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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Manny Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stark has chosen Ghostface Killah - The Champ as his entrance music. Manny Pacquiao has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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140 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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144 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Manny Pacquiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Floyd Stark!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stark misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stark stalks Pacquiao and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pacquiao's face. Pacquiao staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Manny Pacquiao has been cut.
Pacquiao shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Pacquiao is looking for a kimura here.
Pacquiao is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Stark as he works his way to full guard.
Pacquiao drops back looking for a leg! Stark is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Stark manages to kick Pacquiao off! Pacquiao jumps back into Stark's guard.
Pacquiao has gone for a leg lock! Stark slips out almost immediately though and dives into Pacquiao's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stark is aware though and is defending well.
Stark really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pacquiao. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Pacquiao looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Stark is defending well. Pacquiao quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Stark has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Pacquiao celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Manny Pacquiao!
Manny Pacquiao decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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