Neil John Tabanao vs. Ángel Miguel Leo & Xavier Augustine Martínez vs. John Vincent Moralde RBR

Yeah, hard to see any major paradigm shift in this one, they've both settled comfortably into a rhythm, I think we have six more rounds of tedious sparring ahead of us.

 

Is he still going to challenge Mark Anthony Geraldo next month whatever the result here? Maybe he's looking ahead, phoning this one in since there's no hardware on the line and he doesn't care about taking an L?

 

There were some encouraging signs of life from Tabanao early in the fifth, but then he receded into his turtle shell after like 15 good seconds of two-way action..

 

"Jay, you know they speak English in the Philippines, right? Like...every single person has a fluent understanding-"
"Where?"
"The uh...Philippines? Where our Pacific naval base was in WWII?"
"Oh. So?"
"That's where Tabanao is from..."
"Who?"
"The fighter in the ring..."
"The spic or the chinaman?"
"...um, nah, Jay, forget it. You're good. Just do you.."

 

Hell yeah Tabanao! I think he rocked Leo with a minute left in the sixth, more than he perhaps realized in the moment. Leo covered it up well, but his knees were JELLY for a moment there.

I gave Tabanao a round, finally.

There was a head clash earlier in the round, and the resultant cut might be affecting Leo.

10-9 Tabanao

59-55 Leo