The Pacman invades Giants Land

When boxing and baseball met; they produce a hybrid.

A hybrid that combines the speed and power of that enigmatic whirlwind from across the Pacific and that of one of the oldest and storied franchises in baseball history.

No, forget the juiced- up android Barry Bonds who once reigned supreme in SF baseball land but it's all about the brown giant known as the Pacman now.

Meet the Pac- Giant




The bobblehead give-away by the San Francisco Giants when it plays the San Diego Padres tomorrow night at the AT&T park dubbed as the Flip err Filipino Heritage Night by MLB with reigning boxing pound-for-pound King Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao throwing the ceremonial pitch to the estimated huge Asian crowd.

This will be a highly- coveted memorabilia for many sports fans worth his salt but since I live on the other side of the coast, the only way I can get this is either to fly to the Bay Area for a night or just get 'em online. So, Ebay here I come?

The Iceman melts under pressure

It's the end of an era. The legendary Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell (21-7) melted against the hammer fists of Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (18-3) in the Octagon at UFC 97 Saturday night.

Referee Mario Yamasaki halted the fight when The Iceman was unable to protect himself from the head blows that Shogun is raining on him to prevent further damage. Liddell has now lost three of his last four fights.

Much as I want to see more of Chuck Liddell in the Octagon but in the brutal world of Mixed Martial Arts, I am inclined to see him to just fade into the sunset with his dignity intact. He is not the same fighter that electrified the MMA fans earlier in his career.

He's done and accomplished everything as a fighter and there is nothing left for him to prove. It's time for him to just relax and enjoy his fortune because to his legions of supporters, The Iceman was and still is a legend in the Octagon, no matter what.

Edwin Valero- Lightweight Lightning?

The fight between Edwin Valero and Antonio Pitalua in the main event of the Lightweight Lightning fistorama held in Austin, Texas where the Venezuelan Knockout Artist pummeled Pitalua in the second round en route to a TKO to remain undefeated and became the WBC Lightweight champion was hardly an indication of his future in boxing.

He called out Juan Manuel Marquez and even the winner of the Manny Pacquiao- Ricky Hatton fight as his next possible opponent. On paper, his record of 25- 0 all inside the distance and 19 of those coming in the first round is quite menacing. But if he thinks he can handle Marquez or Pacquiao at this stage of his career, then he is obviously mistaken. He is not yet in the same league with those two great fighters.

Sure, he can punch, has the power in both hands and has the belt to prove it but sad to say, he is still far from being taken seriously as a legitimate elite fighter. His footwork is slow and his defense needs improvement. He's a straight-up fighter who comes forward and throw wild punches which oftentimes leave him unprotected that will make his suspect chin a very good target for a counter- puncher like Marquez or a very fast and powerful puncher like Pacquiao.

He is a work in progress though and if he can overcome his weaknesses will one day be a force to reckon with and a very dangerous opponent in the fight world.

But for now, he remains just another prospect in my book.


Here's the fight between Valero and Pitalua---

Fedor, the Last Emperor

It was a brutal realization for MMA Top Contender Andrei Arlovski in the form of Fedor Emelianenko's crushing right hand as he was knocked out cold in the first round in a fight that he was winning earlier in the main event of Affliction's "Day of Reckoning" at the Honda Center in Anaheim.

No doubt, with the victory, Fedor, the pride of the now defunct PRIDE MMA organization proved that he is the best MMA fighter in the world today.

I say bring Josh Barnett on!

MMA Short Stops

Two fights featuring four of the top MMA lightweights in the world. Two fights that both ended in identical fashion.

Here's a clip of the fight between the much- heralded Takanori Gomi (29-5)against Satoru Kitaoka (24-8-9), one of the featured cards at Sengoku 7: Sengoku no Ran 2009 held today in Japan which was considered as the first major MMA event of the year.






Here's Eddie Alvarez and Shinya Aoki in the 2008 K-1 Fields Dynamite! for the first ever Lightweight Championship of the World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts (WAMMA)held on December 31, 2008 at Saitama Super Arena in Japan.







To see more fight clips visit Lords of the Ring...

UFC 92

December 27, 2008
MGM Grand Garden Arena
Las Vegas, Nevada



Wanderlei Silva versus Quinton "Rampage" Jackson





World Light Heavyweight Championship

Forest Griffin versus Rashad Evans

The Dream Match: De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao

12 Rounds Welterweight 147

Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) vs. Manny Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs)

De La Hoya 145 vs. Pacquiao 142







My head says it will be the Golden Boy but my heart says it will be the Pacman. Anyway, may the best fighter win…

But I do pick Manny to win via a 10th Round TKO. Go Pacman! He-he.



Update 12.06.2008: Pacquiao was relentless in pummeling Oscar de la Hoya from the opening bell forcing the Golden Boy to quit on his stool in the 8th round of the fight scheduled for 12.



Here's a compilation of Pacman's greatest fights as he gobbles one great Mexican fighter after another-