Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev vs Dmitrii Yurievich Bivol II & Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Israil Madrimov RBR.

I think so too, it's officially 1-1 althogh Bivol won both from my perspective, very competitive though.

 

Great fighter on great peds they should just let all fighters take any peds they want most probably do anyway at least no one would have a advantage

 

Bivol is a good fighter, but that was the oddest performance I've seen from him. I think Benevidez has a better chance now, where before I would think against Bivol wins it 80/20 its now now a 60/40 type fight.

 

I agree with this but I think bivol made the biggest adjustments he had to take risks and stay in range so he didn’t let beterbiev look like the aggressor, which is even more impressive when you think how disciplined he is with his range.
He had to adapt during the fight to and started to counter beterbievs work with his own and at times go toe to toe, this is not his natural style.
His performance in the first fight was special but his performance here was monumental.

 

There were a lot of close rounds and Beterbiev's defence was overlooked for the most part. Biev also had the benefit of being the aggressor. I'm not saying Beterbiev won since I had it a draw but I could see how you might score it for him. It was a very close fight however you cut it. Truth be told I really do just love Beterbiev though.

 

I had it a draw but 115-113 Bivol is also fair. One thing is for sure though. Bivol isn't cut from the same cloth as Betebiev. Running in the 12th like that. At the end of the day he couldn't beat a 40 year old man decisively across 2 fights. a trilogy is probably the best move, but it would probably be just more of the same. a competitive decision. The fight would have been decisive had it happened a few years sooner.

 

Why did Eddie grab Bivol's head like he was that Spanish coach about to lay a smooch on the winner

 

Nice to see the general forum still popping for the RBRs.

Need to get my ass back in here more often. Brings me back to my teen years with you guys

 

Yeah honestly Beterbiev looked old as hell

 

A draw at worst for Beterbiev.

 

How are people scoring this a draw? Bivol won this more clearly than beterbiev won the 1st one

 

Regardless there's no way Beterbiev won 6 rounds in this fight.

 

Beterbiev has clearly lost a step and should gracefully retire imo,first time ever I have seen him look tired at times in a fight .

 

R1: bivol
R2: bivol
R3: Beterbiev
R4: Beterbiev
R5: beterbiev
R6: beterbiev
R7: bivol
R8: bivol
R9: bivol
R10: beterbiev close
R11: bivol
R12: beterbiev

114-114 draw

Scored it a draw but a bivol win is fine. Excited to see the rubbermatch