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00:00Younger fighter relatively untested against the likes of Rhea Abe trying to
00:06see if he could step up to the levels that Abe has seen. There's a tale of the
00:15tape. Abe four years the senior of Oku a little bit taller both weighed in at
00:23the featherweight limit of 126 and we are underway here in round one. Jason
00:30Abelson and Adam Hunt here with you. Hope you're enjoying this top-ranked
00:33broadcast from Tokyo Japan. Oku pressing forward here and Abe really content to
00:47maintain space out of that average out of that southpaw stance. Oku was kind of
00:56showing a tendency I won't call it a slow starter because that's not what it is
00:59but it's usually a very conservative start from him a lot of jabs early on
01:03everything comes off the jab for him at least early in the fight you know in
01:09terms of of his defensive side loves a good check left hook with his front hand
01:15on the way in on the way back of course catching his opponent on the way in
01:19we'll see because Abe is usually not an overly aggressive fighter either so it
01:24could be a little interesting feeling out process here early in this fight Oku
01:28seems to be the one coming forward. Counter left by Abe that scored as Oku is
01:36coming in. Abe is a very cagey fighter in there. Left just missing look at those angles
01:41that Abe is throwing those punches from. Obu to the body.
01:57Exchange missing from Oku but I'll be landed a couple shots in there. Oku did land that
02:05right at the end of the exchange but two big swing and whiffs to begin the
02:10exchange.
02:18Rayabi in the black and gold. Yuoku in the silver and black. Round one of the
02:26scheduled ten under way here from Tokyo Japan.
02:36Both guys pying their way into position to land some meaningful shots. Good counter work by Abe. Abe really showing his footwork here.
02:45Bouncing in and out out of range back into range to land his own shots and he's back out by the time that Oku can answer. Yep said it before. Keiji is the word. Just so
02:45smart in there and wise good counter left. Up top by Abe. That's a few he's had in this round.
03:01The veteran doing a good job with a right hook there as well in the opening two minutes and forty seconds of this round.
03:07Another good shot from Abe.
03:14Oku trying to work off the front foot but just doesn't quite have the hand speed to go back and forth when Abe decides to counter.
03:28Good work from the veteran Abe in round one.
03:33Especially with the. There was one time where Oku kind of looked to dig to the body right off of a jab and
03:44you know with the head movements and how elusive Abe was in that opening round I'd like to see him go back to it in the second because
03:50your torso is a lot harder to move than your head.
03:53And so if you can start to slow down that movement of Abe it might not pay off in round two three or four but
04:01by the time that this bout gets to the later rounds.
04:06You can slow the movement down of Abe just a little bit. Just little by little and
04:12might open him up for some bigger shots in the later rounds.
04:17We'll see what the corner has to say for him. Certainly not a bad round of work by any means and I don't mean that like he needs to start
04:22wracking his brain for answers but it is just a possible opening with given how fast Abe was moving in and out.
04:31If you can catch him with a little body shot when he's still just slightly in range.
04:35You can really start to slow him down and open himself back up.
04:38Ray Abe in the black and gold.
04:40Yuya Oku in the silver and black. Good right hand over the top by Oku. Best punch of the fight so far.
04:45Abe the southpaw. Jab jab right hand. Left hand by Abe. He's got fast hands.
04:57You know he's very, as soon as he gets in position he throws them.
05:00Like he's very instinctive with that left.
05:02For sure there's no hesitation when he realizes that he's in range.
05:05He lets it go and then quickly pops out of range or moves his head off the center line.
05:10So he's not easily countered himself.
05:12In a contrast to that first fight we saw with Christian Araneta.
05:15Who didn't let that left hand go.
05:18Abe more than capable of throwing it on a hair trigger.
05:22Right hand as well. Good hook over the top by Abe.
05:26There's a body shot from Oku.
05:32Lead left from Abe.
05:35Oku shot to the body.
05:43Parried by Abe.
05:45Abe left to the body.
05:47Lands.
05:54Good work to the head from Oku.
05:56The hometown crowd letting you know when Oku's at least throwing a punch.
06:00Never mind landing it.
06:01Good body work by Oku as well.
06:04Abe very patient.
06:05Good straight left over the top from the veteran Abe.
06:09Another straight left.
06:11Just a piston.
06:16Might not be a ton behind it but it's quick and it lands right on target.
06:20And you don't know when it's coming either.
06:24There's no wind up either.
06:27Feet are set for a fraction of a second and the left comes right after it.
06:29There it is again.
06:30And you Oku is coming straight into that punch.
06:34He caught another one too.
06:35He's just walking right forward right into that.
06:37And Rhea, Abe happy to oblige him.
06:39Oku in the silver and black.
06:40Trying to get past that lead of Abe.
06:41Not able to.
06:42Just with that wide stance of Abe, he's so quick to get in and out.
06:47He's so fast on his feet too.
06:48Absolutely.
06:49Oku was able to land.
06:50There's the fourth one.
06:51I was just about to say.
06:52He's been able to land some shots to the body.
06:53That might be the recipe for success here in these early rounds.
06:55Because Abe is just a little too quick in and out.
06:56Oku is just a little too quick in and out.
07:00The left hand over the top by Abe.
07:01Another really good round for the former team.
07:02He's just a little too quick in and out.
07:03Just with that wide stance of Abe.
07:04He's so quick to get in and out.
07:05He's so fast on his feet too.
07:06Absolutely.
07:07Oku was able to land.
07:08There's the fourth one.
07:09I was just about to say.
07:10He's been able to land some shots to the body.
07:11That might be the recipe for success here in these early rounds.
07:12Because Abe is just a little too quick in and out.
07:25The left hand over the top by Abe.
07:28Another really good round for the former world title.
07:31Showing his class.
07:32Yeah.
07:33World title challenger Rea Abe.
07:34Exactly.
07:37And this is a big step up for Oku like I had mentioned already.
07:40It's by far on paper the best opponent that he's faced to date.
07:48But you learn in the ring.
07:49You know what?
07:50For sure.
07:51That's why you take on these challenges.
07:53And hopefully you learn over the course of the fight.
07:56How to handle someone with the skill set of Rea Abe.
08:01And it's considerable.
08:06Very strong start from Abe.
08:07But we have eight more rounds.
08:09Eight more rounds to go.
08:10Absolutely.
08:11A lot can happen in eight rounds.
08:13Get the impression Rea Abe has been there and seen that though.
08:16He looks so calm in that ring.
08:18Like the thought process is.
08:21Okay.
08:22This is what the type of fight I have.
08:23Okay.
08:24This is what I have to do to win this.
08:25You Oku.
08:26Kind of learning on the fly here.
08:28Some extra instructions coming from the corner before we start our third round here.
08:34Jason Abelson and Adam Hunt here with you from Tokyo, Japan at the Oda City General Gymnasium.
08:44We await the main event.
08:45Brian Norman Jr. vs. Shin Sasaki.
08:47In the meantime, it's Rea Abe in the black and orange against Yu Yu Oku in the silver and black for the Japanese Featherweight Championship.
08:57Yo Oku doing some good work.
09:02Body shot early as well.
09:03Yep.
09:04A little more confident here in the third.
09:06Abe missing with the left and the right.
09:10Oku a little more aggressive coming in here in the third.
09:16But that might open up the opportunity for that straight left from Rea Abe to land.
09:25Good work to the body from Oku.
09:29Good jab by Abe.
09:33Oku coming in straight ahead.
09:45For Oku, you know, if you're going to put yourself in that range, another nice shot to the body there.
09:49Good body work by Oku.
09:50If you're going to enter the range regardless and just come on a straight line, you need to at least get something to make it worth your while.
09:57Throw some shots to the body like he's done already.
09:59Big right hand, left hand by Abe.
10:02I mean, we'll be saying that all fight long.
10:04There's another one from Rea Abe.
10:10And it's not as if Oku's not doing good work.
10:12He is.
10:13He's having his more effective round of the fight.
10:15But for sure, that success has been punctuated or negated by that left hand of Rea Abe.
10:23Heads came together there.
10:24Let's see if there's a cut.
10:29Oku is pawing away as if there might be something.
10:32But the referee, Tetsuya Lita, waves them together.
10:38Good body work from Abe.
10:43Big left from Abe.
10:44Stops Oku right in his tracks.
10:53Good right hand from Oku as well though to answer.
10:58Stiff work.
10:59Stiff jab by Abe.
11:02Straight left by Abe.
11:04Good pressure work by Oku.
11:09Abe gets out of the way.
11:13Abe's kind of ducked his head down to his left side like some southpaws do.
11:18And when he's backing up, he kind of ducks down to the right.
11:20We'll see if Oku can recognize it.
11:22Big left hand.
11:23And time something to come back.
11:25That Abe left is just laser focused.
11:28Absolutely.
11:29It's just, there's no wind up.
11:31There's no tell.
11:32And it is sharp.
11:35Finds the target.
11:36And it snaps right back.
11:38Right back to stop the counter from Oku.
11:41You mentioned off the top, he's got a good straight left.
11:43Keeps pressure fighters on us.
11:44That's exactly what we're seeing.
11:46Yeah.
11:47It is on full display against an aggressive fighter like Yuya Oku.
12:07Brian Norman Jr.
12:08Jin Sasaki still to come for the WBO Walterweight Championship of the World.
12:13I know fight fans out there.
12:15Buzzing about that fight.
12:17People are saying fight of the year potential.
12:19I don't disagree.
12:21No.
12:22That is still to come.
12:23In the meantime, it's Yuya Oku and Reya Abe for the Japanese featherweight title.
12:28Round four set to begin.
12:36Oku pressing ahead.
12:39Abe, I guarantee you happy to see that.
12:45That straight left, just a tad short from Abe, but he's been throwing and landing it all fight long.
12:57There it is again.
13:00You don't see it until Oku's head snaps back.
13:04So quick.
13:09Another clash of heads there.
13:10Yeah.
13:12No blood yet.
13:15We can see from this angle.
13:20Oku, you've got to love the aggression from Oku just coming in and saying, okay, you can hit me occasionally.
13:25There was a big shot there.
13:26Exactly.
13:27Good moment from Oku.
13:28Maybe his best of the fight so far.
13:29Left hook over the top.
13:31Started with the right hand of the body as well.
13:36I love the game this out of Oku.
13:39There's that check hook.
13:40We haven't seen it too many times, but we just saw it land there.
13:45Great hook from Abe.
13:47Left to the body just misses from Abe.
13:54Good left jab from the veteran.
13:55Good right to the body as well.
13:58The left of the body as well.
14:03Oku.
14:05Good little check left hook to the head of Abe.
14:08Oku might be kind of reading his head movement a little bit.
14:10It's kind of been the same stuff for Abe.
14:12When he dips down to his right or to his left, he kind of leaves his hands down.
14:17And even if it's not a huge shot, just touching him and letting him know that you're there.
14:21Counter straight left from Abe.
14:27Left hook just missing from Oku.
14:30And, you know, the jab from Abe is more effective than I thought it would be in this fight.
14:34Very snapping.
14:35And very purposeful.
14:38Maintaining that distance for that straight left hook.
14:41A big right from underneath.
14:42Lands from Oku.
14:43Who's the best punch of the fight?
14:45I think Oku's kind of getting a read on the head movement.
14:48Abe's leaving his hands down and just trying to dodge these shots with his head.
14:53And he's getting touched up a little bit here.
14:56Oku's best round of the fight.
14:57Having said that, he just eats a straight left from Abe.
15:05Right hand just missing from Oku.
15:20Still the angles from Abe.
15:22He'll throw that left hand from any position.
15:25It's awkward and it's so quick.
15:27Good round from both fighters.
15:29Oku had his moments in that round.
15:31Maybe his best of the fight, but you can't overlook that straight left from Rhea Abe.
15:37The hand speeds really speak in volumes right now.
15:39It's just...
15:41Abe's just getting to the point just a little bit quicker.
15:45You see that straight to the body from Abe.
15:47And here's that right from underneath that Oku landed.
15:53That was his best moment of the fight so far.
15:56And then we've seen that 20 or 30 times so far this fight.
16:00That straight left right down the middle and right on target from Rhea Abe.
16:04Here's the look of a guy who has been there and done that.
16:13This is like a day in the office for him.
16:15Well that's just it, right?
16:16He's held this Japanese featherweight title once before already.
16:20So he has a chance to win it again here.
16:23Against a very tough and very game opponent here with Yuya Oku.
16:26But for a guy that's been on the world stage...
16:27Round five underway here from Tokyo, Japan.
16:35The Japanese featherweight title up for grabs.
16:40Yuya Oku in the silver and black landing a good straight right on Abe.
16:46Abe countering with a straight left.
16:50There's that left again from Abe.
16:52Left hook from Oku.
16:53And Abe just kind of relying on his head movement and has his hands down.
17:00And Oku's been able to find him a few times but...
17:04Good job from Abe.
17:07Straight left from Abe as well.
17:11Oku.
17:13Right in the middle of the ring.
17:16Landed something up top.
17:18A right hand to be exact on Abe.
17:20But nothing of real consequence.
17:23Combination from Abe.
17:25Countered by Oku.
17:31Oku now starting to open up a little bit more.
17:37Missing over the top.
17:38Right hook landing from Abe.
17:40Good straight to the body from Oku.
17:42From Oku.
17:44Big left right on the button by Abe.
17:47And another one.
17:49To follow suit.
17:50Right hand underneath.
17:52From Oku.
17:54Big left hook.
17:56Both fighters scoring in that exchange.
18:02Oku kind of had him cornered a little bit and Abe didn't really have anywhere to go.
18:04And that's where he was able to land that big left.
18:07See if he takes notice of that and tries to kind of cut the ring off a little bit.
18:11More confident Oku here in round five.
18:14It's a big part of Abe's approach.
18:16He's been backing up and getting out of range.
18:17But if he has nowhere to go, Oku could really start to get off some offense here.
18:20Oh great combination by Rhea Abe.
18:27So quick.
18:31Straight left again.
18:33Left hook missing from Oku.
18:36Straight left to the body by Abe.
18:38Changing levels as well.
18:39He dips down to go to the body.
18:41And then to the head as well.
18:43And then he's back out of range.
18:44The left swings wild.
18:48Straight left again from Abe.
18:51It's not quite target practice.
18:54But it's not far from it.
18:56When it comes to that left from Abe.
18:59Oku though putting up.
19:00Certainly not going anywhere.
19:01Yeah for sure.
19:02Yeah I mean Oku is here to fight.
19:04There's not a question.
19:07The left hook over the top from Oku.
19:09His best luck hook of the fight.
19:21But it's one and done from Oku.
19:23And it's Abe with the combinations.
19:29The bell to a scrappy.
19:32Round four.
19:36Oku for sure showing you know that he belongs in this fight.
19:39Showing that he's not going to give up and not go anywhere.
19:44Despite you know Abe kind of really showing his class here through these.
19:49Especially in the middle rounds obviously we saw it early as well.
19:52Despite the heads coming together a few times.
19:57Yep.
19:58No scars.
19:59No cuts to show for it.
20:07In fact Oku really not showing the scars of any of the left.
20:10The straight lefts that have landed from Abe.
20:12From Abe.
20:16And there have been several.
20:25Second half of the fight.
20:27Set to start.
20:29Six of ten.
20:32Here for you.
20:34Jason Ableton and Adam Hunt.
20:36From the Otis City General Gymnasium in Tokyo Japan.
20:38Straight lefts from Rea Abe.
20:44To start the sixth.
20:46Oku had his moments too.
20:51But again.
20:53It's Abe who starts and finishes everything with that straight left.
20:59Awkwardly.
21:01Trying to create something.
21:05The jab by Abe.
21:06That jab has been very effective this fight.
21:11Abe is not just a one note fighter with that straight left.
21:14And it's a hell of a note.
21:16His jab has been very effective.
21:19Keeping Oku.
21:21At a distance.
21:25Good hook.
21:27From Abe.
21:28Oku.
21:29A little energizer buddy.
21:30Just keep coming forward.
21:31Good work up top.
21:32From Oku.
21:33As he sits down with some combinations for the first time in this fight.
21:34Open scoring.
21:35Open scoring.
21:36Happening in Japan.
21:37And through six.
21:39Through five.
21:40It is Abe.
21:41That is up.
21:4248-46.
21:43On all three judges scorecards.
21:47Good work from Oku.
21:48Good work from Oku.
21:50To the next.
21:51Now.
21:53It is over.
21:54Right.
21:55So, it's up.
21:57Open scoring.
21:59Coming in Japan.
22:00Through six.
22:01Through five.
22:02It is Abe.
22:03That is up 48-46 on all three judges' scorecards.
22:15Good work from Oki there.
22:21This is where you almost like to do the open scoring,
22:24so fighters know where they stand,
22:25and if you need to turn on the gas,
22:27there are no questions.
22:28They have to do it.
22:30Good straight left from Abe.
22:33Another straight left.
22:38Oku just not quite as light on his feet as he was in the early rounds.
22:42And they're beginning to take the call, I think.
22:44Those straight lefts, not only on the scorecards,
22:46but I think in the actual performance of Oku,
22:49and the psyche of Oku,
22:51because they're coming from all angles now,
22:53from underneath, from up top.
22:55Just a little too stationary.
22:57If you're going to stay right in front of him,
22:58you've got to have an answer for him
22:59when he starts to throw his combinations.
23:01You've got to dig to the body.
23:02You've got to do something here
23:03as he comes forward with two shots there.
23:05And this round is turning into a showcase.
23:07Not for the young upstart Oku,
23:09but for the cagey, wily veteran,
23:12Raya Abe,
23:13in that left hand,
23:14that is landing
23:15at will,
23:16at will from every angle imaginable.
23:18There it is again.
23:26And you almost feel bad for Oku.
23:28He turns on the guys
23:29and then takes,
23:30really,
23:30the worst pounding he's taken all fight
23:32from Raya Abe.
23:34and that lead on the scorecard
23:38is bound to get even wider
23:40after round six
23:43for Raya Abe.
23:44Raya Abe Abe.
23:48We've mentioned
23:49you kind of sound like
23:50a broken record here.
23:51There's that left that landed.
23:52Obviously a big left
23:53from Oku there,
23:54but
23:54Abe just
23:56a little bit faster on the feet,
23:58a little bit faster with the hands
24:00and
24:00trusting in his combinations
24:02and trusting in his counterwork
24:04and
24:04really taking it
24:06to Oku here
24:09through six.
24:23Trainer Kenji Kaneko
24:24giving his charge
24:27Yuya Oku
24:28some
24:28pretty urgent advice
24:31as this fight heads
24:33into the seventh round.
24:34That's pretty much all
24:38Raya Abe
24:39through six.
24:42Oku having his moments,
24:44but
24:44most of the moments,
24:46the scoring moments
24:47have been at the hands
24:49of Raya Abe.
24:54That straight left again
24:56up top
24:56and then to the body.
24:59Lunging right hand by Oku.
25:01There's a good straight right
25:02by Oku.
25:04Creating a little bit
25:06of a different angle
25:06to throw that.
25:08But Abe
25:09answering with the left
25:11and the heads come together
25:12again for the third
25:13or fourth time.
25:13Again,
25:14no blood.
25:14for Abe.
25:15For Abe.
25:15For Abe.
25:15For Abe, it's like you mentioned,
25:22it's the angles at which he can create.
25:24He's so quick on his feet,
25:26in, out, right, left.
25:27He even changes levels
25:28when he dips to the body.
25:29He goes down
25:29and throws a straight left
25:30to the body.
25:31Good right hand
25:33from Oku.
25:34Oku's employing,
25:35oh, big right hand by Oku.
25:37I was just going to say
25:38he's employing
25:39some different angles
25:39and throwing that right hand
25:41and man, oh man,
25:42he cashed in large
25:43with a huge one
25:44seconds ago.
25:45That's changed the tenor
25:46of not only this round
25:47but the fight.
25:48Abe going backwards now
25:50for the first time
25:50on unsteady legs.
25:51It's Abe the one
25:52that's initiating
25:53a lot of these clinches,
25:54I think.
25:55That right hand rock.
25:56Rea Abe.
25:58He's just backing
25:59straight up here.
26:01No lateral movement either.
26:05Straight left from Abe.
26:07Oku just having
26:09the best round
26:10of the fight so far
26:11without question.
26:14Combination from Abe.
26:20Oh, heads came together
26:21in a huge way there.
26:23Big headbutt.
26:24Miraculously.
26:25No damage.
26:29Wild right missing
26:30from Oku.
26:34Confident Oku though.
26:36Looking to resume hostilities.
26:37There's that straight
26:38Abe left.
26:42Abe who's initiating
26:43all of these clinches.
26:46I think he's getting
26:46his legs underneath him
26:48after that straight right hand
26:49though.
26:50There's that straight left again.
26:51big body work
26:54from Rea Abe.
26:57That's straight left
26:57to the body.
27:00On top of the left
27:01comes Abe.
27:02Combinations
27:02underneath from Abe.
27:06Abe throwing in combinations.
27:08Oku is one at a time.
27:09And now it's Rea Abe coming on
27:12to end the round.
27:13That he was severely compromised
27:15a few minutes ago in.
27:19Right to the body from Oku.
27:21This is a hell of a round.
27:22Both fighters having their moments.
27:27Great round.
27:31Terrific start
27:32from Yuya Oku.
27:34And terrific finish
27:35from Rea Abe.
27:36Definitely Oku's best round
27:38of the fight
27:39by far.
27:41Lands a big flurry of shots
27:42including two big
27:43right hands
27:44that came right over.
27:46Here's one of them.
27:47Oof!
27:48And the angles
27:49are a little different.
27:50Like you said before
27:50he's not straight up
27:51anymore when he's
27:52throwing that.
27:53Ducks down
27:54and then bang.
27:56Marabe
27:57that's about as flush
27:58as you can get hit
27:58and not go down.
28:00So
28:00he'll be watching out
28:03for another big
28:04right hand
28:05coming from Oku.
28:13Kenji Kaneko
28:13had some sage words
28:15of advice
28:16before the last round
28:17for his fighter
28:17Yuya Oku.
28:18Let's see
28:18if his words
28:21have the same effect
28:22for round 8.
28:24He's done that for every round here.
28:25They clear the ring
28:27for all the seconds
28:27and then he stays in
28:28and just gives some
28:31parting words
28:32of advice
28:33I guess.
28:37A very aggressive
28:38confident Oku
28:39here in round 8.
28:41That right hand
28:42is coming
28:42pretty regularly
28:46out of the
28:47weaponry
28:49of Oku.
28:51A big wad
28:52of Vaseline
28:53over the eye
28:54of Rea Abe
28:55that looks like
28:55a bit of a mouse
28:56forming.
28:58Straight right hand
28:59from Oku.
29:03Speed and power
29:05beginning to
29:06be quite evident
29:07from Yuya Oku
29:08in the later half
29:09of this fight.
29:09good hook.
29:19Good shot hook
29:20from Abe.
29:21Good body work
29:22by Oku.
29:25Right hand
29:26over the top
29:26by Oku.
29:27Again,
29:27he's coming
29:28with different angles
29:28for that right hand
29:29and it's been very
29:30effective
29:30the last couple
29:31of rounds.
29:38Good right hand up
29:39from underneath
29:39from Oku.
29:40Oku.
29:40Good shot.
29:41Good shot.
29:42Good shot.
29:43Good shot.
29:44Good shot.
29:45Good shot.
29:46Good shot.
29:47Good shot.
29:48Abe seems to have
29:49his legs back
29:49a little bit more
29:50here.
29:50Wasn't even
29:51moving like his
29:53usual self
29:54at the start
29:54of this round
29:55but at the halfway
29:55point he seems
29:56to be back
29:57pretty close
29:58to normal here.
29:59his cagey footwork
30:01depth angles.
30:04Oku again though
30:05definitely building
30:06on the confidence
30:06from the last round.
30:08Absolutely.
30:09Not afraid
30:09to really stand
30:10in the pocket.
30:11Like I mentioned
30:12earlier
30:12if you're going
30:13to get close
30:13enough for Abe
30:14to get these
30:14combinations off
30:15you have to
30:16return fire.
30:17If you're going
30:18to get into range
30:19you have to
30:19make it worth
30:20your while.
30:22He seems
30:22to be answering
30:23a lot more
30:24here
30:24off of the Abe
30:26combinations.
30:27More left
30:27from Abe.
30:29Good job
30:33from Oku.
30:36Oku's not
30:36throwing in
30:37combinations
30:37lunging right
30:38hand misses
30:39from Oku.
30:45Big left
30:46to the body
30:47from Abe.
30:47I can hear it
30:49and feel it.
30:51Another
30:51right to
30:53left to the
30:54body from
30:54Abe.
30:56That one
30:57in combination.
30:59You're right.
31:02That seems
31:02to be a nasty
31:03mouse over
31:04the left eye
31:05of Ray
31:06Abe.
31:07Adam,
31:07those headbutts
31:08are doing
31:09some damage
31:10after all that
31:10wow.
31:11Good work
31:12from Abe
31:13with that
31:13straight left.
31:14It also looks
31:15right where
31:15those big right
31:17hands have been
31:17landing.
31:18You're right.
31:18absolutely.
31:19Broku definitely
31:20a confidence
31:23inspiring sight
31:24here seeing
31:24a big mouse
31:25start to form
31:27exactly where
31:27you've landed
31:28your biggest
31:28shots of the
31:29night.
31:29Yeah,
31:30look at that.
31:31That's a lot
31:32of swelling.
31:33Yup.
31:36Cutman
31:36Yishima
31:38Sikishima
31:39has his work
31:41come out
31:41for him to
31:41control that
31:42mouse over
31:43the eyes
31:43of veteran
31:44Rea Abe.
31:52Wow.
31:53That can't be fun
31:54having that
31:55iron pressed
31:55against you.
31:56doesn't look
32:16too rattled.
32:20Does Rea Abe.
32:23Nine of ten
32:24about to get
32:25underway.
32:26Fun fight
32:27here for the
32:28Japanese
32:28featherweight title.
32:30Oku really
32:31coming on strong
32:31here in these
32:32later rounds.
32:32This is his
32:33first ten
32:33rounder.
32:34He's never
32:34been in
32:35round nine
32:36before so
32:37unfamiliar
32:38territory for
32:38him.
32:39He doesn't
32:39look like
32:40it's an
32:41issue for
32:42him
32:42conditioning
32:42wise.
32:46And the
32:46way he's
32:46carrying himself
32:47in the ring.
32:47Very confident
32:48here.
32:49For sure
32:49against his
32:51toughest
32:52opponent to
32:52date as
32:53well.
32:53big moments in
32:56this fight.
32:57Absolutely.
32:58Straight left
32:59from Abe again.
32:59Heads come together
33:04again.
33:05That mouse is getting
33:09worse and worse over that left eye of Rea Abe.
33:11That mouse is getting worse and worse over that left eye of Rea Abe though.
33:26Straight left from Rea Abe.
33:36Split the guard.
33:38Right hand over the top.
33:41There was potentially
33:42another clash of heads there.
33:43Referee didn't think so.
33:46Maybe more
33:47shoulder on shoulder
33:48contact which
33:49is a good thing.
33:50Oh good work
33:56by Abe spinning
33:57and landing.
33:58Kind of fooled him a little bit.
33:59Kind of took a step off
34:00like he was going to go back
34:00to the center of the ring
34:01and so cagey.
34:02Popped right back in.
34:04Yeah.
34:04Back into range.
34:05The ring smarts
34:06just on display
34:07from Rea Abe here.
34:10Oku though
34:10he's just slowly
34:11but surely
34:12kind of willed
34:13his way back
34:13into this fight.
34:14Absolutely.
34:15Very gutty performance
34:16from Yeo Oku.
34:18Good combination
34:19of props there.
34:21A lot of the miss
34:21but he's throwing
34:22in combinations
34:23at least.
34:26Here's Yeo Oku.
34:44Big left
34:45over the top
34:46from Yeo Oku
34:48his best left hook
34:50in the fight so far.
34:52He had success
34:53with the right hand
34:54earlier
34:54that left hook
34:55landed
34:57and another one
34:58over the top.
34:59Komoku
35:00straight left
35:01landed
35:02a counter
35:02from Abe.
35:11Straight left
35:11at the top
35:12of the head
35:12from Abe.
35:1315 seconds left.
35:14He has.
35:15Either guy
35:15could really
35:16steal this round
35:17with a big moment.
35:27Straight left
35:28at the bell
35:29from Rea Abe.
35:30Fun round.
35:31Tough to score.
35:35I might give that one
35:36to Oku
35:37to be honest with you
35:37with his left hand
35:38from Seyad.
35:39No, for Oku
35:47it seems like
35:48he's had success
35:48kind of with these
35:49looping shots
35:52I guess you could call
35:53them with Abe
35:54being so quick
35:54on his feet
35:55and so quick
35:55to retreat
35:56to get out
35:57of range
35:57and those
35:59overhand rights
36:00and those
36:00you know
36:01kind of lunging
36:02left hooks
36:02have a bit more
36:03range to them
36:04coming from Oku
36:05and a few of them
36:06have landed
36:07and really created
36:08some big chances
36:09for him
36:10especially in the
36:11second half
36:11of the fight.
36:13Get the impression
36:14he's really learning
36:15as he goes
36:16like so
36:16even a loss
36:18is a positive loss
36:19at this point.
36:21Yeah, you know
36:21the adjustments
36:22that he's been able
36:22to make
36:23over these 10 rounds
36:25I believe
36:26he's even
36:27and I think
36:28he would agree
36:28he's a different
36:28fighter than what
36:29we saw in round one.
36:30He really is.
36:31Absolutely.
36:32Yu Oku
36:32in the silver and black
36:33Raya Abe
36:35in the black and gold
36:38battling it out
36:41with a Japanese
36:42featherweight title
36:43the last round
36:44last scheduled round
36:45underway here
36:46Jason Abelson
36:48and Adam Hunt
36:49here with you
36:49big right hand
36:50over the top
36:51from Yu Oku
36:54apparently the heads
36:55came together again
36:55I didn't see that
36:56saw the right hand
36:57land from Oku
37:00Oku closing the gap
37:07here in the last
37:08couple rounds
37:08good right to the body
37:10from Oku
37:10left hand up top
37:11from Oku
37:12this is the best
37:13sustained period
37:14of the fight
37:15for Yu Oku
37:16as far as
37:19putting his
37:23maintaining some
37:24kind of dominance
37:25over the action
37:26big right hook
37:30from Abe
37:30straight left just
37:37missed from Abe
37:38left hook
37:39from the body
37:39might have
37:40yeah
37:40from Oku
37:43Oku
37:45with a good job
37:46little blow
37:49but his head
37:50was pushed down
37:50straight left
37:54from Abe
37:54right hand
37:56from Oku
37:57those looping shots
37:59he's catching
38:00Abe on the way
38:01out
38:01and a right hand
38:02underneath from Oku
38:03left hand up top
38:06this is a Yu Yu Oku
38:08round
38:09no doubt
38:10about it
38:11left hand
38:12from Oku
38:13Adabe again
38:15initiating the clinch
38:16minute ten left
38:19in this fight
38:19obviously doesn't like
38:20what's coming towards
38:21him
38:21good counter
38:24right hand
38:24by Oku
38:25that's his best
38:26counter punch
38:26of the fight
38:27talk about
38:30learning as you
38:31go
38:31Yu Yu Oku
38:32showing his
38:33resiliency
38:33in the ring
38:35here
38:35against the
38:36veteran
38:36Rea Abe
38:3740 seconds left
38:49right hand
38:54just missed
38:54from Oku
38:55left hand
38:59over the top
39:00right hand
39:00by Oku
39:01well if there's
39:04any doubt
39:04how Yu Yu Oku
39:05was doing
39:05in the second
39:06half of the fight
39:07he just ended
39:08that doubt
39:08horrific stuff
39:10from the man
39:11in silver
39:12and black
39:1310th round
39:14has been all his
39:15great left
39:16by Abe
39:17just a tad
39:17short
39:18Abe trying to
39:20keep him off
39:20him but
39:21Oku just
39:22keeps going
39:22that right hand
39:23has been money
39:24for Yu Yu Oku
39:24big looping right
39:25hands
39:25and they seem
39:26to find the mark
39:27what a finish
39:29terrific work
39:30terrific work
39:30for Yu Yu Oku
39:31to close this fight
39:33wasn't enough
39:33to close that gap
39:34that Abe had
39:36established
39:36in the first half
39:37might be a draw
39:41it's tough to find
39:45more than five rounds
39:47for either guy
39:47I was sitting there
39:49trying to think
39:49about who I really
39:50did have winning
39:51this fight
39:51and it's
39:53kind of the tale
39:53of two halves
39:54like you mentioned
39:55Abe for sure
39:56leading the dance
39:57through the early going
39:57and Oku taking over
39:59as the later rounds
39:59came about
40:01it's one of those
40:026-4, 5-5, 6-4
40:04scenarios
40:05no I agree
40:07and it was the big
40:08it was the looping
40:09shots that
40:10Abe kind of thought
40:12he was in
40:12out of range
40:14you Oku
40:19showing so much
40:20resiliency
40:20and ring smarts
40:21as this fight
40:22progressed
40:22absolutely
40:27for a guy
40:28you know
40:28in his
40:29just his 11th
40:30professional fight
40:31to adjust like that
40:32to a very experienced
40:33a KG veteran
40:34he should be happy
40:35with himself
40:35either way
40:36was it enough
40:37let's find out
40:52if you want to know
40:54there was a
40:55so
40:55every day
40:56through the
40:57new
40:57new
40:58And thank you, City Champion,
41:01Aokora Abe!
41:07Roya Abe
41:11Edging out a very gay Yuya Oku
41:16to lift the Japanese featherweight title
41:19after tag
41:22pop, pop round
41:28for sure
41:33The veteran getting it done
41:36You know, early on
41:38Oku was kind of searching for answers
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