Ryōta Murata vs. Emanuele Felice Blandamura & Daigo Higa vs. Cristofer Rosales González RBR

Murata is shadowboxing in his dressing room. Hands are wrapped (and more covered in Sharpie than a delinquent high school freshman's spiral notebook) but gloves aren't yet on.

 

Ryōta Murata vs. Emanuele Felice Blandamura, 12 rounds @ middleweight

 

Eh, the Daigo - er, Dago, sorry, force of habit - only has two stoppage losses, granted neither to KO artists, but worn down by excellent precise counter-punchers. I won't be surprised if Murata beats the par of Saunders & Soro and gets rid of him but that leaves plenty of time, he just needs to be gone by the eighth. I'd be shocked if this were a quick blitz as early as the 1st.

 

Who told Ryōta that using the Pirates of the Caribbean theme for his walkout tune was a sound, grown-up decision that people would take seriously?

I mean it beats a lot of the played out stuff that boxers use (Rocky theme, random shitty Kanye song, Thunderstruck by AC/DC, etc) but...I can't help but laugh.

 

If you wanted to see a fatty bouncing around you should've tuned in, Higa was jiggling for 8 rounds straight.