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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and German Shepherd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pacquiao comes to the cage accompanied by ten thousand fists. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good kicks
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manny Pacquiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, German Shepherd!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pacquiao is defended easily by Shepherd.
Shepherd fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pacquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Shepherd.
A punch combination from Pacquiao misses.
Pacquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Shepherd.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shepherd throws a head kick but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Pacquiao blocks a head kick by Shepherd.
Pacquiao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shepherd fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shepherd tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shepherd blocks a head kick by Pacquiao.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacquiao misses with a head kick.
Shepherd fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pacquiao looks to land a combination but Shepherd avoids it well.
Shepherd tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pacquiao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shepherd tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacquiao scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Shepherd tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao throws a head kick that misses
and Shepherd counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Shepherd.
Pacquiao is trying to break the clinch but Shepherd is controlling him.
Pacquiao tries to break free but Shepherd pushes him back against the cage.
Pacquiao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pacquiao tries to break the clinch but Shepherd is controlling the position.
Shepherd comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shepherd swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pacquiao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shepherd has him pressed against the cage.
Shepherd lands with a right to the head.
Pacquiao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shepherd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pacquiao.
Shepherd tries to land a knee to the head but Pacquiao blocks with his arms.
Shepherd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shepherd shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pacquiao defends it nicely.
Pacquiao takes a kick to the side of the head.
Pacquiao lands with a shot to the body.
Shepherd throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pacquiao counters by moving into the clinch.
Shepherd is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Shepherd misses with a knee to the head.
Pacquiao is trying to break the clinch but Shepherd is controlling him.
Pacquiao is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shepherd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pacquiao throws a body kick the misses
and Shepherd counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Shepherd.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Shepherd lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shepherd lands with a left to the head.
Shepherd looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Shepherd manages to break the clinch.
Shepherd moves into the clinch.
Shepherd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shepherd tries to clinch up
and Pacquiao counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shepherd wants to clinch
letting Pacquiao counter with a right hand.
Shepherd lands with a nice body kick.
Pacquiao fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pacquiao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pacquiao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Shepherd closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pacquiao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Shepherd.
Pacquiao takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shepherd tries to clinch up
and Pacquiao counters with a straight right hand.
Pacquiao takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice uppercut there from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao misses with a body kick.
Shepherd fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pacquiao, pushing him back against the cage.
Shepherd is trying to maintain a safe position but Pacquiao gets an underhook and turns Shepherd into the cage.
Pacquiao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shepherd lands an elbow inside that Pacquiao shrugs off.
Pacquiao takes an elbow to the forehead.
Shepherd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice sprawl there from Pacquiao as Shepherd shoots in.
Manny Pacquiao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of German Shepherd.
Shepherd takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shepherd throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Pacquiao's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pacquiao wants to get back to striking at distance but Shepherd won't allow it.
Shepherd misses with a punch to the body.
Pacquiao looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pacquiao.
Shepherd landing knees to the head.
Shepherd prevents Pacquiao from breaking the clinch.
Pacquiao wants to get back to striking at distance but Shepherd won't allow it.
Shepherd has Pacquiao pressed against the cage.
Shepherd tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pacquiao avoids it.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Shepherd manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Pacquiao as Shepherd shoots in.
Pacquiao paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Pacquiao stuffs the takedown attempt from Shepherd. Shepherd gets slowly back to his feet.
Shepherd wants to clinch but Pacquiao slips to the side
and Pacquiao counters by clinching up.
Pacquiao tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pacquiao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shepherd looking to throw knees to the head but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but German Shepherd will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Danga de danga de dang - Shepherd scores with a four punch combination!
German Shepherd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shepherd closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pacquiao counters with a straight right hand.
Shepherd tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shepherd closes the distance but Pacquiao moves to the side
and Pacquiao counters with a three punch combo that has Shepherd backing up. Shepherd nods at Pacquiao to acknowledge the strikes.
Shepherd closes the distance but Pacquiao moves to the side
and Pacquiao counters with a stiff right hand.
Pacquiao misses with the combination.
Pacquiao displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Shepherd.
Pacquiao steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shepherd.
Shepherd tries to clinch up
and Pacquiao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pacquiao avoids the head kick by Shepherd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pacquiao.
Shepherd shoots for a takedown but Pacquiao saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pacquiao lands with a hook. Shepherd tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Shepherd misses with a head kick.
Shepherd tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pacquiao moves into the clinch.
Pacquiao can't break the clinch.
Shepherd manages to break the clinch.
Shepherd is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pacquiao sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Manny Pacquiao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of German Shepherd.
Shepherd is breathing heavily.
Shepherd clinches but Pacquiao breaks the clinch
and Pacquiao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shepherd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shepherd tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pacquiao counters by clinching up.
A frustrated look appears on Pacquiao's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short right from Shepherd on the inside.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch but Shepherd keeps him there for the moment.
Pacquiao tries to break free but Shepherd pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pacquiao swinging wildly here.
Shepherd wants to clinch but Pacquiao slips to the side
letting Pacquiao counter with a right hand.
Pacquiao will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Shepherd tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves away
and Pacquiao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Shepherd has taken the fight to the clinch.
Shepherd stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Shepherd landing knees to the head.
It looks like Manny Pacquiao has been cut.
Shepherd gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shepherd stalling in the clinch but Pacquiao improves position.
Pacquiao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shepherd has him pressed against the cage.
Shepherd looking to throw knees to the head but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
Pacquiao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shepherd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pacquiao backwards.
Shepherd prevents Pacquiao from breaking the clinch.
Pacquiao wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shepherd breaks the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Shepherd.
Shepherd tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pacquiao counters by clinching up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shepherd has him pressed against the cage.
Pacquiao is trying to break the clinch but Shepherd is controlling him.
Pacquiao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shepherd looks to clinch
and Pacquiao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pacquiao lands an overhand right.
Shepherd pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shepherd tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Pacquiao misses with a double jab
and Shepherd counters with a straight right hand.
Pacquiao cracks Shepherd with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shepherd throws a head kick but Pacquiao moves out of range.
Shepherd misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Pacquiao.
Shepherd tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pacquiao counters with a straight right hand.
Pacquiao wants to clinch up but Shepherd keeps it at a distance.
Shepherd wants to clinch but Pacquiao slips to the side
and Pacquiao counters with a series of strikes. Shepherd will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pacquiao scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Pacquiao but Pacquiao pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Pacquiao lands with a straight right. Shepherd didn't see that one coming.
Shepherd misses with a takedown attempt - Pacquiao sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Shepherd shoots in looking for a takedown. Pacquiao tries to sprawl out of it but Shepherd keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Pacquiao manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Shepherd tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves away
and Pacquiao counters with a straight right hand.
Pacquiao tests Shepherd's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shepherd tries to clinch but Pacquiao moves away
and Pacquiao counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Shepherd has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pacquiao throws a sloppy head kick and Shepherd moves out of range easily.
Shepherd wants to clinch
enabling Pacquiao to counter with a crisp jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Shepherd checks a leg kick.
Shepherd shoots in and drives through. Pacquiao sprawls well.
Shepherd tries to move into range but Pacquiao moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Shepherd closes the distance looking to clinch
and Shepherd takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Pacquiao dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Manny Pacquiao's cut.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Shepherd walks into a left hand.
Shepherd clinches but Pacquiao breaks the clinch
and Pacquiao counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Shepherd closes the distance but Pacquiao moves to the side
and Pacquiao counters with a two punch combo.
Horrible takedown by Shepherd or perhaps it was just good defense by Pacquiao which made him look bad.
Pacquiao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pacquiao attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pacquiao scores with a hook.
Shepherd wants to clinch but Pacquiao slips to the side
and Pacquiao counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pacquiao thuds his right hand into Shepherd's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Shepherd darts in trying to clinch
and Pacquiao counters with a three punch combo that has Shepherd backing up. Shepherd nods at Pacquiao to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shepherd closes the distance but Pacquiao moves to the side
and Pacquiao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shepherd shoots in and drives through. Pacquiao sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao moves into the clinch successfully.
Pacquiao wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shepherd has him pressed against the cage.
Shepherd stalling the fight.
Pacquiao is trying to force a seperation but Shepherd has the dominant position.
Shepherd has Pacquiao pressed against the cage, preventing Pacquiao from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Shepherd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shepherd looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pacquiao is fending him off so far but Shepherd persists. Nope, Pacquiao circles away and we're back to standing.
Manny Pacquiao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of German Shepherd.
Nice shot by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Shepherd throws a nice head kick!
Shepherd fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A nice combination there by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao drives through and clinches with Shepherd against the cage.
Shepherd pushes off an throws an elbow but Pacquiao leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shepherd misses with an elbow over the top.
Pacquiao is trying to break the clinch but Shepherd is controlling him.
Shepherd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pacquiao throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Shepherd tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Pacquiao to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shepherd throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pacquiao counters with a stiff right hand.
Shepherd clinches but Pacquiao breaks the clinch
and Pacquiao counters by moving into the clinch.
Shepherd lands an elbow that stopped Pacquiao in his tracks for a moment.
Shepherd with a knee to the head.
Shepherd is trying to stall.
Shepherd throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shepherd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shepherd tries to clinch
and Pacquiao counters with a series of strikes. Shepherd will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pacquiao uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Manny Pacquiao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacquiao fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Shepherd avoids it really well and circles away.
Shepherd shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pacquiao as he avoids it easily.
Pacquiao jabs at Shepherd's body.
Shepherd tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pacquiao swivels and escapes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao lands a two punch combo.
Shepherd darts in trying to clinch
and Pacquiao counters with a right hand to the body.
Shepherd wants to clinch but Pacquiao slips to the side
and Pacquiao counters with a shoot takedown. Shepherd fights it but they end up in guard.
Shepherd pushes Pacquiao off and gets back to his feet.
Pacquiao is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shepherd lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pacquiao will feel that in the morning.
Shepherd darts in trying to clinch
letting Pacquiao counter with a right hand.
Shepherd clinches with his opponent.
Pacquiao manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pacquiao counters with a one-two to the body.
Shepherd lands with a kick to the temple. Pacquiao shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick misses from Shepherd.
Pacquiao throws a one two combo.
Pacquiao circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pacquiao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pacquiao keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shepherd.
Shepherd closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pacquiao counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pacquiao looks for the body kick but Shepherd saw that one coming.
Shepherd throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pacquiao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Pacquiao showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pacquiao has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Pacquiao!
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hype
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