Manny Pacquiao defeats Shane Mosley

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - The Pinoy fighting pride/congressman Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao (53, 3, 2) came victorious in defending his WBO Welterweight Championship title against the veteran american fighter Sugar Shane Mosley (46, 7, 1, 1) after bringing 12 rounds of hard line boxing that ended in an apparent unanimous decision victory. 

A very agile Pacquiao threw deadly combinations in the beginning of the fight putting Mosley down in round 3.  It was all Pacquiao striking an unresponsive Mosley halfway through the fight though the latter managed to yield a couple of punches to the filipino champ.  A lackluster round 8 and 9 set off until a controversial knockout was called by referee Kenny Bayless against Manny after tripping onto the canvas which apparently didn't go off in favor of Mosley.

Consequently, a surprised Pacquiao who was obviously not too happy with the call went out muscling his opponent with combinations of punches in round 11 and 12 to pull a knockout but did not quite succeed. 

A very proud Bob Arum mentioned Manny Pacquiao's next fight sometime in November will possibly be against his long time adversary Juan Manuel Marquez.

Manny Pacquiao reportedly earned $30,000,000 in this fight which include his Top Rank guarantee, NSAC purse and PPV while Shane Mosley was guaranteed with a $5,000,000 sum.

UFC 129 - Official Results

Main Card
Georges St-Pierre defeated Jake Shields via unanimous decision
Jose Aldo defeated Mark Hominick via unanimous decision
Lyoto Machida defeated Randy Couture via TKO in round 2
Vladimir Matyushenko defeated Jason Brilz via TKO in round 2
Ben Henderson defeated Mark Bocek via unanimous decision

Preliminary Card
Rory MacDonald defeated Nate Diaz via unanimous decision
Jake Ellenberger defeated Sean Pierson via TKO in round 1
Claude Patrick defeated Daniel Roberts via unanimous decision
Ivan Menjivar defeated Charlie Valencia via TKO in  round 1
Jason MacDonald defeated Ryan Jensen via submission (triangle)
John Makdessi defeated Kyle Watson via KO in round 3
Pablo Garza defeated Yves Jabouin via submission (triangle)

How to escape from a triangle leg choke

Never try to escape a triangle leg choke using all your strength to pull your head out because in most occasions, you can not.  The more you pull out the more you make the submission tighter and the better leverage you give to your opponent.  When the triangle choke gets tighter, the lesser chance you can escape from it.

1.  When your opponent has successfully set you up for a triangle choke in an attempt to submit you, stay calm and focus.  Normally at this phase, your opponent is still at work establishing a perfect position to lock eveything up still giving you room to establish your own strategic escape-if you know what to do.  For as long as you can keep his body bent, the key to your escape is still with you.  But once your opponent manages to stretch his body, he gets full control of the position and can make the submission tighter and tighter until you surrender.

2.  Keep his body bent, stay on your knees and never, at any circumstances, attempt to pull yourself from  the position otherwise you make it easier for him to stretch his body and execute the choke easily.  You might as well need to cling on his hands to protect yourself from his punches or elbows too.

3.  On your knees, push yourself in using your upper body specifically your shoulders.  If you have to, get on your feet and dig yourself in.  By doing this, you bend his body more making it difficult for him to tighten his leg lock.  More so, you get to loosen up his legs and reduce the pressure on your head giving you room to breath and stay focused.  Simultaneously, the pressure you apply to break the lock and loosen his legs is deflected to his body squeezing his mid section making it difficult for him to breath air easily. 

4.  The more you force yourself in the more your opponent struggles to keep his legs in position which basically makes it painful for his legs and ankle.  At this point, you get enough room to put your other arm in between, wedge it against his thigh and apply more pressure to break his position.  This gives him no other alternative but to free up and let go.  And now you're free with the advantage of being on top of your opponent.