Bradley vs. Rios: Undercard Results Recap

Ryota Murata (8-0) vs. Gunnar Jackson (21-7-3)

(Middleweight Bout – 10 Rounds)

Murata and Jackson took care of the 160lbs duties on the card. Murata brought allot of hype into the ring thanks to his credentials of being a gold medal Boxing winner in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He showed his Olympic caliber poise popping his jab patiently looking for an opening rather than rushing to create one. Jackson mostly dipped forward leaning in allot on his punches, stepping in throwing them with his head past his lead knee thus diminishing the power from his own shots. Towards the second half of the match the New Zealand native opted to stand and trade hooks with his foe, looping a shot to the body then back upstairs. Murata deflected the shots with ease using a high guard that protected him from damage as he countered with his straight punches. The Japanese warrior also put together a Wladimir Klitchskoesque ‎1-2 combination that kept his foe at bay for the better portion of the late rounds. In rounds 8, 9 and 10 Jackson tried to fight at close range launching short hooks and uppercuts at his opponent but the height advantage of Murata gave him plenty of room combined with his upper body movement to stay away from any real damage as he closed out the final rounds. Murata proudly represented The Land of the Rising Sun with a sound victory on foreign soil thanks to a solid game plan of staying composed, trading shots close then clinching and using his solid jab to pop away at his man while simultaneously staying out of danger.  

RESULT: ‎Ryota Murata remains unbeaten defeating Gunnar Jackson via unanimous decision with scores of 99-91, 98-92 and 97-93.

Miguel Marriaga (21-1) vs. Guillermo Avila (14-5)

(Featherweight Bout – 8 Rounds)

The first of two featherweight matches on the card featured Marriaga taking on Avila in a very technical boxing match that took place in the center of the ring for the first half then along the ropes for the second half. Avila held his own for the first couple of rounds before Marriaga began taking over with the cleaner and more crisp landed shots. The Colombia native also began to lead with a left hook to the body that began finding it’s mark more frequently enabling him to follow up with his right hand since Avila was dropping his guard from the body attack. In the 3rd Round Marriaga backed his man along the ropes unleashing a lightning quick combination then finishing up with a straight right hand that landed on his foe visibly hurting him.  The Colombian fighter did not let up on the left hook heavy approach, leading with a left hook from time to time looking to land on his man’s body.

From then on Marriaga stepped on the gas really taking the fight to Avila as he unloaded fast combinations along the ropes. He walked him down with a powerful straight left hand that Avila simply couldn’t time or avoid. The Tijuana native did his best to use upper body movement or roll with the shots but while he was slippery and slick on the first two, the third or fourth shots reeled in finding their mark. Marriaga took over the match easily from round 4 and up with clean combos and a straight left or overhand right that could not miss as Avila’s left eye continued to bleed and slightly swell as the rounds progressed. ‎ Marriaga was also clealry the fresher of the two combatants, keeping up a pace in which his offense became his defense: he didn’t need to worry much about any counter fire coming back since he was too busy leading the fight and landing punches thanks to his superioir conditioning that allowed him to close the show strong until the end.

RESULT: ‎ Miguel Marriaga defeats Guillermo Avila via unanimous decision with scores of 80-72 on all three score cards.

Michael Reed (17-0) vs. Rondale Hubbert (10-4-1)

(Super Lightweight Bout – 8 Rounds)

The only 140-pound match on the card featured Reed taking on Hubbert in a match the polar opposite of the opening bout. This junior welterweight duel was more competitive for a good portion of the time it took place. Reed used his crisp jab to set up his spear-like left hand, sometimes stunning his foe along the way. While on the other hand, Hubbert countered his man with a looping overhand right as he pumped a jab that was equally as sharp. To his credit Hubbert fought rather well off of the ropes, rolling with the punches as he returned fire with left and right hooks. But, he was giving up ground too often going into the second half of the match. Reed pushed him back in almost every round following the 4th stanza even though he was giving up height and reach to Hubbert. ‎Reed also started landing cleaner shots on his foe, while the punches Hubbert landed didn’t seem to have as much affect anymore.

At about 15 seconds into the 7th Round Reed landed the game changing punch of the night. He countered Hubbert who came in wide with a lazy 1-2, open for a vicious right hand punch that sent him stumbling forward unto the canvas. ‎The Minnesota native caught himself in a cherry-picking style position and was right in the referee’s face eager to continue fighting. Reed smelled blood in the water and went in for the kill.He chased his man along the ropes with some shots before pinning him along the corner landing a monstrous left hook followed by a perfect left uppercut, then a right hook that missed the mark just as Kenny Bayless stepped in to rescue the wounded warrior.

RESULT: Michael Reed remains unbeaten defeating Rondale Hubbbert via TKO at (1:09) of Round 7.

Egidijus Kavaliauskas (10-0) vs. Jake Giuriceo (17-5-1)

(Welterweight Bout – 8 Rounds)

Kavaliauskas took on Giuriceo in the very first bout of the night from the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The Robert Garcia trained fighter stalked his man coming forward, ‎snapping the jab and using it as a range finder. Giuriceo looked to counter but wasn’t putting much behind his shots. The two circled meeting in the middle of the ring when “The Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas opened up with a solid 1-2 combination.

‎With about a minute into the match Kavaliauskas connected with a jab then threw a beautiful over hand right right behind it that Giuriceo saw but could not get out of the way of in time.  It landed flush on his head sending him immediately to the canvas. He beat the count but was stepping sideways and backwards as the referee asked for him to come towards him prompting Russell Mora to call a stop to the bout.

RESULT: Egidijus Kavaliauskas remains undefeated stopping Jake Giuriceo via KO at (1:00) of Round 1.