Kazuto Takesako Vs Sanosuke Sasaki RBR

3-Big start to the round from Sismundo and Suzuki forced to defend himself, huge body shot from Suzuki, Sismundo seemed to be hurt by that, but he comes back and then takes another counter to the body, Suzuki caught by an uppercut late in the round

 

4-Suzuki starting behind his jab, but that's taken away, a low blow form Suzuki forces a pause in the action, Sismundo on the front foot, another stiff jab from Suzuki, huge body shot from Suzuki draws a "oooh" from Sismundo (I **** you not), more body shots from Suzuki, Sismundo fires back, another sharp body shot from Suzuki, a right up top from Suzuki, a combination on the guard from Sismundo, a big right up top from Suzuki

 

5-Sismundo continues coming forward, more body work from Suzuki, one goes low and Sismundo gets a minute. Referee tells Suzuki to keep them up, Suzuki backing up his man now, do wonder how successful Sismundo will be off the ropes, another body shot from Suzuki, Sismundo looks to be tiring, nice combination up top from Suzuki, a hard left hook from Suzuki, Sismundo warned for use of the head, Sismundo warned for hooking behind the head. Both looking tired as we end the round.

 

6-Suzuki on a seek and destroy mission, but he's walking into Sismundo's wheel yard and the Filipino is firing back, Sismundo not getting through with much, HUGE body shot from Suzuki he's hurt the visitor, Sismundo holds, they are separated, he's on the the retreat, now holds again, Sismundo is still feeling the effects of that shot, Suzuki coming forward, Sismundo firing in desperation, a head shot from Suzuki, Sismundo staggers and the ref steps in....

mmmmm not a fan of the timing of that, Sismundo is however now lying on his front and looks in pain so maybe not an awful decision

 

Daiki Funayama (7-3-1, 2) v Kenta Yamada (5-1-1, 4)

 

1-Yamada skirting around on the outside early on and letting Funayama chase him, but Yamada turning it around when he chooses,

 

2-Yamada fighting more on the front foot this round and Funayama not enjoying it, Funayama turns it around momentarily, much less exiting than the previous fight

 

3-Yeah, sorry my attentions gone v_v this should have been a good fight, but the highlight has been the camera man going to Akifumi Shimoda between rounds v_v

 

4-I slate the bout but in round 4 they just start swinging for each other other! More action in 3 seconds than in 3 round! Both are just unloading in the first minute, Yamada is hurt, Fuanyama pursues his man, wild swinging by Yamada who tries to fight out of desperation, headshots from both as the wildness continues, Yamada looks to still be hurt, but he fires back, Funayama appears to have a badly busted nose as we end the round

Well that round came out of nowhere!

 

5-Funayama on the front foot, Yamada returns, pace has dropped from the previous round, Yamada trying to counter but looks stupid when he misses, Yamada wastes so much energy with far too much movement, Funayama with a nice straight, a good series of left hands from Funayama

 

6- Funayama trying to make this into a fight and Yamada staying out of range when he can, Yamada fighting like he has the fight in the bag, stupid, he needs to fight! A huge left from Funayama as Yamada backs off with his hands down

So yeah, 6 rounds mostly meh, 1 was great, won't be going back to rewatch this

 

Funayama gets the decision

Next Kento Yabusaki (5-2-1, 3) v Retsu Akabane (4-1, 2)

 

1-Both circling and firing out quick jabs, there's a feeling that this could be a very fun fight, Akabane lands a great right hand around a minute in, Yabusaki takes it well. Another great counter from Akabane, nice little sequence on the inside with Yabusaki landing a good uppercut, Akabane controlling things and lands a cracking left hand

Yabusaki is from the Celes gym, which is printed on his shorts, Akabane from the Watanabe gym This is another all southpaw bout and it's another good un!

 

2-Nice start to the round from Yabusaki who seems to have his timing down to start the round, Akabane picks up his own pace and starts to landing solid left hands, Akabane seems to be landing the better punches but Yabusaki appears to have the slight edge in volume overall

 

3-Akabane trying to up the paces here and get inside, he seems tto have hurt Yabusaki but Yabusaki fires off the ropes and drops Akabane with a straight counter shot, Akabane eats another straight left, and the towel comes in! Big win for Yabusaki!