Steven Butler vs. Jaime Herrera II

The main event hear is one of the most sided and terrible drubbings I've seen in the last few months... Pretty ghastly beating so far.

 

Sorry I missed this post yesterday and passed out before responding.

It was something like the 5th or 6th when I posted that. Herrera was knocked down a total of three times in three separate rounds, with a bad cut that bled quite badly along the bridge of his nose. His nose also appeared slightly bent and was bleeding, with one of his eyes almost swelled shut by the end of the bout.

It had it's competitive moments, but Butler really took his time and broke the super durable and willing Herrera down. I would have stopped the bout a few rounds earlier, as it was the type of prolonged beating that can really take something away from a fighter.

There were also a few tremendous KO 1's on the card. I hope footage surfaces because some good talent made good use of their air time last night.

 

Herrera appears to of declined, or at the very least stagnated. Butler's record, to me, indicates a great punching talent with only solid physical assets, who was improved in form, pacing and technique since the original draw decision.

He was very measured last night... almost too measured. He was bullied around and had a difficult time getting his punches off at times, Herrera's power wasn't adequate to ever do more than mildly fluster the much larger Butler, whom held, spun and jabbed in between his big power punches. Until the last round he showed no real killer instinct, taking his foot off the gas after two prior hard knockdowns and doing something akin to his variety of coasting. In not so many words, he didn't move through the gears effectively throughout, and looked like he may have lacked the stamina to truly do so. Definitely an exciting fighter with plenty of cracks present in his game.

 

Hey, after the conversion it was only like 15 American bucks. The main event was pretty damn good and brutal, and it's always interesting to see careers diverge like that. Plus, like I said, a few so fast you gotta see it to believe it knockouts. I actually think there was something like a half dozen or so one round bouts on the card...