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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mano Pacquiai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Soares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soares has chosen Vida Loka Parte 1 as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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179 cm
27
169 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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174 cm
26
165 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mano Pacquiai! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Soares! The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Pacquiai tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Soares counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Pacquiai tries to clinch up but Soares circles away and keeps his distance. Soares connects with a crisp jab. A punch combination from Pacquiai misses. Pacquiai moves to clinch but Soares breaks away and Soares counters with a lovely straight right hand! Pacquiai clinches up against the cage. A head punch on the inside from Pacquiai fails to land. Pacquiai misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soares. Soares blocking some punches.
Pacquiai has a couple of punches blocked by Soares.
Soares's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. 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! Soares lands a glancing blow to the side of Pacquiai's head. Soares lands with a good body shot. Pacquiai tries to clinch but Soares moves away and Soares counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Soares swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacquiai. Pacquiai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Soares manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Soares lands a big right hand that sends Pacquiai crashing to the mat! Soares stays standing though and waves Pacquiai back to his feet!
Pacquiai is rocked! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Soares throws a right hand that Pacquiai ducks under and follows up with a left that Pacquiai also avoids with ease. Oh Pacquiai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! A big left from Soares misses. Soares Rushes Pacquiai and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Pacquiai is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Soares Piles on the pressure and Pacquiai crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Soares! A victorious Ricardo Soares thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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