Rd 8 - 10-8 Roman. Kubo had a much better round to start and even won early parts of it before going down again towards the end.
Rd 9 - Roman is beating the hell out of him and the ref finally stops it as Kubo staggers across the ring and into the ropes. TKO 9! Excellent performance from Roman... and a ton of heart displayed by Kubo. He'd have died in there if the ref/corner let him.
With this bumped it's perhaps worth adding that Kubo's next fight will be at 126lbs Vs Hiroshige Osawa, who was battered by Oscar Valdez, a really good match up on paper between two top 25 type guys each looking to work their way to another title fight