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Congratulations on a cracking night Jon. The atmosphere was awesome and the venue was great as everyone felt really close to the ring so you could almost feel the punches and kicks!
Respect to Bridie she showed as much heart as ive ever seen from a fighter soaking up a ridiculous amount of punishment and coming back with lots of aggression. Rita is possibly one of the best fighters ive ever seen male or female. Her performance was incredible and i bet theres few 54 kg women in the world who could live with her. Going the distance is achievement enough. Wouldn't like to see it again tho, Bridie took a lot of shots last night, that was an ageing fight.
Shaun the rock Law was awesome as usual and loved his entrance. He keeps getting better all the time, i thought every round was close but Shaun was slightly busier and landed enough clean shots to win every round except the 3rd which i thought was even.
Farhad, Cath probably drew or slightly shaded the first round then won the 2nd with busier hands, more variety and cleaner work - scoring an 8 count in this round also - then in the third Hannah looked strong with straight 1 2's and the action was close until Cath began to back her up and landed a clean right hand shortly followed by a right hook as Hannah turned away. The punch landed on the back/side of her neck and Hannah went down to her knees holding her neck. She got up but kept her back turned refusing to fight so Master Ronnie Green stopped it then Hannahs corner started screaming "bullshit it was a f**king rabbit punch!" The punch wasn't intentional and didnt seem to land with force, but Hannah didn't want to continue but basically retired herself which is a fair tko imo. Even if you go with the rabbit punch theory, it was accidental so it would go to the score cards and Cath would've probably took it anyway. I thought the shouting and swearing was a bit excessive and the corner should've dealt with it professionally. The Goldenbelt acted totally appropriately however and it never blew up into much.
Good show.