Sora Tanaka vs. Takeru Kobata (19-06-2025) Full Fight

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00:00uh

00:17sora tanaka sakura kabata set to go at it for the opbf walterweight championship here you see the

00:25tail of the tape tanaka 24 a lot shorter reach about the same no reach is considerably less for

00:35tanaka and you'll see in their styles exactly why everyone is buzzing about sora tanaka

00:47of course you heard it he's being called the tyson of yokohama and you can kind of see why he's

00:53short for the division doesn't quite have the same peekaboo style it's more

00:58more straight up in his approach but

01:03lunge and left from tanaka miss oof power on full display already yes

01:11there's a strong young man in the ring as sora tanaka counter work by kubada

01:15and kubada's last fight too he had a he scored a knockdown early and got the respect of his

01:24opponent henson and paid dividends later in the fight he's gonna have to do the same here

01:29if he can't get the respect from tanaka he's in for a long night another left right from kabata

01:34good body work by kabata and it is on here in round one tanaka good left hook landed from tanaka

01:46kabata weathering the storm against the ropes and fighting back the body work by kabata

01:52right left up top from the southpaw kabata good left jab straight left

01:56but kabata big uppercut from tanaka goodness

02:02you've got to respect like kabata's doing right now

02:12really trying to show him here that he's not going anywhere at least not easily

02:17body shot again too kabata backing up tanaka snapped the head back with the right hook there

02:22and tanaka comes straight this is what we saw in the last he comes straight forward squared up

02:28and is an open book for anything his opponent throws at him

02:35and kabata is throwing a lot at him but tanaka answers left hook shakes the legs of kabata

02:41left hook over the top just misses from tanaka

02:44a lot of left right left combination this right uppercut from tanaka body work gets the ropes from

02:53kabata wow great work from kabata off the ropes but this is what tanaka does he he gets you against

03:00the ropes and might not put the land four might not put everything behind all of his shots but then

03:06there's one that just sneaks through that he puts everything into and cannot kabata doing a great job

03:12off the ropes big left hook from tanaka

03:19left hook from kabata another another right hook from kabata left hand from kabata oh what a fun fight

03:25so far apricot big left from tanaka right hand from kabata my lord what a round what a round

03:36his son to popa player in the right way yeah wow wow wow wow wow

03:43kabata not going anywhere no but i wonder how long he can not go anywhere from some of those shots from

03:48tanaka but boy you see you see the excitement behind tanaka i mean there's not a dull second but this guy's

03:55guys no there was no feeling out process no kind of no ducking or slipping nothing

04:02it's just like okay just all action i'll let you hit me all i get to hit you all gas no breaks

04:10he just has that pitter patter style when he gets you against the ropes and

04:20it seems like there's nothing behind them and some of them maybe aren't they're just kind of thrown

04:25just for more of a trying to confuse you a little bit kind of hey why aren't these punches maybe get

04:32his timing exactly why aren't these punches coming any harder and then the big ones come

04:35sora tanaka in the blue and white takiro kabata in the black putting on a show at least in the

04:45opening round here in a battle for the opbf walterweight title good bodywork from kabata

04:51great stuff in the middle of the ring from kabata tanaka answering in kind

04:57good stuff from both biters bought a straight left over the top right hand from tanaka

05:06and you got got you got to love the kabata's got to be very happy this fight's in the center of the

05:12ring right now not against the ropes but here comes tanaka to push him towards the ropes and into the

05:18corner kabata goes bodywork from kabata tanaka up top kabata really swinging back here trying to get

05:29a bit of space a bit of separation to get back to the center of the ring where you can start to use that

05:34reach advantage easier said than done big right hand power like that is coming at you tanaka landing

05:44several lefts oh big uppercut and i tell you though kabata is hanging around at least for now

05:53oh more than hanging around great work from kabata to the body and to the head how much could tanaka

06:02take i mean obviously giving it out too left hook over the top from tanaka kabata combinations off the

06:12rope there's a big little straight left that one snapped the head back a little bit

06:17right hook left hand from kabata pushes tanaka back straight jab from kabata

06:30i think that body shot hurt kabata and those starting to be those shots in the head aren't

06:36helping him either a little more of a punching bag here not answering too much

06:47well tanaka leaning into it but also tasting a lot of leather from kabata big left hand from tanaka

06:58tanaka is so squared up

07:03and content to just take these shots from kabata big body work because i've got you right where i

07:08want you and i don't mind taking a bit of damage to keep you here a bit fair bit of damage

07:13big body work by tanaka

07:20kabata firing back he's taking more of the punishment here in the second round

07:27uppercuts by tanaka big straight left by kabata left to the body from kabata wow what a fun round

07:34what a fun fight but kabata looks like he's a big bunch of swelling on the right side of his

07:40wow took a lot of shots there some blood coming out of the nose as well

07:46wow he's looking like it's round 11 not round three coming up

07:51kabata great work in the middle of the ring but just tanaka too strong pushed them to the ropes

07:58yeah once he gets you up against the ropes that's his

08:01that's his domain that's where he likes to go to work and we're seeing why here through two rounds

08:10just never stops even if he doesn't put everything behind these shots there's just always something

08:16to keep you occupied and kabata certainly doing his best to try to answer some of the big power shots but

08:22if he can't find a way to get back to the center of the ring and really start to attempt to use his

08:34reach advantage and we see it already tanaka on the front foot got him against the ropes pouring him on

08:40and pinning him there is tabaka kabata game fighting to the body into the head but how do you keep this guy

08:47off of you how do you keep sora tanaka off of you that's a question kabata is trying to answer right now

08:58and just from that range with with the short wingspan of tanaka he's able to generate so much

09:03more power than kabata is and from in close like that's just exactly where tanaka needs to be

09:11tanaka doing great work to the head with the right and the left hand kabata having his moments too don't

09:16get me wrong but it could be just a matter of strength and endurance how long kabata can just

09:22stand this tanaka onslaught and that swelling on the right side of kabata's face is bad and could be

09:29worrisome for the corner couple jabs the fight goes on can't believe my sight a couple couple jabs from

09:37tanaka there good hook to the body from tanaka uppercut as well

09:51good work from kabata tanaka answering with hooks and crosses

09:58a lot of well off the ropes at times but not keeping tanaka oh that's a big left hook huge left and a big

10:06right to follow as well from tanaka big right to the body by tanaka

10:12goodness both fighters giving them giving their all here in round three

10:21tanaka may be slowing down a little bit kabata having some real success against the ropes

10:28kabata's slowing up a bit too as well they're both well they both put so much into this already

10:33still got a minute left a big one too big straight left by kabata another one by kabata goodness

10:42right uppercut by tanaka left hook by tanaka big right uppercut by tanaka but

10:47kabata not going anywhere he's answering these guys are taking some punishment my goodness

10:54big uppercuts big uppercuts by tanaka

11:00tanaka he's just able to generate so much power from being in close like this

11:06good uppercut again by tanaka but kabata answering back kabata just peppering him another huge uppercut

11:16big left hand right hand by kabata this is unbelievable

11:20are you kidding me tanaka pouring it on kabata firing back in kind

11:28kabata beginning to break up a little he's getting a little tired tanaka pouring it on wow wow great fight

11:37but kabata looks damaged i think it's

11:51so

12:03so

12:10as you could ever want a shot to be and uppercuts like this i believe he throws another one right

12:15after it and then just hooks to follow uppercuts again all power shots all from just right in his face

12:22right in close

12:26well that is one busted up fighter takiro kabata

12:32and who can blame him i mean it's not like he's overly sensitive he took a major pounding that last

12:37round at the hands of tanaka they've been missing a mouthpiece here

12:40be a little veteran move there because he didn't get off the stool to wait for his uh mouthpiece

12:53and we're underway in round four i can't believe it's only round four it feels like round eight

12:57both guys have been putting so much out there in this fight taking so much punishment and dishing it

13:03out as well about a good straight left two or three couple of big body shots here to start the round

13:09see if there's more of that if you can start to wear on the gas tank of tanaka maybe you can slow some

13:14of this attack down and get yourself back into this fight he's taking so much damage from this point too

13:19though hooks exchange from both fighters tanaka landing cleaner kabata though to the body tanaka to the head

13:30kabata uppercut miss tanaka landing combinations to the body and to the head

13:37what a fight tanaka just seems contentious to stay right in there and take anything that comes back from

13:43kabata once he's got him against the ropes he wants to keep the fight there and wants to just stay there

13:49see even if he's taking some damage off the ropes he's not moving not taking a step back because he

13:53wants to keep him on the ropes kabata looks like he's trying to get him to take a step back he's

13:56hitting him with everything everything he has there's a big left right oh he's wobbled kabata his best

14:04moments of the fight pouring it on bodywork by kabata turning the tide of this fight

14:11knocker's got to move his head he he hasn't i don't know if he can the head's been still the entire fight

14:19kabata teeing off of the stationary tanaka oh my lord another big shot huge huge punches from both fighters

14:32kabata to the body tanaka to the head big body shot by kabata

14:39huge right hand another right hand a third a left hook and the referee stops the fight i do not know

14:50about that stoppage but what a fight

14:56i mean kabata has taken a lot of damage there's no doubt about it there's no doubt about it probably a

15:02lot of that has to do with the damage he took before as opposed to where he stood in that exchange

15:07yeah because he took a lot of damage but hats off to takira kabata who absolutely

15:15stood and delivered against the ultra aggressive ultra strong sora tanaka

15:21and though it was tanaka who comes away with the tko win

15:27hats off takira kabata for testing

15:31tanaka the way he did absolutely and had him wobbled and in a bit of trouble at points in that

15:38round and well you're right i was able tanaka was able to kind of shake the cobwebs off and

15:45really put together a couple of strong combinations there was about three or four

15:49big strong hooks that went unanswered and the referee had seen enough at that point and

15:53you know it's kind of in that gray area where you agree with the the idea of the stoppage because

15:59there's been a lot of damage but at that exact moment where 60 seconds prior he he was the one

16:05that was in charge and tanaka was the one that was feeling some of the pain you can see why but

16:09there wasn't much of a protest from kabata either i think i think he was aware of where that fight was

16:14going and good for him ladies and gentlemen we have the time of two minutes one second

16:20in round number four a referee in charge takeru okaniwa stops the contest he is the winner by

16:30way of technical knockout still undefeated and the new opbf welterweight champion the tyson of yokohama

16:44tonaka wow sora tanaka if you haven't seen him before you're going to want to see him again

16:52he's that type of fighter technical knockout time never a dull second

16:57each bill him and takiro kabata just delivering a four-round war for us tonight

17:12I can't believe that fight was only four rounds.

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