Stefanie Cohen vs Esli Cervantes (09-06-2023) Full Fight

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00:00 It's inside the ring, our referee is Eddie Hernandez.

00:03 We are scheduled for four rounds of boxing

00:06 as Steffi Cohen takes on Esli Cervantes.

00:10 TJ DeSantis, Abel Sanchez, Doug Fisher,

00:12 appreciate you joining us live on UFC Fight Pass.

00:15 For Tom Loeffler and 360 Promotions, Hollywood Fight Nights.

00:20 Ladies set to go.

00:27 Cohen in the yellow with purple trim.

00:30 Cervantes in the black with white.

00:32 - And I expect Cervantes to press this fight.

00:37 She likes to come forward.

00:39 She wings her punches,

00:40 which makes her susceptible to straight shots.

00:43 Expecting Cohen to land her jab in her straight right.

00:48 Cohen's got some decent power with her right hand.

00:50 And I think it behooves Cohen to come forward

00:54 to keep the pressure fighter from pressuring her.

00:56 Push Cervantes back on her heels.

00:59 - And you look at the round structure for women,

01:01 a two minute round, it's much more of a sprint

01:04 compared to the extra minutes of the menu.

01:06 - Yeah, that's true.

01:07 And so with a four round bout,

01:10 you really don't have a lot of time.

01:12 You don't have time to really assess your opponent's style

01:14 or warm up.

01:16 You really need to take the initiative.

01:19 - And I would think, Abel,

01:20 you can speak to this being a trainer,

01:21 there's more pressure to be perfect

01:23 in a two minute fight.

01:24 You can't really make up for any mistakes.

01:26 - Absolutely, but not only that,

01:27 but you don't get to really get into your game plan.

01:30 You know, it's only two minutes,

01:31 the round goes by so fast.

01:32 But you know, the ladies boxing is advanced so much.

01:35 These ladies have very good technique.

01:37 They're four round fighters.

01:39 They're moving their head well,

01:41 they're moving their feet well.

01:43 It's good that they don't,

01:48 I wish that they would have more ladies involved

01:50 so that we have a better opposition plan.

01:54 - That was something you talked about too,

01:55 just the athletes trying to find sparring partners.

01:57 You know, they're forced to spar with men

02:00 and all of our athletes that we talked to,

02:02 they said they want to have more women

02:03 stand in front of them

02:04 because it's a much different experience.

02:05 - Right.

02:06 - In the men's fight with them,

02:08 they can't really hit them,

02:09 they can't really go all out

02:10 so they're not hitting the feeling sparring.

02:14 But if there was more ladies in there,

02:16 it could be more advanced than it is already.

02:19 - Final moments here of round number one.

02:22 Nice work inside the clinch there.

02:23 (crowd cheering)

02:26 A lot of action there to end the first round.

02:30 We talked about this being a sprint,

02:33 I think both of these ladies came out

02:35 and really tried to assert the pressure

02:37 and get into each other's face.

02:38 - Yeah, it was high volume.

02:40 I like that Cervantes is trying to go to the body.

02:43 I like that Cohen is staying composed,

02:45 working off her jab,

02:47 placing her power shots.

02:48 And I also like towards the end of the round,

02:50 Cervantes crowded Cervantes,

02:52 sorry, Cohen's crowded Cervantes along the ropes.

02:55 It's kind of using that strength that she has

02:57 that she's built up through power lifting

02:59 to her advantage in the ring.

03:01 - When we talked to them in the fighter interviews,

03:04 most of the ladies wanted to experience

03:07 the three minute rounds in the fight

03:08 as they do in sparring.

03:09 We wonder when the sanctioning bodies

03:14 or the organization,

03:15 the commission will be able to do that.

03:22 - The mindset of a game plan,

03:24 I think that would change quite a bit

03:26 when you're looking at less time, right Abel?

03:28 - Well, of course, two minutes,

03:29 you don't get to really get into what you're trying to do.

03:33 The three minutes allows you to

03:34 have a game plan for a round.

03:38 - Round two underway between these two.

03:42 - Really nice one, two combination from Cohen

03:46 from the outside.

03:47 That was a nice jab that she caught Cervantes with.

03:51 - You'll see Cervantes swing though.

03:53 She'll let her hands go when she's in range.

03:56 She generally tries to touch the body.

03:58 And she's got, as you noted, Abel,

04:00 she's got a decent upper body movement.

04:03 She's short and she'll make herself even shorter

04:06 to avoid punches.

04:07 - This combination by Cohen.

04:10 Cohen has a five inch reach advantage

04:12 when it comes to wingspan.

04:13 Nice left hand on the inside.

04:18 - Yeah, that was, it was really clean.

04:20 - One down, one to go.

04:26 - Nice combination this time.

04:35 - Work on it guys, work on it.

04:37 - Working the body is Cohen.

04:38 - Yeah, Cohen is showing nice offense variety.

04:45 - She's got a good body.

04:46 - Offense variety so far through two rounds.

04:50 And her technique is sharper

04:56 than it looked in her previous bout.

04:58 - We talked about Cohen's prowess in powerlifting.

05:13 Owns a world record.

05:14 She says when she's training for boxing,

05:15 she still can't get out of the gym completely.

05:17 Still has to lift a couple of times a week

05:19 just to keep herself centered.

05:22 - Yeah.

05:23 She gets a rush from it.

05:26 But she is so focused and so competitive.

05:29 She's really, she's all in with boxing.

05:33 - I mean, you look at her historical athletic career.

05:36 I mean, she started, you know,

05:37 playing soccer at a very high level,

05:39 was part of the Venezuelan national team.

05:42 You know, Olympic level powerlifter, now boxing too.

05:44 I mean, she goes all in on everything

05:46 and she's going to work here.

05:47 Doug Walker, show us some of this action.

05:49 - Yeah, so we see the right to the body

05:50 followed by a left hook to the head.

05:52 Cervantes is trying to crowd her in a corner.

05:55 And we see Cohen going to the body with both hands

05:59 and defending well, pretty well on the inside.

06:01 There was a nice right hand to the body from Cohen.

06:03 Inside the corner here, Stephanie Cohen.

06:07 - She mentioned that she wanted to be the best at this

06:10 as she was in powerlifting and in soccer.

06:12 She obviously has done a lot of work in the gym

06:15 and from the last fight, she looks a lot better.

06:18 A lot more composed, better combinations,

06:20 crisper punches, good stance, good balance.

06:24 - Headed into round number three.

06:30 In flyweights in the ring, Stephanie Cohen

06:36 in the yellow with purple, taking on Esli Cervantes

06:39 in the black with white.

06:41 - Thank you Jada Sanchez, Able Sanchez, Doug Fisher.

06:43 Appreciate you joining us here live on UFC Fight Pass

06:46 for Hollywood Fight Nights.

06:47 - Now, one thing I noticed in Cohen's previous bout,

06:57 and I'll cut her some slack because, you know,

06:58 she had peaked to fight on a certain night

07:01 and then kind of had to reset

07:04 and, you know, while she rescheduled

07:07 another bout as soon as possible.

07:10 And that can make a fighter stale,

07:12 but it looked like she ran out of steam after two rounds.

07:16 But this is obviously not the case in this round

07:18 'cause she was just dropping some hard combinations.

07:21 - Body work.

07:22 - Yeah, I'm impressed with the body work.

07:24 And I didn't see a lot of that in her previous bout.

07:31 But I did notice she got tired in rounds three and four

07:33 and her opponent took those rounds.

07:36 So the fight could have been a draw,

07:38 but she won the fight.

07:40 Because she scored a knockdown in the second round.

07:43 - Nice combination of punches there.

07:47 Left hand right on the button for Cohen.

07:49 - Yeah, Cohen landed it and she pivoted

07:51 and just stepped out of range.

07:53 - 30 seconds left here in round number three.

07:58 Really mixing up a target here and finding it

08:09 more often than not a stepping Cohen.

08:11 - Yeah, and I like her form when she goes to the body.

08:14 - I like the form when she backs up against the ropes.

08:18 She stays in her posture.

08:20 Very composed.

08:22 - I have to imagine, and I'm not just saying this

08:25 because of her legs, how muscular her legs are,

08:30 but from doing the power lifting,

08:33 she's got this balance, this sense of balance.

08:35 And I think she called it body awareness.

08:37 And you see that when her back is to the ropes.

08:40 Like she plants herself and she's ready to fire back.

08:42 - Take a look at some of the action here

08:46 from round number three.

08:47 Abel, walk us through.

08:49 - Yeah, like I was saying,

08:50 I like the way she backs up against ropes.

08:52 These are the kind of things that young fighters

08:55 have to learn how to do.

08:56 Because when it comes to the better fighters in the future,

09:00 they're gonna have to have posture and balance.

09:02 - Inside the corner here of Steffi Cohen.

09:07 Mark, what would you like to see from Cohen here

09:09 in this fourth and final round?

09:10 - I'd like to see her from the opening second of the round,

09:15 back Cervantes up, back her to the ropes.

09:19 I'm not saying gun for a stoppage,

09:21 but yeah, I am saying gun for a stoppage.

09:24 Close the show.

09:25 - Here we go, final two minutes in this one.

09:31 Steffi Cohen taking on Esli Cervantes.

09:34 (crowd shouting)

09:37 - Brushing forward, finds a right hand,

09:40 goes to the body, just Cohen.

09:41 - This is what I wanna see.

09:43 Get her up against the ropes and swarm her.

09:45 Maybe you could force the referee to step in there.

09:49 And Cervantes has a lot of spirit.

09:52 Oh, that was a nice right hand from Cervantes.

09:56 - Cervantes far from out of this one.

09:58 She's come to fight,

09:59 and she's trying to bring it to Steffi Cohen.

10:02 I like the way Steffi's going to both sides of the body.

10:05 She throws a good right hand, a good left hand to the body,

10:07 and then goes back up.

10:08 You have to get both sides.

10:09 - Let her go, let her go.

10:18 Have her free, have her free.

10:21 - Cohen pushes her away, makes some space.

10:29 See some blood leaking from the nose of Cervantes.

10:32 - Cohen's feeling the sting, the burn of,

10:42 I don't wanna say exhaustion, but fatigue.

10:46 It's setting in.

10:47 There's another right hand there by Cervantes.

10:51 - Cervantes' game, I mean,

10:52 she's wearing it a bit, bleeding from the nose,

10:54 but she's trying to put the offense

10:56 back the way of Steffi Cohen.

10:59 - I do think Cohen took Cervantes' body attack away,

11:02 'cause that's what really Cervantes is known for.

11:05 Cervantes has made some adjustments,

11:07 has found a home for that right hand.

11:08 There it is again.

11:09 - Hard right hand by Cervantes.

11:11 - Cervantes has landed,

11:12 I'm gonna say four solid right hands

11:14 this fourth and final round.

11:16 And she's looking for it again.

11:18 - A little 10 seconds here in the fight.

11:28 - And that's a wrap, four rounds in the books.

11:31 Pretty fun one.

11:35 Definitely gotta say Cervantes had her best round

11:37 in that last period.

11:38 - I think Cervantes had a little more energy

11:42 at the end of the fight.

11:43 - I agree.

11:44 - Both ladies will have a bright future.

11:53 I think that they both had very good posture,

11:56 very good technique,

11:58 and it's gonna get better.

11:59 - I can't help but say I'd like the other minute

12:04 from each round, I'd like another four minutes

12:05 if we could have it.

12:06 Walk us through some of the action here, Doug,

12:12 as we see the end of the fourth round.

12:14 - Cohen came out hard,

12:18 and we see Cervantes stumble a little bit off a punch,

12:21 but Cervantes was still game,

12:24 and she had a little more wind in her sails,

12:26 at least over the second minute of this final round.

12:29 And that was the end of the round.

12:34 But between getting pressure to the ropes

12:37 and worked over a little bit,

12:38 Cervantes found a home for that overhand right.

12:41 - These flyweights go the distance.

12:49 The judges tallying their tens and nines,

12:52 coming up we got the Armenian Gore Yurtzyan

12:56 taking on Gustavo David Vittori.

12:59 That is coming up next,

13:00 eight rounds of boxing

13:01 in the welterweight division.

13:03 But to crown our winner in this one here is Joe Martinez.

13:06 - And now ladies and gentlemen,

13:09 after four rounds we go

13:10 to the judges' scorecards,

13:11 and all three see it, 39-37

13:16 for your winner by unanimous decision,

13:18 she is still undefeated,

13:20 Steffi Cohen!

13:22 (crowd cheering)

13:25 - Nicely done by Steffi Cohen,

13:27 now 4-0 as a pro.

13:29 The judges all signed.

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