René Manuel Santiago García vs. Masataka Taniguchi & Yukinori Oguni vs. Marlon Tanan Tapales RBR.

Round 1 Tapales 10-9
Round 2 Tapales 10-9
Round 3 Tapales 10-9
Round 4 Oguni 10-9

Marlon leaps in, lands a vicious straight left. The long arms of Oguni is giving him issues. He's keeping him guessing and landing counter rights on occasion. Also landing rights to the body. Starting to land in combination now.

 

Round 1 Tapales 10-9
Round 2 Tapales 10-9
Round 3 Tapales 10-9
Round 4 Oguni 10-9
Round 5 Oguni 10-9

Marlon swings for the fences with a right hook, throws himself down in the process. Now Oguni is tagging him to the body. Which pisses Marlon off, so he unloads on him while he's in the corner. They're trading one twos, Tapales landing cleaner.

 

Round 1 Tapales 10-9
Round 2 Tapales 10-9
Round 3 Tapales 10-9
Round 4 Oguni 10-9
Round 5 Oguni 10-9
Round 6 Oguni 10-9

The very long arms of Oguni is giving him fits now. He's beating him to the punch, making him apprehensive and is outlanding him. Although Tapales tagged him with a solid left late.

 

Round 1 Tapales 10-9
Round 2 Tapales 10-9
Round 3 Tapales 10-9
Round 4 Oguni 10-9
Round 5 Oguni 10-9
Round 6 Oguni 10-9
Round 7 Oguni 10-9

Marlon comes out far more aggressive, backing him to the ropes and working the body relentlessly. Starting to tee off in combinations. Oguni throwing back combos of his own, backs Marlon to the ropes for a spell. He hurts Tapales to the body, looked like he was ready to take a knee. The body attack is starting to take a toll. Ref calls time, Tapales is cut.

 

Round 1 Tapales 10-9
Round 2 Tapales 10-9
Round 3 Tapales 10-9
Round 4 Oguni 10-9
Round 5 Oguni 10-9
Round 6 Oguni 10-9
Round 7 Oguni 10-9
Round 8 Oguni 10-9

Tapales is scared to let his hands go, due to Oguni's counters to the body. Then he puts his high gard up, and clubs him with a few hooks. Oguni pressing the action, working his gut, hurts him again. Marlon's body language is super negative. Marlon with a few one twos. Oguni with a few of his own.

 

Round 1 Tapales 10-9
Round 2 Tapales 10-9
Round 3 Tapales 10-9
Round 4 Oguni 10-9
Round 5 Oguni 10-9
Round 6 Oguni 10-9
Round 7 Oguni 10-9
Round 8 Oguni 10-9
Round 9 Oguni 10-9

Marlon with renewed vigor, out pressing the pace a bit more. Jabbing a bit more. Oguni missing a lot now. Oguni unloads on him late, ehadclash, Marlon complaining, but it's legit. His eyebrow is leaking.

 

Round 1 Tapales 10-9
Round 2 Tapales 10-9
Round 3 Tapales 10-9
Round 4 Oguni 10-9
Round 5 Oguni 10-9
Round 6 Oguni 10-9
Round 7 Oguni 10-9
Round 8 Oguni 10-9
Round 9 Oguni 10-9
Round 10 Oguni 10-9

Marlon starting aggressive again, but will he sustain it? He's landing plenty of one twos to the head. Oguni taking them well. Oguni spamming him with punches, many of them missing, but Marlon not throwing much back.

97-93 Oguni

 

Now..... will the Japanese rob another one of their fighters?

 

96-94
97-93
98-92

UD for Oguni

 

That's an embarrassing loss for Tapales, and he definitely lacked the passion this morning. He might want to think about calling it a day.

 

I'm hoping Taniguchi pulls the upset his morning, he has all of the tools to do it. Hopefully Santiago will get overconfident and walk into a vicious counter. This is one of the rare times I'm rooting for a Capricorn to beat an Aries. Because the Aries fights like a Capricorn and the Capricorn fights like an Aries.