LAS VEGAS – Mario Barrios has no recollection of what happened for a few rounds after Abel Ramos dropped him in the sixth round of his last fight.

As much confidence as Barrios has that he’ll ruin Manny Pacquiao’s comeback Saturday night at MGM Grand Garden Arena, the WBC welterweight champion also accepts why the judges scored his 12-round fight with Ramos a split draw.

The San Antonio native got off to a strong start by dropping Ramos with a right hand in the second round. He remained in complete control until Ramos blasted Barrios with a right hand of his own that knocked Barrios to his gloves and knees with 1:16 to go in the sixth round.

“I remember telling my coach [Bob Santos] in that fight like I felt I was getting very comfortable in there,” Barrios told The Ring. “Then I dropped him and it was like, ‘OK, just keep doing what I’m doing, don’t rush anything.’ Then, the next thing I know, I got dropped. I was hurt.

“It’s funny when you’re trying to come back from getting dropped and you’re trying to comprehend everything going on, especially after getting dropped like that. I definitely felt out of it for a few rounds. Looking back at the fight, I don’t really remember those middle rounds, so it’s interesting.”

Ramos’ comeback made matters very interesting when the scores were announced on the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson undercard November 15 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Judge Mike Ross scored Barrios a 116-110 winner. Javier Alvarez scored it for Ramos, 114-112, and Douglas Robinson had it even, 113-113.

“A draw wasn’t something I was arguing with,” Barrios admitted. “I thought I pulled it off by two rounds, but I wasn’t exactly arguing a draw. I could see it. Regardless, it was back and forth the whole fight and we dropped each other.”

Santos isn’t overly concerned with how Barrios boxed against Ramos because his fighter trained less than half the time, a total of five weeks, than usual.

Barrios typically spends 13 weeks in camp because it takes additional time for the 6-foot fighter to carefully come down to the welterweight limit of 147 pounds.

Fighting on Netflix was an opportunity neither Barrios nor his team could turn down, however, thus they’ve accepted the consequences. Barrios (29-2-1, 18 KOs) and his handlers sense, too, that his subpar performance against Ramos encouraged the 46-year-old Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) and his team to pick Barrios as the Filipino legend’s opponent for his first fight in almost four years (8 p.m. ET; 5 p.m. PT; $79.99).

“It is what it is and you took the fight, but he was having a kid and we had a short turnaround for that camp,” Santos told The Ring. “And we have a huge, huge guy in Mario that needs a long camp to make the weight. We had 13 weeks to get ready for this fight. … With the 13 weeks, we had more than enough time to train for this fight and that’s why they’re gonna get the best Mario Barrios.”

Santos still thinks Barrios deserved a victory over Ramos (28-6-3, 22 KOs), of Casa Grande, Arizona.

From the veteran trainer’s vantagepoint, Barrios should’ve been credited with a knockdown after drilling Ramos with a right hand just before the halfway point of the first round. Had referee Hector Afu ruled it a knockdown when Ramos went into a squatting position, Barrios would’ve earned a win on the cards.

“Here’s the thing that people miss – we dropped him in the first round,” Santos said. “When we dropped him in the first round [Afu] sent Mario to a neutral corner. Then he doesn’t do a count and we don’t get a 10-8 round. So, when we dropped him, then it’s a 10-8. Or, you can’t separate them and send him to a neutral corner. You’ve gotta continue to let us keep on punching. The fight would’ve turned out much differently after we dropped him if we would’ve been able to bombard him. And then we dropped him in the second round. Had they ruled the knockdown [in the first round], like it should’ve been, it would’ve been a unanimous decision.

“Or, if you didn’t wanna rule it a knockdown, you didn’t think he was down, don’t separate ‘em and send [Barrios] to a neutral corner. If he would’ve let us continue hitting [Ramos], you’re gonna be in a much worse position and when you separate us you’ve gotta rule it a 10-8. We’re winning the round and we dropped you, and then we would’ve won a unanimous decision. For me, it would’ve been better if he didn’t separate ‘em and Mario could just keep tagging him then. I think [Ramos] would’ve been worse for wear and I don’t think he would’ve went 12 rounds.”