ESPN2 FNF: Rustam Nagaev vs. Denis Shafikov RBR

Round 4

Shafikov is popping combinations into Nagaev's face, ducking under his flurries and taking some grazing swipes on the forehead as he shuffles laterally in a deep crouch. Body shots by Shafikov, heavily slammed into Nagaev's sides while gliding around him. Nagaev is taking aim with light jabs and throwing harder ones behind them, along with hooks once he gets a bead on the whereabouts of Shafikov's head. Shafikov is cut, ruled from a butt as Shafikov is leaping up with a right jab while Nagaev leans down. Shafikov is throwing left and right hooks at the body and popping up counter 1-2s while circling in close. Nagaev dusts the back of his skull with jabs and downward rights.

10-9 Shafikov

40-36 Shafikov

 

Round 5

Shafikov is launching big left hands up top from outside, scoring and stunning Nagaev enough that he can't see the right hook coming before it sends his neck into an involuntary swivel. Nagaev is showing his toughness, beckoning Shafikov for more even as he gets knocked into the ropes eating multiple clean power shots. Nagaev paddles off a few light chopping flurries moving forward and tries working some uppercuts to lift Shafikov and move him out into jabbing range. Shafikov is a step faster, sliding in and out, working combos on the body and tying up before ducking away beneath the jab.

10-9 Shafikov

50-45 Shafikov

 

I don't know where you can have found anything for Nagaev thus far unless your primary scoring criteria is "who threw more"? :huh

Pretty clear shutout.

 

Round 6

Shafikov is moving in with the high guard, taking Nagaev's jab on the pinky side of his right glove. Shafikov is scoring inside with hard right jabs on the nose and hooks across the jaw, complemented with high looping and overhand lefts thrown while rolling to minimize Nagaev's ability to see them winding up. Nagaev tries slapping at Shafikov's flanks as he is pulling out but Shafikov drops his elbows to catch the slaps, then slashes in a right upper-hook on the chin. Shafikov is putting combinations together now on an increasingly less responsive Nagaev. Wild uppercut tossed into nothingness by Nagaev, slow and meandering and countered with some hard compact punches from below.

10-9 Shafikov

60-54 Shafikov

 

Round 7

Shafikov is using his wrists to collect the jabs and shallow uppercut volleys of Nagaev, then breaking formation long enough to bang Nagaev on either cheek with a right hook or roundhouse left, quickly reforming his guard and maneuvering with footwork to make Nagaev lunge and miss with his jab, countering with hard southpaw 1-2s. Shafikov is whipping in the right jab and left cross as soon as his feet are set, while Nagaev is still twirling and tracking him with his left jab undelivered. Nagaev walks forward throwing straights and nicks the forehead of Shafikov but can't penetrate his defenses with more than a blow or two per attack. BIG right hooks by Shafikov.

10-9 Shafikov

70-63 Shafikov