Howard Eastman v Evans Ashira RBR - Commonwealth Middleweight Title

[superheavyrhun]

OK, game face on, beer next to keyboard and pringles in a nearby tube. Ashira looks pretty calm, having a little dance to his walk in music. This venue does seem to be a lot like your usual town concert hall...with some very impressive woodwork around the entrance hall. Ashira looks confident, but seeing Eastman he also looks pretty cool. Not sure if its the acoustics of the venue, but it seems a pretty subdued welcome for both fighters.

Eastman has a 3 inch height advantage and a 5 inch reach advantage.
Game on!

[superheavyrhun]

Round 1:

I think it's Eastman's hairstule that makes him look way beyond his years in age terms. He also seems to have a spot of yoghurt next to his mouth.
Eastman cautiously jabbing, staying on he outside. Ashira with that horrible low style again. More jabs and a straight from Eastman AShira with an overhand right that finds the gloves, but Eastman popping the jab, and in the clinch nearly loses Ashia through his legs. Hard left hook from Ashira out of the clinch. Eastman is wth the workrate. Swinging right misses Eastman by a distance. Eastman's jab do seem to paw a little, but he's throwing the most. Ashira looks to claim the centre and get his feet set.

Eastman 10-9.

[yoitsdan]

Well done superheavy

although this is gonna be boring as fuck

Plod, plod, plod... plod, plod, plod... plod, plod, plod... plod, plod, plod...Eastman UD.

I tell you though man, Ashira is gonna try and make it wild I reckon, and Eastman never backs down (he paid the price V Miranda) and thats why I smell an upset tonight, Ashira is under rated, Eastman might have too much Skill and smarts to get beat by Ashira but I smell an upset.

The upset wouldn't surprise me. Eastman is all but finished even though he seems his same old self.

But Ashira aint no young hungry fighter like Miranda. And even at this stage, Miranda is just about the only guy out there that could of done that to Eastman.

Judging by the first round I'm going with your assessment mate

[superheavyrhun]

Round 2:

Eastman paws out the jab, then a right as Ashira lunges and misses. Ashira looks squat and strong, and throws a jab to the body. Eastman jabs again, but coming out of a clinch narrowly avoids a hard uppercut. Eastman warned for shoving Ashira, they go into another grapple. Good right from Eastman, and this time Ashira is pushed back by the punch. AShira comes forward, and pins Eastman in th corner for a second with a decent body shot. Lots of hugging so far, myabethe ref should split them earlier. Ashira doing a lot of swinging and missing so far.

Eastman 20-18

[superheavyrhun]

Round 3:

Two hooks from Eastman land as Ashira lunges. Two jabs from Eastman, but he takes a good hard left from Ashira. Uppercut from Eastman. Two body shots from AShira. Eastman shoves him back with a shoulder, then a jab. Eastman is pinned on the ropes, and Ashira pounds in two hard shots, and finds gloves with a hook upstairs. Ashira throwing some decent jabs. More clinching. Good sidestep from Eastman dodging a looping right from Ashira. Eastman throws some some nice short shots, and some straight shots before another clinch. Eastman jabs, but Ashira returns a jab as Eastman misses with a hook.

Ashira's round for me. 29-28 to Eastman

[superheavyrhun]

Round 3:

Ashira comes out strong, which a body shot and a hard left upstairs. More body shots coming out of a clinch from Ashira. Good right from Ashira, but Eastman wrestles him to the floor. More clinching. Good left from Eastman. Eastman jabs out of the clinch, e'll need to improve this to get a win. Ashira's ducking style means Eastman does seem to be leaning on him often. Eastman trhows some jabs and an uppercut, this time it seems AShira clinches. Hard left hook from Eastman gets through the gloves. Short hook from Eastman out of a clinch, then two jabs. Ashira lands a body shot on the bell.

A tied round saves me from splitting them on this one.
39-38 Eastman

[CutMeMick]

Come on Eastman get me those prediction points.

[superheavyrhun]

Round 5:

Just spotted that Lee Meager is in Eastman's corner...he's done a fair bit of corner work since his defeat. Jabs from Eastman, and Ashira misses with a swinging left. Eastman starting to find his rhythm, lunging an missing with a lead to the body. Eastman paws away with his punches. Decent left from Ashira. Eastman warned for a low blow as Ashira lunges in. Nice uppercut from Eastman. AShira jabs then hangs on again. Uppercut from Ashira but Eastman sends out a couple of his own. Eastman with the jabs, as Ashira ducks into another clinch.

Eastman gets the best of this one. 49-47

[superheavyrhun]

Round 6:

Cautious start, and Eastman is popping out those jabs with more authority. Eastman lands a lefthook, but Ashira lands his own body shot simultaneously. Ashira has taken the centre of the ring since the first bell, and Eastman is caught by a hard shot from Ashira, and paws at his forehead. Nice uppercut and left hook from Eastman, and then a straight right and a hook from Eastman as Ashira lunges, making his opponent looks silly. Two reasonable hooks land for ashira, and Eastman clinches this time, grabbing a moments rest. Good left hook from Eastman, and Ashira lands a body shot before the clinch. Short left by Eastman on the bell.

Eastman's round. 59-56

[superheavyrhun]

Round 7:

Eastman is always in the chair till the very lat minute. Eastman opens with a jab and a hook, ad Ashira wants a wrestle again. Ashira warned for not breaking. Ashira with a flurry of body shots, but is caught by a good hook from Eastman in there. Eastman throws a four-punch flurry of his own upstairs. Better round this. Ashira trying to drag Eastman in with flailing hard shots, and Eastman replies with soem good straight shots of his own. They exchange short uppercuts as they lean on each other. Early pace of the round has taken it out of both of them. Overhand right from Ashira. Ashira missing with the jabs, and Eastman lands a straight left and an uppercut. Ashira coming forward a lot here, but getting caught a lot too.

Tied round for me, as Ashira looking to gut this out till Eastman tires.
69-66

[superheavyrhun]

Round 8:

Ashira once again made to wait for Eastman to return to the ring. Hard left uppercut from AShira catches Eastman flush. Eastman swings wildly and misses there. Ashira with a jab, and Eastman comes forward with a jab and a straight right. Good left hook from Eastman, and AShira jabs with two shots to the body. Eastman's tape comes loose and gives him a break. Eastman caught by another big shot, before returning some hard shots of his own upstairs. Ashira lands the body shot. And again. Right from ashira, and Eastman clings on there. Ashira warned for leaing with the head. Two hooks from Eastman, and a jab/left hook. He's regained himself, and paws out two jabs, before an uppercut.

Ashira's round for me. 78-76 to Eastman.

[superheavyrhun]

Round 9:

Big right to open from Ashira, but a flurry of punches from Eastman negates that. Eastman popping out those punches without much power. AShira finds gloves with an overhand right, and a decent left from Ashira. Eastman jabs and hooks, and the sideways movement makes AShira look silly twice in succession. Eastman jabbing out and puts un a good pair of hooks to the body, though AShira is ducking low. Ashira looking to plough forward, but walks into a clinch without landing. Eastman's ring smarts making Ashira look pretty ordinary. Left hook by Eastman on the bell.

88-85 Eastman

[superheavyrhun]

Round 10:

Decent jabs land from Ashira, but three short shots from Eastman pierce the tight Ashira guard. Another flurry from Ashira, and Eastman is coming forward now, landing hard jabs and short hooks to the face of AShira. Both fighters get a talking to from the ref. Nice uppercut from Eastman, and more clinching. astman jabs, as Ashira lunges in, nmissing with a looping right which Eastman ducks with ease. ANother clinch. Jabs from Eastman, then an Ashira lunge sees Eastman grab the clinch. Eastman jabs and a left hook, and his tape on the gloves is loosening again. EAstman looks sharp out of the mini-break, with a jab, and AShira looses a body shot on the bell.

Eastman is doing well here, 98-94 now.

[CutMeMick]

LET'S GO EASTMAN! LET'S GO!!!

[superheavyrhun]

Round 11:

Uppercut and a hook from Eastman. AShira coming in wild with a hard right in the clinch. EAstman is warned for shenanigans in the clinch. Hard right from Ashira as Eastman looks to come forward. Ashira looking for the bing punch now. Ref is much louder with his "break" shouts. Antoher talking to for both fighters. No clean punches landed in a minute as they both wrestle for dominance. Flurry of quick shots from Eastman, but Ashira is landing more hard shots. Decent right from Ashira, and an uppercut in the clinch. Eastman missses with a jab and a hook. Ashira ploughing forward with hard body shots, and an uppercut in the clinch.

Ashira's round.

107-104