Chris Arreola vs. Kendrick Releford & Tony Thompson vs. Maurice Harris RBR

Round 3

Hard jab by Arreola. Doubled. Releford glides out of the pocket and leaves his own jab hanging out over the threshold. Arreola is landing his jab hard on the mustache. Releford is warned to watch his head as he's ducking in and leaning against Arreola as he falls in behind his jab. Releford throws a hook to the body and Arreola catches him with one on the back slope of the head. Arreola is really turning over that left hook up high now. Nice combos by Arreola, surprisingly. Releford is keeping himself safe behind his turtle shell and only opening up when they're leaned in together, flashing his hands into Arreola's chest. Arreola backs up and jabs, looking to measure Releford up for a right uppercut.

30-27 Arreola

 

Round 4

Arreola is banging hard with that left hook now and looping a mirrored right hand around the other side. Releford is in a bit of trouble when he stops moving and lets Arreola bludgeon his high guard. Releford is also getting popped in the face with long, stiff jabs on the outside. His safest harbor is right up close, where he can rest and flick his hands without worrying about those hard clubbing shots and stiff jabs of Arreola.

40-36 Arreola, becoming a bit of an ass-kicking now.

 

By the way, did ESB just crash for everyone for about ten minutes? :blood


Over this?

 

Round 5

Releford is throwing his jab hard, turning his body in and out from just out of reach and sizing Arreola up. Arreola takes most of the first minute to get his engine revved up while blocking most of Releford's jabs, and then starts to hook his way in. Arreola is hooking off the jab and throwing combos to get inside. This is a new Arreola, and not just in physique. Releford is blocking a lot but is getting solidly outworked. Releford dashes off laterally and doubles his jab but just swats the air in front of Arreola's nose. Nice short left hook by Arreola, but Releford takes it well (as he's taken them all). Arreola slips a Releford jab with a quick duck and then gets inside to land his own. Uppercut and left hook combo from Arreola. A quick backward shuffle to get in position, and Arreola rips a hard left hook to the body. Now a jab up the middle and a hard right to the body. Arreola starts to build up some momentum and is blasting away at a stationary Releford, who blocks but gets rocked.

50-45 Cristobal Arreola

 

Round 6

Arreola times Releford's jab and thrusts his own jab straight past it, then hooks around it. Arreola using the left well, keeping the right sheathed mostly. Releford picks away with a bit of a jiggled jab and a door-knocker right, not really snapping anything so much as just trying to land. Arreola clubs at him hard, getting around the guard and Releford takes a giant step back into a corner to take a knee. Minute left. Arreola throws a hard overhand right, ducked. Releford shells up and flees. Arreola chases to the ropes. BIG LEFT UPPERCUT!!! RELEFORD HURT!!!! He covers up, moves to the ropes. CLINCH! Releford tosses out a couple of jabs to the belly. Arreola throws a hard 1-2-3! Releford again ties up!! He is going to survive!!!! Big left hook by Releford at the bell!

10-8 Arreola

60-53 Arreola