Ren: Magomed Ismailov vs. Olanrewaju Durodola & Rashid Dautovich Kodzoev vs. Lenar Pérez Fransua RBR

Judges return a draw. Eh. (felt like Akperov deserved it, but I'm not losing sleep)

 

It was three months ago, but yeah...he's getting old, even for a cruiser/heavy, and his window for trading on his name (basically all stemming from that Kudra upset) is rapidly shutting. He may as well get in all the dates he can now and earn what he can for taking his lumps while he can still remotely defend himself.

 

Sergey Manzhuev vs. Khozhiakbar Mamakov, 4 rounds @ cruiserweight

 

Most info that I can scrounge up on these guys is that Mamakov (in blue) fought under the Russian flag in the European Youth Boxing Championships nine years ago, while Manzhuev (in red...and taller, paler, and less hirsute) appears to be a crossover from MMA.

 

Shaping up to be a more skillful but slightly duller affair than was the preceding CW four-rounder.

 

10-9 Mamakov, digging his sneaky hooker-cut into the armpit while ducking and circling away.

 

10-9 Manzhuev, took control with full-extension jabs on the outside and pendulous body shots up close when Mamakov bent forward. Very winded by his efforts, though - mouth-breathing.

19-19

 

29-28 Mamakov, barely anything between them in R3.

 

Draw for me, this one.

 

...and for the official judges.

 

Alexander Zagorsky (affectionately known to English-speaking fans on internet message boards as "Mikhail Bufferov") introduces Denis Lebedev into the ring, for a brief enthusiastic speech. Guessing he coaches or mentors one kid or the other here or was a sponsor of this little gym-war tourney, whatever it was.

 

At least one fight on the upper bill I know for a fact isn't a sanctioned pro boxing match.

Max "Ax" Shcherbakov aka "Max Topor" has a history of appearing on these Ren TV cards in exhibitions under bareknuckle rules. He is apparently taking on his (and that of former WBC Asian Boxing Council heavyweight Continental titlist and kickboxing world champion Evgeny "Molecule From Hell" Orlov) former coach, Albert Karmazyan.

 

Now they have a girl-group trio in leather pants come out to do a techno-pop song.

The graphic identifies them (edit: her) as "ESMI". Lead chick's very cute. Actually she might be the only singer, the other two are doing backup dancing without mics in their hands.

 

https://www.instagram.com/esmireal/?hl=en

 

Just pulled up the video for the second track being performed to compare side by side with the stream - and yep, confirmed, she is just lip synching along to her own studio recording:

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