The ESPN Friday Night Fights Thread.

In the future, watch the language as this is a classy thread where gentlemen reside

 

And the good news is the NASCAR has finished on time!

In wonder if Bernie is with us this week:think

 

Evans and Fortuna underway.

Where's Joe this week? I missed the start of the show.

 

Evans looks OUT but somehow gets up! He's now out on his feet though and Fortuna's follow-up assault has Evans floundering on the canvas, forcing the referee to step in.

The initial KD with the left hand was BIG. Caught Evans bang on the chen, a real head-snapping shot.

 

Boom!

Yeah Bernie filling in this week. I do think Grishan does a good job in the studio

 

Does this mean Syllakh will be out earlier? I could do with that, this has been a looooooong day for me.:dead

 

What is it with ESPN and former WWE presenters?

 

I like Grisham and think he would be a better replacement for Kenny than Bernardo.

Now the coach is a different matter.:twisted:

 

Randy Fuentes vs John Montes in a 4 round time filler. I'm wavering here..........

Yeah, Coach's past is just too dodgy. I don't catch the beginning of the show that often so I don't know if Osuna is even that good or not, he did seem inadvertently - at least I hope it was - condescending towards Collins last week though. I agree regarding Grisham, I think he's alright. I think he just needs to get a little more comfortable in the more formal environment that ESPN is, which I'm sure will come in time.

 

Decent little scrap this.

I think Bernardo struggles just to stick to presenting.

 

Teddy loves Arum:yep

 

Grachev's crouching stance against Syllakh's more upright one really makes the size disparity look even worse.

 

Nothing all that notable in the first, Grachev is doing a good job of making hiself an even smaller target for Syllakh, but he's not really getting himself in good positions to throw back. Syllakh took it with those lead lefts that he clipped him with a couple of times on the way in.

 

Grachev just keeps hitting air with that lead hook. Easy night so far

 

Syllakh's just going through the motions really. If he stepped on the gas a bit and had more of a sustained offense he could get Grachev out of there. Why is he using the uppercut so sparingly? Grachev is WIDE open for it with the way he's leaning forward with his guard so wide, yet Syllakh seems content to move around and toss out jabs with a right hand here and there.