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Now we have lightweights: Victor Vasquez vs. Bryne Green.

 

Round 1

Vasquez has more tattoos on his body than he has punches per round. Green spends much of the first two minutes jabbing him at will until Vasquez lands an equalizer left hook as a cocky Green works both hands to the body with nothing protecting his face. Green shakes it off and flurries hard on Vasquez until the bell to prevent getting finished off.

10-8 Vasquez

Green won more of the round both before and after the KD but I don't feel like splitting hairs here. He wasn't exactly dominant enough to mess with the 10-8

 

Round 2

Green is again comfortably lobbing jabs in Vasquez's face from outside. Vasquez tucks his head down and comes running in with some kind of crazy pincer move (throwing an overhead left hook and a right uppercut simultaneously) that results in him getting countered and clinched and nearly doing a faceplant in between. At the end of the round Vasquez is running into Green and throwing pitty-pat punches to the body, pressuring somewhat effectively since Green doesn't seem to want to do anything while Vasquez is on the attack.

 

Round 3

Green charges in with a combination of body shots and Vasquez rips him with looping shots from the sides as they shoulder up against each other. Green jabs and Vasquez pushes it away. Green jabs again and Vasquez pummels his way through with a three punch combo. Both spend a lot of time watching each other, as in previous rounds. Green throws a series of straight punches while walking forward a bit off balance, and Vasquez catches him in a clinch. Vasquez is spending a lot of times rolling around on the ropes this round while Green keeps shoeshining. They trade a bit at the bell.

10-9 Green

 

Round 4

Vasquez is bringing the pressure this round. Uppercuts to the body and stiff jabs and crosses upstairs keep Green backing up and jabbing defensively. They wrestle a bit as Green is trapped on the ropes and tries to squirm past Vasquez but gets grabbed. Green is hanging on the outside as he did earlier in the fight. Vasquez sets up an uppercut to the body with a lazy jab, and once he's in close keeps tapping the body of Green. A nice inside hook is turned over by Vasquez as they both pivot. Green misses a couple of punches and Vasquez punches through them, finding Green with a couple of clean shots including a big right hand just at the bell.

10-9 Vasquez

 

Round 5

Green is taking back over as the lead, setting the pace with blistering body shots and sending Vasquez tumbling down but it is ruled as a slip. Moments after Vasquez rises he eats a very hard right hand lead and is stunned. Green pounds him against the ropes, squats his knees and gets some leverage on a nice uppercut. Green is showing some very good punching form here, and Vasquez is showing that other than swatting away a jab with his own he doesn't have much in his defensive toolkit. Vasquez takes a moment to recover from an incidental low blow, using the thumb of his gloves to open his trunks and let his family jewels breathe a little. Green rips him with another right and then keeps throwing on the inside, forcing Vasquez to counter sloppily. Green doesn't land much himself but does rough Vasquez up a bit, clubbing his back when he ducks down.

10-9 Green

 

Round 6

HARD 1-2 from Green has Vasquez skittering across the ring. Green has tightened up his guard and is now patiently exploding out of it with single punches and short combos that Vasquez doesn't see coming. Hard left hook lands on Vasquez's chin. Vasquez misses a 1-2 and Green steps in and ties him up and works the body in the clinch. Vasquez is landing a few hooks here and there as he calms down and tries to select his shots as patiently as Green, but he's eating lots of thudding right hands. Green seems to be enjoying moving from mid-range to the inside and taunting Vasquez with short punches, movement, and holding.

10-9 Green

 

57-56 Vasquez
57-56 Green
57-56 Vasquez

Split decision.

 

To close things out we get Ghanaian middleweight Bastie "the Beast" Samir, who is 4-0 (4) so far, in a 4-rounder against the 0-1 but suavely dreadlocked Joseph Dunn.

 

Round 1

Dunn swaggers out to the middle of the ring and then throws several light jabs before skirting back outside and crossing his arms. He digs one hook to the body of Samir but otherwise does not look to engage with power. Samir rips him with a huge hook that has his dreads flying high. Bastie keeps the pressure on with puncturing jabs and slapping hooks. He begins to combine slapping overhand rights with the hooks and forces Dunn to the ropes, which Dunn quickly realizes is a bad place to be and runs. Samir slips and throws a few more bombs but isn't able to find the chin of the extremely cautious Dunn.

10-9 Samir

 

Round 2

Benjy Esteves decides that Dunn is showing too much plumber's crack and manually adjusts his trunks. No lie. Samir then starts banging clods of dirt off Dunn's head with pair and triplets of power punches. The Beast starts to straighten his slapping right hand and getting through to Dunn with a bit more authority. An uppercut then makes its way into Samir's combo routine and helps put Dunn on the canvas. He gets up but is stopped on his feet after immediately shelling up on the ropes and taking similar punishment.

 

Next week will feature unbeaten prospects Frankie Gomez and Eloy Perez.