RBR Dangan 200 - Koura Vs Taniguchi / Shindo Vs Suwa

76-76, twice, and 77-76...Taniguchi!

 

9-
Koura with a body shot whilst Taniguchi looks to go upstairs, both miss, good jab from Taniguchi, Koura lands a body shot but Taniguchi fires off a combination to the head, more work up close between some wrestling, a left right from Koura, HUGE head clash and Koura in pain - No blood - some how! Taniguchi with a nice combination on the clacker, and Koura gets bundled down on the bell

The fght is REALLY messy right now

 

10-
Koura with a sweet right hand, Taniguchi fires back before they fall into a clinch, body shot from Taniguchi, body shot from Koura, and back to a clinch, head shot from Taniguchi and two body shots by Koura, a head shot from Koura, one back from Taniguchi, another from Koura. And into a clinch. Body shot from Koura, left hook up top from Koura, Taniguchi's clinch-left hand has been neutralised by the referee the last few rounds, Taniguchi's head snapped back from an uppercutt!

 

11-
Koura pressing again, action is sloppy again with a lot of clinches, Koura decides to just use his shoulder to push Taniguchi, a short moment of space sees both unload, Taniguchi with a big left, Taniguchi told off by the referee, Taniguchi looks exhausted and leads with the head, Koura with a nice combination, an uppercut from Taniguchi, Koura looks to steam in, Koura with a left, more clinching, HUGE left from Taniguchi and Koura walks through in, more wrestling, VERY messy again, another left from Taniguchi on the bell

 

12-
Taniguchi looking for a let hand early, Koura trying to walk him down, and they fall into a clinch (the story of the last few rounds), a good left from Taniguchi before another clinch, big body shot from Koura, both land a head shot, both gritting their teeth now, huge left from Taniguchi, big rigth hand from Koura, Koura with the shot on the break this time, Taniguchi with 2 straight shots, Taniguchi looking the much more tired, a big right from Koura, and another, a solid left from Taniguchi, huge left hook from Koura, a solid right from Koura.

Taniguchi is celebrating, Koura looks unconvinced in himself. It's going to be close either way...think Taniguchi might have nicked it....but close either way

 

Official cards - 114-114, 115-114 and 115-113 for the winner, by majority decision....AND STILL OPBF Minimumweight champion Tsubasa Koura!

Koura is expected to get a crack at the WBA champion next year...for Taniguchi...he SHOULDN'T feel bad about his performance, he has come up short in 2 title fights, but could have got the decision in both!

 

Final bout - Nobuyuki Shindo (18-4-1, 7) Vs Cobra Suwa (19-12-2, 11)

 

1-
Shindo on the move, using use legs and reach to pick Suwa off, Suwa trudges when he follows and hs 37 year old legs have almost no spring left in them, Suwa corners Shindo for a second but can't do anything with opening, Suwa falls over and Shindo goes over him

 

2-
More of the same, Shindo boxing at range and being too big and too fast, Suwa trudging slowly towards him, a good right hand from Shindo lands clean! Suwa has the right intentions of pressing and looking to unload up close but he's too old and too slow. Straight from Shindo, nice body work from Suwa late

Inoue mutilates the winner next year!

 

3-
Suwa's pressure actually having some success here and he's unloading to the body, a right hand from Shindo, Shindo picking off Suwa again now and has some space to work, a good right hand from Suwa gets through. A sht from Shindo gets through - and Suwa is bleeding, right eye!
And it's been stopped due to the cut

TKO3 for Shindo

Inoue eats him alive and we may finally get rid of weird looking dude