Akira Yaegashi vs. Edgar Sosa RBR

Round 4

Inoue is tapping his jab into Mancio's guard and sending him reeling with it, even when partly blocked. Mancio is bleeding from the left eye. Inoue is setting up all his offense with that punishing armor-cracking left jab, and putting in uppercuts on the hip to cause Mancio to double over in pain and swerve into range for descending straight rights on the head. Mancio is still firing back as best he can, whipping overhands and reluctant to give up ground but ultimately forced to.

10-9 Inoue

40-35 Inoue

 

Round 5

Inoue lands a MASSIVE right hand. Mancio jerks away hard and somehow doesn't go down. Amazing resiliency shown there. Mancio is actually coming forward now, coming at Inoue with jabs and overhand rights, increasingly slow and wide, making a last stand. Inoue is dancing around, toying with him, letting him punch himself completely out. Inoue circles left up on his toes. Another HUGE overhand right and Mancio's head is snapped back again. Mancio skirts the ropes and trots away. Inoue chases and lands a hard shoeshine between the gloves. Mancio is getting DRILLED. He WILL NOT GO DOWN. HUGE RIGHT HAND LEADS, 1-2-1-2-1-2 from Inoue and finally the ref jumps in!! Mancio took like fifty clean power shots there!!! :scaredas:

TKO5!!

 

Seriously. That was a late stop.

 

Do you think WildStyle is my alt? :blood

 

Ryoto Murata vs. Dave Peterson, 8 rounds @ middleweight

 

Live coverage has now resumed. (Inoue vs. Mancio was on tape delay).

:conf I don't know WTF the crowd was doing for the last hour, as every result except Murata vs. Peterson and Yaegashi vs. Sosa was already up on Boxrec as of then. Lots of thumbs being twiddled in Sumo Hall this morning...

 

Round 1

Murata is hammering Peterson with the jab and huge clubbing right on the face in combination, then hurling in big wide rips to the body. Peterson sticks out his jab and tries curling his knuckle-pads around Murata's back to pull him in close. Peterson is tucking his chin and leaning over, hanging onto Murata. Very negative. Peterson throws a 1-2 and sloppy overhand right while circling away. Peterson tosses a fat left hook to the body while leaned over to his left kicking his feet out in a short gallop, nearly losing his balance. Murata follows, stalking with a high guard, and nails Peterson with a lead right hand before getting clinched.

10-9 Murata

 

Murata is doubtless a special talent and Peterson is a hell of a dance partner for a sophomore pro effort, but unless I'm mistaken the commentators were chatting up an eventual showdown with GGG during the lead-up before the ring walks. :blood

Way too soon for that.