It’s a helluva supporting cast!
We’re closing in on the third — and likely final — clash between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, which takes place TONIGHT (Sat., April 9, 2016) inside MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. But, they’re not alone this evening in “Sin City” — Top Rank has put together a solid main card to support the rubber match, featuring multiple unbeaten prospects and a title fight.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of “Pacquiao vs. Bradley 3,” starting with the HBO Boxing pay-per-view (PPV) broadcast at 9 p.m. ET.
The PPV co-main event pits long-time veteran and current WBO Super Middleweight Champion “King” Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KO) against unbeaten Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24 KO) in the former’s sixth title defense, while blue-chip Featherweight prospect Oscar Valdez (18-0, 16 KO) faces former IBF title holder Evgeny Gradovich (21-1-1, 9 KO).
Last, and certainly not least, former United States Olympian Jose Ramirez (14-0, 11 KO) opens the show against Manuel Perez (25-11-1, 6 KO).
“PACQUIAO VS. BRADLEY 3” PPV MAIN CARD QUICK RESULTS:
Vacant WBO International Welterweight Title Fight: Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley — CLICK HERE
Super Middleweight Championship: Arthur Abraham vs. Gilberto Ramirez —
Featherweight: Oscar Valdez vs. Evgeny Gradovich — Valdez def. Gradovich by TKO at 2:14 of Round Four
Super Lightweight: Jose Ramirez vs. Manuel Perez — Ramirez def. Perez by unanimous decision (97-93, 98-92, 99-91)
“PACQUIAO VS. BRADLEY 3” PPV MAIN CARD PLAY-BY-PLAY RESULTS:
Arthur Abraham vs. Gilberto Ramirez
Round one: Abraham with his usual high guard. Ramirez prods it with jabs and lefts. Ramirez to the body, lands a 1-2 upstairs. Ramirez still dinging the guard. One minute in. Abraham has yet to really throw back. Ramirez still just bouncing punches off his guard. Ramirez to the body. Mostly target practice thus far, though not much has landed clean. 10-9 Ramirez.
Round two: Abraham starting to throw a bit. Ramirez to the body with some hard hooks. Left hand lands upstairs. They trade in the center, no clean connections. Combination by Ramirez. Halfway through. Another right hook to the body by Ramirez. 1-2 from Abraham. Ramirez to the body. One minute to go. That right hook is money so far. Hard counter left. HARD right hook from Abraham, Ramirez shrugs it off. Ramirez answers with a brutal right hook of his own and Abraham wobbles to the corner. Abraham desperately clinches until the bell. 10-9, 20-18 Ramirez.
Round three: Ramirez to the body to start the round. Abraham just following so far. Ramirez staying busy with the combinations. Straight left knocks Abraham back. One minute in. Another left hand by Ramirez. Ramirez rips another right hook to the body. Upstairs around the guard. Abraham with a pair of hooks. Abraham reacting to Ramirez’s feints. Left hand by Ramirez near the ropes. Left downstairs. Abraham with a left hook in the waning seconds. 10-9, 30-27 Ramirez.
Round four: Ramirez splits the guard with a straight left. Abraham tries to mug him inside. Ramirez to the body. Twice more on the ropes. Overhand left around the guard. One minute in. Ramirez again digs to the body. Left hands upstairs. Abraham just looks bad in there so far, blocking a lot but offering very little back. Ramirez again to the body. One minute to go. Abraham tries to open up on the ropes. Right to the body, Ramirez answers in kind. Ramirez knocks him with with a left hand, digs a left to the body as well. Abraham tries to swarm him before the bell. 10-9, 40-36 Ramirez.
Round five: Ramirez continues to land blows around Abraham’s guard. Abraham just a stationary target for the most part, showing no answer for the right to the body. One minute in. Ramirez circling well. Good left hand, then another as he angles off. Ramirez fires a body shot that strays low. Abraham briefly recovers. Ramirez goes back to the body. Abraham with a right on the ropes. clinch, rabbit punches on both side. Abraham’s losing the exchanges and getting picked apart at range. Body blows from “Zurdo.” 10-9, 50-45 Ramirez.
Round six: All Ramirez so far. Abraham still walking after him. One minute in. Abraham with some right hands, then one that knocks Ramirez backwards. Abraham opens up a bit on the ropes, lets Ramirez off. One minute to go. Ramirez with a left to the body that he’s been finding success with on the counter. Ramirez warned again for rabbit punches. 10-9, 60-54 Ramirez.
Round seven: Ramirez still running circles around Abraham. That left hand to the body is working well. 1-2 by Abraham. Combination lands, Abraham comes back with a left hook. Ramirez with a 2-1 downstairs. Clinch. One minute to go. Ramirez still picking him off. Abraham puts him on the ropes, gets clinched. Abraham stumbles a bit from a left hand before the bell. 10-9, 70-63 Ramirez.
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Oscar Valdez vs. Evgeny Gradovich
Round one: Gradovich marching forward as usual. Valdez looking to counter to the head. Valdez has a very pronounced speed advantage with his hands. Counter uppercut by Valdez. Nice left hook. One minute in. Jabs from Valdez. Body shot. Gradovich getting picked off on the way in. Lead right by Valdez, stiff jab afterwards. One minute to go. Valdez with a 2-1. Gradovich with a stiff left. Valdez to the body. Again. Gradovich’s defense isn’t doing well thus far. 10-9 Valdez.
Round two: Valdez doing a very solid job thus far of fighting off of his back foot and steering clear of the ropes and corners. Gradovich lands a right hand. Body shot by Valdez, then a brutal combination. Body shots and an overhand right. Check hook. One minute in. Hard right hand. Clinch. Gradovich still running into jabs and has yet to get a consistent body attack going. Hard body blow from Valdez. One minute to go. Right hands.. Gradovich with a right cross inside. Valdez again with a hard body shot on the counter. Valdez putting together combinations in the waning seconds. Brutal hook upstairs on the now-bleeding Gradovich. 10-9, 20-18 Valdez.
Round three: Gradovich cannot corral Valdez and he’s taking a lot of punishment trying. Valdez’s jab is stiff and persistent. Hard hook upstairs. Gradovich has yet to slow Valdez’s movement. One minute in. Check hook lands for Valdez, then a darting right hand. Jabs, straight right. 1-2 by Valdez. Valdez picking him apart. One minute to go. Check hook yet again. Another heavy right hand. He’s just handling Gradovich thus far. Valdez to the body. Gradovich storming forward, just not landing. 10-9, 30-27 Valdez.
Round four: Valdez keeps landing straight shots from the outside. Good jabs, good right hands. Gradovich just unable to cut the ring off. Hard right from Valdez. Valdez to the body. One minute in. Yet another series of hard shots from Valdez. Low blow by Gradovich. Left hook, jabs from Valdez. Right hand. Another counter right. Valdez is outclassing him and dealing some tremendous damage. A massive counter hook drops Gradovich. The Russian makes it to his feet and referee Russell Mora has seen enough.
Final result: Valdez def. Gradovich by TKO
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Jose Ramirez vs. Manuel Perez
Round one: Both men jabbing early. Ramirez’s looks very sharp. Hard right to the body. Perez looks for a 1-2-3, lands to the body well. Both men go to the body. Ramirez still winning the jab battle. One minute in. Perez continuing to target the left to the body, straying low at times. More body blows from Perez as Ramirez potshots his head. Left hook and 1-2 from Ramirez. One minute to go. To the body. 1-2 by Perez, then another two. Ramirez with the left hook. 1-2-3 from Ramirez, body shots from Perez. 10-9 Perez.
Round two: More stiff jabs from Ramirez. Jab-uppercut-left hook. Ramirez hooking off the jab to good effect. More solid jabs. One minute in. Hard right hand lands for him as Perez plods forward, targeting the body. Left hook by Perez, then downstairs. Ramirez complaining of low blows. Perez trying to jab with him with mixed success, although the body blows continue to pile up. One minute to go. Combination by Ramirez. Ramirez working behind the jab, eats hooks from Perez. 10-9 Ramirez, 19-19.
Round three: Ramirez continues working behind that piston jab, but isn’t doing a great job of keeping Perez at range. Perez with a pair of right hands. Ramirez has yet to really make a dent in Perez or slow the body shots. One minute in. Ramirez goess downstairs. Left hooks by Ramirez and a hard uppercut, only for Perez to crack the body in return. Perez bleeding from a butt. Nice right hand by Ramirez inside. 1-2-3 connects. Perez still landing to the body with volume, eats a short 1-2. One minute to go. Ramirez doubles up the body hook, then goes high. Glancing combinations. Hard right hands. Ramirez starting to find his mark at the bell. 10-9, 29-28 Ramirez.
Round four: Ramirez comes out a bit more aggressively and the two trade in the center, landing hard to the head and body. Perez with a body shot and overhand right. Left hooks land for him inside. Ramirez looking for the 1-2, lands a body shot. One minute in. Ramirez putting together combinations, lands a hard straight and left uppercut. Ramirez’s jab is hard. Nice combinations flowing for Ramirez, uppercuts and body shots slipping in. Perez, undaunted, continues to tag the body. Swatting right lands for Perez. One minute to go. Perez with a pair of left hooks. 1-2 from Ramirez met by a body shot. Ramirez picking him off with great effect now. Perez corners him and they trade, Perez doing more good work to the body. 10-9, 39-37 Ramirez.
Round five: Ramirez starting to take the front foot and bounce combinations off Perez’s guard. Solid body shots come back. Ramirez looking to counter with short uppercuts. Ramirez to the body, then up top with the left hook. Good 1-2. One minute in. Perez still advancing and landing. Counter right hits home for Ramirez. 2-3 lands and seems to rattle Perez a bit. Body shots keep landing for him, though. One minute to go. Ramirez jabbing, landing mostly to the guard as Perez dings away. Clinch. 10-9 Perez, 48-47 Ramirez.
Round six: same thing as always; Ramirez buffeting him with jabs and eating body shots in return. Ramirez answers to the gut. Perez flurries to the body. One minute in. Hard 1-2 by Perez. 1-2 from Ramirez. 1-2-1 connects. Left hook by Ramirez. Jab exchange. One minute to go. Counter right lands for Ramirez. Nasty combination near the ropes. 1-2-3. Left hook by Perez. 10-9, 58-56 Ramirez.
Round seven: Right hand lands for Ramirez. Jabs and a hook off of it. Ramirez circling, potshotting. One minute in. Perez gets him to the ropes, lands some body shots, and eats some hard blows in return. Ramirez uppercut. Perez not landing as much this round. Left hook does connect for him. Three-piece by Ramirez. One minute to go. Perez dings the body with left hooks. He’s warned for low blows. They exchange in the center. 10-9, 68-65 Ramirez.
Round eight: Thumping combination from Ramirez to start the round. Perez still chasing with body shots. Perez lands some decent shots in the phone booth. Good exchange. One minute in. Ramirez mostly using the jab at the moment, still taking body blows. Solid uppercuts and body shot by Ramirez. More body shots by Ramirez. Body shot exchange. One minute to go. Ramirez landing hard combinations, capped off by left hooks. Perez to the body, 1-2 from Ramirez. 10-9, 78-74 Ramirez.
Round nine: They trade in the center to start things off. Perez seems implacable as always. Body blows, headbutt. Perez gets him to the corner and flurries as Ramirez tries to counter. One minute in. Ramirez to the body. Right hands by Perez. Ramirez circles off and cracks him with a right hand. 1-2-3 by Ramirez. Double body hooks. Forehead-to-forehead near the ropes, Perez to the body. One minute to go. Perez landing some quality body blows, just eating too much in return. Clinch. 1-2 by Ramirez. 10-9, 88-83 Ramirez.
Round ten: Perez comes out and keeps doing what he’s been doing. Ramirez wobbles him with a combination and Perez starts weaving, staying out of trouble. Ramirez rips to the body, eats a 1-2. One minute in. Perez lands to the body, then eats a monstrous left hook to the head. Big right hand by Ramirez. Perez soldiering on. Another left hook by Ramirez. Perez cracks him in the phone booth, eats a hook on Ramirez’s way out. One minute to go. 1-2-3 from Ramirez, 1-2 soon after. Big shots by Ramirez with his back on the ropes. Perez blasts him with a 2-3 in return, walks through a right cross and a 1-2. Wow. Ramirez lands yet another brutal right and rips away with combinations until the bell. 10-9, 98-92 Ramirez.
Final result: Ramirez def. Perez by unanimous decision
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