Shishkin vs. Riojas

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Marlon Harrington shows that he has power, speed and skills against debutant Ricardo Medina and gets the KO after 1 minute of the 1st Round, including 3 knockdowns... Impressive performance, as his opponent is an ex US Marine and had 67 Amateur fights back in the day... Looking forward to watching Harrington again... He looked in tremendous shape too and is a good age for progression. 🤔🥊👊👍

The Fight Card is on UFC Fight Pass for anyone who is interested in watching the 6 bouts and has access to the broadcast.... 🤔🥊👊👍

Another 4 Round bout massive mismatch... Young, a former Golden Gloves Champion in recent years just got a 2nd Round TKO against what appeared to be an MMA Fighter in De Oliveira who was extremely limited, but game and quite rightly pulled out to save his health mid way through Round No. 2 🤔🥊👊👍

Not really sure what I just watched...It certainly wasn't the sweet science... Two big girls throwing haymakers... Perkins was semi skilled, whilst Harrison was game and never stopped trying... After 4 Rounds we went to the judges decision...Wow, I can't believe that tge fight had to be scored by 3 judges, instead of just a Referee... By a UD Score of 40 - 35... The Winner Danielle Perkins... Hopefully Perkins will improve her game moving forward... At 6ft and 198 Pounds, she is certainly a big girl... With a future in the Women's Heavyweight Division it would appear... 🤔🥊👊👍

Looking forward to watching 26 Year old Heavyweight Jeremiah Milton who is scheduled to make his Pro debut in a 4 Round bout. Jeremiah was a reasonably successful US Amateur on the Olympic Trial team.... Let's see if he can make a great 1st impression 🤔🥊👊👍

Jeremiah Milton is a 6ft 4, 225Lbs Heavyweight who has previously sparred with the Juggernaut Joe Joyce, who speaks highly of him...He says he has movement, skills and power... Let's see!! 🤔🥊👊👍

Well...another mismatch! Dennis Vance Jr came out trying to hit an home run, throwing haymaker after haymaker for approximately 1 minute... Jeremiah took his time, boxed behind a decent jab, threw the odd body shot and then just after 1 minute, obliterated Vance Jr with a Big Right Hand that nearly spun Vance Jr's head around 360 Deg... Impressive debut from Jeremiah Milton, I look forward to keeping tabs on his development and early Professional Heavyweight career 🤔🥊👊👍

A 1st Round Big KO from Jeremiah Milton 🥊🥊

Damn boi thats a lot of woman UFC needs womens lhw and heavy weight!!

Well as a lot of us thought, Calvin Metcalf came to fight this evening and Timur Kerefov was a couple of levels above Metcalf in his Boxing ability... Kerefov has had an extensive Amateur career in the Russian National team and subsequently had a reported 337 Amateur fights, with 317 Wins and 20 losses... A deserved winner in tonight's bout, even though the fight did go to the Judges Scorecards... For me Kerefov did Win every Round and he will look to be fast tracked by Salita Promotions towards Regional and International Titles in the Middleweight Division... One criticism I would make is that Kerefov still fights like a European Amateur, doesn't plant his feet enough and therefore, currently doesn't carry finishing power...Hence, he will need to be fit moving forward as he will likely have to go the distance every time, on his way to trying to get the Win 🤔🥊👊👍

I was soooo close with my prediction, out by 1 Round.... I thought Shishkin would try to get in the Rounds, which he did... He took his time through the first 5 Rounds, Boxing behind his Jab, throwing heavy right hands where necessary and when possible... Oscar Riojas was tough, determined to survive and never stopped trying to fend off the incoming danger power shots...From Round 6, Shishkin stepped up his work rate and combination power punches... Hurting Riojas at times through 6 and 7....In the eighth Shishkin stepped on the gas a little to try and take Riojas out, without being caught with a big swing, which on Riojas part, was usually a big swing and a miss, or an arm punch, with no power behind it....Shishkin really put it on Riojas in the last minute of the 8th Round and thought he would get the finish, but Riojas hung in and survived the Round...just....After stern words from Sugar Hill Steward between Rounds and sensing his opponent was still hurting after a tough Round 8, the onslaught began in Round 9 and Riojas was dropped heavily at the start of the Round....This ultimately became the beginning of the end, as Shishkin unloaded at will until Riojas stopped defending himself effectively and the Referee Frank Garza called a halt to proceedings.... Shishkin definitely is a top 15 World Super Middleweight fighter and his next fight either has to be an Eliminator for one of the World Titles, or a shot at one of the World Titles. He has all the ability to Win one, he just needs to believe in himself more and be a little more ruthless at the top level in order to push for a finish... A very good performance overall against a durable opponent who has only been stopped 3 times previously in 13 losses against great prospects and World level contenders... 🤔🥊👊👍