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00:00Okay, ladies, you both have been given the rules.
00:02I'm expecting good, clean boxing.
00:05When I say break, stop punching, take a full step back.
00:08Remember, protect yourselves at all times.
00:10You're a little bit high here. I'm gonna allow some.
00:12Touch gloves. Good luck to you both.
00:15Nat Dove told us.
00:17I know Lady Mejia uses a high striking guard.
00:19With that, I believe that her body is wide open.
00:31The bell, round number one.
00:34Grand purple trunks for the Philadelphia Nat Dove.
00:37Silver and black for the Peruvian Lady Mejia.
00:42Step in jab from Mejia.
00:44Lead left hook just off the mark from Dove.
00:47Big swinging overhand right there from Mejia.
00:50She wasn't that far away with it, but Dove is sharp,
00:53and she's aware of it, you know?
00:55She's looking out for it.
00:56So she's swinging for the fences, Lady Mejia.
01:00You can feel the wind on every shot that she's throwing.
01:02Overhand rights, overhand lefts.
01:04Wide hooks from Dove targeting the head.
01:07Goodbye shot from Lady Mejia.
01:10Again, there's that overhand right from Mejia off the mark.
01:13Both fighters trying to throw big punches from range.
01:16There's the jab from Mejia.
01:18That was a very close, close overhand right there.
01:23There's that high, tight striking guard
01:25Dove talked about from Mejia on full display.
01:27She got one in, Lady Mejia threw one to the body,
01:30came up top with a short hook to the head.
01:32That landed.
01:33Dove took it very well.
01:36Dove on her back foot.
01:37Lead left hook not there.
01:39That's an overhand right for Dove.
01:41Yeah.
01:42It's a lot more accurate.
01:44Beautiful left hook from Dove.
01:46On the hard entry from Nat Dove.
01:51Mejia to the body, not there.
01:53Dove just starting to settle more into, I think, boxing.
01:57You know, she's kind of drawn a little bit into Mejia's
01:59sort of like marauding.
02:02Merkling.
02:03Heavy to the inside.
02:04Right back to the outside goes Nat Dove.
02:06Good entry, though, from Lady Mejia.
02:07All right, that's what she needs right there.
02:09Just go in and make it ugly.
02:1415 seconds remaining, round number one.
02:17Scheduled for four rounds in the bantamweight division.
02:21Nat Dove entering 3-0 in her pro boxing career
02:24after an outstanding amateur boxing
02:25career against a multi-combat sport athlete, Lady Mejia,
02:29in her second pro bout.
02:32We are through the opening round.
02:35That was an enthusiastic call for time there.
02:39I think Nat needs to relax a little bit,
02:42get back to her boxing, stop getting
02:44drawn into the slightly more unorthodox movement of Mejia.
02:49Yes.
02:49And while she's outside doing that boxing,
02:51take full advantage of that.
02:53That's her opportunity to score.
02:56When it's ugly and in the fight and the crunch,
02:59that's where she really needs to lay back and neutralize
03:02all that.
03:03Definitely.
03:04And I think she could use her jab just a little bit more.
03:07Yes, ma'am.
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03:28Round two.
03:29Round two.
03:30Mouthpiece.
03:30OK.
03:33Round number two.
03:37Taking immediately the center of the ring
03:38to start the second round, Nat Dove.
03:41Both fighters, did you see an ortho?
03:45Radically different striking guards.
03:47Maybe Dove's corner heard us about the jab.
03:49Yeah.
03:50Yeah.
03:50Straight away, she comes out trying
03:52to keep that distance much better with her jab.
03:54Double jab now.
03:55A triple jab on the entry from Lady Mejia.
03:57Down.
03:57And counter right hand.
03:59And that's a clean knockdown as ruled by referee Malika Ali.
04:03Here comes the mandatory eight count to Mejia.
04:05I think it was a clean knockdown.
04:06I think she caught her coming in.
04:08Eight.
04:08Yeah.
04:09No, ma'am.
04:09I can't wait to see that replay.
04:12Yeah, it wasn't very clear.
04:13I didn't quite see it very clearly on this side here.
04:17Mm.
04:20Good work from Dove there.
04:21But just like you said, she boxed more.
04:23She has more success.
04:24She came out boxing with the jab and looked good.
04:27Mejia off the canvas, continuing to come forward, throwing big.
04:31Ali Gwali telling both fighters, watch your head on the inside.
04:36Step in right hand from Nat Dove.
04:39Mejia continues to come forward off the jab.
04:4150 seconds remaining, round two.
04:43Mejia's not bothered by those shots
04:45that are slamming off the guard.
04:48She's keeping that high guard for a reason.
04:50Mm-hmm.
04:50That was good footwork there from Dove.
04:54Mejia pulling back the right hand.
04:58Yeah, Lady Mejia, she needs to throw some more feints.
05:01She's just kind of just coming straight in with her shots.
05:04Nice combination.
05:06Body that had wide punches from Mejia,
05:08but landing in that last sequence.
05:10Dove, there's a lot of pressure on her.
05:12Dove, there's the 2-1, and the duck under.
05:14Slick from Nat Dove.
05:1515 seconds remaining, round two.
05:19Flurry again to the body from Mejia.
05:25Right hook, the turn from Nat Dove.
05:26That was blocked by Mejia.
05:31Fighters continue to swing big as we are through two rounds.
05:43OK.
05:43I mean, it was a punch.
05:44It was on the top of the head.
05:46And I think she was a little more off balance,
05:48but it was due to a punch that made her fall.
05:51Yeah.
05:52She was off balance, but the punch landed,
05:54and therefore, it's a knockdown.
05:56Yeah, it's a clean knockdown.
06:01Almost guaranteed, 10-8 across the board
06:03from the three Georgia judges for that knockdown.
06:06Quarter by Nat Dove of Lady Mejia.
06:12That goes way back when I used to train.
06:14That was when my coach would say, wee!
06:20Let's go.
06:21Time out.
06:23Round three.
06:24Round three.
06:29Dove dropping Mejia in round two.
06:30The start of round number three.
06:32Forward off the jab comes Nat Dove.
06:35Now, although Lady Mejia did get dropped that last round,
06:38she's still going to be a tough opponent.
06:40Did get dropped that last round.
06:42She did have more success in that last one
06:44than she did in the first round.
06:46Good body shot.
06:50Nice body shot to get him down.
06:53Good left hook there from Mejia, though, in return.
06:57Flurry to the head.
06:58Big wide shots now landing from Mejia.
07:01Dove is looking a little startled there.
07:03Yeah, good combination from Lady Mejia.
07:05We like to see some uppercuts and some straights.
07:08You know, it's pure hooks, but she's
07:10wanting to round off of it.
07:12Mejia coming forward.
07:13Nice jab.
07:20Dove continuing to move, almost to cross-arm defects
07:22at times.
07:23Yes, that's the smart move to play.
07:25She has better feet.
07:26She has better hands.
07:27Why sit there and get brawled out from Lady Mejia?
07:30That's what she wants.
07:32And I think some nice body work there from Dove.
07:34I think sometimes Dove's trying to almost get
07:37drawn into mimicking Mejia with that high guard,
07:39when actually she's much more flexible and more relaxed
07:43on top of the guard.
07:45And she does better work off of that.
07:47Overhand left from Lady Mejia.
07:4945 seconds remaining, round three.
07:51Good exchange.
07:52This is Lady Mejia's best round yet.
07:54Dove, there's that naked two, the right hand.
07:57Right hand again, hard on the entry.
07:59Still a good round for Dove.
08:01Don't get me wrong.
08:02It's a good fight.
08:04Yeah, Mejia having a lot more success this round, though.
08:06Yes.
08:09Knockdowns are obviously always massive in boxing,
08:12but so magnified in four-rounders.
08:14Yeah, absolutely.
08:15Makes a huge difference.
08:19Dove trying to explode forward again.
08:21Mejia blocking a lot of those shots
08:23with that high striking guard.
08:25That was an elbow block there by Mejia.
08:27Good attempt at a slip right hand.
08:29She just needs to commit to it a little bit more.
08:31Yeah.
08:31Lovely shot there from Dove on that bell.
08:34That was so nice.
08:36Good by Sa.
08:37I heard it from you.
08:38Yeah.
08:39We move to the fourth and final round.
08:54It was Lady Mejia's best exchange for that round.
08:58You know, about 10 unanswered punches.
09:01Weren't clean, but again, busy.
09:04She was trying to get down to the body as well.
09:06Yeah.
09:06Dove did well to get her elbows in the way
09:08of some of those shots.
09:15Again, at this sort of level, when
09:16you're having your third or your fourth fight,
09:19you want to experience these things
09:21before you have to get to the stage
09:22where you're fighting for a title.
09:23Yes, ma'am.
09:24And you have to come and do something a little bit
09:25crazier than you're expecting.
09:27Now, this is a great fight for Dove.
09:28It's a lot.
09:29And she's learning a lot.
09:30She's going to come out much better in the next fight
09:32because of it.
09:34Referee Malik Wale bringing both fighters together.
09:37Touch of gloves.
09:39Fourth and final round underway.
09:41I mean, we've seen what happened to fighters
09:43that came up undefeated with no kind of problems
09:48of the whole way.
09:49And when they run into a problem, they fold.
09:51Exactly.
09:52Oh, good.
09:52Big hook to the body then to the head.
09:59I really do like that body work from Dove.
10:02Break!
10:02Get out of there.
10:03Get out.
10:03No punching.
10:03No punching.
10:04No punching.
10:05There's the break ordered and received
10:06from Referee Malik Wale right back to it.
10:08Oh, good shot.
10:09Back to the body goes Nat Dove with a hard left hook.
10:12Overhand left from Mejia in reply.
10:14Nice check hook.
10:1680 seconds remaining in this fight.
10:19Oh, good body work from Lady Mejia.
10:21Got her left on the inside from Dove.
10:23Is Mejia being effective to the body?
10:25That was effective to the body by Dove.
10:27What I really like about Dove is that she
10:29sits down on those body shots.
10:31She's got a bit of spite in them as well.
10:32Yes.
10:33Sitting on them and you can hear that thud.
10:36The ref has told her a couple of times to keep her shots up,
10:40but her belt is pretty high up.
10:43Absolutely.
10:48That's a work from Lady Mejia there.
10:50Oh, good shot again.
10:51To the body again from Dove.
10:53Overhand left from Mejia coming forward
10:55with 40 seconds remaining in the fourth and final round.
10:59This honestly was probably the best round for Dove.
11:03Absolutely.
11:05Doubling on that left hook, body and head.
11:07Very nice.
11:08It really was the body that slowed Lady Mejia down,
11:11I think, in this round.
11:12We talked about this in the fours.
11:14Like, you know, it doesn't seem to have as much effect as if you
11:17were fighting for a world title.
11:18But she's really making them count.
11:20She's sinking them in.
11:21And Mejia's moving a lot less.
11:24Oh, absolutely.
11:24She's fighting less, too.
11:26Yeah.
11:27That investment.
11:28Money in the bank is what we say.
11:29Yes.
11:30Overhand right and left.
11:31Right away.
11:33Dove landing cleanly from the head to the body.
11:36Time!
11:38And that is the end of this bantamweight.
11:40Accidental headbutt.
11:41Got a little cut there.
11:42That was an accidental butt at the end.
11:43Accidental butt.
11:45Referee Malik Waleed.
11:47That's frustrating for Dove.
11:49God damn.
11:49Right at the end.
11:50According to accidental butt.
11:51God damn.
11:52Waleed telling Matt Woodruff, head of the Georgia
11:54Commission, at the commission table, accidental butt.
11:57Do not count that as a punch, which caused the cut.
11:59Good combo that started at the body and stayed at the body.
12:03Another body shot.
12:04Two to the body.
12:05My coach said, what's better than one hard body shot is two
12:07decent body shots.
12:11Spread out.
12:12Yes.
12:15Nat Dove, Lady Mejia going the distance.
12:18Dove recording the knockdown of Mejia in round number two.
12:34Good job, Dove.
12:35Good job, Dove.
12:36Good job, Dove.
12:37Good job, Dove.
12:38Good job, Dove.
12:39Good job, Dove.
12:40Good job, Dove.
12:41Good job, Dove.
12:42Good job, Dove.
12:43Good job, Dove.
12:44Good job, Dove.
12:45Good job, Dove.
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12:54Good job, Dove.
12:55Good job, Dove.
12:56Good job, Dove.
12:57Good job, Dove.
12:58Good job, Dove.
12:59Good job, Dove.
13:00Good job, Dove.
13:01Good job, Dove.
13:02Good job, Dove.
13:03Good job, Dove.
13:04Good job, Dove.
13:05Good job, Dove.
13:06Good job, Dove.
13:07Good job, Dove.
13:08Good job, Dove.
13:09Good job, Dove.
13:10Good job, Dove.
13:11Good job, Dove.
13:12Good job, Dove.
13:13Good job, Dove.
13:14Good job, Dove.
13:15Good job, Dove.
13:16Good job, Dove.
13:17Good job, Dove.
13:18Good job, Dove.
13:19Good job, Dove.
13:20Good job, Dove.
13:21Good job, Dove.
13:22Good job, Dove.
13:23Good job, Dove.
13:24Good job, Dove.
13:25Good job, Dove.
13:26Good job, Dove.
13:27Good job, Dove.
13:28Good job, Dove.
13:29Good job, Dove.
13:30Good job, Dove.
13:31Good job, Dove.
13:32Good job, Dove.
13:33Good job, Dove.
13:34Good job, Dove.
13:35Good job, Dove.
13:36Good job, Dove.
13:37Good job, Dove.
13:38Good job, Dove.
13:39Good job, Dove.
13:40Good job, Dove.
13:41Good job, Dove.
13:42Good job, Dove.
13:43Good job, Dove.
13:44Good job, Dove.
13:45Good job, Dove.
13:46Good job, Dove.
13:47Good job, Dove.
13:48Good job, Dove.
13:49Good job, Dove.
13:50Good job, Dove.
13:51Good job, Dove.
13:52Good job, Dove.
13:53Good job, Dove.
13:54Good job, Dove.
13:55Here are the totals.
13:56Both judges Flutie and Oliver scored it 40-35.
13:59Cronin has it 39-36.
14:02All for your winner by unanimous decision and still undefeated, Nat Noladove.
14:14So a 10-8 round, of course, from all three Georgia judges.
14:17Round number two is Dove dropped Mejia.
14:20Two of the three Georgia judges seeing it four rounds to none.