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00:00Okay, you receive your instructions, let's have a good, clean, professional fight.
00:10Touch him up.
00:11Let's go by the belt.
00:14Agapova was just complaining to the referential steward that Schaefer has excessive grease
00:19on her face.
00:20That's the issue at the moment.
00:21I believe she even said, why doesn't my face have this much, and I'm like, that's your
00:25corner small.
00:27Wipe some of that Vaseline off.
00:29Noted duly by referential steward.
00:32That's the brief delay to the start of this lightweight fight.
00:35Agapova told us, I think Schaefer is going to stand low, try to explode him with punches.
00:40I have to continually negate her entries.
00:44Round number one.
00:47Black trunks for the German Nicole Schaefer, black and white for the Kazakh Maria Agapova.
00:53Nice little tricky thing there, touch glass, but then explodes straight off it from Schaefer.
01:00There's the big left hand on the counter, that forward pressure from Agapova as she
01:03walked through that left hand.
01:08Fast start to this lightweight fight.
01:10Agapova says she's going to focus on speed, and she really is, she's putting her punches
01:15right where they need to be.
01:16They're very accurate so far.
01:19I think Schaefer's just going to have to slow down a little bit and work her way in.
01:24Yeah, Agapova's showing a very Kazakhstan style, you know, that's that very Eastern
01:30European, very long type style.
01:33It's hard to fight.
01:35Again Agapova told us she thought Schaefer would stand low, Schaefer getting very low
01:39in her stance.
01:43Nice body combination from Schaefer.
01:45See the head movement of Nicole Schaefer looking for the entry, Agapova stayed fluid on the
01:49outside.
01:50Lovely straight punches from Agapova.
01:51That's exactly what she said she was going to do, and she's negating what she thought
01:56Schaefer would do, coming in.
01:58She did get caught by a loopy right hook, however, she's still staying tall and looking
02:04quite relaxed in there so far.
02:06Honestly, her boxing, her amateur boxing is showing that she has a lot of experience.
02:14She's not just an MMA fighter coming to box, she boxed before.
02:1825 seconds remaining, round number one.
02:21Left hand on the entry, lands from Schaefer, then Agapova landing the counter left hand
02:26to the center of the ring.
02:29Swinging to miss Agapova, pulling back that right hand mid-flight.
02:32Agapova looking for the rear right uppercut, a bit audacious.
02:38Schaefer coming forward to the mid-range, lands the right hand counter left from Agapova.
02:41Nice change from both of them.
02:44The bell, we are through the opening round.
02:48This is a really great match-up.
02:49It's a fantastic fight, it's one that I've been really looking forward to.
02:53This is because Agapova brings a very different style to Schaefer, they're very, very different,
02:58but whenever Schaefer does have success, Agapova comes straight back with her own success,
03:02so it's kind of like they negate each other, and I'll be interested to see how this progresses.
03:08Yes, as this fight goes on, and the adjustments are made, I don't know who's going to pull
03:14away.
03:15No.
03:16I think they both have all the skills and opportunity to win, but it's a good fight.
03:22I think Schaefer's kind of calmed down a bit.
03:24She seemed very hyped up and pumped up, and slightly overconfident maybe, and then she
03:29was surprised by the punches and the accuracy of Agapova.
03:35Just heard the seconds out whistle, set for round number two.
03:43Frances Stewart having the back of both fighters up, supporting touch of gloves, and right
03:48back to it.
03:49Nicole Schaefer versus Maria Agapova.
03:50No shot off the touch of gloves this time, Schaefer.
03:54No, not this time.
03:56See the TikTok head movement, shades of Mike Tyson, shades of how Custom Auto taught those
04:00entries being employed by Nicole Schaefer.
04:03There's the hook to the body, overhand right in the entry.
04:08Frances Stewart telling Schaefer, listen, punch late.
04:11Agapova doing very well with this lateral movement of Schaefer, because she's quite
04:17good with stepping left and right, and she's still landing her punches.
04:22Hook to the body.
04:23Schaefer tenaciously trying to solve the distance.
04:26What I like from Agapova is that as she's moving, as soon as she stops moving, she starts
04:32punching.
04:33Yes.
04:34As soon as she stops punching, she starts moving again.
04:35Agapova with the right hand on the step away.
04:38105 remaining, round two.
04:42Straight left.
04:43Again, you see the head movement, back and forth of Schaefer, trying to solve the distance,
04:48solve the reach advantage of Maria Agapova.
04:51Schaefer to the body.
04:53Good turnout from Agapova.
04:54As Schaefer's coming in and trying this lateral movement left and right, she's making herself
04:59a little bit square.
05:00She takes her back foot out, and Agapova's capitalizing on that.
05:06She's one step ahead, and that's because she's squared.
05:11The experience of Agapova is actually showing here as a combat athlete.
05:16She's seen a lot of different styles.
05:19You can tell that by the way that she's working around the ring and moving things.
05:24To the body goes Agapova.
05:26Schaefer missed with the right hook to the head.
05:28There's the right hand that lands.
05:30I mean, on paper, Schaefer has more experience.
05:3330 professional kickboxing fights and Muay Thai bouts.
05:40Again, we're not talking about the amateur pedigree that Agapova has.
05:45Kazakhstan is a strong country in the Olympics.
05:50She was probably one of the top ones from what I see.
05:52That is the end of round two.
05:58Nice check hook.
06:00It was a four-shot combination that she didn't stop punching, even though she got hit.
06:04That was a great exchange with both of them.
06:06Showing her experience here.
06:08It was interesting that she mentioned this in the press conference.
06:11She just kind of slotted it in there in the press conference.
06:13Oh, yeah, when I was on the amateur team in Kazakhstan.
06:16Which is a big deal.
06:17It's quite a big deal.
06:19That's why it made me really intrigued about this fight.
06:23Both because of their experience.
06:27She's looking fresh in the corner there.
06:29Both fighters choosing to remain standing.
06:32Nicole Schaefer told us in our fighter meeting,
06:34I want to target the body of Maria Agapova.
06:37We're seeing that.
06:38She's crouching those level changes.
06:40Trying to get low.
06:45I would like to see Schaefer get more feints.
06:48You know, hard feints.
06:49Kind of get her out of position.
06:51She's kind of just going forward.
06:53And Agapova is eating that style up.
06:56Round number three.
07:00And you see the tick-tock head movement of Nicole Schaefer.
07:04Bit of playfulness now from Agapova.
07:06Swinging her arms.
07:07Nice. Nice exchange from Schaefer.
07:12Agapova, again, looking for that right-reaching uppercut.
07:17It's twice she's thrown that punch.
07:19Yeah.
07:20It's not really a punch that you can see.
07:21Oh, good exchange.
07:23That's what Schaefer needs.
07:24When she's in there, go to work.
07:27Get what she can.
07:28And get right back in.
07:31Agapova off the jab from Southpaw.
07:34Lovely straight one-two there from Agapova.
07:36Mm-hmm.
07:37Very accurate.
07:38There's the dip under from Ortho for Schaefer.
07:40Again, trying to get to the inside.
07:43This is turning into the quintessential range fight.
07:46Agapova wants long.
07:47Schaefer wants mid-range and inside.
07:49Both fighters said as much in their respective fighter meetings.
07:52And whoever can impose their will for this distance is going to win.
07:56And right now, Agapova, she's doing that.
07:59Schaefer with the right hand after the left hook to the body.
08:02But it's not her best interest to hold.
08:04She needs to stay there and just keep punching.
08:07Just before that landed, Agapova actually landed a short right hook of her own on the way in.
08:13So, these exchanges are good.
08:16They are.
08:17This is a good round.
08:18This is a better round for Schaefer.
08:19I think this is her best round yet.
08:20She's finding her distance a lot better.
08:23Oh, good uppercut.
08:24On the left uppercut.
08:26It's interesting because Agapova hasn't really thrown the rear uppercut.
08:30That's the more natural one to throw.
08:32She's thrown a lot of the lead.
08:34And now she brings it in and she's finding a home for it.
08:36Body, head from Schaefer.
08:38Turning out smartly again.
08:39Maria Agapova.
08:41Schaefer overhand left.
08:43Agapova took that well.
08:44The bell.
08:45That is the end of round three.
08:46Great round.
08:47That was a better round for Schaefer.
08:56Nice.
08:57She needs to do more of that.
08:59Body straight back upstairs to the head.
09:01Because Agapova is tall.
09:03She took that very well, though.
09:05She did.
09:06Tough guy.
09:07It was a great round.
09:08I couldn't tell you who won the round, but that's not my job.
09:11No.
09:12I'm thankfully not the judge.
09:14I just talk about what's happening.
09:15There's a lot happening in this fight.
09:17Yeah.
09:18I knew this was going to be a great matchup.
09:25It was.
09:38Scheduled for six at 135 pounds.
09:41The German, Nicole Schaefer.
09:43The Kazakh, Maria Agapova.
09:45Start of round number four.
09:47From what we saw the last round, it looked like Agapova slowed down a little bit.
09:52Yeah.
09:53I think that was due to some of those good body shots that Schaefer was landing.
09:56Also, this is set at a very high pace.
09:58Yes.
09:59You know how we say that women's fights are sprints?
10:03This has been sprinting for every single second of every part of the round between both fighters.
10:08Every fight tonight has been a good sprint.
10:10Good body.
10:11You can hear those thudding shots.
10:13Hard left hook from Schaefer to the inside.
10:16Good exit again from Agapova.
10:19We're seeing really clean exits from Schaefer.
10:21Really smart.
10:22Really clean entries from Schaefer.
10:24Really smart exits from Agapova.
10:26There's that rear uppercut you were talking about.
10:28She has real good punch choice.
10:33Very unorthodox.
10:34Yeah.
10:36And a level change to the body goes Nicole Schaefer.
10:38Right hand to the head from Agapova.
10:40105 remaining round four.
10:43She found a chink in the armor and that's the body, I think.
10:47She's trying to slow Agapova's movement down.
10:53And I think she made the adjustment in time that she can...
10:57It can work.
10:58It's working.
10:59And we still have, you know, two and a half rounds left.
11:03However, Agapova still being accurate with those more unorthodox shots.
11:08Staying tall.
11:09Even though she knows that the body and head is coming.
11:12She's choosing to stay tall to see her opponent.
11:15And, like, judge that distance well.
11:18That's why I love this era of combat sports.
11:21Just because of the fluidity of all combat sports.
11:23These are punches you just would not have seen in professional boxing 30 years ago.
11:27That's the MMA influence.
11:29Agapova there showing that sort of walk forward as she punches.
11:33Changing stance continually.
11:35You don't see that very often in professional boxing.
11:39Left hand, right hand, counter right hand.
11:41That's rolled a slip immediately by referee Ansel Stewart.
11:43She stepped on my foot.
11:45Agapova said she stepped on my foot.
11:48But Stewart ruled that a slip.
11:50That is the end of round four.
11:52Let's see.
11:53Let's see if it was clean or not.
11:55I think that was a slip.
11:58Oh, yeah.
11:59She did step on her foot.
12:01That did look like...
12:03I mean, it wasn't a punch really thrown.
12:04It's a drop.
12:06Good call on the ref.
12:08Good refereeing from Ansel Stewart.
12:09And he made that decision fast.
12:11He's got good eyes.
12:13A long time ago.
12:15A very long time ago.
12:17I was a low-level professional boxing referee on the Midwest Circuit.
12:20I wasn't great.
12:21I tried hard.
12:22But I was taught you have to be decisive.
12:25Right.
12:26I mean, that's in every situation.
12:28I'd rather make the wrong choice than no choice.
12:30That's what they say in survival situations.
12:32You saw that from Ansel Stewart.
12:34It was definitely correct.
12:36And there were no protests.
12:37From Nicole Schaefer.
12:39Who ruled the slip correctly.
12:41I'm glad I'm not judging this bout.
12:43Because this has been a good fight.
12:45Yeah.
12:46That was a good round for both of the girls.
12:48They had their moments.
12:50Round number four.
12:52Or five.
12:54Rather than round number five.
12:56Almost a touch of gloves.
12:58Agapova somewhat punched the gesture away from Schaefer.
13:02I'm not sure I either go with thank you for asking
13:04them to do another round.
13:06There's the left hook.
13:08Right hand from Schaefer turning that over.
13:14I think Schaefer's, with this side-to-side,
13:16tip-top movement, stepping forward.
13:18She's trying to negate the fact that she's up against
13:20the southpaw.
13:22Yes.
13:23And cover that range.
13:25But sometimes it makes her quite square.
13:27And Agapova's picking her off as she's coming forward.
13:29That's right.
13:31With straight shots.
13:32Because she is squaring up, coming in.
13:34Agapova landing that left hand.
13:36Resetting on the outside.
13:38115 remaining in round five.
13:40Great straight shots.
13:42And a lovely exit there by Agapova.
13:44With the hands up high, too.
13:46She was ready for that.
13:48Looping left hook.
13:50Did a 360.
13:52Not sure what happened.
13:54There's the sporting touch of gloves.
13:56The fighters getting tangled.
13:58Neither throwing in an off-balance position.
14:02Good body.
14:04Good double up on that hit.
14:06But Agapova, she's really commanding
14:08the distance in this round a lot better
14:10than she did last round.
14:12Schaefer needs to change that.
14:14Yeah, because she's using this as a break.
14:16You can see that.
14:18She needs to catch her breath.
14:20She's worked very hard in those first four rounds.
14:22And she is recovering with this.
14:24And Schaefer needs to capitalize,
14:26exactly like you said.
14:28That's what she's trying to do now.
14:3025 seconds remaining in round number five.
14:32Schaefer.
14:34This remains the quintessential range fight.
14:38To the surprise of no one,
14:40Schaefer doing her best work on the inside.
14:42Agapova doing her best work on the outside.
14:44Nice.
14:46Way to push it back.
14:48Now she needs to go to work.
14:50There's the heavy entry on the right hand.
14:52Left hook.
14:54Overhand right from Schaefer.
14:56There's the counter.
14:58Back against the ropes for Maria Agapova.
15:00We move to the sixth and final round.
15:02I knew this fight was going to be fire.
15:04This is a good fight.
15:06Yeah.
15:08And what a great fight before we had
15:10the two title fights as well.
15:12Absolutely.
15:14Well, that's some big shoes to fill now.
15:16I know.
15:18Last round.
15:20Let's see some of those exchanges.
15:22Good hook from Schaefer.
15:24Almost caught that overhand.
15:26But barely Miss Agapova has a great
15:28sense of her distance.
15:30Up next, it's our co-main event
15:32for the national bantamweight title,
15:34Rosa Rodriguez versus Amy Nairt.
15:36And then our main event
15:38for the unified and undisputed
15:40women's 130-pound world title,
15:42the reigning champion Alicia Baumgartner
15:44versus the former two-time world champion
15:46Delphine Pursue.
15:48All part of Global Combat Collective
15:50is presented by CEO and founder
15:52Nelson Lopez.
15:54It brings TV.
15:56Get like a girl, fight like a champion.
15:58Sixth and final round of this fight
16:00in the lightweight division,
16:02both fighters need a good round.
16:04They need to win this round.
16:06I don't think anybody can take off.
16:08If I had to make a decision,
16:10I would say that Agapova is up on the cards.
16:12But nonetheless, a good round from Schaefer
16:14here could change that.
16:16I would agree with you there.
16:18Agapova has been pulling that lead
16:20jab hand out there,
16:22trying to keep that distance.
16:24However, Schaefer is using it
16:26as a measuring stick to get in
16:28and throw those bombs to the body
16:30and back up to the head.
16:32Agapova back to the outside.
16:34See the footwork of Schaefer
16:36missing with that right hand
16:38now to the mid-range.
16:40Backwards step from Maria Agapova.
16:4270 seconds remaining in this fight.
16:44I can see that Agapova
16:46has put a lot into this fight.
16:48She's breathing very heavily.
16:50She should be needing to stay on her A-game
16:52because Schaefer is still going to come
16:54marauding forward.
16:56Big overhead left from Nicole Schaefer.
16:58This is the first fight
17:00where they've both been the same age as well.
17:02Good right.
17:04Good overhand from Schaefer.
17:06Overhand right.
17:08Left hands.
17:10Turning over the right hand,
17:12Maria Agapova.
17:14There's two straight shots from Agapova
17:16and a good body shot from Schaefer.
17:18But what a fight.
17:20There's the up jab from Southpaw
17:22with the right hand from Agapova.
17:2430 seconds remaining in this fight.
17:26Nice.
17:28Both fighters trying to turn up
17:30the temperature in the closing stages.
17:32And this is a fantastic fight.
17:34This is brilliant.
17:3615 seconds left in this war.
17:38Overhand right.
17:40Overhand left.
17:42Agapova again to the outside
17:44with the straight punches.
17:46Right hand, Maria Agapova.
17:48The roll to the inside.
17:50Right hook to the body from Schaefer.
17:52Right to the head.
17:54Agapova firing back with the left hand.
17:56The end of an outstanding fight.
17:58Nicole Schaefer, Maria Agapova
18:00going all six rounds
18:02in the division.
18:04What a fight.
18:06Take a pic.
18:08There's plenty of replays to see.
18:10Absolutely.
18:12Boom.
18:14Good shot.
18:16Good hook over top.
18:18That's it.
18:20That was a solid round for Schaefer.
18:22Is it a little bit not enough?
18:24I mean, what a fight.
18:26What a fight.
18:28I couldn't tell you.
18:30I think she maybe slightly edged
18:32Schaefer versus Maria Agapova
18:34going the distance.
18:36We thought this would be a really fun fight.
18:38It was indeed a really fun fight.
19:02Let's go.
19:32Boxer.
19:34Boxer.
19:36Boxer.
19:38Boxer.
19:40Boxer.
19:42Boxer.
19:44Boxer.
19:46Boxer.
19:48Boxer.
19:53Six very entertaining rounds up.
19:55Six very entertaining rounds down.
19:57Nicole Schaefer versus Maria Agapova
19:59going the distance
20:00at 135 pounds.
20:06I want to see more of these.
20:08Both of these ladies.
20:10Absolutely.
20:12Great fight.
20:14To end all suspense.
20:16Here is Joe Martinez.
20:20Well, ladies and gentlemen,
20:22after six rounds of action,
20:24we go to the judges' scorecards.
20:26All three judges see this bout.
20:2757-57.
20:29This is a unanimous draw.
20:34Three rounds apiece
20:36from all three Georgia judges.
20:38Nicole Schaefer, Maria Agapova
20:40fight to a unanimous draw.
20:42Honestly, that's fair.
20:44I couldn't tell you who won.
20:46And so for them both to win
20:48or not win,
20:50I don't know.
20:52I think it's fair.
20:54Hard fought, well fought,
20:55from both Nicole Schaefer,
20:57Maria Agapova.
20:59Both did things exactly how
21:01they wanted to do.