Edwin Rodriguez vs. Denis Grachev & Khabib Allakhverdiev vs. Souleymane M'Baye RBR

Brian Mitchell's unofficial scorecard has it 49-46 to Allakhverdiev. He gave M'Baye the 3rd.

 

Round 6

Allakhverdiev is walking forward, catching M'Baye's straight preemptive strikes on his wrists and gloves. M'Baye is sniping from a distance, headhunting. Allakhverdiev is jogging to his right after taking a few steps in, jabbing up at M'Baye's forehead, then swirling the right glove around for a diversion while lining up a left to the body. M'Baye moves before he can throw it. M'Baye triples up on a right hand to the head from outside. Allakhverdiev catches the first two but lets the last through.

10-9 M'Baye

59-54 Allakhverdiev

 

Round 7

Allakhverdiev is moving in and out, dissuaded by the busy M'Baye jab. Allakhverdiev overreaches with a long right hook and stretches the arm around the back of M'Baye's neck. The ref orders a break. Both men paw their jabs, very little action as they circle with lots of jumpy body twitches and short hand motions. Allakhverdiev tries a left uppercut from outside, gets blocked, and swipes with a right hook while persisting in falling in. M'Baye takes a step back and lines up a 1-2. Another right hand by M'Baye, blocked. Allakhverdiev circles right and suddenly dives in with a straight left to the body. M'Baye backhands the left jab into Allakhverdiev's right glove, knocking it aside. M'Baye steps forward with a knifing left jab. Allakhverdiev circles away to the left with his feet spread wide. Allakhverdiev misses a combo from outside.

10-9 M'Baye

68-64 Allakhverdiev

 

Round 8

They cling together and scrap on the inside, both chopping at the face of their opponent while pressed chest to chest. Break. Jab battle from a distance. Hard 1-2 by Allakhverdiev. Double left uppercut. M'Baye hurt. Down he goes off another big left. He is exhausted leaning against the ropes. BIG FLURRY BY ALLAKHVERDIEV. M'Baye can't hold him off. M'Baye flounders on the ropes. M'Baye is able to clinch. Break. Huge left by Allakhverdiev. Big straight left to the belly. M'Baye manages to walk forward and land a couple of right hands. M'Baye is bravely pushing ahead. Allakhverdiev may be punched out. Allakhverdiev trots to his left, resetting. Big flurry up top by Allakhverdiev, but they're not very forceful shots. M'Baye pushes a right hand into Allakhverdiev's guard and digs a hard left hook to the body, turning into it. More hooks to the body by M'Baye, pushing Allakhverdiev back with the jab. Nice comeback by the challenger.

10-8 Allakhverdiev

78-72 Allakhverdiev

 

I thought for sure he was a goner. :think



:respect