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Leon Edwards feels Rafael Dos Anjos was forced into accepting to fight him, and he will ultimately pay for that.

Leon Edwards is backing himself highly ahead of his fight against Rafael Dos Anjos this weekend, as he feels ‘RDA’ breaks against ‘younger’ and ‘hungrier’ fighters.

Edwards (17-3) is currently on a seven-fight winning streak in the UFC. His last two fights have been impressive decision wins over Gunnar Nelson and Donald Cerrone, and the 27-year-old will hope to stake his claim for a title shot this weekend with a win over ‘RDA.’

Talking to MMA Fighting, Edwards explained why he thinks Dos Anjos was ‘forced’ into accepting the fight, and that will ultimately come back to bite him.

“The UFC came to me and offered the fight for August 3 I think, I can’t remember what card, but they offered me the main event and I said yes,” Edwards said. “They offered him the fight and he said no, he needs more time. He turned it down first and then they came back to me a couple of weeks later and said what do you think about doing the main event in San Antonio, Tex. and I said yes again. I don’t know how but somehow he accepted the fight so here we are.

“I think they forced him into it and now he’ll pay. Now we’ll see who’s one of the best fighters in the world. This wasn’t his first option. Now he faces a young, hungry up and coming killer.”

Dos Anjos has gone 4-2 since moving up to welterweight after losing his UFC lightweight title. The Brazilian rebounded on consecutive decision losses to Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington by submitting Kevin Lee in April of this year. Edwards feels ‘RDA’ struggles against southpaws and bigger opponents, and therefore the Brit will have the advantage on the night.

“He’s done OK. Coming up and being the smaller man, he’s been OK. Once we get to the younger, hungrier guys, he always struggles. He struggles against bigger guys, against southpaws, that’s what I am.

“I feel like he’ll struggle against me again.” Edwards said.

UFC on ESPN 4 takes place this Saturday night, July 20th, at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The welterweight fight between Dos Anjos and Edwards will headline the card.

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Bloody Elbow has all the details on Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman right here, including fight card, fight time, live stream info, results, and more.

It’s a big night for boxing in Sin City. Tonight (Saturday, July 20th) from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, legendary eight-division boxing champion Manny Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KOs) challenges Keith Thurman (29-0-1 NC, 22 KOs) for Thurman’s WBA “super” welterweight title.

Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman live streaming results and round by round coverage

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Pacquiao is coming off a very comfortable unanimous decision win over Adrien Broner in January. One week after Pacquiao’s dominant win, Thurman had a less-than-dominant showing against Josesito Lopez, as “One Time” struggled to a majority decision. It was certainly a bit wider than the results suggest, but he was hurt by Lopez multiple times in what was his first bout in 22 months. You could chalk it up to ring rust, or perhaps a sign that Thurman’s injury issues are more worrisome than first thought. Meanwhile, for the 40-year-old Pacquiao, Thurman is arguably the best opponent he has faced since losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr in 2015. While Pacquiao has fared well against a faded Lucas Matthysse and the inconsistent Broner, Thurman is definitely a step-up in competition and it’s a really difficult fight to call as a result.

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Here are the basic details on the how you can watch this highly anticipated card, where you can catch a live stream, start time for the main event, and more.

Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman live streaming results and round by round coverage

Fight time: The FOX PPV broadcast starts at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT. The main event is expected to start somewhere around 11:30 PM ET, give or take a half-hour. Undercard action airs on FOX at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT.

TV Network: FOX is airing the pay-per-view in the United States. The cost is $64.99 in standard-definition and $74.99 for high-definition. In the UK, you can watch the fight on ITV Box Office at a cost of £12.95, start time of midnight local time.

PPV Fight Card: Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman (12 rounds, welterweights); Yordenis Ugas vs. Omar Figueroa (12 rounds, welterweights); Sergey Lipinets vs. Jayar Inson (10 rounds, welterweights); Luis Nery vs. Juan Carlos Payano (12 rounds, bantamweights)

FOX Fight Card: Caleb Plant vs. Mike Lee (12 rounds, super-middleweights); Efe Ajagba vs. Ali Eren Demirezen (10 rounds, heavyweights)

Live stream: You can stream the pay-per-view through the FOX Sports website. Viewers in the UK and Canada can order the live stream through fite.tv. Pricing will vary depending on where your are based (£12.95 in the UK, $74.99 in Canada). There will be a free live stream of the PBC prelims at 4:45 PM ET/1:45 PM PT courtesy of FOX Sports.

Broadcast info around the world (via Wikipedia):

Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman live streaming results and round by round coverage

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The immortal Manny Pacquiao faces one of the best Welterweights this generation has to offer in Keith Thurman TONIGHT (Sat., July 20, 2019), headlining a four-fight FOX pay-per-view (PPV) from inside MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thurman (29-0, 23 KO) boasts wins over standout compatriots Shawn Porter and Danny Garcia, while Pacquiao (61-7-2, 39 KO) was last seen handily out-classing Adrien Broner in January.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of the main- and co-main events below. Meanwhile, The FITE.tv PPV begins at 9 p.m. ET, with our coverage picking up closer to 11 p.m. ET.

The co-feature sees talented unbeaten Omar Figueroa Jr. (28-0-1, 19 KO) look to finally put his out-of-ring struggles behind him against super-talented Cuban Yordenis Ugas (23-4, 11 KO), who was robbed of a victory over the aforementioned Porter in a bid for the WBC Welterweight title. The broadcast will also feature a Bantamweight clash between knockout artist Luis Nery (29-0, 23 KO) and former champion Juan Carlos Payano (21-2, 9 KO) and open with a battle of all-action Welterweight sluggers Sergey Lipinets (15-1, 11 KO) and John Molina Jr. (30-8, 24 KO).

Molina threw out his back on Thursday. Lipinets instead fights the Philippines’ Jayar Inson (18-2, 12 KO)

“PACQUIAO VS. THURMAN” QUICK RESULTS:

Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman — Pacquiao def. Thurman by split decision (113-114, 115-112 x2)
Yordenis Ugas vs. Omar Figueroa — Ugas def. Figueroa by unanimous decision (119-107 x3)
Luis Nery def. Juan Carlos Payano via knockout (liver shot) in round nine
Sergey Lipinets def. Javar Inson via technical knockout in round two
Caleb Plant def. Mike Lee via technical knockout in round three
Efe Ajagba def. Ali Eren Demirezen via unanimous decision

“PACQUIAO VS. THURMAN” ROUND-BY-ROUND COVERAGE:

Welterweight Championship: Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman

Round one: Pacquiao lands a left downstairs, fires a combo. Straight left upstairs, Thurman goes to the body in return. Straight right from Thurman. Pacquiao 1-2, Thurman body shot. Halfway through.

They exchange in the center, both landing. Thurman combo bounces off the guard. Straight right lands clean. Thurman steps in and opens up on the ropes, but Pacquiao roars back with a combo that puts Thurman on his back. Thurman beats the count with time to spare and looks steady. 10-8 Pacquiao.

Round two: Straight right lands for Thurman, Pacquiao comes back with a hard 1-2 after they trade. Overhand left by Pacquiao, pressing the issue. Thurman switches stance, lands a jab. Halfway through.

Quick right from Pacquiao, flurry blocked. Pacquiao gets backed to the ropes and fights his way out with a combo. Thurman digs a left downstairs. Thurman straight right on the ropes. Good combo by Pacquiao capped by a straight left. Thurman tries to throw back. 10-9, 20-17 Pacquiao.

Round three: Pacquiao staying aggressive, Thurman looking to regain momentum. Sneaky right jab lands for Pacquiao. Thurman backs him to the ropes and looks to open up, Pacquiao answers in kind. Halfway through.

Pacquiao bounces some straights off the guard. Two-piece to the body by Thurman. Pacquiao catches him with a right hand at the end of a combo. Thurman continuing to target the body. Clinch. They trade lefts. 10-9 Thurman, 29-27 Pacquiao.

Round four: Pacquiao forcing Thurman back, banging the body. Thurman answers with a left hook, backs Pacquiao to the ropes. Pacquiao punches his way back into the center. Thurman to the body on the ropes. Another left hook to the body. Pacquiao combination goes low-high. Trading power hands to the body. Thurman backs Pacquiao up, hits the body, has a long combination come back his way. Halfway through.

Right hands from Pacquiao, body shots. Sustained bursts of offense as he takes angles around Thurman. Thurman backs him to the ropes, can’t land clean. Thurman lands a jab in the center. Right hands to the body. 10-9, 39-36 Pacquiao.

Round five: Pacquiao moving well, forcing Thurman to pivot constantly. Overhand left. Thurman to the body on the ropes. Looping rights land for him. Pacquiao lands a jab in return, eats a 1-2. Straight right splits Manny’s guard. Halfway through.

Right hook slips around Pacquiao’s guard. Pacquiao combinations. Solid right hands through the guard, flurry to the body, right hook upstairs. Thurman backs him to the ropes. Jabs from Thurman, walks into a jab and a looping left. Pacquiao on the attack. The onslaught continues until the bell. 10-9, 49-45 Pacquiao.

Round six: Thurman fires hooks as he forces Pacquiao back. Counter 1-2 from Thurman. They trade power hands near the ropes. Body shot from Thurman. Pacquiao backs him off with jabs. Right downstairs by Thurman, jab connects upstairs. Right cross lands clean. Halfway through.

Pacquiao wakes up, starts throwing combos again. Right hook from Pacquiao. Thurman avoids a rush. Right hand downstairs. Counter right. 10-9 Thurman, 58-55 Pacquiao.

Round seven: Thurman comes out aggressive. Clinch. Thurman to the body, right hand upstairs. Counter right dings Pacquiao. 1-2 from Thurman. Jab lands halfway through.

Pacquiao straight left, Thurman 2-3 on the ropes. Hard 3-2, clinch. Low-high right-left. Pacquiao tries an uppercut on the ropes, clinch. Right hook from Pacquiao, uppercut kicks off a combo. Thurman forces him back with a clean cross. 10-9 Thurman, 67-65 Pacquiao.

Round eight: Straight left lands for Pacquiao before he angles out. Three-piece from Pacquiao, tacks on some more afterwards. Thurman goes low-high with rights, eats an overhand left. Lead right by Thurman. Halfway through.

Southpaw jabs from Thurman, check hook soon after. Hard left by Pacquiao, hard right by Thurman soon after. Pacquiao backs him to the ropes, opens up. Hard left catches Thurman backing up. clinch. Left hook by Thurman, straight left by Pacquiao. Thurman to the body. Jabs, right cross. They trade on the ropes. Close round. 10-9, 77-74 Pacquiao in a swing round.

Round nine: Thurman starting the round well, forcing Pacquiao back. Good body work by Thurman. Clean 1-2. Heavy counter right. Halfway through.

Pacquiao has yet to throw this round. Straight left lands for him. Thurman right hand kicks off a combo. He avoids Pacquiao’s hook. Body shot, forcing Pacquiao back. 1-2-3, lengthy combo on the ropes. Pacquiao comes back with a combo, lands an uppercut. Thurman bangs the body with a right and they exchange. 10-9 Thurman, 86-84 Pacquiao.

Round ten: Pacquiao seems to be taking some rounds off and he can’t afford to do so. Double right from Thurman Good combo from Pacquiao, right hand lands. Hook exchange. Again. Thurman straight right. They trade. Halfway through.

Pacquiao backs him to the ropes and opens up. Some blow has Thurman reeling. Pacquiao backs him to the ropes, looks to open up. Clinch. Thurman bangs the body with a right, eats a combination. Thurman backs him up, lands a pair of hooks around the guard. Pacquiao to the body, uppercut upstairs. Left hand downstairs. Thurman comes forward, nearly eats a left. 10-9, 96-93 Pacquiao

Round eleven: Looks like it was a liver shot that hurt Thurman in the last round.

Thurman looking for right hands early. 1-2 lands. Pacquiao answers with a left to the body. Left uppercut on the ropes and Thurman’s backing off. Check hook. Thurman combination on the ropes. Halfway through.

Hard 1-2 by Thurman backs Pacquiao off. Right uppercut by Pacquiao. 1-2 just misses. Thurman swings, misses, clinch. Lead right by Thurman, lead left by Pacquiao in return. Thurman body shot, Pacquiao hook, Thurman shifting right. 10-9 Thurman, 105-103 Pacquiao.

Round twelve: Thurman coming on aggressively, walks into some counters. Pacquiao’s using angles again. Counter left lands. Throwing heavy leather at Thurman, stings him with a left and a 1-2 behind it. Halfway through.

Thurman marches forward, bangs the body, eats a straight left when Pacquiao fires back. Quick exchange, neither lands. Overhand right by Thurman. Right hook. Lead right lands. Thurman attacks and they trade at the bell. 10-9, 115-112 Pacquiao. I can’t see it being any closer than 114-113.

Final result: Pacquiao def. Thurman by split decision

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Welterweight: Yordenis Ugas vs. Omar Figueroa

Round one: Figueroa already marching forward. Ugas working his jab. Overhand from Ugas. Figueroa looks for the body, clinch. One minute in. Ugas to the body. Tight right cross lands for Figueroa. Ugas doing well with the jab so far. BIG uppercuts, Figueroa comes back with an overhand right. Good inside work by Figueroa. HUGE right cross sends Figueroa stumbling to the ropes and that’s a called knockdown with a minute to go. Ugas rips the body when they resume. Another big overhand right against the ropes. Clinch. 10-8 Ugas.

Round two: Early clinch. Sharp right cross. Figueroa bullying his way in. Ref warning Ugas for holding. Again. 1-2 and an uppercut by Ugas. Infighting from both. Halfway through.

Nasty uppercuts by Ugas. Right hand to the body. Clinch. Hard warning to Ugas for holding. Uppercut from Figueroa, body shots from Ugas. Ugas backs him to the ropes and they exchange. Figueroa landing well inside but the bigger shots are Ugas’. 10-9, 20-17 Ugas.

Round three: Figueroa still just walking into the clinch, chipping away inside. Right hand lands for Ugas; he’s swinging for the fences, which may not be ideal. Clinch. Trading body blows against the fence. Left hook by Ugas. Short blows by Figueroa halfway through.

Ugas digs a right to the body. Hard hooks downstairs. This is mostly taking place at point-blank range. Ugas presses him against the ropes. They trade lefts to the body in the center. Big combination on the ropes by Ugas. 10-9, 30-26 Ugas.

Round four: Figueroa jabbing now. Ugas lands an uppercut as Figueroa steps into the clinch. More clinching. 2-1 and a hard body shot by Ugas. Two body blows. Figueroa looks for an uppercut inside. Halfway through.

Ref pauses the fight to check out a cut Figueroa got from a headbutt. No issues. Figueroa steps back into the clinch, lands a right on the break. More clinching. They trade body shots inside. Good left hook downstairs by Ugas in the corner. Right cross, lengthy combination. He whiffs on an overhand and clinch. 10-9, 40-35 Ugas.

Round five: Straight left from Figueroa, coming out southpaw. Clinch. Ref takes a point from Ugas; Ugas protests that Figueroa was grabbing his upper arm. More clinching. Hard combo by Ugas after Figueroa gets warned for holding. Halfway through.

Hard right cross and combination by Ugas. Another lead right, then another. Figueroa straight lefts. Clinch. Ugas with a right downstairs. Left hook upstairs. Body shots from Ugas, Figueroa left upstairs. Ugas opens up on the ropes. 9-9, 49-44 Ugas with the point deduction.

Round six: Trading jabs. Infighting from Figueroa. Ugas with an uppercut downstairs. More short punches by Figueroa. More body shots by Ugas when they separate. Clinch. Figueroa lands a left downstairs between clinches. Halfway through.

Ugas body shot, clinch. Back to the corner. Figueroa with a right downstairs, answered in kind. Ugas lands another quick combination. Clinch. Figueroa punches his way out, eats a two-piece to the body and a left hook upstairs. Overhand right, chopping right, two more right crosses. 10-9, 59-53 Ugas.

Round seven: Early clinch in the center. Combination lands for Figueroa. He throws a two-piece, eats a right downstairs. Right shovel hook lands clean for Ugas. Clinch. Counter body shot halfway through.

Shoulder-to-shoulder. Broadcast dies for a sec and when it comes back Ugas is teeing off in the corner, landing well to the head and body. More body shots. Ugas sitting down on some heavy blows. Clinch. 10-9, 69-62 Ugas.

Round eight: Ugas landing the better shots at range behind his jab. Big left hook in the corner. Figueroa lands a jab. Trading jabs. Ugas lands some nasty body shots. Clinch. Halfway through.

Left-right low-high hooks from Ugas as Figueroa steps in. Clinch. Ugas left hook strays low. Back to exchanging at close range and again it’s Ugas landing better. Heavy straight rights upstairs, switching levels excellently. Borderline late 2-3. 10-9, 79-71 Ugas.

Round nine: They trade body blows en route to the first clinch of the round. 1-1-2 from Ugas. Trading jabs, more right hands. Figueroa struggling to connect at range, eats a pair of body shots. Another right cross. Figueroa with an uppercut. Halfway through.

Left hook from Ugas, uppercut by Figueroa. Two huge body shots by Ugas, clinch. Figueroa rabbit punch. Figueroa combo blocked. Clinch. Left hook by Ugas, opens up on the ropes. Overhand right stings Figueroa, uppercuts behind it. Heavy combinations. 10-9, 89-80 Ugas.

Round ten: This doesn’t need to continue. Figueroa isn’t taking a huge beating but he’s completely outclassed and has yet to land a telling blow. More clinches. Two-piece to the body by Ugas. Clinch. Halfway through.

PPV stream having all kinds of issues at the moment. Back to the clinch when they resume. Jabs and a right cross from Ugas. Clinch. Lengthy combo, hard low-high shots. Body shot from Ugas, flurry to the head. 10-9, 99-89 Ugas.

Round eleven: They trade rights upstairs. More stuttering from fite.tv. Clinching. PPV stream won’t run for more than a few unbroken seconds. Halfway through.

Yeah, this stream is just busted for me. I’m going to extrapolate. 10-9, 109-98 Ugas.

Round twelve: Ugas body shot, clinch. Jabs, right cross. Big left shovel hook, then another on the counter. clinch. Halfway through.

Clinch. Right hook and 1-2 from Ugas. Clinch, short punches by Figueroa. Clinch. Figueroa lands a left hook after taking a right cross. Clinch. Ugas opens up with some nasty blows in the waning seconds. 10-9, 119-107 Ugas.

Final result: Ugas def. Figueroa by unanimous decision

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