struggles to land a body shot inside as Pacquiao controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marvin Meep dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
#R3#
Pacquiao lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Meep throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
#CL#
Pacquiao tries to keep at a distance but Meep has taken the fight into the clinch.
Meep misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meep blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meep lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pacquiao is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pacquiao tries to work over Meep's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Meep pushes Pacquiao back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meep lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pacquiao or not.
Meep lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pacquiao or not.
Pacquiao prevents a body shot from Meep.
Pacquiao working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Meep softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.#T1#
Meep tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pacquiao's elbow.
Pacquiao blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meep prevents a body shot from Pacquiao.
Meep throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Meep.
Still in the clinch, Meep scores with a nice short uppercut.
Meep lands with a left to the head.
Meep lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Meep.
Meep leaning his opponent against the cage.
Meep lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pacquiao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pacquiao has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pacquiao scores with a shoulder strike.
Pacquiao gets through Meep's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Manny Pacquiao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pacquiao.
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!
Pacquiao misses with an elbow over the top.
Pacquiao working aggressively here.
Meep blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meep misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pacquiao has a couple of punches blocked by Meep.
Pacquiao misses with some punches.
Meep tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meep lands a body punch.
Meep tries to throw a body punch but Pacquiao avoids it by throwing Meep back against the cage.
Meep misses with a punch on the inside.
Pacquiao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Meep lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Pacquiao.
Meep lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meep fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
#T3#
Meep lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Meep misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meep is pushing Pacquiao up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Meep lands a body punch in the clinch.
Meep tries a body shot but Pacquiao blocks it.
Pacquiao has a couple of punches blocked by Meep.
A nice left hand lands by Meep.
Meep lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Meep works on Pacquiao's body with a couple of short punches.
Pacquiao being controlled against the cage.
Meep controlling the action here for a moment.
Meep tries a body shot but Pacquiao blocks it.
#T4#
Meep stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Meep doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Meep lands an uppercut.
Pacquiao prevents a body shot from Meep.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Meep as Pacquiao tries to tie him up.
Meep tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meep tries a body shot but Pacquiao blocks it.
Pacquiao struggles to land a body shot inside as Meep controls his hands.
Meep blocks an uppercut.
Meep blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pacquiao goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marvin Meep is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Meep lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meep.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marvin Meep showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Meep, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marvin Meep!
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