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The Dream Match was not a title fight, but was highly anticipated by boxing fans around world. On paper, Manny 'Pac Man' Pacquiao was the obvious underdog, moving up from the 135-pound class to the 147-pound class, and fighting Oscar 'Golden Boy' De La Hoya, a boxing icon who has fought in the 160 pound division. Also, Pacquiao was disadvantaged in height, built, reach, and experience. Before the fight started, a lot of people commented that the fight was a mismatch, with De La Hoya being the sure winner.

All the speculation ended when Pacquiao virtually had all the 8 rounds, with the scorecards reflecting 79-72, 80-71, and 80-71.Pacquiao won by TKO in the eight round when the De La Hoya corner no longer wished to continue with the bout at the bell of the 9th round.

The end result was indeed a mismatch, in favor of Manny Pacquiao.

   

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Brock Lesnar became the second man to win the heavyweight championship in his fourth fight in the UFC. He achieved this feat by beating 5-time UFC champion and UFC Hall of Famer Randy "The Natural" Couture by TKO on the 2nd round of the bout.

Considering that Lesnar had a weight, size and age advantage, I really wanted Couture to win the fight and retain his heavyweight championship belt. Couture was actually doing fine (and was sort of leading in my personal score card) before he got hit by Lesnar on the left temple. This setup Lesnar's vicious pounding while Couture was on the mat.

Kenny Florian beats Joe Stevenson by rear naked choke on the 1st round. This makes Florian the number one contender to BJ Penn's lightweight belt. Florian vs Penn would definitely be an interesting fight.

Other fights:

• Gabriel Gonzaga won against Josh Hendricks by Technical Knock Out at 1:01 in the 1st round.
• Demian Maia won against Nate Quarry by rear naked choke at 2:13 in the 1st round.
• Dustin Hazelett won against Tamdan McCrory by arm bar at 3:59 in the 1st round.
• Aaron Riley won against Jorge Gurgel by Unanimous Decision.
• Jeremy Stephens won against Rafael dos Anjos by Technical Knock Out at 0:39 in the 3rd round.
• Mark Bocek won against Alvin Robinson by rear naked choke at 3:16 in the 3rd round.
• Matt Brown won against Ryan Thomas by arm bar at 0:57 in the 2nd round.

Anderson Silva defended his UFC Middleweight title against Patrick Cote. Silva wasn't the usual human wrecking machine during the bout, making Cote the first opponent to survive into the third round. Cote unfortunately injured his right knee in the second round, and this knee completely failed him in the first part of the third round. Silva won by TKO (Cote cannot continue) at 0:39 in the 3rd round.

Other fights:

• Thiago Alves won against Josh Koscheck by Unanimous Decision.
• Gray Maynard won against Rich Clementi by Unanimous Decision.
• Junior Dos Santos won against Fabricio Werdum by Knock Out at 1:20 in the 1st round.
• Sean Sherk won against Tyson Griffin by Unanimous Decision.
• Thales Leites won against Drew McFedries by Submission (rear naked choke) at 1:18 in the 1st round.
• Spencer Fisher won against Shannon Gugerty by Submission (triangle choke) at 3:56 in the 3rd round.
• Dan Miller won against Matt Horwich by Unanimous Decision.
• Hermes Franca won against Marcus Aurelio by Unanimous Decision.
• Pete Sell won against Josh Burkman by Unanimous Decision.

Michael "The Count" Bisping scored a unanimous three round decision against Chris "The Crippler" Leben. The scores were 30-27, 30-27, and 29-28 for Bisping. With the win, Bisping ups his record to 18-1; Leben drops to 18-5.

“It was a tough fight,” said Bisping. “That was the whole gameplan, take my time, stick and move, and get a unanimous decision.”

On the other hand, Keith Jardine won against Brandon Vera by Split Decision. The scores were 29-28, 29-28, and 28-29 for Jardine.

It's sad that Brandon Vera lost his first fight at light heavyweight.

Other fights:

• Luiz Cane won against Luiz Cane by Technical Knock Out at 4:15 in the 2nd round.
• Chris Lytle won against Paul Taylor by Unanimous Decision.
• Marcus Davis won against Paul Kelly by Submission (guillotine choke) at 2:16 in the 2nd round.
  
• Dan Hardy won against Akihiro Gono by Split Decision.
• Shane Carwin won against Neil Wain by Technical Knock Out at 1:31 in the 1st round.
• David Bielkheden won against Jess Liaudin by Unanimous Decision.
• Terry Etim won against Sam Stout by Unanimous Decision.
• Jim Miller won against David Baron by Submission (rear naked choke) at 3:19 in the 3rd round.
  
• Per Eklund won against Samy Schiavo by Submission (rear naked choke) at 1:47 in the 3rd round.

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Rashad Evans knocked out Chuck "The Iceman" Liddel with a right hand at 1:51 of the second round. Evans is still unbeaten with 17-0-1 record.

Other fights:

• Rich Franklin defeated Matt Hamill by Technical Knock Out at 0:39 in the 3rd round.
• Dan Henderson defeated Rousimar Palhares by Unanimous Decision.
• Nate Marquardt defeated Martin Kampmann by Technical Knock Out at 1:22 in the 1st round.
• Dong Hyun Kim defeated Matt Brown by Split Decision.
• Kurt Pellegrino defeated Thiago Tavares by Unanimous Decision.
• Tim Boetsch defeated Michael Patt by Technical Knock Out at 2:03 in the 1st round.
• Jason MacDonald defeated Jason Lambert by Submission (rear naked choke) at 1:20 in the 2nd round.
• Ryo Chonan defeated Roan Carneiro by Split Decision.

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UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre successfully defended his title against Jon FItch, by Unanimous Decision (50-43, 50-44, and 50-44).

Other fights:

• Brock Lesnar won against Heath Herring by Unanimous Decision.
• Kenny Florian won against Roger Huerta by Unanimous Decision.
• Rob Emerson won against Manny Gamburyan by Technical Knock Out at 0:12 in the 1st round.
• Demian Maia won against Jason MacDonald by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 2:24 in the 3rd round.
• Tamdan McCrory won against Luke Cummo by Unanimous Decision.
• Cheick Kongo won against Dan Evensen by Technical Knock Out at 4:55 in the 1st round.
• Jon Jones won against Andre Gusmao by Unanimous Decision.
• Chris Wilson won against Steve Bruno by Unanimous Decision.
• Ben Saunders won against Ryan Thomas by Submission (Arm Lock) at 2:28 in the 2nd round.

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