Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 at SM Cinema Cebu

Yesterday, me and my friend Kingkong went to SM Cinema to watch the fight of Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 with the free tickets I got from iStorya.net. We arrived there at 9 in the morning, we were so early that we had to wait for an hour to see the main cards. At first they showed the bout of Dennis Laurente vs. Ayi Bruce, but it was stopped at somewhere in the 5th round. Then I noticed that the reception is bad, it's like we're streaming on the internet. But then again I thought it was just for that moment and will be gone when the fight of Pacquiao and Marquez is nearer. So an hour passed, and then we are free from the advertisements and interviews and everything boring that has been showing for an hour!

Then the Super Featherweight bout started, Luis Cruz vs. Juan Carlos Burgos but didn't caught my attention and haven't noticed what happened since I was sleepy and I don't even know those guys.

Next up, the Light Welterweight bout, Mike Alvarado vs. Breidis Prescott, that time my sleepyhead was gone because it was an interesting fight. At first Prescott has been beating the hell out of Alvarado even made he's face bloody with his punches. I was also amazed with their elbow to elbow inside punches, and I really thought Prescott would win and Alvarado will have his first defeat. But at the very last round, Prescott got hit by two super amazing uppercuts and he tried to grab Alvarado to avoid being knocked down, but Alvarado stepped back then there Prescott had his first knock down! I we're like, what the hell happened there? I thought he was solid as a rock! Then he got back up, but then again he got hit hard by Alvarado and he was almost thrown out of the ring and Alvarado just wouldn't stop, and so the referee stopped the fight and he won the fight by TKO at the very last round at 1:53 which we saw a turning of events. All I can say that it was a close fight but Alvarado closed the fight with a technical knockout!

Then next fight was Light Welterweight Championship bout, Timothy Bradley vs. Joel Casamayor. Before the fight, a guy beside me said Bradley is the man. He's like a fan of him. He just couldn't stop talking about him. In my mind, I was like, "Dude, stop talking bout him I don't really care what he is and what he's capable of". But instead I just said "I see". haha!

Then the reception started going crazy again, crowd in the cinema started making noises and shouting "What's this?", "Is this what we paid for?", "boooo!", etc. So one guy announced that they're giving refund outside. So the people started to go out and get their refund it was like a mob of angry customers and chanting "REFUND REFUND REFUND!". lol

We also got out and started to fall in line, the ticket was 500php and I had two tickets free, 1,000php would be great! But just before we had our refund and we were like 10th on the line, the manager said that the reception is now back to normal and can go back to watch again. So some others got back inside while few stayed still on the line well of course including us. My friend and I decided to get the refund and get home fast and watch pay per view on our neighbor. When we got nearer on the line, the clerk said to one guy in front of us "Are you sure you're going to get a refund? You can go back now and watch the fight normally". But he insisted, while the clerk gives 500php with a disappointed face. Then we got refunded with our free tickets and then rushed our way back home.

We arrived just in time Maria Aragon started singing the Philippine national anthem. Then watched the fight live. But in the end, we really thought Marquez would win. Pacquiao can't even hit the guy right, he always get counter punched hard, and i mean HARD! What really happened there? But oh well, a win is a win! The scorecards did their part. It was one hell of a boring fight, not like their first and second match up. This is another controversial win, so I'm guessing there will be a rematch again, and now I wonder when will this ever stop? But for me as what Manny showed in that fight, it would be much better to see Marquez vs. Mayweather on the ring rather than Pacquiao vs Mayweather.

I still got free 1,000php on that day! So I don't really care what happens next to them! I won! lol

Got a message to SM Cinema management though, why is there so small space between seats? Are you only expecting small people to watch your cinemas? Seriously, it's so damn uncomfortable watching with the space in between seats. We can't even get out easily to take a piss or get a drink/food, people need to squeeze in just for someone to get out of the row and it's so frustrating to someone when people in his row keeps on getting in/out in his way.