Just thought I’d post a recap of what happened in the fight and my take on it for anyone who didn’t catch the fight or want to discuss it. Post your own recaps and ideas if ya want.
Caesers Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada - The fight was fought outside in 90+ degree weather. The beginning of the fight was pretty boring. Timur Ibragimov didn’t really seem to make many moves to try and tag Calvin. Clavin was the aggressor for most of the fight. Almost everytime Calvin would make an attack and was getting or was close to getting some good shots on Timur, he grabbed him, many times by the head. Most of the early rounds went on this way, Brock moving forward on Timur, Timur backing away, only to occasionally move up and throw some jabs or small combos. The jabs seemed to be landing for Timur but he rarely tied those into combos. About midway through, Brock got some good shots on Timur’s head. Timur appeared pretty shaken and for a good while only held when Brock moved in for an attack. Timur from this point on seemed almost totally concerned with defense. He stopped throwing as many succesful jabs and combos. Brock continued to move in on Timur and pretty soon it was obvious who was going to win. In the last 3 or 4 rounds, Timur appeared exhausted and ready to leave. His trainer was even heard aggresivly asking him if he wanted him to throw in the towel or if he was going to fight. Many times near the end of the fight, Timur grabbed Brock by the head and even pulled him down or tripped him. After taking some more vicious combos, Timur appeared completely done, putting his hands on his waste for a bit. In the closing seconds, Brock raised his hands almost in triumph in front of Timur, but I think he just wanted to get him to fight for that last bit. When the final bell rang, Timur went over to his corner, put his hands on his corner post, and leaned over in complete exhaustion. Brock won the fight by unanimous decision.
My thoughts are that Brock looked very good. Only for a few short moments did it look like Timur even had a chance. Brock never looked too tired. He rarely initiated any holds or ran away from his opponent. The only punches that seemed to hit him were the jabs Timur threw in the early goings. Jabs are the quickest and hardest of punches to block or dodge so that is good. At one point Brock was close to knocking Timur out but the little punk ran away or held onto Brock til the end of the round. Brock did not look too tired after the fight, despite the heat. He totally outmatched his opponent who was undefeated prior to this bout. I think Brock has a good chance at winning the title, but I’d still like to see how he can do against someone in the top 15.
