ESPN2 WNF: Mark Davis vs. Michael Farenas & Billy Dib vs. Alberto Garza RBR

Round 3

Clinching and flailing in the first minute. Garza is warned for a low blow. Garza is boxing southpaw, prodding Dib in the chest with a right jab and dropping the left hand in the vicinity of Dib's groin. Dib in turn is hooking Garza on the hip, below the frill dangling a few inches from his waistband. Lunging left uppercut by Garza jumping in, dodged by Dib with his guard pressed tight against his face just in case. Dib jabs and repels a diving clinch attempt while running along the ropes.

10-9 Dib

29-28 Dib

 

This fight is ruining itself.

This fight was ruined the moment it was first signed. :!:

 

You might regret missing Davis vs. Farenas, though...

 

"Now Garza is a lefty..."

Actually, Teddy, he made that switch in the 2nd, which you would have noticed if you actually called the matches and didn't always make it about you and what innermost nuggets of wisdom you want to get across...

 

Move up? This is 135lbs. He already has moved up, it seems, unless both he and Garza came in overweight.

Shafikov would murder him anyway.

 

Round 4

Garza is showing the jab and then lobbing in left uppercuts on the body, ramming into Dib. The ref warns him for leading with the head. Garza is swarming into Dib and chopping him across the back with his left, working body slaps when Dib ties up, missing hooks designed to curl his arm over Garza's neck and pull him in close.

10-9 Garza

38-38

 

Round 5

Garza is switching between southpaw and orthodox, throwing wild jabs and light whipping uppercuts from outside, falling in. Dib is bouncing around, ducking and hooking on the rise-up, gathering his opponent into frequent clinches. Garza is hooking wide on either side of Dib's chest, picked off with the elbows of Dib upturned in time. Garza is tapping in multiples on Dib's body when he can, Dib jumping away trailing a jab.

10-9 Dib, close

48-47 Dib

 

Round 6

Garza is jabbing in and chopping down hard with the wild sloppy overhand right, landing mostly on the side of Dib's neck. Dib is tying up, wrenching on Garza's arms. Dib loses his gum shield, intentionally. He does it again. The ref warns next time will be a point. More clinching. Dib fakes a jab, leaving it suspended in the air for Garza to walk into, using the distance to brace up and low an uppercut on the stomach. Clinch. Break. Garza has a point taken for hitting on the break. Dib skews himself to his right and hops in, jabbing the body. Garza throws a left hook from the orthodox position into Dib's body, catching him as he slams in for another clinch.

9-9 (10-9 Garza minus the deduction)

57-56 Dib

 

Atlas also scored the 6th 9-9 (meaning he gave it to Garza) and has Dib up 57-56, giving him the stretch from the 2nd until the 4th.