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00:00 [speaking Spanish]
00:03 Legal punches, golpes legales, here for you.
00:05 Here for you. Touch gloves, go to both of you.
00:07 [speaking Spanish]
00:09 - You get a Japanese fighter in Subaru Murata
00:12 who's got devastating punching power and skill
00:15 and who admires Naoya Inoue and Josume Hasegawa.
00:19 On the other side, Juan Centeno from Nicaragua.
00:22 He said, "I admire Alexis Arguello
00:25 and Roman Chocolatito Gonzalez."
00:27 They step into the ring, and anything can happen.
00:31 Bernardo's soon alongside Hall of Famer Timothy Bradley.
00:34 Impressive last outing for Subaru Murata.
00:37 What are you anticipating from him tonight?
00:40 - You know what? I didn't get a whole lot.
00:42 I didn't see a whole lot in his last fight,
00:43 but I just saw that he was sharp, he was accurate,
00:46 he was pinpointing with that left hand, his backhand,
00:49 and I'm expecting the same tonight.
00:50 I mean, when I saw him on the card, I was excited.
00:53 I was like, "Yes, I want to see more of this young man."
00:55 So let's see how he performs tonight.
00:58 - Great footwork, quick hands, devastating punching power,
01:02 and speaking with his trainer, Auggie Sanchez,
01:04 who is the former featherweight fighter
01:07 who is the last American to ever beat Floyd Mayweather
01:11 in the amateurs.
01:12 Well, he told me tonight, "Look out for that left uppercut,"
01:15 because that's one thing they've been working on now,
01:18 since people are gonna expect that straight left,
01:20 that left uppercut to the body.
01:23 - Yeah, this is Southpaw versus Orthodox battle.
01:26 You know you hear this all the time.
01:28 This here is a open stance battle.
01:30 Both of these guys are gonna be looking
01:32 to land their back foot, their backhands,
01:34 and trying to get their left foot or their lead foot
01:36 on the outside of their opponent's lead foot
01:38 to be able to line up their backhand.
01:41 - You see the first left of the body from Murata.
01:43 Centeno is a fighter that started boxing at age 10.
01:48 His father took him to the gym,
01:49 and he just fell in love with the sport
01:51 like so many people do.
01:53 And he's had a rough go of it of late
01:55 because he's 3-3-1 in his last seven,
01:59 but he's faced all unbeaten opponents
02:01 who are 52-0-1 combined.
02:04 And now they said, "Okay, your next test is Subaru Murata,
02:07 who can crack."
02:08 - Well, this is his day job.
02:09 This is his night job, day job,
02:11 you know what you want to name it.
02:12 I mean, this is how he makes a living, obviously.
02:15 He's in there fighting against tough, stiff competition.
02:18 And the coolest thing about fighters
02:21 that choose to do this and make a living for themselves,
02:25 sometimes they make more money than the actual prospect.
02:29 - Hmm.
02:30 Sometimes they gotta overpay young men
02:32 to take the fight against prospects.
02:34 Well, Centeno actually does have a day job.
02:36 He's an industrial welder out there in New Orleans,
02:39 so he understands about dealing with the heat
02:42 inside the ring.
02:43 - New Orleans.
02:44 Oh, yeah, I love New Orleans.
02:47 - You got family out there, don't you?
02:48 - I got family in Louisiana, baby, yes, yes.
02:50 But New Orleans is my spot.
02:53 Y'all already know, y'all see my physique,
02:54 good eating, that's what I'm all about.
02:56 [laughing]
02:57 - Oh, man, you just made me want a bingay.
03:00 - Oh, bingay?
03:01 Get that powder on around your mouth,
03:03 that's what I'm telling you.
03:04 [laughing]
03:07 Murata right now is just controlling reigns.
03:09 He's controlling it extremely well, actually,
03:11 using his jab, probing.
03:13 You know, you see the lead hand battle from both fighters,
03:16 trying to get himself in position.
03:18 - Ten seconds, para la campana, ten seconds.
03:20 [crowd shouting]
03:23 - Centeno takes a body shot from Subaru Murata
03:26 and survives round number one.
03:29 We'll listen in to Auggie Sanchez,
03:31 and they talked about how they communicate.
03:33 They said, look, the international language of boxing.
03:36 - All right, deep breath.
03:38 There you go.
03:39 Take it off, please.
03:40 [upbeat music]
03:42 Put your legs out.
03:46 Hey, keep your jab warm, okay?
03:51 Mix up, okay, relax more, relax more,
03:53 but you gotta use your jab more.
03:55 Okay, pop, pop, up and down.
03:57 Okay, start shooting that kirari hara.
04:00 Okay, that shot, or the uppercut, okay?
04:04 Start shooting those uppercuts or to the body.
04:06 Okay, they're open.
04:07 Okay, so use the jab, pop, pop, feint, move, move.
04:10 Come up the middle, back to the body.
04:13 All right?
04:13 All right, yeah, just start,
04:16 keep that jab, it's good.
04:17 [whistle blows]
04:18 - I don't know Japanese, but our producer,
04:20 Mike Mascaro, spent a lot of his childhood in Japan.
04:23 He said, "Hidari means right hand,"
04:25 so that's why Auggie Sanchez learned a little bit
04:28 of Japanese, one word,
04:30 and Subaru understands jab, uppercut,
04:34 those universal boxing terminology.
04:37 - Right.
04:38 Well, I'm glad he does, 'cause I don't understand.
04:42 - Oh.
04:46 - I mean, our papers say that Murata's 5'7"
04:50 and that Centeno's 5'5".
04:52 Somebody's lying, 'cause Murata looks huge.
04:55 - You know males be lying about their height.
04:58 You know I'm 5'9", to be honest with you.
05:01 Telling you, I got 5'9" on my license.
05:07 But that's the upside down, no, it's the upside down.
05:12 - When you had your hair?
05:13 - Yeah, if you turn the nine the other way.
05:15 - You're 5'6".
05:16 - Yeah, 5'6".
05:17 - Well, right now, Murata goes down and it's a trip.
05:20 Obviously, you mentioned the fact that
05:23 when a Southpaw and an Orthodox come together,
05:25 sometimes their feet get tangled,
05:26 and Centeno's trying to win that battle
05:28 and establishing his outside foot.
05:31 And he's stepping on Murata right there.
05:33 - Oh! - He's crafty
05:34 and it worked for him.
05:35 Step and pop.
05:37 - See, that one right there was the old,
05:39 I'm gonna go down to your body with the right hand.
05:41 I caught you earlier with the right hand,
05:43 but now I'm gonna loop the shot over the top.
05:46 And that's a punch that a lot of the Southpaws
05:48 are not used to is the looping right hand.
05:50 They're used to the straight one, but not the loop.
05:51 - But you know what Murata's not used to?
05:53 It's somebody stepping on his foot
05:54 and not allowing him to step back and get out of range.
05:57 - Yeah, I'm looking right now,
05:58 I'm gonna have to definitely reassess Murata.
06:01 His last fight, he looked spectacular.
06:05 This fight, he looks okay.
06:06 He looks average, about average.
06:08 Nothing special.
06:10 - How about that?
06:12 Nice body shot from Murata.
06:13 - Put together, put together well.
06:15 He's piecing his combinations together extremely well,
06:17 but you know, his head is--
06:19 - Ooh, there it is.
06:19 That's a left uppercut.
06:20 And down goes Centeno.
06:22 - He's got heavy hands.
06:22 - What you talk about, Tim?
06:23 - He got some heavy hands, my goodness.
06:25 (speaking in foreign language)
06:29 - August Sanchez told us the left uppercut,
06:33 it could be to the body,
06:34 but that one was right to the chin.
06:37 And you don't wanna upset Murata.
06:39 There's a nice right hand from Centeno
06:41 that catches Murata coming in.
06:42 He got a little bit laxatical,
06:44 and he almost paid the price.
06:46 But here comes Murata with the onslaught.
06:49 There's that straight left.
06:50 Body work for Murata.
06:52 Ooh, what a way to catch him in the center of the ring
06:57 with shots downstairs.
06:59 - Did he just turn up,
07:02 he just turned up another level, didn't he?
07:03 - Yeah, 'cause he heard what you said.
07:05 He doesn't understand a lot of English,
07:07 but he did not like what you said, Tim.
07:09 - And there's that body shot from Subaru Murata.
07:13 Ooh, that's a right to the body.
07:14 And you see how Centeno's digging deep,
07:18 just trying to stay on his feet.
07:20 But his right hand is still dangerous here
07:22 in round number two.
07:23 - Oh!
07:26 - It's a fight!
07:27 We have a fight here inside the Palms Resort and Casino.
07:32 Centeno giving Murata all he could handle,
07:34 but Murata coming back with shots that put Centeno down.
07:38 - I love it.
07:39 I have to tell you, I love it.
07:40 Look at this offense from both these guys.
07:42 These gentlemen, look at that short left uppercut.
07:45 - It's just well placed.
07:46 He never saw it coming.
07:47 It wasn't hard.
07:48 He didn't dig underneath.
07:49 - Almost out, he's out.
07:51 - Just a nice short shot right underneath, right on the chin.
07:54 You see the reaction right there from Centeno.
07:56 Beautiful shot.
07:59 You know, usually when guys do happy feet like that,
08:02 it's normally when they get caught on the temple.
08:04 Normally when he caught him on the chin
08:06 and he gave him happy feet.
08:08 But on the chin, that's power.
08:10 - I mean, he made him dance a little bit of salsa there.
08:14 - Yes.
08:14 - But you see the experience of Centeno going down
08:17 because if he stays there for two seconds more,
08:20 Murata tees off on him.
08:21 - If that was in a way, it would have been over.
08:23 - Come on, man.
08:24 This is his fifth professional fight.
08:26 - But I'm just saying, in a way,
08:27 in a way, what he won a world championship,
08:29 I think it was either his fourth fight, I believe.
08:32 - But you're trying to compare every Japanese
08:34 fighting out in a way.
08:35 - No.
08:35 - Come on, man.
08:37 - You're trying to compare every Mexican fighter
08:39 to Cesar Chavez.
08:40 - I'm just saying, man.
08:41 (laughing)
08:43 - Hey, but he was tested.
08:44 - He should have saw you hurt him.
08:45 That's something that he can develop.
08:47 He should have saw you hurt him.
08:48 He should have followed up with a shot.
08:50 - But Tim.
08:51 - Yeah.
08:51 - He got hurt in that round.
08:53 He got caught a couple times by the rights from Centeno.
08:54 So Centeno earned the respect of Murata as well.
08:57 He just couldn't walk in.
08:59 He's got to set up his shots like he's doing here.
09:02 - I'm just letting you know.
09:03 - Stop.
09:04 - If I hit a guy and he has happy feet
09:06 for about a second or so.
09:08 You should be there.
09:09 He was close enough.
09:10 He could have followed up.
09:11 It's just part of learning.
09:12 It's all good.
09:13 - Oh, you mean in that sequence?
09:14 - Yes.
09:14 - Don't give him a chance to go down.
09:15 - Don't give him a chance to go down.
09:16 - Help him.
09:17 - Help him go down.
09:18 - Stop.
09:19 - Okay, that I can agree on.
09:19 - Yeah, that's all I'm saying.
09:21 - Ooh.
09:23 - What a nice left again.
09:24 There's that jab that sets everything up for Murata.
09:29 - See, he was just playing.
09:30 He was just playing the first two rounds.
09:32 - Well, Centeno's not playing.
09:34 - No, Centeno looking for the home run
09:35 and Murata gotta be careful.
09:37 Because again, I always tell you folks at home,
09:39 somebody that's hurt is dead,
09:41 'cause they're fighting for their life.
09:43 And Centeno, that's what he's looking for.
09:45 He's looking for just a looping shot.
09:47 - Centeno's fighting for Heidi, his wife,
09:50 and their two daughters, Leah and Lindsey.
09:52 Sofia says, "They're my inspiration."
09:54 And right now, that's what's keeping him on his feet
09:56 because Murata's landing some quick shots,
09:59 a looping right hand from Murata,
10:01 who's setting up the bodywork.
10:03 - Look at that.
10:04 Look how he's placing these shots though.
10:05 I mean, they're not just throwing shots.
10:07 They're placed with power and precision.
10:10 Look at that.
10:11 - He's breaking him down.
10:12 When you talk about digging to the body,
10:14 this is what you mean.
10:15 And it's with the right and left hands.
10:17 - And Centeno's not the heart.
10:18 - It's consistent.
10:19 It's consistent.
10:20 Yes, consistency.
10:21 He's letting his hands go at close quarters,
10:24 but he's picking his shots.
10:26 - Ooh, Centeno comes back with a right hand.
10:29 He's got a heart of steel right there.
10:32 - He's got a heart of steel, this young Nicaraguan.
10:34 And now, Murata's working on his defense
10:38 because one of the notes that I have about Murata
10:41 is he can get careless defensively,
10:43 and that's what Centeno's taking advantage of
10:46 because he depends on his offense.
10:48 - But good defense.
10:50 You know, moments like this,
10:51 when you have a tough guy like Centeno,
10:53 sometimes you don't have to do the offense.
10:56 Sometimes you can play defense,
10:58 let him wear down a little bit.
11:00 - Take a breather.
11:01 Here we go.
11:02 - And you can have a surge.
11:03 You can have a surge and you can finish strong on him.
11:05 - This is a sixth rounder for Subaru Murata,
11:08 and Centeno just proven to be very tough
11:10 and making sure that Murata understands
11:14 that he's in a fight.
11:14 No matter how much punishment he's dishing out,
11:17 there's gonna be something coming back.
11:19 Oh, man, that right under the armpit.
11:22 Oh, goodness.
11:23 - Yes.
11:24 - Gotta give Centeno a ton of credit
11:29 for standing in there and taking these type of shots.
11:32 - Oh, yeah, his spirit is not broken at all.
11:33 His spirit is not broken.
11:34 He's in this fight, Bernardo.
11:36 - Let's listen to Chase Dixon with Centeno.
11:38 I can't anymore.
11:40 I can't.
11:43 No more.
11:46 I'm tired, I'm exhausted.
11:50 - Stop the fight.
11:52 Stop the fight, man.
11:57 The dude just...
11:58 - One more.
11:59 - He says he cannot continue.
12:05 He can't breathe, he's tired.
12:07 Okay.
12:08 - The fight is over, and thank goodness
12:10 that referee Raul Caiz Jr. listened to the fighter
12:13 because this corner man was gonna send him out, too.
12:16 - Man, I was about to throw a pin at this corner man.
12:18 Man, I'm like saying to myself,
12:20 your fighter just said that he wants to stop.
12:22 Stop the match.
12:24 You don't have to think about it.
12:26 Stop the match.
12:27 He doesn't want to continue.
12:28 - He gave you everything he could.
12:30 I mean, we were just marveling at the valor that he had
12:34 and how he was making Super Murata fight in that ring.
12:38 Hey, when he tells you, I gave you everything I had,
12:42 you cannot send him out.
12:43 It's easy to be very brave with somebody else's help.
12:46 - Exactly.
12:47 Exactly.
12:49 You know what, I'm glad that the doctor came up
12:51 and I'm glad that the referee stepped in
12:53 and decided to stop this match.
12:56 - Man, I just can't respect that, man.
12:58 I can't respect that from the corner.
13:00 I really can't because your job as a trainer,
13:03 yes, is to train you,
13:05 but it's also to get you home safely to your family.
13:07 And when I heard that, I'm just saying to myself,
13:10 like, what are you doing?
13:11 He says he can't continue, man.
13:13 What don't you understand about that?
13:14 Clearly, Sandy.
13:16 - I mean, there was two things.
13:17 One thing, sometimes you hear a guy say, I can't.
13:19 - Yeah.
13:20 - And you believe maybe, I think
13:22 what his trainer Chase Dixon was trying to do
13:23 was give me a minute, let's see where we are.
13:25 But the shots that Centeno took from Subaru Murata
13:29 at the end of the round,
13:31 the way he was panting and catching his breath,
13:32 that's why he said he couldn't continue.
13:34 - It was all of the body work.
13:35 That's what it was.
13:36 It was accumulation from the body work.
13:38 All the damage that he took
13:41 throughout the course of the last two rounds was no joke.
13:44 And he's buzzed a couple of times
13:45 throughout the fight as well.
13:46 That shot right there, splitting the guard.
13:49 You see him heavy over his front foot, Centeno is?
13:52 Gets clipped with that shot.
13:54 And you see Murata, he comes forward,
13:56 but he didn't notice it quick enough.
13:58 - He said he cannot continue.
13:59 - And this is the finish.
14:00 - He's tired.
14:01 - Okay. - Okay.
14:02 - I mean, that is great work.
14:05 We talk about when the corner doesn't protect the fighter,
14:08 that's the job of the doctor and the referee.
14:11 Today, they did their job.
14:13 And that's great to see
14:15 because everybody who steps into this building
14:17 has a job to do tonight.
14:18 We have a job to do.
14:20 Everybody in that ring has a job to do.
14:22 But you mentioned it.
14:23 The first job is for every fighter
14:25 to go back home healthy to their families.
14:28 Let's send it up to Mark Chanuk
14:29 for the official time of the stoppage.
14:30 - Ladies and gentlemen, here inside the Palms Hotel
14:33 Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada,
14:35 Raul Caiz Jr., the doctor ringside in the blue corner,
14:39 determined the fighter can no longer continue.
14:41 Therefore, your winner by technical knockout,
14:44 Subaru Murata!
14:45 - End of round three.
14:49 And overall, what's your-
14:51 - I'm about to retract what I said.
14:53 He was just playing.
14:55 He was just playing in there.
14:57 You know, maybe he was downloading information,
14:59 but man, when he turns it on and he really wants it,