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00:00Here on up is good. Touch gloves. Good luck to you.
00:04This fight is a test.
00:06Yes, it is.
00:06Rohan Polanco said, look, Fabian Maidana is a good step-up fight for me.
00:10He's an experienced warrior with solid experience at the pro level.
00:14And the younger brother of El Chino, Marcos Maidana, said, I'm going to test Polanco.
00:19I'm going to see how he deals with the top-level competition
00:22because he's never been in with a warrior like me.
00:25He's going to test him with that punching power as well.
00:28He's going to test that chin if he can land.
00:3018 knockouts and 24 wins for Fabian Maidana.
00:34They call him TNT.
00:35Rohan Polanco, 10 knockouts in 15 victories as a pro.
00:41You see already, Polanco, again, using feints.
00:46Using feints is almost like using the jab, right?
00:49You want to get a reaction from your opposition to try to get in position.
00:54One punch that I want you guys to pay attention to is going to be the lead.
00:58I don't even know what you call it.
01:00I think he calls it Polanco.
01:02He did.
01:03Where it's similar to what Triple G used to do, where he comes over the top and he hits you on top of the head,
01:08almost like a hook, an overhand hook over the top, splitting the guard of his opposition.
01:14If he gets close enough, you're going to see this punch come out.
01:16He said, it's a corkscrew left.
01:19The originator was Gennady Golovkin.
01:21I made it my own because with my quickness, I time it.
01:24I modify the angle for maximum damage.
01:27I'm going to keep using it because it hurts my opponents.
01:30See, Polanco likes to fight on the front foot.
01:36He also likes to fight at that Philly shell, keeping that lead hand in the sling.
01:42Inviting shots.
01:44He's looking to roll a right hand and high behind that shoulder like you saw right there.
01:49Whereas Medina right now, ooh, looking for big shots over the top.
01:55That's the right punches to throw against that defensive form.
02:01There's a response from Polanco, but you see how sneaky Medina was,
02:05letting the young fighter think he's in a groove
02:07and then trying to catch him with that looping left hook.
02:11Absolutely.
02:12You see how well Polanco hides behind that shoulder.
02:16That was a nice stab jab from Polanco.
02:18Yeah, there's a stab jab right there from Medina.
02:23Nice straight right.
02:25You see that little window right there between that lead arm and that right hand?
02:29Yep.
02:29You can throw the stab jab right there to the heart, to the chest.
02:32To Polanco.
02:33Now that leaping lead right from Polanco.
02:36He's got a lot of tricks up his sleeve.
02:40Yeah, but again, he fights out of that shoulder.
02:43He fights that shoulder roll, that Mayweather shoulder roll.
02:46He's pretty damn good.
02:47He's not Mayweather, but he's pretty damn good using that type of guard.
02:51Now he's going to the high guard.
02:52He's fighting shots.
02:53He wants you to throw, so that way he can counter.
02:56The last time the monster, Naoya Inoue, was on American soil was nearly four years ago here in Vegas when he made quick work of Michael Dasmarinas.
03:10Tonight, Inoue returns to Sin City.
03:13Not so much to make a statement, but to send out a reminder of the monster and just how great he is when he steps into the ring.
03:21The first time he's been in the ring.
03:23He's got a lot of pressure on this person.
03:24He's got a lot of pressure on this person.
03:25And he's called that.
03:25So, now I'm going to America.
03:28I'm going to do what I need now.
03:30I can't do anything.
03:34I can show you what I want in Japan.
03:38So, that's what I want to do.
03:40It's all I want to enjoy.
03:43I've spent the years in La's Vegas.
03:49I want to enjoy things.
03:54and the first time I play a game at T-Mobile.
03:58I feel like I'm happy to play things in the first time.
04:02I'm happy to see everything.
04:07I want to answer that.
04:10I want to see a good match that I'm watching.
04:15I want to see a good match.
04:18Tim, in our fighter meetings, I asked the monster now, I said, look, you can box, you
04:27can knock guys out, but when are you having the most fun in the ring?
04:31And what did he say?
04:32When a war breaks out.
04:34When I'm brawling.
04:35That man is crazy, man.
04:36I'm not going to lie.
04:37Sounds like you.
04:38A little bit, but man, when he said that, I said, oh my gosh, he loves danger.
04:44It's great, man.
04:45A symphony of violence is how I've described his fights in the past, and I think that's
04:51what we'll see in tonight's main event when we move over to ESPN at 7 Pacific, 10 Eastern
04:57with our main event heading into the ring right around 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. Eastern.
05:03All right, right now it's Rohan Polanco, the undefeated Dominican Olympian against Fabian
05:08Maidana, who just took a straight right hand when he got a little bit too greedy.
05:12See, Maidana in the first round was fighting, just trying to see what Polanco had.
05:16Oh, nice right hand by Polanco.
05:18A combination punching from Polanco, and you see the thudding power from the Dominican.
05:24Yeah, you see the decision-making right now from Maidana is not that great.
05:28Getting forced back on his back foot, getting in bad positions.
05:31He's getting hit with combinations.
05:36That stick is working for Polanco tonight.
05:40Nice body shot.
05:42It almost seems like Maidana's looking for just a one shot.
05:44He's looking for Polanco to make a mistake.
05:46Like that?
05:47Yep.
05:47And he did clip him.
05:48He clipped him, but he's looking for him to make one mistake, get a little bit too comfortable,
05:52because he knows he's got dynamite in both hands.
05:54He can turn the fight with one punch.
05:57I mean, that was a nice shot that Maidana was able to let.
06:01I don't know if Polanco's glove deflected it partially,
06:03but that's the danger that Polanco's in against Maidana.
06:07Those are the guys that he's used to hitting and going down.
06:10Maidana's not that guy.
06:11No, he's not that guy.
06:12I mean, he's trying to be defensively responsible.
06:15And he has punching power that Polanco has to worry about.
06:17You know, but, look, I like the fact that Polanco is like, okay, you got power,
06:25but I got power, too.
06:26I believe in mine.
06:27I believe in my chin as well.
06:29And I'm coming forward, and I'm going to put the pressure on you,
06:31and I'm going to make you make decisions that you don't want to do,
06:34and I'm going to make you pay for them.
06:36Look, what I'm liking tonight is that Polanco's jab is a punishing jab tonight.
06:41It's not a measuring jab.
06:43He's pounding the face of Maidana to set up the next shot.
06:47Nice counter right there for Maidana.
06:50His two best shots, Tim, have been a counter left and a counter right in this round.
06:54Yeah, and the shot that he wants, it's the left hook.
06:58Maidana wants that left hook.
07:00He's trying to set it up.
07:01Now he's going downstairs to try to open it up.
07:05Oh, nice job.
07:07Nice jab.
07:08Up jab.
07:09And that's real good timing right there.
07:10Absolutely.
07:11Coming from underneath as opposed to straight, coming from a different angle.
07:15See, Polanco's posing a little bit too much against a fighter like Maidana.
07:20He can make you pay the price for that.
07:22Yeah, and that high guy, look, he's in that Philly shell, man.
07:27He's not Mayweather.
07:28A lot of guys, Mayweather can make you look silly with that.
07:31However, look, he'd have been doing S&Cs from the crib, so he know what he's doing.
07:35Let's listen in to Hector Bermudez in Polanco's corner.
07:38As he doesn't have a stool to sit on.
07:45Put some Vaseline on.
07:56Take a deep breath.
07:57Look, the Philly shell system is to draw offense.
08:07You see him going to Philly shell right there.
08:09He rolled that shoulder back.
08:10He was able to avoid some of those shots, and he came right back with a right hand.
08:14But also, it puts him in line for the left hook.
08:19Nice shot right there.
08:20Polanco just, hey, leaning in with a right hand, short right hand.
08:22Didn't get underneath it at time, but pulled straight back, rolled with it a little bit.
08:27Hey, didn't hit.
08:28It's a grazing blow, but dang it.
08:30Imagine if he was coming forward with that shot, and he wasn't anticipating something coming back.
08:35So sometimes when you throw the right hand out there, you left out there a little bit too long.
08:39You don't bring the hand back.
08:40You don't have the time.
08:40You can be timed with the shot.
08:42So you got to roll underneath.
08:44You saw Mayweather do that a lot when he threw his right hand, or a single right hand.
08:47So far, 17 landed power punches through two rounds compared to eight for Maidana.
08:56There go to Polanco.
08:57It's starting to come out now.
08:58He's starting to use it.
09:02Good body shot right there for Maidana.
09:05If Maidana can get a little bit more consistent with his jab, he can disrupt a lot of stuff that Polanco's doing.
09:13Because you got to anticipate that right hand coming back, because he's going to use the shoulder roll.
09:18So use your jab, come behind with the right hand, get him in the shoulder roll, and then come back with another swivel jab.
09:26Oh, that's a nice right hand from Maidana.
09:28Polanco took it well.
09:29But that may be the best shot he's been hit with his entire career.
09:33Entire career, absolutely.
09:35And it's on the counter, Tim.
09:37He's vulnerable to the counter because he's not getting his hit off the line, as you mentioned.
09:42It's because of the guard.
09:43You know, there's a lot of good that comes with that guard, but there's also a lot of bad.
09:49And if you know how to fight against that guard, you don't have success.
09:532-1 combination all day.
09:55Do you know who had really good success against Floyd Mayweather?
09:57Koto.
09:58Who else?
10:00The last name's in the ring tonight.
10:02Maidana.
10:03Yeah.
10:03What he did was he came over that lead shoulder.
10:06That's what he did with that kind of, like, crazy-looking right hand.
10:09Yep.
10:09Almost like that left hook is.
10:11Yep.
10:12Yep.
10:12Look, Polanco kept that right at home defensively on that occasion.
10:16But, you know, if Maidana aims at the temple of Polanco, that's a different punch.
10:22Yes.
10:22Not the job, but the temple.
10:23Yes.
10:24Yes.
10:28Oh, see, that's a 2-8-2-1 combination I was telling you about.
10:37Yes.
10:37Yes.
10:37Because he's going to roll that shoulder to avoid that jab.
10:42And when he comes back to counter, and boom, the one come right down the middle.
10:46His head stays on that line doing that shoulder roll.
10:52Already as many, fewer punches landed by Polanco than Canelo landed all night against William Scull.
10:58Oh, man.
11:01Cut the ring off.
11:03Please.
11:07Good defense right there from Maidana.
11:12Just staying tight and just tucking, just bending his knees.
11:16That's it.
11:16The corner of Maidana's asking for the right uppercut.
11:19Once Polanco goes with that 1-2 and gets in there, set up for that uppercut.
11:23Good body work there from Polanco.
11:38He's got nothing for you.
11:40Let's get it going.
11:41Let me take a look at this sequence right here.
11:43You see him in the shoulder roll, steps in, a bump to get distance, and guess what?
11:47What was waiting on?
11:48My right hand.
11:49That's great timing and a great read right there from Maidana.
11:53That's experience.
11:55Understanding what was going on at that moment.
11:58Beautiful.
11:58Beautiful shot right there.
12:02Mouth was open, too.
12:03Hey, mouth was open.
12:04He wasn't expecting that.
12:06That was awesome.
12:07Hey, that's setting traps.
12:09And that's taking advantage of what your opposition is doing or attempting to do.
12:12And you knowing what he's trying to do and beating him to the punch.
12:18He steps straight back is what his trainer, Dicia Manuel Rodriguez, told.
12:23He does.
12:23He does step straight back.
12:25He's got to keep working the body is what he wants.
12:27If he keeps, yeah, the body a big, a great tool.
12:31Again, I always tell you guys, go down to the body.
12:34Take the fighter's soul, man.
12:36Take his energy.
12:36Take his gas.
12:38Bring that attention downstairs.
12:39So that way he leaves himself open upstairs.
12:41There he is.
12:42The three losses in Fabian Maidana's career have been against Mario Barrios for the WBC Interim World Title in May of 2024.
12:50Francisco Mercado was a freak stoppage and a 10-round decision against Jaider Parra in Argentina in 2019
12:57when he suffered a cut right.
12:59A great jab there from Polanco.
13:06That goes with a right to the body.
13:08But, Tim, if you reach like that and lunge, that's a dangerous proposition for Polanco.
13:13Yeah, it's a dangerous proposition, especially if you have Maidana with his feet set.
13:17But at that moment, his feet weren't set.
13:19He was moving back.
13:20So that was a perfect time for Polanco to attack him.
13:24We're seeing Polanco now switch things up a little bit, but it starts behind the jab, Tim.
13:29If he's got Maidana worried about the jab.
13:31Nice counter.
13:33That was a push.
13:34That was a push.
13:35Nice left and then a push.
13:37You see a little mouse under the left eye of Maidana.
13:39Look, I like that.
13:41Look, look, I like that.
13:42That's the weakening, you know, man.
13:44Hey, that's to knock him off his base.
13:46You know, don't allow him to gather momentum.
13:49That's fine.
13:49And now he's taking advantage of him right as he's trying to get his wits back
13:53after getting embarrassed, getting pushed down on the floor like that.
13:57Good right hand downstairs.
13:59The straight shots right now downstairs is working for him.
14:01That's again the stab jab downstairs from Polanco and sets up the right body shot.
14:15He's posting with the jab.
14:18Yeah, those small little subtle things that many people don't see.
14:21Posting with the jab, he's looking to line up that right hand.
14:25And that's just, again, using that lead hand, positioning him,
14:29and trying to frame the shot.
14:30So he can keep his head right there so he can blitz it with the right hand.
14:34A lot of people don't see that because they don't have the privilege
14:36of sitting next to you reserving it.
14:38Nice combination there from Polanco.
14:41That's love, man.
14:42Oh, there go the Polanco right there.
14:46Look at Polanco right now trying to beat the fight out of Maidana.
14:49That's what he's doing.
14:50Trying to beat the fight out of him.
14:51You know.
14:53He's beating him on the outside.
14:55He's beating him on the inside.
14:56He's giving him what he wants.
14:57He was able to land some shots.
14:58But he's taking everything away from him just with this pressure alone.
15:03Mental pressure.
15:04He's killing him with that.
15:05Also, he's beating him looking at.
15:07Left up with that.
15:08Like a 45.
15:1045.
15:11That was almost like an up jab.
15:13But it was like a vertical jab because he kept the thumb up.
15:15But now you see the power behind the right hand of Polanco as well.
15:19Oh, he's beating the fight out of him.
15:21The body shots.
15:22The pressure.
15:24The presence.
15:24The jab.
15:25The physical strength.
15:26Nothing he can do.
15:27The physicality that he's using, especially on the inside.
15:30After a great third round for Maidana, Polanco showing dominance here in round number four.
15:37And tonight, we're in Vegas to see the return of the monster, Naoya Inoue.
15:43About as dominant as they come when you talk about world championship fights.
15:48Look, most consecutive world title fights.
15:51Joe Lewis at 28.
15:52Mikliszewski with 27.
15:54The Mexican legend Ricardo Finito Lopez.
15:57And Naoya Inoue could equal that tonight with 25.
16:01I mean, look.
16:02We're talking about rarefied air.
16:04And this young man looks so impressive every time out.
16:09And Tim, he can finish you in so many ways.
16:13It's pick your poison with the monster.
16:14Yeah, I mean, he's the perfect finisher.
16:16I mean, once he opens you up and he finds that key, I mean, it's like he smells blood and it's over, you know.
16:25He's a tremendous fighter, Bernardo, because he works hard as well.
16:29See, most people don't understand that the Floyd Mayweather, you can say whatever you want to say about the Floyd Mayweather era.
16:36But Floyd worked his behind off with that talent.
16:40And that's the difference.
16:41So, and Inoue does the same thing.
16:43He says, I trained to be the best version of myself.
16:47Whatever the opponent brings, that's great.
16:50But if I'm at my best, no one can beat me.
16:53And so far, that has been the case in becoming a two-time undisputed champion.
16:58And Naoya Inoue in tonight's main event when we move over to ESPN immediately following the Dodgers game.
17:05I'm going to give you a fun fact, Bernardo.
17:09Please do.
17:11Ah, Naoya Inoue.
17:12I came across this when reading the notes.
17:14Amateur record, 75 wins, six losses with 48 fights by K.O.S.
17:22Now.
17:23With headgear and six months.
17:24Yeah, exactly.
17:25Now, this is, you can argue this, okay.
17:27But according to the records I see, Sugar Ray Robinson, 85 wins.
17:32Now, some people said he was 80 undefeated.
17:34However, I came across he might have two defeats.
17:3869 K.O.S.
17:40Think about that.
17:41Just let that.
17:42That's why many people consider him the best pound for pound ever.
17:45Yeah.
17:45Yeah.
17:45But either way, you're talking about rarefies.
17:51What I'm saying, yeah, exactly.
17:53That's my point I'm making.
17:54I said, just go ahead and let you digest that and think about it for a minute.
17:57Different.
17:58Yes.
17:59Ooh.
17:59Nice shot to the solar plexus from Polanco.
18:03Yes.
18:05Yes.
18:07Yes.
18:08Yes.
18:09So, Maidana's a warrior, but those type of shots, Tim, look at the way he's tapping now with his shots.
18:14He doesn't want to open up.
18:16Yeah, Maidana's a warrior, and warriors, most of the time, they like to come forward and be the boss.
18:21And tonight, he can't be the boss.
18:23He's not the stronger man inside the ring.
18:25And Polanco, he knows.
18:26He got the 4-1-1 on him.
18:28Push him back.
18:29He can't fight off his back foot.
18:33It's like pushing Wilder on his back foot, right?
18:36Yeah.
18:36You know?
18:37He can't fight off his back foot.
18:38How can you generate punching power if you're not moving forward?
18:40Like if Polanco pulling a man with a leg, who are you trying to hit with that?
18:44The ghost?
18:45The ghost of Rohan Polanco?
18:47Polanco is breaking him down.
18:49I mean, the only enemy is himself right now.
18:53But he can't get overconfident.
18:54He gets a puncher like Maidana.
18:55That's why I said the only enemy he has right now in front of him is him.
18:59It's not Madonna, obviously.
19:02He's breaking him down, little by little, each round.
19:06He's like, throw.
19:07Throw at me is what Polanco is inviting Maidana to do.
19:10You've got to be careful what you ask for, though, Tim.
19:13The shimmy, shimmy.
19:15The shimmy, shimmy.
19:16Stop feeling yourself a little too much.
19:19Yeah, Polanco's aware, though.
19:20His eyes are fixated on Maidana.
19:24Wow, that lead right.
19:28He's in a groove right now, Tim.
19:30He's in a zone.
19:31Yeah, exactly.
19:32He's in a flow.
19:33We call it flow state.
19:35Everything he do is just harmonious.
19:38Look at that.
19:38That body shot underneath there.
19:39Yep.
19:41Oh!
19:42Ah.
19:43Love that.
19:48Yeah.
19:51Hector Bermudez and Rudy Hernandez doing the cut man work.
19:55You have to be alert with him, because he's still dangerous, OK?
20:17He's not finished yet.
20:19Let's see if that body shot landed.
20:27Look at Polanco.
20:28See?
20:29It started with the high guard.
20:31So the high guard, what that does is it entice your opponent, right?
20:34And when he throws, you have something in store for him, and boom, you're able to land that right hand to the body.
20:39And that right there, you see that swag he got as well?
20:43Like, what you doing?
20:45I mean, you fighting ghosts in here, man.
20:47I'm right here.
20:50Got to love this young man who says, Tim Bradley, you better put me number one after tonight's performance.
20:57Nice right uppercut from Maidana.
20:59You can't get overconfident.
21:00I think he missed with that shot, but, you know, that's why we got the best in the truck, baby.
21:05Yeah, he might have hit the gloves, but still.
21:07I think he leaned out of the way a little bit, and he probably hit the glove.
21:1019 to 6.
21:11Power punches landed last round alone.
21:14You see the corner trying to drive and, you know, give some inspiration to their fighter.
21:24Like, hey, man, do something.
21:25Do something.
21:26If you don't do something, he going to do something to you.
21:28Come on.
21:29You got to believe in yourself.
21:30And when you get behind in fights like this, man, if you really, truly want to win, you got to sell out, man.
21:38It's been time for Maidana to sell out.
21:41Being bagged up all night.
21:43He had a little success early.
21:45But, dude, as fighters, we know when we're behind.
21:48We know when we get not behind.
21:50It just depends on how the heck you want to go out.
21:54How you want to go out.
21:54I don't think he wants to go out on a shield because Blanco's punishing him.
21:59Man, I'm saying go out by hitting back.
22:02When is he going to get tired of getting hit?
22:04That's my point.
22:06Get some get-backs.
22:09Man, I could just imagine that you were commentating last Friday in Times Square.
22:14Bro, they can't deal with me.
22:17Ooh, nice right hand.
22:18Oh, he beat me.
22:19That's a left hook, and he sends Maidana reeling back against the turnbuckle.
22:24He beat the snot out of him.
22:25Oh, my goodness.
22:27There you go.
22:27There you go.
22:28I mean, look.
22:29Let's go back.
22:29Let's go back.
22:30Look, there's sometimes you don't look.
22:34Sometimes you just don't have what it takes.
22:36It's just a talent disparity, you know?
22:39Maidana got punching power.
22:41He got something that you can only get from receive from God.
22:45But he got to believe in it.
22:46He got to let his hands go.
22:47He got to be willing to commit.
22:48He's already taking the punches, right?
22:50Look at the body language, though, Tim.
22:52Now he finally throws two down to the body.
22:54But the body language of Maidana tells you the story of this fight.
23:05He's breathing hard because of the body shots.
23:08He puts himself in a vulnerable position, and Polanco lands a left hook, and he lands it again.
23:15There's that Polanco, the corkscrew left.
23:18Now he changes it up to the right to the body.
23:26Polanco, it's target practice for him right now.
23:28Good elbow, elbow, elbow.
23:32That's right, that's right.
23:37Body shot from Polanco.
23:39Now the body, with the uppercut.
23:42He's having fun right now.
23:44Good job, good job.
23:46Good job.
23:47And now we'll listen into Maidana's corner.
23:48His brother's not here because he's with El Puma, Fernando Martinez, who's going to have
23:52the rematch against Kezuta Ayoka after defeating him for the belt.
23:57Come on, kid.
23:58What's wrong?
23:59Come on, kid.
24:00What's wrong?
24:01Come on, kid.
24:02What's wrong?
24:03Let's go.
24:04Let's go!
24:05Come on, kid.
24:06What's wrong?
24:07Let's go, let's go.
24:08Let's go, let's go.
24:09Let's go.
24:10Let's go.
24:11Let's go.
24:12Let's go, let's go, amigo.
24:13Let's go.
24:14Let's go, get him, amigo.
24:15Let's go.
24:16You gotta get to work.
24:17Let's go, man.
24:18When you're there, I need you to throw the power.
24:21If I just came here, the real is gonna be a hit.
24:23But let those punches go.
24:25You haven't thrown, you haven't let your hands go yet.
24:28You have to work.
24:31If you want to win this fight, you got to work.
24:34Come on, man.
24:44Right there, what you're seeing is,
24:45you're seeing a fighter fighting with himself.
24:48Not trying to make a silent agreement with himself
24:50to give up, to give in.
24:53And allow Polanco to knock him out.
24:57You know, he's thinking about it.
24:58He's saying, man, I'm doing everything I can.
25:02But really, are you?
25:03Do you, are you?
25:05And look at Polanco talking to him.
25:06Absolutely not.
25:08But see, you see him starting to come out.
25:10He's trying to fight out of you.
25:11That's what you're seeing.
25:12I think we're seeing the last hurrah of Fabian Maidana.
25:16This is him saying, this is the last bit of energy
25:19I've got to give.
25:21And if I can't handle this, then somebody
25:23got to help me out.
25:23He has energy.
25:25He wasn't even breathing in the corner.
25:26Desire is what's missing?
25:28Yeah.
25:28I mean, sometimes you can get the fight beat out of you.
25:31And that's what's happening right now.
25:32Everything he tries and does is getting taken away from him.
25:36Yeah, the body language wasn't good going to the corner.
25:38It was even worse when he was in the corner.
25:41He was so dejected.
25:42Yes, he was.
25:43And Polanco's just toying with him and says, hit me here, and I'm going to pop you with
25:49the jab.
25:50Yeah, and then when you talk to him, it even discourage you even more.
25:53You being on the other side of that, when you got your opponent actually beating on you
25:58and talking to you at the same time.
26:00What?
26:01Oh my gosh.
26:02So discouraging.
26:03Nice left after the body shot straight onto the belt line from Polanco.
26:11This was supposed to be a challenge.
26:12Yeah.
26:13I agree.
26:14They both agree that it was supposed to be a challenge.
26:18And guess what?
26:19Polanco accepted the challenge, and he's excelling so far through seven rounds.
26:23And look at Maidana.
26:24You know when a referee pushes you back to him and your legs just don't respond?
26:29That's what I just saw with Alan Huggins and Fabian Maidana.
26:34Oh, he being physical with him on the inside too, still just being disrespectful.
26:39Man, Polanco just so disrespectful, man.
26:43He like, man, he manhandling them.
26:46Come on now.
26:47Tim, numero uno?
26:49Is he climbing numero uno on your list or what?
26:53Oh, absolutely.
26:54I mean, look, he ain't got the knockout yet, but I'm just telling you right now, I mean,
26:58he's discouraging a puncher.
27:00He got a puncher on his back foot, a guy that got lethal, lethal hands, and he's just destroying
27:06them.
27:07Fight veteran, 24 wins, and 18 knockouts.
27:12Not tonight.
27:13Making it look easy.
27:16Oh, beat the fight out of Maidana here with that four-punch combination.
27:24That count right from Polanco.
27:26Maidana having to hold.
27:27Oh, wait a minute.
27:28Stop, stop, stop.
27:29Hey, did you see the changeup of speed?
27:37Yes.
27:38Caught him by surprise.
27:39Oh, now they're exchanging punches.
27:42Good left foot.
27:43But there's nothing on it.
27:45Nothing on it.
27:46Again, it was something on that left foot to the body right there.
27:50Got Polanco's attention.
27:51Caught.
27:52But it's not enough here through seven rounds as Polanco goes back to Héctor Bermudez.
27:57Just landing some serious shots here.
28:11Hey, you hungry, Tim?
28:15Yeah.
28:16Hit your four-piece real quick.
28:18Four-piece chicken nuggets.
28:19Let's go.
28:20Here you go.
28:21Moving in.
28:22Just coming in high behind his jab.
28:23Just a close distance right there with the shoulder.
28:25He was able to frame that work right there.
28:27Just switching up the cadence.
28:29That's it.
28:30You know what?
28:31I hit you with my hardest shot.
28:32Let me just go ahead and get.
28:33Let me pepper you with some shots real quick and see if I can open up something even bigger.
28:37So just letting those hands go, he saw his head right there placed, trying to hide behind
28:41that guard.
28:42Nope.
28:43He ate every single punch right there and the right hand afterwards.
28:48Not too much effect.
28:49However, it did look good in the judge's eyes.
28:51It's all been looking good for Rohan Polanco and Fabian Maidana, TNT, down against Mario
28:59Barrios.
29:00Been cut before against Francisco Mercado and Jader Parra.
29:04His corner's done a good job with that little mouse under the left eye of Fabian Maidana
29:09so far.
29:10And look at that.
29:11163 to 53.
29:13Two more punches landed from Maidana.
29:16He equals William Scholes total punch connect output.
29:19Okay.
29:2012 rounds against Canelo.
29:21He does one more than that.
29:23He hits Canelo numbers.
29:25Ooh.
29:26Nice.
29:27How nasty.
29:28Yeah.
29:29He has nice little bladies and bladed shoulders.
29:33Stands.
29:34He was a stick that jab in the middle, man.
29:36Pish.
29:37Pish.
29:38Pish.
29:39Pish.
29:40Pish.
29:41Pish.
29:42Pish.
29:43Pish.
29:44There's that stick once again from Polanco.
29:46He's just using that to set up something bigger here in the eighth round against Fabian Maidana.
29:50Pish.
29:51Pish.
29:52Pish.
29:53Pish.
29:57Pish.
29:57Pish.
29:58Pish.
29:58Pish.
29:59Pish.
30:01Pish.
30:02Pish.
30:03Pish.
30:04Pish.
30:04Pish.
30:05Pish.
30:05Pish.
30:06Pish.
30:06Polanco hasn't thrown anything but jabs.
30:08Pish.
30:09Pish.
30:09Up and down.
30:10Oh.
30:11And that's a slip.
30:12No knockout slip.
30:14No knockout slip.
30:15Then maybe they'll get Maidana going here.
30:16No knockout.
30:17Pish.
30:18Don't push him with it
30:29He rolled with that right hand yep, right he came down got chopped chopped with it
30:33However block was able to roll with that shot. He sees everything coming at this
30:41I would love to see Polanco go downstairs a little bit more. I
30:45Would love to see Madonna actually throw some punches and commit with his shots throw more than just one puck one punch at a time
30:55I would love to see my numbers hit the Powerball
31:01I ain't never you know, I ain't never played the lotto man. You're already rich. No
31:07You wonder long where you be packing up a great health great health of the rich
31:15All right, nice little double jab right there. I think it almost seems like Polanco's getting a little bit bored
31:20Yeah, you know, I mean this man ain't got nah. He ain't knock this man out. He used to doing that and he's hit him with everything
31:27But he's having a hard time getting them about it
31:29After a disappointing weekend for the sport of boxing that was set up for greatness
31:44We hope to have greatness when now yet anyway takes on Ramon God and us with his undisputed
31:51Junior featherweight titles on the line Tim Bradley you have seen
31:55Maybe something that the challenger can take advantage of in your life. Absolutely. He got a chance
32:00He can punch you got a chance anytime you get in that ring
32:04You got a chance and check this out most people don't see this type of stuff
32:08However, I do when you throw your right hand guess what hey look at fundamentally. That's the wrong thing
32:14Look at all those openings right there reaching back cocking back trying to be strong with that right hand perfect opportunity to land a slip counter right there with a left hook
32:22Oh, yeah, when he throws the right hand, but the opposite hand is dropping common mistake by a lot of fighters
32:28Not just in a way guess what that right side you can a you can meet it
32:32You know why'd you enter in mid-range?
32:34You can slip to the outside and shoot the right hand down the middle and especially on the inside look
32:38He's looking to land a shot, but you see nary staying close and in position, right?
32:42That right hand is gonna drop down low before he throws it and guess who beats him and fills that hole nary boom
32:49Landing that shot right there that lets you know that in a way. Yes
32:53He looks superhuman sometimes, but he's still human baby. He may be a monster
32:58But if you hit him in the right spot
33:00There is that moment of weakness and we've seen now
33:04Don't need to don't air fracture his nose and his orbital bone
33:08He fought through that to win and unify the world titles and then she saw
33:13Nary and potterita drop no any with the left hook nonetheless the monster came back and he
33:21Destroyed and punterita nary so if you drop them much like Tito Trinidad you better finish up because if you don't lord help you
33:29Absolutely, you know what I asked you
33:31It's just interesting question yesterday in the fighter meeting and to know this right the translator there I said
33:38He said dude
33:40Would your culture do you respect?
33:43guys that
33:44Give or show or guys that can take as far as boxing goes he says we respect those that can take that can take what punishment, right?
33:55I'm like samurai warriors. Yes, that spirit, right? I'm like wow, okay
34:02Makes sense to me and look that's how now you're in a fight
34:05He could outbox most guys on the back foot easily, but he likes to put on a show
34:10He likes to put himself in danger in order to deliver those power shots
34:13So if he got clipped by that left hook, he's like, okay, you've got me but guess what I'm about to get you
34:19And that's exactly what he did with Mary and you see the jab of Polanco here just snapping the head back of Fabian Maidana
34:28Yeah, I look I hear you right it sounds sounds great, but man look
34:35I've seen I've seen one of the best fighters of
34:39Possibly all time top 15 for sure top 10 maybe a lot on a lot of people's lists. I've seen them go night night
34:47Okay back there. Yeah, and you want to know and you want to know how the same reason with what you just saw right here
34:55Him fainting himself into the range and being timed on the way in
34:59With a right hand for Marquez. So look I think anything is possible at the end of the day if you can avoid getting hit
35:08Do it with all costs besides just running around a ring like a chicken look after the the Pacquiao Marquez fight
35:15Video surface of Marquez and Nacho Eddie Stein working on that one shot that finished the fight
35:20And you know Joel Diaz more than anybody because he took you to your first world title and multiple world titles
35:27He's in the corner of
35:30Ramon got it in us tonight. He loves being the underdog when nobody gives him a chance Tim and he says
35:36You think preparing a fight plan for it anyway stuff try preparing a fight plan for Pacquiao
35:43Yeah, that was a nightmare Marquez as well, you know, but yeah
35:46He's right at Joel Joel and he's been there right and he has examples
35:51Yeah, so he's able to talk to his pupils and tell them like hey like I've been here before and
35:58You know you got the strength from that
36:00You know the world told me a lot of things that was gonna happen in my career, but then they actually happen. Yes, they actually happen
36:16Last round
36:25Everything's good. This is Rohan Polanco's last five fights. You got the gun of one of three knockouts in a row after a
36:32Decision against a very complicated to Rick Zaina
36:37Last round
36:39He's messed up, but don't don't take too many risks. You don't need to
36:42Just stay behind the job. You know what can happen? He can hurt his hands
36:47I mean, he said no man. He's in him on the head. He's in them everywhere. He can hurt his hands one two
36:50He said what his best punches. He still ain't winning anywhere
36:53So now it's just like all right, let's use the victory, but what I like is
36:58He needs rounds with he's just been producing knockout after knockout. So
37:02These are working around him. We're talking about coming in here with a total of 72 rounds
37:08He's gonna leave with 82 rounds, but these are probably the most
37:12Difficult where he actually had to think his way through the first four rounds of this fight
37:16Yes, absolutely. You're absolutely right, and he's at that. He said 80 something rounds
37:21It'll be 82 with this one need a hundred
37:24A hundred in the hundreds the bed is your target on a round so you're ready for the title or you should be ready
37:30It's left hook there for my Donna glances on the head of Polanco
37:39Maybe he sells out here but gives us three exciting minutes
37:45Yeah, that's how you know the finish line is near so he gonna give you everything he got and he should have been doing that
37:52rounds ago
37:56You don't really realize how much you got left man
37:59Nice
38:00You know why wait to the end, you know, you just got to give it I shit you in a fight. Give it everything you have each round
38:09See Polanco decides to go after him every time he shoots. He's gonna have an opening. Yes
38:20Left hooks are landing and now he gets clipped by a left downstairs from my Donna
38:29You know one thing is Polanco got the Chico
38:40He messes with a guy
38:42that I call the
38:44his name is Ryan from boxing jams and
38:49He does phenomenal film studies on analysis on his opponents
38:53And so he knows their weaknesses and he comes into the fight and that's the reason why he's performing the way he's performing
39:00is because
39:02He knows that if you put him on his back foot because of the film study guess what it's gonna be an easy night for him
39:07Yes
39:09See a film analysis film study is important because you can make your fights easy feel better perceivably hard before
39:18Like having the answers to the test do your homework. Yep do your homework. That's a nice left hook flurry from
39:26Polanco
39:28Big shout out to boxing jams. Oh, and then indeed
39:35bingo
39:44Okay
39:46Step over here go 21 seconds back in 19 seconds 18 bucks
39:51Oh
39:54Got a little over anxious there
39:56But the bodywork for Polanco little earlier would have ended the fight
40:01But he's putting on a show here in Las Vegas, Nevada has improved to 16-0
40:08Couldn't get that 11th knockout, but great rounds against a tough warrior like Fabian Maidana
40:15For Rohan Polanco. What'd you think of his performance, Tim?
40:18Look for what he what it look, you know, here's a knockdown right here
40:22He found a little crease right there in between the guards at his man against the ropes
40:26You see him looking eyes fixated towards his man boom slipped it right underneath that guard right there
40:33Great position hit him right in the solar plex. I didn't think he was gonna get up after that shot. However, he did
40:38But that's a well-placed well-located shot right there from Polanco
40:43Oh
40:45Only hey bring him he's been down Mario Barrios the current WBC champion first man to drop Maidana
40:51Oh, that's bringing pain bringing pain through your entire body man that affects all your entire system your legs your lungs
40:59You know, it's hard to breathe, you know, hey, look
41:03I'd rather get hit with that. I say this all the time
41:05I'd rather get hit with a headshot and get knocked completely out before I get with a body shot
41:09Well, let's take a look at how this fight progressed Tim. I mean it started off hot
41:12I mean it had me on my edge, you know, I thought Madonna was gonna come to fight
41:17He got some punching power. He gonna come see you. However, Polanco started slowly systematically going down to that body
41:24He took the fight out of him just with pure pressure
41:28In those body at body work and coming behind shots with shots like that that jab
41:33That's not a just a you know pulling jab. Let me measure now
41:36I'm trying to punch through you type of jab, you know hitting him with left hooks like that
41:41Using that Philly shell to open up counter right hands. I mean Polanco you saw it tonight everything
41:47Pushed the pace fought when he wanted to fight let buried his combinations produce knockdowns like this
41:54In the last round where you're thinking he's gonna go to distance. Yeah, it went the distance
41:59However, he was able to put his man down with that shot right there
42:04Look at the eyes boom just digging it right there right in the right spot to produce that knockdown. I thought it was a fantastic performance
42:13He turned a hard fight into an easy fight
42:18All right, there you see the total punch that's 241 of 165 throwing and look at that
42:24Landed I mean he more than doubled and you Tim you know that if you connect on 50% of your power punches
42:30That means that you're probably going to end the fight by stoppage and that's didn't happen today
42:35But he was so close that he started a little earlier going downstairs
42:38Maybe it happens for him, but it should be a formality, but let's send it up to Jimmy Lennon jr. for the numbers
42:45gentlemen
42:47gentlemen after 10 rounds of action the judges are in agreement all three judges scores about
42:53100 to 89 all three in favor of the winner by unanimous decision and
42:59Still the WBO intercontinental welterweight champion
43:02champion the undefeated
43:04Rohan
43:06El Rayo
43:08Polanco
43:11Rohan looked impressive a shutout victory and we're going to take a short break after