It was the end of the fight that was most telling with regards to the Rodriguez-Takayama match-up. Takayama ended the Joyi fight strongly, clearly taking the last two rounds for me (my card for the fight in the end was 115-112 for Joyi, BTW). Knowing how Joyi made Rodriguez look very ordinary in the first six rounds of their fight, I knew that Takayama had the skills along with stamina and toughness to have a real chance in winning against Rodriguez.