Sadriddin Alikhanovich Akhmedov vs. Yohanes Ruba & Aidos Yerbossynuly vs. Lukas Ndafoluma RBR

I did actually know that was his name (at one point...but forgot)

 

It's been half an hour since the co-main event concluded.

 

Ndafoluma has a road win in the UK over British southpaw Craig Cunningham, and his only loss is by SD.

Yeah, might not be your run of the mill record-padding Namibian, if that's what Yerbossynuly's team was expecting..

 

Zagorsky you nut. Making a big deal of this being a "unification" (of the vacant WBA International super middleweight title, and the WBC Asian Boxing Council super middleweight continental title, of which this is Yerbossynuly's 1st defense)

 

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And that was at midnight local time in Almaty! (now 12:35am)

 

Round 1

Yerbossynuly is dipping at the knees, up & down, not punching, just posing in front of Ndafoluma, doing squats. Finally almost half a minute in they circle past each other and each whip out a left hook, their inner arms colliding. Ndafoluma is keeping up a high guard to screen out Yerbossynuly's jab and trotting in to scrape at the name embroidery on his trunks with a low hook. Yerbossynuly is jabbing in and then hooking the stomach, but Ndafoluma is matching him shot for shot. Awkward clinch. Ref warns Yerbossynuly for jerking on Ndafoluma's arm. Body shots by Yerbossynuly. Another clinch. Some more left hooks downstairs by Yerbossynuly, possibly hurting Ndafoluma. They clinch and Yerbossynuly spins Ndafoluma and body slams him off the ropes and into the canvas. Ref waves his arms to indicate not a knockdown. Yerbossynuly swarms Ndafoluma, slamming their forearms together, backing him up, then hooking low, overwhelming the Namibian.

10-9 Yerbossynuly, very close for the first two minutes and then he took over

 

Round 2

Yerbossynuly is warned for low blows. They're clinching very frequently now. Ndafoluma is jabbing up top and missing past Yerbossynuly's neck. 1-2 for Ndafoluma connects as he slingshots himself inside, parlayed into another clinch. Yerbossynuly working the hooks into Ndafoluma's sides, digging in hard with them, and grinding close until their arms get tangled once more. Ref earning his paycheck tonight. Sloppy infighting, neither one landing. Ndafoluma pawing jabs from outside, aiming poorly and not snapping them out very fast - getting countered as Yerbossynuly jumps in with his own jabs and opens up with body shots. ANOTHER takedown by Yerbossynuly, spinning and judo-tossing Ndafoluma over the hip.

10-9 Yerbossynuly

20-18 Yerbossynuly

 

Yerbossynuly should consider MMA..

He already has the wrestling instincts - and his striking in that context would pass for elite.

 

Man this is night and day from the co-feature. Akhmedov >>>> Yerbossynuly, and proportionately as challengers Ruba >>>> Ndafoluma, p4p.

 

Round 3

Yerbossynuly is jumping straight backwards as Ndafoluma fishes with jabs and crosses, falling short. Yerbossynuly is flurrying speedily but messily into the guard and crashing his right forearm down across the back of Ndafoluma's skull when he ducks. Ndafoluma is warned for leading with the head. Short right hand connects for Ndafoluma. Yerbossynuly responds with a hook and right hand of his own jumping inside, and now the ref warns him for leading with the head. Yerbossynuly cut by the left eye.

10-9 Yerbossynuly

30-27 Yerbossynuly

 

Oh damn that cut's gnarly..

 

If he can't answer the bell for the fourth this ought to be a NC...which is fittingly anticlimactic considering how much this pales in comparison to its undercard..