Jaidon Codrington vs. Sakio Bika

Jaidon Codrington 168 lbs lost to Sakio Bika 168 lbs by TKO at 2:18 in round 8 of 10

• Date: 2007-11-06
• Location: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Referee: Dick Flaherty
• Judge: Roland Milton
• Judge: Paul Driscoll
• Judge: Leo Gerstel

• Time: 2:18
• Weights: Codrington 168 lbs, Bika 167½ lbs
• Aired on: ESPN's The Contender (Season 3)

Bout Summary

In the greatest fight in Contender history and arguably the fight of the year, Sakio Bika TKO'd Jaidon Codrington in round eight. In a tremendous round one, Bika dropped Codrington, but Codrington came back and dropped Bika later in the round. The ensuing rounds were a toe-to-toe war with both fighters trading power shots and continually rocking each other. The end finally came in round eight when Bika's vicious assault had Codrington reeling on the ropes and referee Dick Flaherty stopped the action at the 2:18 mark.

Comments

• Bika won "The Contender" Season Three championship belt and $750,000.
• Through 0:56 of round 7, ESPN gave its last blows count as : Bika 164/354 46%, Codrington 80/324 25%.