Fox Sports 1: Victor Ortiz vs. Luis Collazo & Eddie Gomez vs. Daquan Arnett RBR

Round 8

Gomez is lulling Arnett, circling wide and tossing light single jab as he bangs the corners. Gomez seesaws on one foot and leaps in off his toes with a lead right hand, scoring flush. Clinch. Break. Clinch and both hit while holding. Gomez is hammering with downward rights as Arnett throws straight from his shoulder. Counter 1-2 by Arnett, using the shoulder roll. Very slick inside work by Arnett, pushing Gomez out to preferred range with the sharp 1-2. Left hook clapped into the body, clinch. Gomez is diving in with partially blocked left hooks downstairs, hugging as he lands chest to chest with Arnett.

10-9 Gomez but nice rally by Arnett.

79-72 Gomez

 

So you didn't see the HBO card last week...

 

Stats in the eighth:

Gomez 14 of 39, 36%

Arnett 12 of 36, 33%

 

Round 9

Gomez is holding up his arms vertical over his face, bending in. Arnett is doubling the jab from outside, slinking and melting back when Gomez lunges in with lead hooks, letting them slip over his back. Nice slick defense by Arnett, looking to just patiently lay his jab on Gomez on the way out. Gomez is getting tickled on the forehead by Arnett's jab on the outside. Counter right by Arnett on the chest as Gomez jumps in. Body jab by Gomez. Arnett flicks out a jab as Gomez is ducking very low to his right, past the waist. Clinch. Arnett pushes down on Gomez until Richie Gonzalez breaks them.

10-9 Arnett

88-82 Gomez

 

Round 10

Gomez is dipping in to either side, throwing left hooks into the armpit of Arnett and high looping lead rights on the ear. Arnett is keeping his gloves pinned together, peering between them, doubling hooks on Gomez's body and fluttering his jab out into his face to walk him down. Feints and elbow-flicks by Arnett with the left. Gomez is ducking in and letting Arnett push down on him. The crowd boos. Left jab and right uppercut by Arnett. Hooks on the body by Gomez. Arnett prods with a few light jabs, throwing all but the first with his wrist. 1-2 between the guard by Gomez. Arnett tries a jab but is countered by an overhand right, falling back with it to minimize the blow.

10-9 Arnett

97-92 Gomez

 

Ah. You didn't even know it was a triple-header?

Anyway yeah, if you were flipping channels it would've been easy to miss.

It ended in a TKO1 when Vanda injured himself throwing a barrage of punches two minutes in. Monaghan basically stopped him by standing there blocking. :yep

 

Final stats:

Gomez 154 of 421, 37%

Arnett 99 of 423, 23%