Kazuto Ioka vs. Joshua Rodríguez Franco II & Musashi Mori vs. Takuya Watanabe II RBR.

Round 1 Higa 10-9

Higa dancing around the ring looking for openings, he finds a few, landing hooks to the head and body. Thayen pumping out the hab, trying to back him up. Higa still landing the more eye catching punches off the backfoot. Higa attacks, lands a series of hooks and a vicious uppercut,

 

Round 1 Higa 10-9
Round 2 Higa 10-7

Higa out fast, landing heavy jabs, occasionally lunging in with wild rights and combos, usually falling short. Thaiyen tries to get inside, and pay for it, eating a series of punishing hooks. Higa whips in a right to the temple followed by a hook, he falls backwards and head over heels. Higa follows up, unloading a volley of shots, a body shot puts him down again.

 

Round 1 Higa 10-9
Round 2 Higa 10-7
Round 3 Higa 10-8

Higa not going wild looking for the KO, he's taking his time, picking his shots well, dissecting him with one twos, heavy jabs and uppercuts. Jabbing to the body. Thaiyen soaking them up and taking them well. Although Higa isn't really sitting down on them. He sits down in them, immediately deposits Thaiyen in the canvass with a body shot, looks to be on the verge of shitting himself. All out attack after he rises to his feet, saved by the bell.

 

Round 1 Higa 10-9
Round 2 Higa 10-7
Round 3 Higa 10-8
Round 4 Higa wins by KO

Thaiyen throwing out stay away jabs. Higa landing battering ram like jabs. The disparity in power is stark. Brutal one two followed by a body attack, drops him along the ropes again, he thinks about getting up, and says... nah **** this, I'm good!

 

Blonde Ring Girl>>>>>>>>>>>>>Brunette Ring Girl

 

Let me adjust that after a closer inspection

Blonde Ring Girl>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Brunette Ring Girl

 

Currently airing a Ioka workout montage.

 

Showing Ioka spending time at the Salas Boxing Academy here in the States.

 

This is a really really loooooooooooooooong Ioka package.

 

They better not do one of these on Franco, the sun is just coming up here, it'll be setting again by the time they're in the ring.

 

It feels like they're cramming an entire season of 24/7 in before the fight.

 

Finally done with the segment and they're showing Ioka backstage, they're tying his gloves on.

 

Goddamn Franco still doesn't have his on.

 

They're showing Mori-Watanabe highlights.