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Home Field Advantage: Fan Favorite Sean O’Malley Bulldozes Sterling at UFC 292, Chris Weidman’s Return Sparks Talk of Retirement, Katona vs. Gibson Earns Fight of the Night…and much more from the UFC’s return to Boston last Saturday

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UFC 292 was the first UFC event I attended in 16 tahun. As the MMA writer most known for exposing the Xyience scandal (see www.xyiencesucks.com), I dug out my old Xyience hat to commemorate the occasion. Once the UFC’s most prolific sponsor, Xyience is now primarily an energy drink company and does not even associate with any MMA league anymore. Needless to say, I was the only one in the entire arena sporting Xyience merch.

I paid for my own tickets this time, but I couldn’t avoid thinking about what my UFC 292 experience would have been like if my UFC 78 pengalaman, paid for by Xyience, had turned out much differently for me almost 16 bertahun-tahun lalu.

I will be ruminating more on the personal story of my own Boston homecoming and the changes we’ve seen for the UFC between the last fight I attended and this one in a new piece I plan to write on www.paythefighters.com. Stay tuned for that, but first let’s get to the UFC’s well constructed fight card for Saturday night.

It began with a tale of two flyweight Silvas: Karine Silva and Natalia Silva. Those bouts ended with two Silva wins by two different methods, but each fighter proved dominant in their particular styles. Karine dispatched Maryna Moroz with a last-second guillotine choke just before the end of the first round. It was a fantastic start to a show that had a few peaks and valleys as far as the entertainment value of some of the match-ups. Natalia took her time and picked apart a game Andrea Lee from a distance for the majority of the contest. She cruised to a unanimous decision by being cautious and careful with her striking aim.

Berikutnya, a controversial split decision gave the odds-makers’ favorite fighter Andre Petrovski a win over Gerald Meershaert. Petrovski did not appear to have the cardio to hang with the seasoned veteran Meerschaert. All that was lacking in this fight was the concentrated striking power from Meershaert to put Petrovski down and out. Kedua petarung memiliki momennya masing-masing, but it seemed obvious to me Gerald was the busier and more effective fighter. He was only one of the robbery victims accosted by the judges Saturday night after clearly winning a primarily technical fight. The touches of slugfest sprinkled in from time to time seemed to always favor the more game and eager Meerschaert. He definitely deserved the win. We’ll talk about another robbery of equal caliber a bit later.

A pair of Ultimate Fighter Finale fights came next with Bantamweights Brad Katona and Cody Gibson kicking it off by earning “Fight of the Night” honors. Their toe-to-toe kickboxing match that rarely hit the ground for very long certainly had the crowd riled up from start to finish. Katona ended up being a second quicker on the draw and sharp enough with his jabs and counters to secure a win in a scrap where he often had to take one good punch to land two of his own. Gibson wore the results of Brad’s accuracy on his battered face at the final bell, but he also earned great respect for his never-quit approach from both the crowd and the organization. The UFC offered both fighters contracts for their efforts instead of only the winner getting the nod.

Kurt Holobaugh had to fight friend and fellow Team Chandler fighter Austin Hubbard in the Lightweight finale. It was a fight that started better for Hubbard than it ended. Eventually after a short feeling out process, Holobaugh took the momentum away and secured a phenomenal Triangle Choke just 2:39 into the second frame. Both fighters had their dominating moments, but it was Holobaugh’s black belt jiu jitsu skills that won the night and the TUF trophy.

Gregory Rodrigues absolutely demolished Russian Dennis Tiuliulin in a middleweight fight that had the Beantown crowd chanting “USA” briefly while rooting for a Brazilian fighter. “Robocop” enjoyed the crowd support and quickly obliged their cheers with his finishing skills in full display. Rodrigues coincidentally looks a bit like the main character in Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer,” if the character bulked up after a few rounds of steroids. Rodrigues certainly laid down the law and pummeled the Russian into unconsciousness with a machine-like precision. He took just one minute and 43 seconds to give the crowd their last stoppage until the main event.

Five straight decisions followed, two of them decided by perfect placement of monstrous leg kicks from the victors. The most painful of those two bouts to watch was Chris Weidman finishing out the preliminaries by facing off with Brad Tavares in a punishing middleweight battle. Weidman, coming back from a vicious rubber chicken leg injury where he tried to plant on a completely broken leg against Uriah Hall, looked rusty as rusty can be. Every takedown he attempted seemed to get stuffed easily by Tavares.

Every punching exchange seemed to be too little, too late for Weidman to come back from the constant leg kicks peppering both the leg with the old injury and Weidman’s other leg for good measure. Even with a torn MCL or ACL (according to Dana White who compelled Weidman to retire after the fight), Weidman stalked Tavares around the cage and tried his best to take the fight to him despite the busted wheel. Tavares won a very strategic and smart fight, disappointing the entire pro-Weidman crowd hoping for that miracle comeback performance that never came.

Marlon “Chito” Vera and Pedro Munhoz opened up the main card with a one-sided affair showcasing Vera’s patience, striking acumen, and nearly-flawless technique. Munhoz finished the fight on his feet, but he endured plenty of facial damage getting there. Chito stayed at a safe range for the majority of the bout and took few risks on the way to his unanimous decision win. The reach and speed of Vera seemed to be the most effective advantages he enjoyed against the shorter and stockier Munhoz. Vera, boring as he may be to watch at times, proved he deserves his own bantamweight title shot.

The third-straight decision gave Mario Bautista a very controversial unanimous decision win over Da’Mon Blackshear. Bautista edged out Blackshear in terms of ground control, but Blackshear was more accurate in his striking and landed more significant strikes in the featherweight scrap. I certainly thought he did enough to win, but the judges did not see the fight the same way and gave the contest to Bautista.

Ian Garry and Neil Magny clashed next in a mismatched welterweight contest. Magny showed tremendous heart in getting back up after every knockdown, but he could not overcome the incessant leg kicks thrown by Garry. Referee Keith Peterson came close to stopping the bout a few times, but Magny kept doing just enough to keep it going, hopping around on one leg at times. Garry’s striking was just as on point as his trash talk game, evoking the spirit of Nate Diaz with a few well-timed hand gestures. The crowd celebrated his continued dominance with Garry telling them about his desire to be the best fighter on the face of the earth someday in his post-fight speech. Magny will have to find an answer to his recent struggles if he wants to remain relevant in the UFC.

Weili Zhang and Amanda Lemos squared off in an epic title fight next. Lemos nearly secured a couple miraculous submission attempts, but the strawweight title fight turned into a question of whether or not Lemos could survive until the final bell. Zhang showcased her talents in all her areas of expertise, and Lemos could only hope to win by way of a couple Hail Mary submission attempts Zhang wriggled out of. Zhang’s speed, power and durability overwhelmed Lemos and left her struggling to avoid a stoppage through much of the later rounds. Somehow she managed to do it, taking a tremendous amount of damage on her way. Zhang walked away retaining her title, much to the delight of fans who backed her through the entire fight.

Akhirnya, the main event arrived, well after midnight. Sean O’Malley entered the arena first, and the crowd erupted. Many of them sported green or pink wigs to imitate O’Malley’s signature look. O’Malley honestly looked pretty petrified, as if he didn’t even sleep at all the night before the event. Aljamain Sterling entered the cage to a chorus of boos he attempted to make light of by egging the crowd on to boo him more.

The first round was mostly a showcase of footwork from both fighters. O’Malley’s head games might have worked on Sterling, because he promised in pre-fight interviews he would secure a first round TKO of his own. Rather than rely on his greatest strength, his wrestling, Sterling wanted to beat O’Malley at his own game. That turned out to be the wrong strategy, a fact Sterling eventually realized by the time he ended up on the wrong side of that TKO. There were scant attempts to take O’Malley down, and all of them were completely stuffed. Sterling folded and fell to the canvas after getting hit with an O’Malley counter punch early in the second round. The rest was history as O’Malley closed “the Suga show” with some McGregor-esque ground and pound.

Both fighters gave great post-fight speeches, true to form. Sterling was gracious in defeat and showed his respect for O’Malley striving to reach his dream. Considering Sterling criticized O’Malley before the fight for being Dana White’s pet project and not deserving a title shot, it was a huge mea culpa. Juga, if it was indeed all about being favored by Mr. White, O’Malley might have ticked off the Baldfather by indicating he’d like to fight Boxer Gervonta Davis more than any other actual UFC fighter.

As only the second Dana White Contender Series fighter to earn a world title, O’Malley can certainly call his own shots to some extent, but a boxing crossover is a very sensitive subject in the wake of Francis Ngannou recently making waves for backing out of his UFC contract and signing up for a heavyweight boxing match with Tyson Fury that will eclipse his career UFC earnings by a mile. Only Conor McGregor has been able to convince UFC brass to go all in on a crossover fight into boxing so far. Dana White has since completely scrapped tentative plans to create “Zuffa Boxing” to account for his fighters wanting to emulate McGregor’s profile, financial track record and bold bravado that earned him that opportunity to fight Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition bout.

Often, to get Dana White’s attention and respect, fighters simply have to sell themselves enough for that to translate into massive merchandise and ticket sales generated off their buzz. Much like the WWE, big personas and colorful characters often win out on opportunities in the UFC over athletes who just concentrate on their physical skill sets. Strikers are especially favored, because they deliver on the UFC’s implied “put on a show” standard of excellence imposed on every fighter who steps into the cage. It’s a style of management and carrot and stick leadership that fools fighters into thinking it’s better for their careers to constantly come forward with little concern for defense and take tremendous risks to be much more exciting and entertaining than they need to be to win a particular fight.

Now this kid O’Malley confesses to want to be like Dana himself, comfortable enough financially to bet $250,000 per poker hand. The most special talent prior to O’Malley used his own rising star persona to build his own name brands and buy his own whiskey company. He has a yacht and a Lamborghini, and he’s still the most talked about and called out fighter in the organization even after losing such a one-sided battle with Dustin Poirier and being sidelined with a broken leg for a few years. The fact that O’Malley can realize and internalize that he’ll probably never get to Conor’s level without a huge crossover fight in boxing speaks volumes about where the UFC is at today.

It is the kind of development I have to chuckle at knowing how hard it’s been to bring all the fighter pay and contract issues to court without an army of lawyers to face the UFC’s formidable legal team. One such legal army recently secured the go ahead to pursue a class action anti-trust lawsuit on behalf of over 1,200 former UFC fighters. The judge in the case appears to be already siding with the plaintiffs. Reaction to UFC class-action lawsuit certification: What happened, and what’s next? (msn.com)

Whenever the organization is confronted by statistics that show the revenue share for fighters is minuscule compared to other major sports with players’ associations, the response is typically something to the effect of: “We’ve made so many millionaires. Our fighters are doing just fine, and they all get plenty of financial opportunities with the fame we’ve helped them achieve.”

As an expert on the UFC’s financial history and an audience member at UFC 292, I couldn’t avoid confronting the reality that so many “UFC Nut-hugger” journalists get all the fringe benefits of press privileges because they play along so well with that “Zuffa Myth” mentality. The folks who put the UFC on the map subliminally seduce their supporters with access and promises of fame and opportunity, and fighters and media members alike get sucked into those kind of management theatrics. Gantinya, you don’t end up with much investigative reporting in MMA media circles, and fighters who ask a lot of questions and demand better contract conditions don’t get re-signed or set up with prime fight match-ups.

It took the main event result to really clarify the issue for me of how the UFC constantly keeps the focus on their supposed ability to create superstars just by letting a fighter sign any contract with the organization. Some who agree that’s the case would say it was the organization’s ability to see enough talent in O’Malley to put him on Dana White’s Contender Series that led to the spectacular rise to fame the new champ’s riding. Itu Pasti, O’Malley wouldn’t have even been in Boston Saturday night if he never got into the organization. Namun Begitu, there have been plenty of DWCS fighters who didn’t get any more UFC opportunities because they lost that entry-level fight. O’Malley had to win and keep winning to be where he was on Saturday night.

The point is: Sean O’Malley’s cult following and tremendous self-confidence is a result of his own personal crusade to be someone special with unlimited potential and amazing talent. He would never even be in the conversation for a title if he did not put in all the untold hours in the gym striving to be better. The UFC did not create Sean O’Malley, they just gave him a platform to show what kind of fighter he could be. And while he is enjoying the superstardom the UFC will credit themselves for, O’Malley has to know the only way he can maximize his earning potential is to eclipse the organization itself. He has to go above and beyond their restrictive financial borders to a sport where the revenue share is so much better and a guy like Francis Ngannou can make more in one fight than he made in his entire UFC career.

Jadi, If Dana White really did make Sean O’Malley his pet project as Aljamain Sterling suggested, dia melakukan pekerjaan dengan baik. Sayangnya, the monster he created may come back to bite him in the long run. Another UFC co-promoted boxing card will get too many of their employees trying to take the same route and wondering why Dana’s little buddy is getting all the breaks and benefits. Veterans and newcomers will both likely look at any hyped up Davis vs. O’Malley boxing match as an admission by their leadership that the UFC can’t pay their fighters enough to keep them in the cage.

“Kid, you have no idea how much money you’re gonna to make,” Dana White told O’Malley after the win according to a recent O’Malley interview. I imagine in his head, Dana finished that thought with “us.”

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SHOWTIME SPORTS® UNVEILS LOADED BOXING SCHEDULE FEATURING MARQUEE MATCHUPS FROM PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS

Bulan Maret 18, 2022 FNU47 Tinggalkan komentar

TWO WORLD TITLE UNIFICATIONS, SEVEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS AND THREE WORLD TITLE ELIMINATORS ACROSS FIVE MONTHS

Star-Studded Lineup Is Highlighted by Errol Spence Jr., Gervonta Davis, Jermell Charlo, David Benavidez and Jermall Charlo

NEW YORK – March 15, 2022 - SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions today announced nine boxing events across the first half of 2022 featuring some of the sport’s most accomplished and dynamic stars in highly competitive matchups. The lineup pits champions against champions and top contenders against top contenders to form the strongest and most ambitious schedule in the industry. The robust lineup includes:

Nine marquee events across five months featuring 21 undefeated fighters;

Two world championship unifications bouts, one for all four world title belts and the coveted title of Undisputed Champion, and one for three world title belts;

Seven world championship matches with at least 13 world title belts at stake and three world title eliminators;

All of the top-six ranked super welterweights fighting in a seven-week span;

Several pivotal crossroads fights from super bantamweight to super middleweight with an average of two events per month through July.

The massive schedule features the sport’s biggest stars: Errol Spence, Jr., Gervonta “Tank” Davis, Jermell Charlo, David Benavidezdan Jermall Charlo. There are also 18 fighters aged 27 years and younger including unified world championStephen Fulton, Jr., and highly regarded, pesaing kelas welter yang tak terkalahkanJaron “Boots” Ennis. With this emphasis on youth and kingmaking, SHOWTIME Sports and Premier Boxing Champions are well positioned to carry the sport into the future. Led byStephen Espinoza, Presiden, Olah Raga & Pemrograman acara, Showtime Networks Inc., and four-time Emmy^® Award-winning executive producerDavid Dinkins, Jr., who guides an all-star cast of commentators and production aces, SHOWTIME^® remains the most tenured and trusted platform in boxing. Arguably the best active welterweight of this era, the undefeated Spence, already a unified champ, will seek to collect a third world title when he puts his WBC and IBF straps on the line against WBA World ChampionYordenis Ugas pada tanggalHari Sabtu,Bulan April 16 in the main event on SHOWTIME PPV^® at AT&Stadion T, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Spence-Ugas is only the 12^th unification match in the history of the welterweight division, joining classic matchups such as"Gula" Ray Leonard vs.Thomas HearnsSaya danFloyd Mayweather vs.Manny Pacquiao. The match is rich with intrigue as Spence attempts to claim supremacy in one of boxing’s deepest divisions, while Ugas, who nearly quit the sport, aims to complete a stunning turnaround after beating eight-division world champion Pacquiao in August. Boxing superstar and five-time, Juara dunia tiga divisiTangkiDavis will headline his fourth straight SHOWTIME PPV event against nemesisRolando Romero pada tanggalHari Sabtu, Mei 28, di Barclays Center di Brooklyn, NY, for Davis’ WBA Lightweight World Title. The bout comes on the heels of Davis’ hard-fought 12-round unanimous decision win overIsaac "Pitbull" Cruz in which Davis overcame an injury in front of a star-studded, sellout crowd in Los Angeles last December. WBO 154-pound No. 1-peringkat pesaingTim Tszyu, the son of Hall of FamerKostya Tszyu, who fought many of his most memorable bouts on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, akan membuat A.S nya. debutHari Sabtu, March 26terhadap 2012 DIRI KITA. Olympian dan penantang teratasTerrell Gaushaat The Armory in Minneapolis. The streaking southpawsErickson Lubin danSebastian Fundora will engage in a Super Welterweight Title Eliminator, for the WBC interim title, in the second of back-to-back, intriguing crossroads matchups in the division onHari Sabtu, Bulan April 9 from Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Jermell Charlo dan Brian Castaño once again will seek to become the first undisputed 154-pound champion in the four-belt era and just the third overall undisputed champion today when they meet in a rematch of their 2021 classic onHari Sabtu, Mei 14 di Los Angeles. Lebih Banyak, rising welterweight starEnnis, possibly the most talented boxer yet to win a world title, returns as the co-feature againstCustio Claytonin an IBF Welterweight Title Eliminator. Former two-time world championBenavidez kembali ke tindakan padaHari Sabtu,May 21against knockout artistDavid Lemieux di 168 pounds in Phoenix, Ariz., in a bout between two of the sport’s biggest punchers. Fulton, in his first bout since his title unification win in the 122-pound division againstBrandon Figueroa, will defend his titles onHari Sabtu, Bulan Juni 4 in Minneapolis, against former unified world championDanny Roman in another can’t miss matchup. Jermall Charlo will defend his WBC Middleweight World Championship for the fifth time onHari Sabtu, Bulan Juni 18, when he faces former world title challenger, WBC No. 6-peringkatMaciej Sulecki on the Juneteenth holiday weekend in Houston. OnHari Sabtu, Bulan Juli 9, di San Antonio, Texas, newly minted WBC Featherweight World ChampionMark Magsayo will make his first title defense since dethroningGary Russell Jr., on SHOWTIME against unbeaten mandatory challenger and former super bantamweight titleholderRaja Vargas.
Additional high-stakes matches will be announced as individual fight cards fill out. “It’s a good time to be a boxing fan and SHOWTIME viewer with so many high-level, consequential matchups on our schedule,"KataEspinoza, Presiden, Olah Raga & Pemrograman acara, Showtime Networks Inc. “We continue to grow the sport at every level, from our grassroots seriesSHOBOXto crowning unified and undisputed champions across boxing’s deepest divisions. When you consider the competitive nature of these fights, the star power of fighters like Errol Spence, Jr., ‘Tank’ Davis, David Benavidez, the Charlo brothers—and the youthful vitality of Stephen Fulton, Jr., Jaron Ennis and Brandun Lee—it’s never been clearer that SHOWTIME is the destination for the most compelling fights and will be for years to come. This SHOWTIME Boxing lineup is hands down the most potent of any network or platform in 2022.” The SHOWTIME Sports boxing schedule features seven editions of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING^® and two significant SHOWTIME PPV events, all presented by Premier Boxing Champions: ·Bulan Maret 26 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXINGThe Armory, Minneapolis, Dari.
o Tim Tszyu vs. Terrell Gausha, Super Welterweight Bouto Michel Rivera vs. Joseph Adorno, Lightweight Bouto Elvis Rodriguez vs. Juan Jose Velasco, Super Ringan (142 LBS) Bout ·Bulan April 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__The Theatre at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas
o Erickson Lubin vs. Sebastian Fundora, WBC Super Welterweight Interim Titleo Tony Harrison vs. Sergio Garcia, Super Welterweight Bouto Kevin Salgado vs. Bryant Perrella, Super Welterweight Bout ·Bulan April 16 – SHOWTIME PPV__AT&Stadion T, Arlington, Texas
o Errol Spence Jr. vs. Yordenis Ugas, WBC, WBA & IBF Welterweight World __Championship Unification
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (preceding PPV):o Radzhab Butaev vs. Eimantas Stanionis, WBA Welterweight Title Bouto Brandun Lee vs. Zachary Ochoa, Super Ringan Bout ·Mei 14 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Los Angeleso Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castaño II, Undisputed IBF, WBA, WBC & WBO Super __Welterweight World Championship Unificationo Jaron Ennis vs. Custio Clayton, IBF Welterweight Eliminator ·Mei 21 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Mukjizat
o David Benavidez vs. David Lemieux, Super Middleweight Bouto Yoelvis Gomez vs. Jorge Cota, Super Welterweight Bout ·Mei 28 – SHOWTIME PPV__Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
o Gervonta Davis vs. Rolando Romero, WBA Lightweight World Championship ·Bulan Juni 4 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Minneapolis
o Stephen Fulton, Jr. vs. Danny Roman, WBO & WBC Super Bantamweight World Championshipo David Morrell vs. Kalvin Henderson, WBA Super Middleweight World Title ·Bulan Juni 18 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__Houston
o Jermall Charlo vs. Maciej Sulecki, WBC Middleweight World Championship ·Bulan Juli 9 – SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING__San Antonio
o Mark Magsayo vs. Raja Vargas, WBC Featherweight World Championship\

For more information and future fight announcements visitwww.SHO.com/sports, www.PremierBoxingChampions.com, ikuti di Twitter @ShowtimeBoxing, @PremierBoxing and @TGBPromotions on Instagram @ShowtimeBoxing, @PremierBoxing and @TGBPromotions or become a fan on Facebook atwww.Facebook.com/SHOBoxing. Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Paramount, memiliki dan mengoperasikan layanan premium SHOWTIME^®, yang menampilkan seri asli yang diakui secara kritis, film dokumenter yang provokatif, film-film hit box-office, komedi dan musik spesial dan olahraga keras. SHOWTIME tersedia sebagai layanan streaming yang berdiri sendiri di semua perangkat streaming utama dan Showtime.com, serta melalui kabel, DBS, telco dan penyedia video streaming. SNI also operates the premium services THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX^®, serta versi permintaan dari ketiga merek. SNI memasarkan dan mendistribusikan olahraga dan acara hiburan untuk pameran ke pelanggan secara pay-per-view melalui SHOWTIME PPV^®. Untuk informasi lebih lanjut, pergi kewww.SHO.com.

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GERVONTA “TANK” DAVIS TETAP TAK TERKALAHKAN DENGAN KEPUTUSAN BUNYI YANG MENYENANGKAN ATAS ISAAC “PITBULL” CRUZ

Bulan Desember 7, 2021 FNU47 Tinggalkan komentar

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Deskripsi dibuat secara otomatis — ***Sebastian Fundora Mengungguli Sergio Garcia di Acara Co-Main;***
***Carlos Adames Kalahkan Sergiy Derevyanchenko dalam Pertarungan Seru,***
***dan Eduardo Ramirez Mendominasi Miguel Marriaga***
***dalam Aksi Undercard PPV SHOWTIME***

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**LOS ANGELES** (Bulan Desember 5, 2021) –Superstar tinju dan juara dunia lima kali Gervonta “Tank” Davis tunjukkan keterampilan tinjunya, memenangkan keputusan bulat 12 ronde yang meriah atas yang tanpa henti **Isaac "Pitbull" Cruz** untuk mempertahankan Gelar Juara Dunia Ringan WBA-nya di depan para pemain bertabur bintang, terjual habis 15,850 di STAPLES Center langsung di SHOWTIME Bayar-Per-Tampilan, dalam acara yang dipersembahkan oleh Premier Boxing Champions.

Scorecard baca 116-112 dan dua skor 115-113, semua untuk Davis.

Suasana di arena adalah listrik, dengan sejumlah bintang NBA saat ini dan mantan yang hadir, termasuk Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Kawhi Leonard, Dwight Howard, Kenny Smith, Kevin Garnett dan Paul Pierce antara lain.

Didampingi oleh rapper superstar Lil Durk, Davis memasuki ring dengan warna ungu dan emas Laker; jumbai di sepanjang kopernya dengan nomor mendiang Kobe Bryant "8" dan "24" di setiap sisinya. Cruz merayakan warisan Meksikonya dengan band mariachi di belakangnya saat dia melangkah menuju ring.

Tidak ada proses perasaan keluar pada awalnya. Cruz menyerang sang juara bertahan, menjepitnya ke tali dan meratap.

“Itu gayaku. 'Pitbull' akan selalu menyerang,"Kata Cruz. “Saya pikir kami mempertahankan ritme dari awal hingga akhir.”

Davis menemukan ritmenya di set kedua dan ketiga, mengitari ring dan membawa Cruz ke tembakan. Di keempat, Cruz memusatkan serangannya pada tubuh, menumbuk tulang rusuk Davis.

Penduduk asli Baltimore berusia 27 tahun itu menyalakan listrik di kuarter keempat, bergantian antara hook kanan dan umpan silang kiri di belakang kuda-kuda kidalnya. Pukulan yang lebih menghukum datang dari Davis selama yang kelima.

“Dia petarung yang lebih pendek, jadi saya lempar ke atas kepalanya,"Kata Davis. “Aku memukulnya dengan buku jariku dan mengacaukannya. Aku menyakiti tanganku pada ronde keenam. Tidak peduli apakah lawannya lebih tinggi atau lebih pendek, Aku harus melewatinya. Dia seorang pejuang. Meskipun dia tidak menang, seorang bintang lahir malam ini.”

“Saat itu sekitar ronde kelima saya melihat tangannya tidak bekerja dengan benar,Cruz mengamati.

Davis bertinju dengan indah di ronde tengah, menembakkan tembakan cepat dan berputar menjauh dari tembakan balasan. Pukulan kanan di pukulan kedelapan secara singkat membuat Cruz berdengung dan membuat penonton berdiri. Tapi tepat ketika itu tampak seolah-olah pertarungan itu menghilang, Cruz melawan api dengan api, mendaratkan pukulan flush beberapa detik sebelum bel.

Petenis Meksiko berusia 23 tahun itu meningkatkan kecepatannya di ronde-ronde terakhir, menjaga Davis tetap waspada dan berdebar-debar. Davis memegang miliknya sendiri, melawan balik secara seimbang sampai pertarungan berakhir.

Tentu saja, Cruz percaya dia pantas menang.

"Hidup Mexico. Saya tidak punya apa-apa untuk dikatakan, para penggemar berbicara tentang siapa yang memenangkan pertarungan ini,"Dia berkata.

Setelah sukses mempertahankan gelar, Davis mengatakan dia siap untuk semua pendatang.

"LA., kami melakukannya untuk Kobe,"Kata Davis. “Di awal pertarungan, dia datang dengan kuat. Saya merasa saat pertarungan sedang berlangsung, dia sedang mogok. Tapi tanganku terluka, jadi saya tidak bisa mengeluarkannya dari sana.

“Kesempatan apa pun yang terbaik untukku, Aku akan melakukannya. Semuanya adalah pekerjaan mudah. Saya anjing teratas. ”

Dalam acara co-main, **Sebastian "Menjulang Inferno" Fundora** bergerak lebih dekat ke perebutan gelar dunia dengan keputusan bulat 12 ronde atas yang sebelumnya tak terkalahkan **Sergio Garcia** dalam Eliminator Gelar Kelas Welter Super WBC.

Skor akhir dibaca 118-110, 117-111 dan 115-113.

Fundora membentuk kontrol dengan cepat di awal, mematahkan kepala Garcia dari Spanyol dengan pukulan kiri yang menggelegar. Keduanya berdagang secara merata melalui putaran awal. Garcia memiliki momennya, termasuk pukulan overhand yang tajam pada pukulan kelima yang mengeluarkan darah dari hidung Fundora.

Fundora yang berusia 23 tahun menemukan jangkauannya di urutan keenam, memompa jab dan menggunakan bingkai 6-kaki-5 dan jangkauan 80-inci untuk menjaga Garcia di teluk.

“Aku lebih sering menggunakan jarak. Saya ingin menampilkan sesuatu yang berbeda dari biasanya,Kata Fundora. “Tinggi jelas merupakan perbedaan dalam pertarungan ini.”

Garcia berjuang untuk mendarat di babak kedua pertarungan, simpan untuk beberapa saat di 12^th ketika kedua kombatan berdiri kaki-ke-kaki.

“Mungkin segalanya bisa berbeda jika saya lebih agresif dari awal,Kata Garcia. "Aku seharusnya tidak membiarkan diriku terbawa oleh apa yang dia lakukan."

Fundora yakin dia siap untuk perebutan gelar dunia.

“Kami baru saja mengalahkan No. 2 di WBC, jadi kita punya No.1, dan kami memiliki juara,Kata Fundora. “Siapa pun yang mereka berikan selanjutnya, kami siap.”

Dalam mendebarkan bolak-balik, **Carlos Adames** (21-1, 16 Biaya) mengatasi tantangan berat dari mantan penantang gelar dunia **Sergiy Derevyanchenko** (13-4, 10 Biaya) untuk memenangkan keputusan mayoritas 10 ronde dalam Eliminator Gelar Dunia Kelas Menengah WBC mereka.

Kedua kombatan memiliki momen mereka, tapi menghadapi lawan terberat dalam karirnya, Adames yang berusia 27 tahun bersinar. Seorang juri menilai pertarungan kelas menengah bahkan pada 95-95, sementara dua lainnya mencetak gol untuk Adames dengan skor 96-94 dan 97-93.

“Ini sangat berarti bagi saya dalam karir saya dan ini adalah pencapaian besar menang melawan petinju sekalibernya,” kata Adames, yang lahir di Republik Dominika dan bertarung di Washington Heights di New York City.

“Saya agresif dan cepat secara alami, jadi saya datang siap untuk melakukan pekerjaan saya. Dia mulai lambat, ingin melihat apa yang akan terjadi, dan hanya memiliki rencana permainan yang salah. Dia sedikit lelah saat pertarungan berlangsung, mengambil banyak pukulan keras dari saya dan terbukti bahwa saya menyebabkan banyak kerusakan padanya.”

“Saya berharap lawan saya bertarung dengan gaya yang sama. Itu tidak ada yang istimewa bagi saya, hanya pertarungan kualitas,"Kata Derevyanchenko.

“Dia tetap kidal, itulah perbedaan dalam pertarungan. Saya tidak tahu apa yang akan saya lakukan selanjutnya. Saya perlu sedikit istirahat dan kemudian saya akan kembali ke gym karena saya suka tinju dan saya suka pertunjukannya.”

“Ini memberi saya kesempatan untuk melanjutkan,” kata Adames. “Saya mendominasi di keduanya 154 dan 160, jadi di mana pun mereka memberi saya kesempatan untuk memperjuangkan kejuaraan, di situlah saya akan pergi.”

Dalam pertarungan pembukaan siaran SHOWTIME PPV, penantang kelas bulu super **Eduardo "Kiri" Ramirez** (26-2-3, 12 Biaya) berada dalam bentuk puncak, memenangkan keputusan bulat 10 ronde yang lebar atas mantan penantang gelar dunia **Miguel Marriaga**.

“Saya ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada para penggemar, SHOWTIME dan keluarga Montiel yang telah mendukung saya. Marriaga adalah lawan yang tangguh, tapi aku berhasil mendominasi,” kata Ramirez. “Saya memiliki gaya bertarung yang bervariasi dan membuatnya tetap waspada sepanjang waktu.”

Marriaga (30-5, 26 Biaya) adalah agresor di seluruh, khususnya di ronde pertama saat ia mendukung Ramirez dengan pukulan kombinasi. Yang terakhir menemukan jangkauannya di tengah bingkai, memanfaatkan jab yang akurat. Dalam ketiga, sebuah hook kanan diikuti oleh sebuah pukulan overhand kiri membuat Marriaga tidak seimbang untuk sebuah pukulan knockdown.
“Kami memulai dengan kuat, tapi kemudian segalanya menjadi semakin sulit. Setelah mengatakan itu, kami senang dengan pekerjaan yang kami lakukan hari ini,” kata Marriaga. “Kita seharusnya lebih cerdas, tetapi kami berusaha sekuat tenaga dalam menghadapi peluang besar yang sayangnya tidak dapat kami manfaatkan.”

Ramirez mendominasi setelah mencetak knockdown, menghukum Marriaga sejak saat itu dengan berbagai macam tembakan ke kepala dan tubuh. Statistik pukulan terakhir membuat Ramirez mendarat 280 dari 762 (36.7%) pukulan total untuk Marriaga 159 dari 689 (21.3%).

“Sekarang saya akan bersantai dengan keluarga saya dan menikmati liburan,” kata Ramirez. “Kalau begitu semoga 2022 akan datang dengan tembakan judul untuk saya.”

Acara bayar-per-tayang blockbuster malam ini akan ditayangkan ulang pada SHOWTIME Sabtu ini, Bulan Desember 11 di 10 p.m. ET / PT. Siaran tertunda dari Davis vs. Cruz akan membuka siaran yang menampilkan Juara Dunia Kelas Bantam WBC dan Hall of Famer masa depan Nonito Donaire saat ia akan mempertahankan gelarnya melawan penantang teratas yang tak terkalahkan dan rekan senegaranya asal Filipina Reymart Gaballo yang menjadi headline dalam acara Premier Boxing Champions dari Dignity Health Tennis Stadium di Carson.

Penyiar olahraga veteran Brian Custer menjadi pembawa acara siaran SHOWTIME PPV sementara suara olahraga tempur serbaguna Mauro Ranallo menangani aksi pukulan demi pukulan bersama analis Hall of Fame Al Bernstein dan juara dunia tiga divisi Abner Mares. Three Hall of Famers melengkapi tim siaran SHOWTIME – reporter pemenang penghargaan Emmy® Jim Gray, pencetak gol tidak resmi Steve Farhood, dan penyiar cincin terkenal di dunia Jimmy Lennon Jr. Produser eksekutif adalah pemenang penghargaan Emmy® empat kali, David Dinkins, Jr. Siaran ini disutradarai oleh Bob Dunphy. Mantan juara dunia kelas menengah junior Raúl “El Diamante” Marquez dan penyiar olahraga Alejandro Luna menjabat sebagai analis ahli dalam bahasa Spanyol pada Pemrograman Audio Sekunder (SAP).

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Gervonta Davis to Defend WBA Lightweight World Title Against Hard-Hitting Isaac Cruz – Hari Minggu, Bulan Desember 5

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Unbeaten Five-Time World Champion Gervonta Davis to Defend WBA Lightweight World Title Against Hard-Hitting Isaac Cruz on Sunday, Bulan Desember 5 on SHOWTIME PPV^®

Cruz Replaces Rolando Romero in Main Event at

STAPLES Center in Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES (November 3, 2021) – Unbeaten five-time world champion and boxing’s hottest attractionGervonta “Tank” Davis will defend his WBA Lightweight Championship against hard-hittingIsaac “Pitbull’’ Cruz pada hari Minggu, Bulan Desember 5 live on SHOWTIME PPV from STAPLES Center in Los Angeles in a Premier Boxing Champions event.

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Davis’ third-straight pay-per-view headlining attraction will see him battle the hardnosed Cruz, who has rightly earned the nickname “Pitbull’’ during his professional career.

“This is going to be a tremendous fight on SHOWTIME PPV,” said Leonard Ellerbe, CEO Mayweather Promotions. “Isaac Cruz was ready for this big opportunity and I expect him to come ready to deliver the fight of his life. Namun Begitu, Gervonta Davis is a generational talent who’s only getting better. This fight is going to end in spectacular fashion on December 5.”

“Kudos to Isaac Cruz for stepping in as a replacement opponent in a high-pressure, pay per view fight against one of the brightest stars in boxing in Gervonta Davis,’’ said Tom Brown, Presiden TGB Promosi. “Cruz presents a different, and some would argue a more difficult challenge to Tank Davis. Cruz won’t back down and he’ll bring the fight to Davis from the opening bell. We’ve all seen Gervonta’s blend of superb boxing skills and explosive power, and we know what he’s capable of. It will be the irresistible force versus the immovable object, which means fireworks at STAPLES Center and on SHOWTIME PPV on Sunday, December 5.’’

Davis (25-0, 24 Biaya), star of the Mayweather Promotions stable, added another highlight filled performance in June, as he stopped previously unbeaten Mario Barrios to capture a 140-pound title and become a three-division world champion. The Baltimore-native captured his lightweight championship with a 12^th-round knockout of former champion Yuriorkis Gamboa in December 2019.

“I respect Isaac Cruz for stepping up and taking the fight, but everyone knows what I do,"Kata Davis. “I come in looking for the knockout and that’s exactly what I’m going to do in this fight. I’m back in Los Angeles where the stars shine and I’m going to light it up against Isaac Cruz at STAPLES Center on December 5.’’

Cruz yang berusia 23 tahun (22-1-1, 15 Biaya) will be looking to rough up Davis and make him work overtime if he wants to come away with the win. A native of Mexico City, Cruz naik peringkat kelas ringan 2020, mengumumkan kehadirannya dengan KO yang menggetarkan pada ronde pertama atas veteran Diego Magdaleno pada bulan September. Cruz mengikutinya 2021 by winning a unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Matías Romero in March, and most recently defeating former champion Francisco Vargas by decision in June. Sejak membuat A.S. debut di bulan Desember 2019, the 23-year-old has gone unbeaten in his next four ring appearances, appearing on SHOWTIME three times in addition to beating Magdaleno on the Gervonta Davis vs. Undercard Leo Santa Cruz SHOWTIME PPV.

“First I want to thank Gervonta Davis and his team for this opportunity – an opportunity I won’t let get past me,’’ Cruz said. “God willing I’ll be world champion on December 5. This fight is a very big motivation for me as a professional and as a personal goal. I’m sure after December 5 everyone in boxing will know the name Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz.’’

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