Round by Round: Marquez vs. Pacquiao II: Unfinished Business

It is now time for the rematch. After watching the first match between Marquez vs. Pacquiao, this fight should be intense and hard-hitting. Pacquiao's record is 45-3 with 34 KOs. Marquez's is 48-3 with 35 KO's.Tonight's fight is at 130 pounds. Marquez weighed in at 140 while Pacquiao weighed in at 145. Pacquiao putting on an extra 15 pounds is the subject of conversation amongst the commentators.

The crowd is heavily divided by their respective nationalities while they make their way to the ring. The crowd is ready and so are Marquez and Pacquiao.

Rd. 1: The fighters square off in the middle of the ring. They're feeling each other out. Pacquiao tries to establish the jab. Both fighters seem very cautious. Neither fighter is taking initiative to set the pace. Manny sets a combination to the body. JMM whacks Manny with a right and Manny pounds his gloves together. With 30 seconds left both fighters start to fight hard.

Spartan: 10-9 Marquez
Uatu: 10-9 Marquez

Rd 2: Manny tries to jab and set up his punches to the body. JMM counters with a straight that is blocked. Both fighters are on their toes. Manny is really trying to get that straight right inside to JMM's body. JMM lands a right hook. Manny lands a vicious straight right and JMM staggers but shakes it off. Marquez is trying a lead hook but they have been blocked so far. Marquez is clearly trying to counter punch. Manny gets clocked by a right and left and gets wobbled.

Spartan: 10-9 Pacquiao
Uatu: 10-9 Pacquiao

Rd 3: JMM continues his counter punching technique and Manny gets hit with a counter jab. 10 seconds later he gets hit with a harder straight right. Manny keeps the pace up but now JMM is starting to become more confident and comes forward. Marquez is winning this round so far. Their heads butt for a second time in the round and Marquez holds his head to the ref. Marquez gets rocked by a straight left bomb and goes down on his back. He makes it up and Marquez gets drilled with two more shots but fights back very hard. The bell sounds.

Spartan: 10-8 Pacquiao
Uatu: 10-8 Pacquiao

Rd 4: Marquez starts the round off differently now backing up more than in previous rounds. Now both fighters are swinging at will. Manny lets his punches fly but gets hit with a hard right. Marquez fights back and backs Manny into the ropes but Manny fights back. Now they take it to the center of the ring. Both fighters go back to their technical skills. JMM now starts letting his punches go. Manny starts throwing hard power shots, but most are blocked. Marquez lands a right hook and Manny shakes it off. Marquez has a good round for getting knocked down hard in the last.

Spartan: 10-9 Marquez
Uatu: 10-9 Pacquiao

Rd 5: In the beginning of this round the fighters start off slower. They choose their punches wisely and concentrating hard. Manny backs him up with a combo of of jabs to set up a straight right. Marquez counters back. JMM starts to come forward now and lands a right hook. Manny now gets drilled with another hard straight right. Manny gets hit again before the bell.

Spartan: 10-9 Marquez
Uatu: 10-9 Marquez

Rd 6: Marquez comes forward again to start off this round but pays for it with a straight from Manny. Manny receives to hard right hooks again but seems to shake them off. Manny is slowing down his combos and flurries. Manny gets knocked off balance with two hard right shots. Manny's defense seems to have his holes and JMM is finding them. JMM has been landing his straight right hand very well. JMM lands yet another straight right to end the round.

Spartan: 10-9 Marquez
Uatu: 10-9 Marquez

Rd 7: JMM is doing well and if he keeps it up Manny will lose this fight. Manny throws a single straight and JMM counters with a combo. Their heads collide again and a cut opens over Marquez's eye from an accidental head butt. It is outside the eye and doesn't look like it will go into his eye. Now both fighters come back and trade hard wild punches in the center. It's hard to tell who is taking more punishment. Now they slow the pace and square up. Again, they trade punches again to end the round.

Spartan: 10-9 Pacquiao
Uatu: 10-9 Pacquiao

Rd 8: JMM lands a hard straight right hand and backs Manny up again. A cut now opens over Manny's eye from a solid punch. JMM lands a hard shot to the liver and it backs him up into the ropes. Manny looks bothered put does his trademark glove smash to show hes not hurt. Manny's cut looks serious and he is clearly bothered. Manny looks like he's in trouble. JMM is now jabbing at the cut and clearly stalking Manny now. Manny comes back and starts throwing wildly. This round clearly goes to JMM.

Spartan: 10-9 Marquez
Uatu: 10-9 Marquez

Rd 9: JMM starts to go back to work to try to open the cut again. Manny keeps his defense up. Manny looks like hes back on his game and choosing his punches. Manny now lands a hard right but JMM comes right back. JMM now landing at a higher percentage and opens the cut again. Now the fighters turn up the energy to overdrive and swing away hard in the center. Both fighters are taking punishment in this round. Both fighters now bleeding. The ref stops the action to check JMM's cut because it was caused by a head butt. A new cut now opens over Marquez's left eye this time from a punch. They trade again as the bell sounds.

Spartan: 10-9 Pacquiao
Uatu: 10-9 Pacquiao

Rd 10: Manny lands a vicious straight and seriously wobbles JMM. Manny now goes after him but JMM throws back to keep himself out of trouble. JMM looks to have shaken off the cobwebs. Manny lands another straight right hand and JMM hangs back. The blood now starts to flow into JMM's eye. Both fighters now throwing hard as if to be aware that the fight could be stopped because of a cut. Neither fighter looks tired. Manny loses his mouth piece towards the end of the round but JMM fails to capitalize.

Spartan: 10-9 Pacquiao
Uatu: 10-9 Pacquiao

Rd 11: In between the rounds JMM's cut looks absolutely horrid. JMM comes forward to start the round and lands a hard straight left. JMM continues to get in his counter punches. JMM gets warned for a low blow. Manny takes the time to recover. Manny backs him into the ropes when they come back but doesn't land. Both fighters now trading hard combinations to the head that land. JMM comes in and throws four very wide punches that get blocked. Manny lands a hard straight to end the round.

Spartan: 10-9 Marquez
Uatu: 10-9 Marquez

Rd 12: They touch gloves to start the last round. They start the round cautiously. JMM lands a hard right hand but Manny still comes forward. JMM comes in with hard combo but it all gets blocked. Manny now lands a hard left and right. JMM now lands a hard uppercut. Now the fighters get serious and trade hard blows in the center. Manny gets knocked back into the ropes but comes right back out. JMM now landing at a higher percentage and landing hard lunging straights. They trade again to end an extremely hard and gutsy performance by both fighters.

Spartan: 10-9 Marquez
Uatu: 10-9 Marquez

Judge 1: 115-112 Marquez
Judge 2: 115-112 Pacquiao
Judge 3: 114-113 Pacquiao

Spartan: 114-113 Marquez
Uatu: 114-113 Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao wins a split decision and is the new super featherweight champion of the world.

Pacquiao says he thought the fight would be a hard one. He also says that his cut definitely bothered him throughout the fight. He gives props to JMM and says he was a great fighter. Manny says he will consider moving up in weight for his next fight.

Marquez says that the cut didn't affect him and it was caused by a headbutt and we thought we were winning the fight. He said "we hurt him in many rounds".