Kazuto Ioka vs. Fernando Daniel Martínez & Seiya Tsutsumi vs. Weerawat Noolae RBR

Round 4

Martínez is clanging right hands up top, setting Ioka's hair alight dramatically. Ioka walking through all kinds of hell to score occasional jabs on the Argentinian's nose and skewering combos beneath his elbows. Martínez with a lead straight right on the backfoot now, then dodging side to side, apparently wanting a moment's breather against the ropes. Ioka walks him down, locating him with the jab. Martínez throws a combination, first three shots blocked, and keeps pounding away, eventually forcing his way through Ioka's guard with big hooks.

10-9 Martínez

40-36 Martínez

 

Round 5

Martínez is hammering down on Ioka's crown with both hands, then switching to uppercuts to split his forearms. Ioka keeping his fists bunched and caging his eyes and mouth, but still taking a bombardment all over his skull as he diligently jabs and strings together sequences of very fine but nonetheless outshone body punching. Close-quarter warfare now, Ioka with short combos and Martínez whacking behind his ear with a right. Ioka walks him across the ring behind a stiff jab for the last half-minute.

10-9 Ioka, very close

49-46 Martínez

 

Carlos Irusta has it the same as me, narrowly giving Ioka the 5th.

 

Round 6

Martínez is throwing about three punches at once, repeating either chopping shots from above or uppercuts with either hand. Ioka bobbing and weaving, jabbing wherever Martínez's face buoys unprotected and swinging his hips to hook into Martínez's. Both men landing a fair amount, neither with a ton of steam compared to earlier. Martínez's shots the harder overall still, and Ioka's work tidier.

10-9 Ioka, close

58-56 Ioka