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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Grundy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquaio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Solomon Grundy had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Solomon Grundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Pacquaio!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquaio throws a left and a right that both miss
and Grundy counters with a three punch combo that has Pacquaio backing up. Pacquaio nods at Grundy to acknowledge the strikes.
Grundy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pacquaio looks to land a combination but Grundy avoids it well.
Grundy moves out of range of the body kick from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Grundy blocks a head kick by Pacquaio.
Solomon Grundy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grundy dodges the punch combination from Pacquaio.
Grundy thows a leg kick but Pacquaio checks it
and Pacquaio counters with a head kick. That will keep Grundy thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Pacquaio throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Pacquaio pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
No joy there for Pacquaio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grundy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pacquaio scores with a one two! Grundy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pacquaio scores with a three punch combo!
Pacquaio throws a combination. Grundy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Pacquaio misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Pacquaio does no damage.
Grundy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Grundy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pacquaio counters with a one-two to the body.
Pacquaio lands with a nice combination. Grundy backs away looking to recover.
Grundy misses with a two punch combination.
Pacquaio shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Grundy eats them both and turns towards Pacquaio to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Grundy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquaio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grundy.
Pacquaio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Grundy tries to clinch but Pacquaio moves out of range.
Pacquaio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grundy avoids the head kick by Pacquaio.
Pacquaio is working the combinations to good effect here.
Grundy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grundy throws a combination that misses
and Pacquaio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pacquaio tries a head kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pacquaio misses with the combination.
Pacquaio goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Grundy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pacquaio counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Grundy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pacquaio counters with a series of strikes. Grundy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Pacquaio throws a series of strikes that have Grundy backpedaling.
Pacquaio misses with a series of wild punches.
Pacquaio throws a right and a left that Grundy avoids nicely.
Grundy misses with a double jab
and Pacquaio counters with a big head kick but Grundy shrugs it off.
Grundy is breathing heavily.
A combination from Pacquaio does no damage.
Grundy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pacquaio swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquaio misses with a double jab.
Grundy swinging wildly here.
Grundy dodges the punch combination from Pacquaio.
Grundy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grundy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pacquaio counters with a three punch combo that has Grundy backing up. Grundy nods at Pacquaio to acknowledge the strikes.
Grundy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pacquaio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pacquaio throws a left and a right that both miss
and Grundy counters with a two punch combo.
Pacquaio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grundy.
Grundy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Pacquaio counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pacquaio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grundy circles away quickly and effectively.
Pacquaio is looking to slow Grundy down with leg kicks.
Pacquaio misses with a few strikes there.
Grundy misses with a double jab
and Pacquaio counters with a nice kick to the body.
Pacquaio lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pacquaio.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grundy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio works over Grundy's head and body with a nice combination.
Grundy avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquaio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pacquaio plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pacquaio lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Pacquaio goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pacquaio scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pacquaio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grundy takes a kick to the side of the head.
Pacquaio misses with a double jab.
Grundy wants to clinch but Pacquaio slips to the side
and Pacquaio counters with a two punch combo.
Pacquaio swinging wildly here.
Grundy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Pacquaio swinging wildly here.
Pacquaio plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pacquaio lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Pacquaio throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pacquaio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grundy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pacquaio. Pacquaio obviously looking to wear him down.
Pacquaio throws a head kick that half lands.
Pacquaio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquaio works over Grundy's head and body with a nice combination.
Pacquaio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pacquaio feints a jab promting Grundy to slip. Pacquaio then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Grundy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pacquaio pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Grundy back to the cage. Pacquaio follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Pacquaio closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pacquaio throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Grundy.
Pacquaio scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A right-left combo lands from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pacquaio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pacquaio feints and then cracks Grundy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Grundy down.
Pacquaio misses with a series of wild punches.
Grundy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pacquaio scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pacquaio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grundy circles away quickly and effectively.
Grundy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pacquaio scores with a push kick.
Pacquaio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Pacquaio dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pacquaio lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Grundy backs up against the cage.
Pacquaio throws a front kick that sends Grundy stumbling back into the cage.
Sloppy strikes from Grundy. Those never looked like landing.
Pacquaio checks a leg kick.
Grundy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pacquaio counters with a one-two to the body.
Pacquaio throws a sloppy head kick and Grundy moves out of range easily.
Pacquaio lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pacquaio throws a right hand that Grundy ducks under and follows up with a left that Grundy also avoids with ease.
Grundy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No joy there for Pacquaio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grundy blocks a head kick by Pacquaio.
Pacquaio misses with a wild combination.
Grundy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
No joy there for Pacquaio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grundy misses with a combination
and Pacquaio holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Grundy working hard to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Grundy can't break the clinch.
Pacquaio keeps control of Grundy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pacquaio lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pacquaio's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grundy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pacquaio counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Grundy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio misses with a two punch combination.
Pacquaio shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Grundy eats them both and turns towards Pacquaio to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pacquaio looks to land a combination but Grundy avoids it well.
Pacquaio lands with a kick to the temple. Grundy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Pacquaio moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pacquaio misses with a series of wild punches.
Pacquaio lets loose with a powerful body kick. Grundy will feel that in the morning.
Pacquaio lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pacquaio lands a jab-cross combination.
Pacquaio scores with a three punch combo!
Pacquaio tries to bum rush Grundy with a series of wild strikes but Grundy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pacquaio scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pacquaio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pacquaio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pacquaio!
Pacquaio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pacquaio misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquaio misses with a wild combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Pacquaio scores with a four punch combination!
Danga de danga de dang - Pacquaio scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pacquaio goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Grundy throws a series of punches but Pacquaio moves out of range.
Pacquaio lands a head kick. Grundy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A right-left combo lands from Pacquaio.
Grundy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pacquaio throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Grundy's head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio has managed to clinch.
Pacquaio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pacquaio leaning against his opponent.
Pacquaio lands a right hand.
Grundy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pacquaio trying to land knees to the body.
Pacquaio stalls.
Pacquaio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquaio misses with a two punch combination.
Manny Pacquaio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pacquaio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pacquaio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice combination there by Pacquaio.
Grundy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Pacquaio pushes Grundy away with a front kick.
Grundy will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Pacquaio feints a jab promting Grundy to slip. Pacquaio then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Grundy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Pacquaio misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grundy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pacquaio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pacquaio moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Pacquaio scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pacquaio throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pacquaio cracks the inside of Grundy's front leg.
Pacquaio misses with a few strikes there.
Pacquaio darts in and clinches Grundy up against the cage.
Pacquaio taking a breather.
Grundy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pacquaio has him pressed against the cage.
Grundy scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquaio stalls.
Grundy is trying to force a seperation but Pacquaio has the dominant position.
Grundy managing to block the knees to the body from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pacquaio misses with a few strikes there.
Pacquaio throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A head kick misses from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Grundy back to the cage. Pacquaio follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Grundy misses with a double jab
and Pacquaio counters with a three punch combo that has Grundy backing up. Grundy nods at Pacquaio to acknowledge the strikes.
Pacquaio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A punch combination from Pacquaio misses.
Grundy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pacquaio counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Grundy is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Pacquaio feints a jab promting Grundy to slip. Pacquaio then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Grundy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pacquaio throws a right and a left that Grundy avoids nicely.
Grundy slips a jab and a cross from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pacquaio throws a left and a right that both miss
and Grundy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Pacquaio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Pacquaio's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Pacquaio duly obliges.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pacquaio looks to land a combination but Grundy avoids it well.
Pacquaio lands a head kick!
Pacquaio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pacquaio throws a right hand that Grundy ducks under and follows up with a left that Grundy also avoids with ease.
A bone on bone clash there as Pacquaio blocks the leg kick.
Grundy misses with a combination
and Pacquaio counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Pacquaio looks to land a combination but Grundy avoids it well.
Pacquaio plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Grundy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch combination from Grundy misses.
Pacquaio misses with a series of wild punches.
Pacquaio circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pacquaio counters with a one-two to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Pacquaio. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Grundy. Those never looked like landing.
Pacquaio scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Pacquaio slams his shin into Grundy's torso.
Pacquaio looks to land a combination but Grundy avoids it well.
Pacquaio throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Solomon Grundy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pacquaio throws a nice looking combination but Grundy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pacquaio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pacquaio scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Pacquaio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pacquaio throws a nice head kick!
Pacquaio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pacquaio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grundy.
Pacquaio throws a right and a left that Grundy avoids nicely.
Pacquaio shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Grundy eats them both and turns towards Pacquaio to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Pacquaio lands a head kick. Grundy smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Pacquaio rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Grundy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Grundy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pacquaio lands a jab-cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grundy throws a series of punches but Pacquaio avoids them all with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Pacquaio. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Pacquaio, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio misses with a series of wild punches.
Pacquaio scores with a nice body kick.
Pacquaio lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pacquaio keeps the fight on the outside.
Pacquaio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pacquaio lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Pacquaio throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pacquaio lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pacquaio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pacquaio looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sloppy strikes from Pacquaio. Those never looked like landing.
Pacquaio works over Grundy's head and body with a nice combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pacquaio.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pacquaio looks to land a combination but Grundy avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grundy looks to clinch
and Pacquaio counters with a thumping low kick.
Pacquaio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grundy circles away quickly and effectively.
Pacquaio lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Grundy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Pacquaio throws a one two combo.
Pacquaio displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Grundy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grundy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Solomon Grundy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pacquaio pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pacquaio throws a front kick that sends Grundy stumbling back into the cage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Pacquaio.
Sloppy strikes from Pacquaio. Those never looked like landing.
Pacquaio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pacquaio misses with the combination.
Pacquaio looks to land a combination but Grundy avoids it well.
A head kick from Pacquaio lands but Grundy takes it in his stride.
Pacquaio lands a two punch combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pacquaio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Grundy counters with a three punch combo that has Pacquaio backing up. Pacquaio nods at Grundy to acknowledge the strikes.
Pacquaio throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pacquaio scores with a head kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pacquaio - that will leave a mark!
Pacquaio closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Pacquaio throws a series of strikes that have Grundy backpedaling.
Pacquaio lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Grundy backs up against the cage.
Pacquaio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Grundy slips a jab and a cross from Pacquaio.
Pacquaio pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Grundy back to the cage. Pacquaio follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Pacquaio misses with the combination.
A nice combination there by Pacquaio.
Pacquaio closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A combination from Pacquaio does no damage.
Pacquaio gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pacquaio stalling in the clinch but Grundy improves position.
Manny Pacquaio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pacquaio has Grundy pushed against the cage.
Grundy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Pacquaio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pacquaio has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Pacquaio!
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