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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think White might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Given Up. Paul White had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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137 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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140 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but White was well out of range. Poor timing from Pacquiao.
White moves away from the strike by Pacquiao.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
Pacquiao lands a straight punch to the body, keeping White at a distance.
White avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pacquiao misses with an uppercut. White saw that one coming.
Pacquiao scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Good exchange - Pacquiao coming out on top.
Pacquiao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
Pacquiao throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pacquiao thows a left - swing and a miss!
White misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pacquiao scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao scores with a sloppy right hand. White should have avoided that one.
Pacquiao fails with the takedown
and White counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
White working Pacquiao over with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
White lands with a punch from half guard.
Pacquiao keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
White is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
White missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
White throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
White thows a huge punch but Pacquiao dodges it nicely.
White throwing shots but Pacquiao is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White throws a strike but Pacquiao avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
White postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Pacquiao gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and White counters with a takedown into side control.
White is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pacquiao is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pacquiao tries to bench press White off him but White keeps the position.
The ground and pound from White seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Pacquiao really doesn't want to stay on the ground with White. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pacquiao sneaks out the side door and pushes White away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
White could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Pacquiao connects with a looping right hand.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pacquiao.
White tries for a takedown but Pacquiao sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao lands a jab to the head.
White fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul White. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao scores with a crisp jab that stopped White in his tracks.
White takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pacquiao scores with a sloppy right hand. White should have avoided that one.
Nice straight punches there by Pacquiao. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pacquiao.
Jab, jab by Pacquiao - just one landing.
White takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
White takes one on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Pacquiao as he connects with a hook.
White takes one to the side of the head.
White walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pacquiao is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!White had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
White walks into a jab.
Pacquiao might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Pacquiao tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but White swivels and escapes.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.
White takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
White takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pacquiao lands with a hook. White tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pacquiao keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Paul White will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pacquiao stuns White with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pacquiao connects with a right hand. White shakes it off.
Pacquiao stuns White with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
White shoots in and bounces Pacquiao off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
White stopping the sweep attempt from Pacquiao.
White throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pacquiao manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pacquiao landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's one minute gone in the round.
White keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
White is in a horrible position here. Pacquiao smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
White is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pacquiao putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
White swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
White is looking to improve his position but Pacquiao isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Pacquiao content just to control the position here.
Pacquiao pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pacquiao lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Pacquiao connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Pacquiao blocks White's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
White throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
White is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White is working hard here to advance position.
Pacquiao has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of White's face.
Pacquiao dominating with strikes here.
White is trying desperately to improve position.
White throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pacquiao. What's that going to do exactly?
Pacquiao breaks from White's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
White is looking to get to half guard.
White has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
White throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pacquiao. What's that going to do exactly?
White flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
White flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
White flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
White throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
White throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Pacquiao showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Pacquiao just misses with a punch to the body.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pacquiao connects with the punch.
Pacquiao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pacquiao jabs at White's body.
Pacquiao tries for a takedown but White circles away easily
and White counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
White is looking to work some ground and pound but Pacquiao has wrist control.
White postures up and lands a big shot to Pacquiao's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White throws and elbow that misses. Pacquiao uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in White's guard. Nice move by Pacquiao!
Pacquiao must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
White throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Pacquiao lands a couple of elbows.
White throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
White throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
White throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
White tries to strike from the bottom.
White throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
White swats away the attempt to clinch by Pacquiao.
Nice jab there from Pacquiao.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pacquiao ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
White is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
White takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pacquiao scores with a one two! White had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pacquiao connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pacquiao wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pacquiao throws out a powerful jab.
Pacquiao lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao lands a slapping body shot.
Pacquiao scores a takedown into full mount!
White keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
White swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
White throwing hammer fists to the chest of Pacquiao. What's that going to do exactly?
White is trying desperately to improve position.
White flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
White throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
White sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
White landing rabbit punches to the side of Pacquiao's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Pacquiao blocks the strikes from White.
White landing a few short strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Paul White.
I think White 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul White!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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