Briggs Ibragimov ppv rd by rd

77-75 x2
79-73
all for robert stieglitz...
i'm not sure hayes even won a round...whatever...

 

i'm rooting for Cruz.

 

next fight...NABO welter...
Shamone Alvarez 17-0 11kos
Jose Luis Cruz 32-2 (sharmba and zab)-2(baldomir) 28 kos
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Alvarez makes for good fights. Sort of like Urango..he thinks he's strong and usually tries to hurt his opponent.
I think Alvarez will get the ko here...he's more deliberate than sharmba or zab

 

cruz is gonna win - you watch. ::

 

rd1
cruz straight up..gangly...despite the records..alvarez appears the bigger puncher early...
alvarez relying on the right hooks...
cruz attacks with the curvy, messy stuff...gets in a very nice hook to alvarez's body at the end...
alvarez round

 

cruz has heavy ass hands, and he's durable as hell. he has a good shot. both guys landed clean and hard on each other. i think cruz will be able to hurt alvarez. not sure though.

 

....

Cruz lost to Mosley BTW, Not Judah.

 

alvarez is gonna have a tough time as short as he is

 

cruz won the second imo. no question.

 

rd 2...cruz whipping the punches better...alvarez short with his punches...
tompkins says close rd...i think cruz got it and not so close...
1-1

 

alvarez is already hurting mentally.

 

rd3...my bad..it was mosley....
alvarez gets a couple of hooks in early to take the lead...and a good straight left..cruz undeterred...cruz's determination has turned alvarez into a boxer instead of the stalker I was hoping he'd be...the announcers like some things cruz is doing this round, but I don't see it...nice right upperctu by alvarez...nice hook by alvarez...bernsteins says a very very close round...i thought it was easily and clearly alvarez's...
2-1 shamone

 

shamone holding cruz on inside.

 

Come on... Shamone Alvarez!!! W#IN fucker! opcorn:

 

rd 4
nice body shots by cruz..alvarez tries to reply with same...nice combo by alvarez...evens it up after 1 min...
nice hook to body by cruz...nice left to head by alvarez...cruz comes back wiht the windmill combo to the body...90 secs left...this is a close round so far...
low blow by cruz...alvarez is hurt some...they take a point away...it was very low, but alvarez had his hand on cruz's head...alvarez only takes 40 secs or so,but gets his point...
cruz goes right back with this low uppercuts to body....
not sure who won it...the announcers liked alvarez...i'll say even...
2-1-1 alvarez (-1 cruz not shown)

 

alvarez has a style reminiscent of rosario's. he's left-handed and not as talented and doesn't hit as hard, but stylistically, he's similar.

 

rd 5...
nice left by alvarez...cruz keeps chugging...nice hook by shamone...low blow by cruz again...nice hook by alvarez...nice uppercut by alvarez...clear lead for shamone after 90 secs...
nice lefts by shamone...not damaging, but clean...cruz shoves him down...nice combo by cruz...clear round for alvarez...
3-1-1 alvarez (-1 cruz not shown)

 

alvarez has neutralized cruz quite a bit with holding on the inside and movement. if he doesn't tire too much, or get hit with a big shot, he should win a decision.

 

rd 6
alvarez goes down after a bullrush...no knockdown...
nice uppercut to body by cruz..shamone not doing much...
nice left by alvarez...nice hook to body by cruz...
alvarez short...cruz awkward...comes in with lead uppercuts and slop hooks...this was a cruz round..tompkins liked alvarez...
3-2-1 alvarez...(-1 for cruz not shown)

 

cruz won 6

 

rd 7
nice left by alvarez...cruz doing nothing...nice hook by shamone...nice hook by alvarez..cruz doing nothing...another low blow and ref takes a point again...hmmmm...pretty rough...
nice right by cruz after saying come on...no effect, but it did land on the wrong side of alvarez's face and those can be big...nice right by alvarez...little head clash...another right to wrong side by cruz...
clear round for alvarez...despite 2 nice punches by cruz..that's all he had...
4-2-1 alvarez (-2 pts for cruz not shown)

 

rd 8
cruz coming forward...pretty good action here..tompkins gave last round to cruz..blah...
nice combo by alvarez...nice uppercut by cruz...pretty close rd with 1 min to go...
good stuff by cruz...alvarez having several moments too...i'm not sure who won it...call it even...
4-2-2 Alvarez (-2 cruz not shown)

 

cruz coming on

 

rd 9
nice uppercut by cruz..great hook to body by cruz in 1st 10 seconds...
alvarez gets some stuff in at range..lots of work by cruz...more than a little maussa in his attack right now..
alvarez does some good body work...nice stuff by cruz...alvarez seemed affected by it...now he seems okay...but cruz keeps coming..nice hook by cruz...
clash of heads...cruz gets a cut...doesn't seem bad...
alvarez throwing but mostly blocked...cruz keeps coming...
lots happening in this round...
nice hook by alvarez, but clear round for cruz
4-3-2 alvarez (-2 cruz not shown)

 

rd10
nice exchange...cruz seemed to win it...
alvarez can't hurt cruz at all anymore...nice hooks by alvarez..
cruz whipping some wicked uppercuts...just missing, but very dangerous stuff...alvarez peppers him with some accurate counters...
cruz slowed down a lot for some reason...this is an alvarez round...

5-3-2 alvarez (-2 cruz not shown)

 

rd 11
alvarez lands some combos...he seems like he is slapping...hurt hands maybe?
cruz not landing thru 1st min...
low shot by cruz..no warning...slaps by alvarez..cruz not doing anything...nice left by alvarez when they trade...nice hook by alvarez..nice right by cruz..gives him some energy...misses most of his follow ups, though...nice uppercut by cruz...alvarez round..not impossible to give to cruz, though...

6-3-2 alvarez (-2 cruz not shown)

 

alvarez is tough - he's got a good chin too. he's holding cruz inside and cruz can't seem to deal with it.

 

alvarez is tired - his holding in the 12th has gotten pathetic.

 

rd12
they are trading...alvarez quicker and landing more, but soft ones...cruz just getting hit...cruz doing nothing..alvarez doing nothing...some clean soft stuff by alvarez...1 min left...
cruz tries, but nothing landing...alvarez wins this round...

7-3-2...
I have it 117-111 because of the even rounds...
figure
9-3 to 7-5 and then subtract 2 from cruz (117-109 to 115-111)

116-110 for tompkins and bernstein

 

116-110
119-108
117-109

all for shamone alvarez