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00:00Hands at all times, protect yourself at all times, touch gloves, good luck.
00:04Mikito Nakano trained by Takahiro Aou, a former two-division world champion.
00:10Across the rink, Pedro Marquez trained by Ricky Marquez, the man who guided Felix Verdejo's career.
00:18And it's going to be a good scrap.
00:19It is going to be a good fight.
00:20Look, Marquez, he's got a win over Felix Caravaggio, fellow Puerto Rican prospect.
00:24His only loss was against Luis Lebron, another Puerto Rican prospect.
00:29So it's going to be an interesting fight.
00:32But this power-punching southpaw, Tim, he's long, and he knows how to deliver with violence.
00:39That straight left hand is lethal of his.
00:44You can see right there out the gate, you see Marquez taking it on the glove.
00:49Most fighters at the beginning, right at the beginning of the fight, that's how you gauge power.
00:54You know, the pressure you feel on that glove, how hard it is.
00:57You know, and then you start to make your subtle adjustments.
01:00If it's too hard, you know, yeah, yeah, let's break this guy down.
01:03Let me take my time.
01:04Let me not rush in there because I don't want to get caught cold.
01:07So I think in the beginning what you're going to see is both guys, again, fighting for position,
01:12looking to gather their rhythm and be able to line up their shots, which is the backhands.
01:18Southpaw are short the dots.
01:19You already know what time it is, guys.
01:21Do I need to elaborate more on it?
01:23You're good.
01:24I'm good.
01:26I don't want to hear that again.
01:28I've heard it like 80 million times by now.
01:31Exactly.
01:32Open stand battle.
01:36Lead foot got to get outside.
01:39The line of the backhand, and you saw the lead foot right there momentarily got outside,
01:43and you saw Nakano digging downstairs with both hands.
01:55The only advantage that the Southpaw has, it's another thing that you hear me say all the time,
02:00is that they're familiar with the orthodox angles.
02:04The orthodox fighters are not familiar with the Southpaw angles because they don't fight Southpaws that often.
02:10However, I have been seeing a rise in the body and the sport of Southpaw fighters,
02:17even some of them that are right-handed naturally that are switching and putting a strong hand up front.
02:24Because it used to be the opposite.
02:25If you walked into a gym and you were Southpaw, they'd convert you into an orthodox fighter.
02:29Miguel Cotto, Oscar De La Hoya, a long list of legends.
02:33Andre Ward.
02:33Andre Ward as well.
02:34Nice left to the body.
02:35It had been a nice dose of right hands to the body, but now Nakano goes with the left downstairs.
02:42Love those eyes.
02:44Nakano, you know, right there, you just step back out of range.
02:48He allows that right hand to just swing past his face.
02:51He didn't get in touch with it.
02:52He just stepped out of range momentarily.
02:55That's beautiful work.
02:57That's having a great understanding of distance, engaging distance.
03:02Oh, another shot.
03:06And he's landing those body shots not only to take something from him, but also to line up something up top.
03:12That's what he's looking for, trying to get him to open up, bring those hands down.
03:19Good feel-out round here with the Japanese undefeated fighter, Mikido Nakano.
03:24This is a night where Japan is supposed to shine, and Tim, do you remember how in the bubble we had a fighter eating a sandwich?
03:32Look at Naoya Inoue.
03:33He's been eating a bit of cake in the locker room here, as we are three hours and 15 minutes away from him getting into the ring.
03:43Your thoughts on what you're seeing from the monster?
03:45I don't know his system.
03:46I don't know his system.
03:47I just hope that cake don't slow him down.
03:50You're here to do a job.
03:51Come in there and do what you got to do.
03:53But, yeah, I mean, look, I've seen bananas.
03:56You know, I've seen various other things, sandwiches and stuff like that.
03:59But, yeah, some cake.
04:01Cake before the party.
04:03I don't know.
04:04I don't know.
04:04Hey, look, that's a special.
04:05That's his thing.
04:06I don't know.
04:07Deliver from Japan or from a Japanese bakery.
04:09So that's his thing.
04:10I mean, look, I don't know what he does in his dressing room.
04:12I mean, you know, I mean, he fights late over there.
04:14We don't get access like we get here.
04:16So maybe that's a regular thing for him.
04:19And, look, he brought his own chef with him.
04:20He says, I know in Vegas I don't need a chef.
04:23There's enough good food.
04:25Just go to Nobu.
04:25He's all good.
04:26But he said, this is a trial run for me because when I go fight MJ Akhmad Aliyev in Saudi Arabia,
04:32I want that guy to know how I eat, what I eat, and what my habits are.
04:37That makes sense.
04:38Nice straight left there from Makido Nakano.
04:41And now he's starting to open up a little bit here on Pedro Marquez.
04:44You can see already that Marquez is a little intimidated by the punching power already
04:51because he's not throwing very many punches.
04:55You know, and Nakano, Nakano being smart, he's not playing a little patty kick game.
05:01You know, usually you see with Orthodox for Southpaw where you have to get in that jousting battle.
05:06Not really doing that.
05:08Not giving him much to work with.
05:09He said, cross that line, and I'm going to have something waiting on him.
05:14Good defense there from Nakano.
05:16Yes.
05:16First time we see him here in the United States.
05:19But again, I would like to see both these gentlemen try to get a little bit more on their jab,
05:23try to be able to dominate that front foot battle as well.
05:28And whoever gets there first will have some success.
05:30He's got a little bit of that Junto Nakatani straight-up style,
05:35but just a power delivery system is what they're looking to do.
05:39See, right out the gate, you see Marquez starting to use his jab,
05:42and you see he found his way home?
05:44Come on.
05:45Look, if you don't know what to do when in doubt, use the jab.
05:48Use the jab.
05:49You make your opponent react.
05:53Exactly.
05:55That's a nice lead left, and down goes Marquez with a straight shot at the late reaction.
06:01Cinco, seis, siete, ocho.
06:05Hands of steel.
06:06Okay.
06:07Pretty good game.
06:08The brother of Jorge Linares, Nick Paninem, Manos de Acero.
06:13Nice right uppercut.
06:14And Nakano, he's trying to take this shine away from Naoya Inoue.
06:20He said, I want to be better when all is said and done
06:22in this two-time undisputed champion whose part I'm fighting on.
06:28The legs of Marquez are not steady,
06:30and once again for the second time on a shot to the gloves, he's down.
06:34Cinco, seis, siete, ocho.
06:39Okay.
06:39Three to three.
06:40Okay.
06:41Down twice here in round two,
06:43and Nakano smells blood.
06:46He must have had.
06:47Ooh, nice counter left there from Marquez.
06:49Doesn't do anything to Nakano.
06:59Quick combination punches from Nakano.
07:01Now, that's just to open him up.
07:02Yes.
07:03Soften him up.
07:03Soften him up.
07:04Soften him up.
07:05Hoping those bars move.
07:06Hey, Marquez coming back now.
07:09Marquez is coming back with something.
07:12Nice body shot there.
07:13Right from Nakano, and then straight left down the pipe.
07:16No, but you see the back leg of Marquez.
07:18I was flipping off the canvas,
07:19and every time he gets hit with that left hand,
07:22that's power.
07:27Time!
07:27Look, Tim, that was a pretty smart move from Marquez.
07:32When he felt the power, he went down.
07:34Oh, yeah, twice.
07:34He was hurt.
07:35I mean, that's experience, one.
07:36But, I mean, he was hurt.
07:37Even, I mean, those shots weren't even clear.
07:40It wasn't clean punches.
07:41They had landed.
07:42They were kind of deflected.
07:44Bro.
07:44You all right?
07:45Hands of steel.
07:49Like, now I'm going to get my shot.
07:51Let's take a look at the two knockdowns from,
07:54who looks at the first knockdown.
07:56Let's look at this first knockdown.
07:58Nice dip inside right there to get away from that jab.
08:00He's gauging, gauging.
08:01That was clean.
08:03But, it wasn't.
08:04Right down the middle.
08:05Yeah, but it wasn't.
08:06I mean, look.
08:10Right.
08:10Oh, he split.
08:11He went punched through the guard.
08:13Yep.
08:14Oh, my gosh.
08:15Yeah, that's power.
08:16Because it was partially deflected,
08:18so some of the steam came off the punch,
08:20and it still was heavy enough to get his attention
08:22to cause him to go down.
08:25And a nice little grazing shot on the temple right there
08:28to knock the equilibrium off.
08:29So, hey, man, look.
08:30That's raw power.
08:31You know his nickname is Hands of Steel, right?
08:33That's what that means.
08:34Manos de acero.
08:35In Spanish.
08:36In Spanish.
08:37In Japan.
08:37He got a Spanish nickname.
08:38How do you like that?
08:39Man.
08:40I love it.
08:41I love it.
08:43But I also love how clean it looks, right?
08:47Effortless.
08:47That's a nice body shot.
08:48Effortless.
08:49It does look effortless.
08:50Right?
08:51I think that's what the thing is.
08:52Like, you look at Nakatani,
08:54and now you see Nakano.
08:55That's the way I would describe it.
08:58It's just fluid.
08:59Fluid.
09:00Discipline.
09:00Yes.
09:02Let's see what Marquez can conjure up here
09:04in round number three.
09:05This fight is scheduled for ten rounds.
09:07Another left there from Nakano,
09:09but it's the straight shots that are doing damage for Nakano.
09:12Busting through that high guard.
09:13You know, when you have that type of punching power,
09:15and you're able to punch through guards like that,
09:17man, that's a great weapon to have, that punching power, right?
09:23He's not going around it.
09:24Usually, I mean, look, you can go around.
09:27That's an uppercut.
09:28Third time that Marquez takes the canvas.
09:31Cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho.
09:37Okay?
09:38I'm going to walk over here.
09:39He lethal.
09:40He is.
09:40I'm going to let you go.
09:41This is special.
09:42He is lethal.
09:42He is God-given power, Tim.
09:44He lethal.
09:45Eleven knockouts and 12 wins.
09:47He's looking for 12 of 13 tonight here in his U.S. debut
09:51on Naoya Inoue's undercard.
09:54Remember this name, Makito Nakano.
10:00You know, there's a saw company, Makita.
10:04Well, Makito just chops dudes down.
10:07Well, he getting chopped down, and he got this.
10:09Look, the biggest issue that Marquez is doing right now
10:13is using that dummy defense, just putting a high guard up.
10:19Sitting directly in front of a power puncher.
10:22Pick up your feet a little bit.
10:24Change guards.
10:24Give a different look.
10:25I mean, he's going to punch through that, as you can see.
10:28But you mentioned it earlier, how he's changing it up.
10:32He sets up shots by hitting with some soft shots
10:36to set up that one power shot.
10:41This fight over with.
10:43It's over with.
10:45It's over with.
10:46It's just a matter of time.
10:47Three knockdowns here through three rounds.
10:54As soon as Nakano, as soon as Nakano, as soon as he wants to turn it up
10:58and get him up out of there, he will.
11:00Just the poise that he's showing, the patience until Marquez opens up.
11:06Nice left there for Marquez.
11:09As long as he don't get overconfident and think he got this in the bag,
11:14you know, and allow Marquez to get himself back in this fight
11:17by just landing something just out of the blue, right?
11:21Getting a little defensive, irresponsible.
11:23Momentarily.
11:25Oh, there it is.
11:26He loaded that one.
11:31He's going right at the gloves.
11:33You can hear that.
11:37Those shots were to the gloves, Tim,
11:38and you saw him adjusting his jaw on the way over the corner.
11:44Former champion Takahiro Ayo in the corner of Mikito Nakano,
11:48and here's how he went down, Tim.
11:51That was a quick.
11:52Did you see how fast he closed that distance
11:53and the punch came out at the same time
11:56with the front foot, just planted?
11:57Boom.
11:59Kind of pulled the guard down a little bit.
12:01Came around the guard, pulled it down.
12:03Boom, straight left hand right down the middle.
12:06Oh, nice uppercut.
12:08That's one of those long uppercuts right there.
12:11That's the short, powerful delivery system, Tim.
12:14Yeah, Inoue has that as well.
12:16Yeah.
12:16Okay, be careful of the left.
12:25Touch your right.
12:27Right?
12:28Let's go!
12:28We're going to see that short delivery system also in our co-main event.
12:32Another featherweight, Rafael Espinoza, the champion,
12:35who also delivers those short shots on the inside despite standing six foot one.
12:41Mikito Nakano, five foot seven against five foot six.
12:44Pedro Marquez, but he looks a lot taller.
12:46He stands straight up.
12:47Look, it's easy to land those type of shots when you have that type of defensive system in front of you.
12:54Yeah.
12:54And a guy standing directly in front of you.
12:56So, I mean, look, as much as how beautiful it is, he's doing the right thing, you know,
13:02at the right time, punching through the guard.
13:04But a lot of this is because of Marquez and what he's doing.
13:09And what he's not doing as well.
13:11Styles make fights?
13:12Yeah.
13:12Yeah, but Marquez is getting boxed.
13:15Yeah.
13:16I've seen him.
13:17He can box.
13:18He can pick up his feet and move.
13:19But he's not doing that.
13:22Yeah, but maybe he still doesn't know where he is after those first couple knockdowns.
13:28You know, he may still be fuzzy.
13:31Well, somebody better tell him where he is.
13:34He's in harm's way against Mikito Nakano.
13:37That's where he is.
13:38Yeah, for me, if I'm landing shots like that and I'm hurting my opposition like that,
13:45punch it through his guard.
13:46And I know he's going down, voluntarily going down.
13:49I'm going to turn it up a little bit, you know.
13:52I mean, I know it's the fourth round right now, and I'm sure he's just letting him wear
13:55it down a bit, let him wear it down a bit.
13:56But, shoot, you turn up those combinations.
13:59You can get him up out of there.
14:00Don't be playing with your food now.
14:03Because he's ready to go, Bernardo.
14:06Absolutely.
14:06That was a low blow.
14:12Good control right there.
14:14That's a body shot that says Maughan gets down.
14:17He ain't getting up.
14:18All right, to the body.
14:19Cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho.
14:23Look at the judge.
14:25You all right?
14:25Yeah.
14:26Okay.
14:27We'll give you a shot.
14:27Patricia Morris Jarman was shaking her head right behind you.
14:30She's shaking her head.
14:31I know.
14:32Another body shot.
14:33Look, it's over.
14:36It's over.
14:36He punched through.
14:37He punched through his thumb.
14:39He did like Naoria anyway against TJ Doheny.
14:42He broke in his back.
14:43Broke in his back.
14:45Broke it, right?
14:47I mean, look.
14:47Look, man.
14:48Five knockdowns.
14:50Yeah.
14:50Each different from the other.
14:53He can punch.
14:53Different punches?
14:54Bro, hands of steel.
14:56Man.
14:58Hands of steel.
14:58Who was the last guy that had that nickname?
15:01Manos de Piedra.
15:02Roberto Manos de Piedra Duran.
15:03That was hands of stone.
15:05Hands of stone.
15:05A little hands of stone, Michael Carpajal.
15:07Yeah.
15:08Hands of steel, who was that?
15:10Huh?
15:11Was there ever before a hands of steel?
15:12I was thinking about Duran.
15:16Yeah, that was hands of stone.
15:17I just had the stone, not hands of steel.
15:19Hey, but you know what?
15:21Same thing, right?
15:22When you hit that hard, stone, steel, anything, brother.
15:30Tim, is that the first knockout of the weekend?
15:32That's enough.
15:35Stoppage.
15:36Yeah, it is.
15:37It is.
15:38Absolutely.
15:38All right, let's take a look at these body shots, Tim, because, I mean, he had already
15:43dropped them three times in three rounds, and this fourth round was brutal.
15:47Yeah, he already know he got his man right there.
15:49Nice.
15:50Nice.
15:50Just little blinding the vision, blurring the vision right there, getting him up at the
15:54high guard.
15:54He already know what he's going to do before he even got there.
15:57He knew that was the shot that he was looking to set up.
15:59And this is second knockdown right here.
16:02Same look at the same.
16:03Second look at the knockdown, same thing, yeah.
16:04But anyways, going inside and then around the guard to bring those elbows inside to be
16:09able to land that shot on the outside.
16:10This is the end of the fight.
16:11Just going around the guard.
16:13He's protecting the inside of his body, making sure that he doesn't get hit to the solar
16:19flex.
16:20And he gets caught with that outside body shot right there on that flank.
16:24And Tim, look, we all know that.
16:26And to be honest with you, that wasn't the liver.
16:28I was going to say, we're all used to left to the liver.
16:30But what does a right hand to the spleen or to the ribs feel like?
16:35Look, man, it hurts.
16:37You know, I mean, if you think about the functionality of what the spleen is supposed to do, I mean,
16:43it's no joke, man.
16:44And that's why you see sometimes, look, I got hit with body shot like that when I fought
16:49again, who's not providing a call.
16:51And I'm going to tell you, when I did my drug test after the fight, I had blood in my
16:56urine because of that spleen shot.
16:59All right.
16:59Jimmy Lennon Jr. with the official time of the stoppage.
17:04Well, fans, we have the time of 1 minute 58 seconds in round number four.
17:09Our referee in charge, Harvey Dock, stops the contest.
17:12He is the winner by way of technical knockout in his U.S. debut.
17:17He is still undefeated.
17:18And the hard-hitting Mikito Nakano.
17:25Before tonight, Nakano was ranked number 11 in the WBO, 10 in WBC, number 9 WBA, number
17:318 IBF.
17:32I'm sure he'll be top 10 when all is said and done after this impressive performance.
17:38We have more action coming to you live from Las Vegas, Nevada.
17:43That's right.
17:43That's right.
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