Kazuto Takesako Vs Sanosuke Sasaki RBR

Masaya Tamayama (11-1, 6) v Daijiro Yuki (8-4-1, 4)

 

1-Tamayama not messing about, he's hurt Yuki in the first 90 seconds, now hunting a stoppage, big body shot, Yuki looking for space and time but Yamayama not letting him recover until Yuki finally lands something and shows he's still there, Tamayama backs off and takes his time to look for something else... strange, Yuki was there to be taken out...

 

2-Closer round, Yuki getting on the inside and holding his own up close with good shots, Tamayama making this harder for himself

3-Again Tamayama allowing the action to be fought at close range and he's taking more shots than he needs to as a result, the difference in skills is huge but Yuki has the desire and is being allowed to have success, great shot by Tamayama and he makes Yuki back off

 

4-More battling up close, Tamayama has so much more to his game than fighting so close, but isn't even trying to show us what he can do and Yuki is having far too many moments that he shouldn't have, nice uppercut from Tamayama,

 

5-Tamayama hurts Yuki, Yuki recovers, Yuki having some sustained success as he lands 5 or 6 clean head shots, Tamayama comes forward, Tamayama ends the round well but took a number of solid shots that he simply didn't have to take

 

6-Distance is being created at times and it's suiting Tamayama but he again just wants to get too close, a good right at mid range from the Teiken man but he against lets Yuki walk him down,

 

7-Yuki coming forward and having success, Tamayama with a good body shot, Yuki backs off, Tamayama starts using his legs, Yuki looking like ass as we get to the bell, he's exhausted

 

8-Yuki fighting as if he feels he can still win this, Tamayama landing clean blows in return, Yuki looks tired as we enter the final 80 seconds, Tamayama can't make him pay but does land some nice body shots, Yuki is looking like he's about spend but fires back, uppercuts from Yuki, Tamayama with a body shot, last 20 seconds, Yuki again firing on the inside

 

Tamayama won a UD

Next Japanese Middleweight champion Kazuto Takesako (9-0, 9) Vs former champion Sanosuke Sasaki (12-6, 6)

 

Sasaki went through a horrible run of luck, and of form, and was involved in a nasty out of the ring incident that required multiple surgeries to his leg, he's now supposedly 100% for the first time in years...Takesako is just a brute, absolute machine at this level and I suspect he'll want to finish this off quickly

1-Sasaki with a jab early, Sasaki looking to control the range with his jab and he'll be fully aware of Takesako's power, wide and wild hooks from Sasaki all of a sudden, Takesako keeping his guide up, stiff Takesako jab, Takesako's uppercut just misses and a body shot just falls short, and uppercut from Sasaki, he's going for him! Body shots from Sasaki, Saaki really putting a lot in to this round, Takesako was rocked! He lands his own counter left and Sasaki's legs buckled, Sasaki on the ropes and he eats another shot before returning fire, Takesako staggers Saksaki on the clacker and he manages to survive

**** that was...unexpectedly good!

 

2-Takesako landing bombs early this round, Sasaki looks to have lost some of that confidence he had in roudn 1, big head shots from the champion, and a body shot, more head work, Sasaki standing up to it so far but he's hurt, Sasaki has now found a respect of Takesako's power, Sasaki slips, jabs from Takesako, a huge right from Takesako, Sasaki trying to turn the round around but hitting the guard of Takesako, the challenge is hurt again and the referee steps in!

What a 2 round war!