Round-by-Round: Monte-Carlo Showdown | Butaev vs. Besputin - 30 November 2019

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Hows the women’s fight?

[skanksta]

Hows the women’s fight?

Predictably

Gotta admire Bustos' chin and heart and Braekhus skills, but we just know what'ts gonna happen - a Braekhus UD.

[skanksta]

Braekhus gets a KD !

Ref didn't give it, but it was a KD. More of a balance issue but it WAS a KD.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[skanksta]

At last a real fight.

Two quality unbeatens for a (version of vacant interim or something) World Title.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[skanksta]

This anthem makes me want to defend the fatherland to the death in freezing conditions...

[Ruthless-RKO]

Do they really need 2 MC’s for this card??

[skanksta]

These two are really f*kkin' good.

Besputin has a touch of Loma about him while Butaev is like that Khabib monster from UFC.

[Ruthless-RKO]

These two are really f*kkin' good.

Besputin has a touch of Loma about him while Butaev is like that Khabib monster from UFC.

Knew it would be a good fight. Evenly matched. Will likely go the distance.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Butaev has taken over. 3 in a row

[Ruthless-RKO]

Besputin has come back into it

[Ruthless-RKO]

Hows everyone scoring this? Besputin is running away with it

[skanksta]

Not at all.

5-4-1 Besputin.

boxer vs banger - if Besputin can last the distance he should get the nod.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Easy fight to score

[Ruthless-RKO]

Butaev needs last 2 for a draw.. or a KO for a win.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Besputin should win this..

[skanksta]

yeah easy to score - Besputin wins every round easily unless he gets hit.

[Ruthless-RKO]

116-112 Besputin for me..

[skanksta]

Besputin 7-4-1

116-113

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Or could give Butaev the last

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[skanksta]

Butaev is a monster but the matrix-style boxer hung on for a deserved points win.
Both will be fine in with the elite

[handsofstone]

Loved the Besputin/Butaev fight, real high end quality from both men, I had Bespitin coming out a 115-113 winner, his workrate told in a lot of the rounds, Butaev looked the stronger and probably hurt Besputin more than he was ever hurt himself but Besputin had the volume and that bit more quality, you can see the Loma-esque moves, he's a short southpaw and had the speed, the angles and the movement, very comfortable fighting on the backfoot which he had to do for long spells here but he's that well schooled he can do it a canter without ever looking negative or scared, he was always wiling to fight it out with Butaev who was much bigger


As I say Butaev no slouch and has a lot to like about him, he picked some lovely punches himself, both guys targeted head and body and showed great variety, Butaev tried switching lefty himself late on and but he couldn't really pin Besputin down although I did give him the last round, great fight, love both guys but Beputin the deserved winner and look forward to seeing him again