Stanislav Kashtanov vs. Felix Valera & Dmitry Chudinov vs. Geard Ajetovic RBR

Round 7

Ajetovic is taking Chudinov to school now, splitting his guard, faking a telegraphed overhand right but then dropping an unexpected jab/hook grenade into Chudinov's mouth as Chudinov thinks he is exploiting a lapse in concentration by chopping in with both hands leaving his face wide open. Ajetovic is starting to introduce his own right hand, banging over the top and hitting Chudinov under the ear and on the upper neck as he curls his back and lowers his head. Chudinov is still stepping in with jabs and zip-lining in the right hand but is paying for it every time he gets close now and spending lots of time hopping in place on the outside. Messy brawl on the ropes in the waning seconds, Ajetovic holding and hitting.

10-9 Ajetovic

69-64 Chudinov

 

Round 8

Ajetovic is collecting jabs and rights, in a 4:1 rate of exchange, on his forearms, just tanking in Arthur Abraham style. BIG right hands by Ajetovic at mid-range, causing Chudinov to jump in and hug nervously or leap in the opposite direction and flurry at the body while pulling his chin out of harm's way.

10-9 Ajetovic

78-74 Chudinov

 

This was switched to an eight-rounder? :huh

 

I wonder if Ajetovic thought it was supposed to go twelve, heading in?

Shades of Botha vs. Williams, if so..

 

Chudinov gets the nod, scores announced in Russian.

 

The action was quantitatively one-sided but whenever Ajetovic threw with bad intentions he shook up Chudinov pretty badly - as the final highlight reel there just now illustrated. (whereas there really were no highlights to show for Chudinov, except dusting Ajetovic's guard with light flurries and scoring a few body shots on the back-foot)