Naoya Inoue vs. Junto Nakatani & Takuma Inoue vs. Kazuto Ioka + Jin Sasaki vs. Sora Tanaka RBR.

Inoue bounced back well that round.

 

Inoue showing in round 11 why he is P4P #1, the best fighter in the world.

 

Unfortunate head butt

 

R1 - close but Inoue
R2 - Inoue sneaked his shots.
R3 - Inoue has better control
R4 - Inoue landed all the shots
R5 - Nakatani had some success later in the round but round was better controlled by Inoue
R6 - Closest round of the fight. Still I lean towards Inoue
R7 - Inoue simply too expensive. Despite his age, it's strange.
R8 - Inoue edged it.
R9 - Nakatani
R10 - Nakatani finally started using his reach in previous 2 rounds. Waited Inoue to tire out and lose explosiveness?
R11 - Inoue gained control. Nakatani seemd to be suffering from his eye-cut.
9-2

 

Inoue reasserted his dominance and i sense Nakatani is vulnerable at this point. He didn't like a couple of those big punches. Inoue is looking to finish him.

 

Comms saying it’s the blood in the eye, but it’s just as much Nakatani’s lack of inside game, he likes to lean in then clinch Inoue finally firing in the uppercuts

 

R11 Inoue, 108-101
Dominant round for Inoue; he really hurt Nakatani with an uppercut to the solar plexus

 

Disgusting needing to headbutt your opponent to win.

 

8-3 Inoue
7-4 at worst

 

Round 12 : Inoue
115 - 113 Inoue

 

Rnd 12 Inoue

10 - 2 Inoue

 

8-4 Inoue

...maybe 7-5 being generous to Nakatani

 

Round 1 10-9 Inoue
Round 2 10-9 Inoue
Round 3 10-9 Inoue
Round 4 10-9 Inoue
Round 5 10-9 Inoue close
Round 6 10-9 Nakatani close
Round 7 10-9 Inoue
Round 8 10-9 Inoue
Round 9 10-9 Nakatani
Round 10 10-9 Nakatani
Round 11 10-9 Inoue
Round 12 10-9 Inoue

117-111 Inoue

Inoue with the second wind, walking Nakatani down. The effective pressure from Nakatani in rounds 9 and 10 is completely gone. Great fight which got even better after the mid rounds.

 

116-112 Naoya Inoue