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00:00 Instructions in the dress room I expect a clean fight these trunks right here. There's the line there. There's a line there touch gloves now
00:06 Go back to your corners
00:08 Ricardo Rubalcaba you can see he's tall
00:13 He's long for a junior welterweight standing six foot tall with the seventy four and a half inch reach
00:20 across the ring his opponent is
00:23 Five foot four with the 65 inch reach so
00:27 We'll see how things play out for Abner Hernandez took this fight on a few weeks notice
00:31 He's a southpaw coming out of that blue corner
00:34 Bernardo Suna alongside
00:38 Mark Kregel here in Glendale, Arizona a night where we expect a lot of action and it kicks off with this fight
00:55 Move will Cobham managed by Frank Espinosa
00:59 Oscar Valdez his longtime manager Joe at Gonzalez's
01:02 longtime manager not a bad staple a
01:05 Lot of legends before
01:10 Those fighters you mentioned is real baskets. Absolutely nice left from
01:15 Hernandez who said he's dedicated this fight to his hands here now who had an accident and his recovery
01:23 We will call almost had an accident when he met up with that left hand of Abner Hernandez
01:27 And this is the kind of fight, you know right away who's the a-side
01:36 Who's the b-side?
01:39 But the pressure is all on the ace. It's all on Rubalcaba
01:43 fighter out of Ventura, California
01:46 framed by Carlos Chino Espinosa
01:49 Sparred Ryan Garcia Victor Ortiz, Mercy to Hesta Elvis Rodriguez top quality sparring for this young man
01:55 Try to make a move in the ranks here at 140 pounds, but not does not shying away from action early on and cutting the gap
02:05 Keeping his distance
02:16 I
02:18 Do what he shoots out the right hand like that
02:21 There ain't the easiest thing in the world fighting a guy with nothing to lose apps or no shorter a lot of times
02:29 You know a tall fighter would tell you it's dangerous because they generate power coming upwards
02:34 Nice body work there from Rubalcaba
02:37 That was a nice move the hook and then moving around
02:44 Who I've got a fighting a rhythm now after Molina had a good start Fernandez Molina when you can see the feet
02:50 Little Cabo is moving backwards just to maintain his distance just to keep a little Cabo on the end of his punches where he has
02:58 the most power
03:00 Keep an eye on Abner's feet because he was a former kickboxer at 15 professional fights and also
03:06 participated in another martial art called Lima Lama
03:09 So he's not a natural boxer. He's a fighter
03:14 You see there the body work from and the chance is always gonna step on
03:17 Absolutely
03:22 Let's take a listen to Ricardo Rubalcaba's corner spearheaded by Carlos
03:33 Are you feeling you have two tanks
03:40 I
03:42 Always try to do is counter
03:48 Throw some long combination
03:51 Not just one two punch at a time three punches in
03:55 Because that's gonna show that he wants to counter you
04:07 Too much time go without just stay active stay on him
04:11 Fill those lungs with air
04:15 Don't let him get you into that mid-range
04:23 You know, what's amazing my translating skills. Well you translating to English better than I speak English. No, what's amazing work?
04:36 But he does want him at the end of those long punches
04:39 Absolutely, and he doesn't want Hernandez to be able to get into a mid-range where he can be dangerous. Yeah
04:44 One thing Rubalcaba's feet are so I do wonder how he's gonna generate enough power
04:52 Yeah, that's what he's trying to do is sit on those punches
04:57 But I think against a bigger guy or a harder puncher that's gonna be a dangerous situation because when you're so wide
05:03 It's harder for you to get out of the way
05:06 It's it's also it's more difficult for you to generate power when you feed it that that spread that far apart
05:13 He's about your size bar six foot I
05:18 Think I shrank with old days
05:21 That hamstring is you guys two inches off your height
05:24 Good head movement there from through a gala. Oh, and he just steps into that left foot to the liver and another one
05:34 I like what I'm seeing from Rubalcaba. It's a it's a diverse portfolio
05:39 The long shots now the real hard body work is really digging hard
05:44 That was a nice left from her that is a little low
05:50 Warning for the headbutts there from the third man in the ring Chris Flores
05:59 Another body shot from through one gala. It's not the easiest thing in the world with your six feet
06:04 Facing the guys five five to bang into the body with that kind of authority
06:09 I agree and it takes a certain level of risk to just get down that low to land that shot
06:15 But he's dug in on those body shorts even better than the stuff upstairs. I agree
06:21 There it is. He's quick with it
06:26 It just doesn't allow Hernandez to answer
06:29 You can see her name has been a lot of scraps man, he's not the guy you want him
06:37 He's not the guy you want to like see at the end of the bar
06:40 You know
06:43 He told me you got my first tattoo at age 15
06:46 Uh-huh
06:48 Hey Fernandez trying to answer with some body shots of his own
07:06 He is
07:11 Kind of pretty good action fight here what the little figure but I do like what I'm seeing from
07:15 Rubal cava
07:18 Rubal cava and
07:20 Hernandez setting the tone for a great night of action that will culminate with Oscar Valdez taking on Liam Wilson
07:26 for the vacant junior lightweight WBO title
07:31 Tonight
07:33 He's a bad boy
07:40 Now it's time for him to make him pay make him pay
07:59 Oscar Valdez was born in Nogales Sonora was raised in Tucson
08:03 He's currently ranked number six at junior lightweight by ESPN trained by Eddie Reynoso
08:08 The same man who guides the career of Saul Canelo Alvarez
08:12 And he had a pet alligator still has a pet alligator. That was about probably 18 inches when he got him
08:18 Probably about five or six feet if not bigger by now that he keeps out in a ranch near in Sonora. So Oscar Valdez
08:27 The crocodile hunter and he's gonna be taking on the Aussie Liam Wilson with a belt at stake in our main event
08:35 Tonight, what'd you name your pet?
08:37 I named him stuffed animal. I
08:40 did get into a
08:44 cage with
08:46 215-foot saltwater crocs when I was in South Africa though for the World Cup. I don't know I survived
08:53 One thing about Oscar Valdez we just touched on
09:00 He was really beaten up against Navarrete we saw him at the end of that fight
09:07 It's quite a dispiriting end and his father broke down with him
09:10 And I said, did you do you think about retiring?
09:13 Really, you know, he hadn't taken that kind of beating and defeat
09:18 And he said no my father told me that night. That's the voice I listened to we still have we still have things to do
09:23 And that's that is why he is back because his dad told look Oscar Valdez is the consummate warrior. We saw him fight
09:30 From the fifth round on with a broken jaw against Scott Quigg and you know, we have fracture rib fracture hand
09:37 It doesn't matter. He will give you his all inside the ring
09:40 The question is how much does he have left will get a glimpse into his future tonight?
09:45 And I think that's why so many other fighters
09:48 Want him the guy who keeps mentioning him now. We'll hear from him later tonight is of an auto Lopez
09:54 The featherweight champion wants to move up to fight him because he has a name
09:59 He commands a certain type of respect and I have to think that after people saw that beating that he took
10:06 They're getting very courageous
10:08 With Oscar Valdez and I'm not sure they really have a cause to be yes, and we'll see that tonight
10:14 We'll see how much he has left against Liam Wilson
10:16 It'll be a battle of
10:18 prodigious left hooks that have left a wake of destruction in their path from both Liam Wilson and Oscar Valdez
10:24 But it's who can take the shot better is gonna
10:28 Be the man who comes out on top that we're both in the same ring against him on when I'm a red date not too long
10:34 ago and
10:35 different outcomes
10:39 You know last last round we saw a lot of body work from Rubalcava
10:44 He was teeing off on his head earlier this round and I'll tell you what that that long hook he has it's really impressive
10:53 They look at that punch combination that Rubalcaba lands sends
10:59 Hernandez reeling backwards and there's a straight right hand from Rubalcaba and
11:04 Hernandez Molina is taking punishment here in this third round. He's been taking a lot of clean headshots this round
11:11 You can see he's starting to stagger a little bit
11:13 This is why referee Chris Flores is keeping a close eye on Abner Hernandez
11:19 But no cut accidental you're good 10 seconds stop at the belt time in box
11:33 Hernandez said I started boxing at age 12 the sport saved me from the streets out in Mexico City and here
11:39 He is on top-ranked boxing on ESPN and Kregel. He's been taking some serious punishment downstairs
11:46 Rubalcava
11:48 Here we start
11:50 Nice long left hook to the body and again, it's you're that big and tall
11:55 It ain't that easy to get down there here comes a
11:59 Molina with his body work
12:02 He's a little closer to the target there
12:04 And he's not getting he's not getting in there quite as cleanly
12:09 As you can see you saw that good defense from Rubalcaba was able to parry that
12:13 Hernandez got around it a couple times, but not with the same authority that he was getting hit with
12:22 The shot I like the most is Rubalcaba's long left hand and he's done some really
12:32 Got off some really nice check hooks and gotten out of the way
12:34 And I also think he's done an excellent job maintaining his distance
12:40 That helps against a guy who and as a result maintaining his power
12:43 You have an eighth inch height advantage on it
12:46 You see the quick start from Ricardo Rubalcaba here in the fourth round after Hernandez was getting instructions from his trainer
12:53 Alejandro Reyes who's been with for three years now
12:58 And I think that Hernandez is in the survival part of this fight. I gave it a shot
13:02 It was honorable
13:05 But it was what it was
13:07 Hernandez is studying at
13:10 Imca University in Mexico City sports science
13:13 He says I have about a year and a half left to get my degree and then I'm gonna open my own gym
13:17 And I'm gonna start training fighters teach them conditioning diets and all that good stuff. So good for him
13:24 he's got a plan outside of the ring now that he's
13:27 Did he tell you what that tat is on the right side of his head? I'm dying to know
13:31 No, I did see it
13:34 but if you start asking a guy about one tattoos gonna tell you about all these tattoos and
13:38 Rubalcaba tattooing that right hand right on the side of the head and he went around this, you know
13:44 He we saw him last round the beautiful straight, right?
13:48 This one went around the garden. It looked like it hurt. Yeah, that was clean
13:56 My shot to the ribs from Rubalcaba switching things up here in the fourth round
14:01 scheduled for six here in Glendale, Arizona I
14:04 Can hear the corner of Abner Hernandez saying get near him well
14:12 Tell him how because he's got to get inside that 73 inch reach an 8 inch height and 8 inch reach advantage
14:20 for Rubalcaba over Molina
14:25 That's how they want him at that distance
14:27 Rubalcaba is in the prospect stage. He's 23 years old
14:31 Knockout is money. Yeah, I agree
14:36 You look at these two young men and they're both 23 years old mark
14:42 But Abner Hernandez a rougher 23, especially when he's in him against Rubalcaba. You're taking these shots
14:49 Rubalcaba creating space by pushing Hernandez back and then landing shots either he moves. Yes
14:55 Either way, he's creating his space by don't put yourself just pushing them off which isn't quite legal, but I
15:02 Like the way he's keeping them at the end of his punches
15:06 Don't push don't hold him
15:11 Oh
15:13 How's that nice short right cross from Rubalcaba and and what what made it work was the way he stepped to the right
15:30 And created the perfect distance shot
15:32 Tonight's co-main event will be for the undisputed
15:37 105 pound title between Sonesa Estrada and your casta Valle this fight just had to happen
15:43 You know, she believes she has the goods
16:05 Your casta Valle is a multi-division champion
16:09 17 and 0 in her last 17 fights after starting 13 and 2 she competed on Costa Rica's dancing with the stars
16:16 She says before I did that nobody really cared about me
16:19 And once I was on that show people started to fill stadiums in Costa Rica for the last couple years
16:25 She's been trained by Gloria Alvarado and mark that's become a huge storyline because of Gloria's connection to Sonesa Estrada
16:33 Gloria spent years
16:35 In Sonesa's corner if you talk to if you talk to Sonesa's people, they'll tell you
16:41 Oh, she wasn't don't even call her a trainer
16:43 Tell you what, she knows a lot about Sonesa and Sonesa is not happy about it at all
16:50 Another the most interesting thing that
16:54 Gloria Alvarado told us yesterday was that
16:58 Obviously Sonesa doesn't like to get hit but she's such a perfectionist that when she gets touched
17:04 She because according to Alvarado she gets dispirited
17:08 She gets down on herself and she can see the change in her body language. That's an interesting talent
17:13 And with these women, I'm not sure what they're saying to get under the other skin
17:17 Yes
17:21 It's definitely working but I also think you have to ask yourself the question I think that Sonesa
17:28 Is welcoming all of this stuff as motivation. I've never I've never seen it quite like that before
17:33 I mean your cost is Lucy goose
17:35 Absolutely for someone with two belts. She doesn't act like she has the pressure on her and you remember tension everything all the heat is
17:43 on the Sonesa
17:45 Gloria Alvarado storyline and I think that
17:47 Alvarado wants it like that. I also think Sonesa naturally wants it like that
17:52 She sees this fight as a redress for a whole careers worth of wrongs
17:57 Loyal Verado said look I know
17:59 Sonisa well that zero at the end of her record that 25 and don't mean something to her she sleeps with that
18:07 And that is her pillow while your pasta. All she wants are the two belts that's an ease of possess
18:13 I'll tell you what, you know
18:16 Cinesa does have a perfect record and
18:18 If that's your motivation, she kind of knows what she's doing. Absolutely. You know, she's coming off of that hand injury surgery in September
18:26 there's an injury it looks like to the right leg of
18:29 Hernandez and a Mark Kriegel moment
18:33 To get cramped up
18:37 Hope for his sake it in hamster nobody. He said he hit me on the leg
18:45 We're gonna have to see what happened, let's take a look
18:53 Let's take a look at the moment where after Hernandez turns away. This is what caused it
18:59 Was a shot to the leg it was a shot it would have tried the horse I see that as a shot to the hip
19:09 I didn't see it on the leg. Let's see. Oh, I mean from that angle, you know
19:13 Hernandez goes right after him here it is
19:19 Hit him on the
19:21 Quanta him not right in the in the touch man the glue looks like, you know, he's right in the glue
19:27 Now her tell you that
19:30 It hurts
19:33 It was a right on the sciatic
19:35 No, that doesn't feel good but after Hernandez pulls away and
19:41 The fight is called. I think Jimmy got a sciatic
19:46 He got nerves on top of nerves and muscles on top of muscle. He got muscles on top of nerves. I
19:52 Mean the way he turned away I believe it's a reason that referee Chris Flores stopped the fight
19:59 Well, he was defenseless. I mean he made a decision you turn your back your defenseless the guys coming at you
20:06 you know
20:09 Unless the foul is going to stop the fight, but you definitely that was the right call not you don't know
20:15 It's not that bad a foul, but
20:17 So an interesting fight with a lot of action through the first four rounds
20:23 And I think Hernandez actually having his best moments landing some good left hooks
20:27 When that you're gonna turn your back like that. That's what's gonna happen. Yeah, absolutely
20:31 All right, let's send it up to mark Sunuk who never turns his back
20:34 Ladies and gentlemen here inside the desert diamond arena referee Chris Flores calls a stop to this bout at one minute
20:42 44 seconds of round number five for your winner by technical knockout
20:47 All right, so Ricardo Rubalcava earns his 12th professional win
20:57 He's in double digits in stoppages now after this win over after her next