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00:00 but he just wants the next toughest guy.
00:01 Better be a--
00:04 - Gore, Yuritsian, fighting pride of Armenia,
00:08 taking on the Argentine, Luis Alberto Varan.
00:13 Ton of experience for both of these gentlemen.
00:17 - And that's another story about Freddie Roach.
00:19 He never turns a guy down.
00:21 "Okay, we'll fight that guy.
00:22 Okay, we'll fight that guy."
00:24 - How you doing? What's up, guys?
00:25 I'm Gary Cooney.
00:27 [indistinct chatter]
00:31 - All right, just about to get underway
00:33 in this welterweight affair.
00:35 [bell dings]
00:39 Varan wearing the black with gold trim.
00:43 Gore, Yuritsian wearing the white trim
00:46 with the colors of his native Armenian.
00:49 [indistinct chatter]
00:52 I mentioned a lot of experience for both of these gentlemen.
00:56 Varan only been finished one time in his career.
01:00 Yuritsian perfect, flawless,
01:03 at 16 and 0 with 14 knockouts.
01:07 - He's got a lot of body strength.
01:08 You can see it in him.
01:09 I love that right hand up in the air.
01:12 Cover that face up there.
01:14 Can you get me the face? You can't hear it.
01:15 - What a jab he has, huh? - Yeah.
01:18 [indistinct chatter]
01:21 - [indistinct chatter]
01:24 - If Argentina better keep his balance
01:30 a little better than he's doing.
01:32 [indistinct chatter]
01:35 How do you spell that in English?
01:41 - Gore? G-O-R.
01:43 - You're so crazy.
01:45 - Yuritsian's hard. It is.
01:47 [indistinct chatter]
01:50 - His power lands hard as well.
01:54 - That left hook behind you.
01:57 - Staying on his feet for the time being.
02:01 Yuritsian knows he has him in trouble, though.
02:03 - Unsteady legs.
02:05 - Trying to grab a hold of him here as the Argentine
02:08 referee pulls him off.
02:09 Says Gore that--
02:11 Hey, don't hit him in the back of the head.
02:12 - His legs are shaking. His legs are shaking.
02:15 [indistinct chatter]
02:17 - So here's where you hurt the guy,
02:18 you take 30 seconds, open up on him.
02:20 See what you can do.
02:22 [indistinct chatter]
02:25 - Elbow, watch his elbow there.
02:32 [indistinct chatter]
02:34 - Gore's hitting with that elbow every chance he gets.
02:37 - [indistinct chatter]
02:40 - It's not illegal unless the ref says it's illegal.
02:43 - Well, it's not illegal in UFC, but in boxing it is.
02:46 - Yeah.
02:47 - I just want to say, like, Luis Alberto,
02:51 he's just not found his distance yet.
02:52 - Right, right.
02:54 - And he's trying to throw heavy punches
02:55 without finding his distance.
02:56 - Right.
02:57 - And you get caught that way.
02:58 - And he's been forced to back up from this pressure
02:59 in offense of Gore Yuritsian.
03:02 Look how confident the Armenian is.
03:08 - He's patient, he's effective, he doesn't overthrow.
03:13 It's really nice to see that.
03:15 - He's cutting the ring off nice.
03:18 - Very controlled aggression here for Gore Yuritsian.
03:21 - Break!
03:26 - Credit to Buran, you know, for staying on his feet thus far.
03:32 He looked to be in big trouble earlier in this round.
03:34 - If he's Argentinian, he's a tough guy.
03:37 [bell dings]
03:39 - First round down, and you don't have to know much
03:42 about boxing, Jerry, to know that that was a big round
03:44 for Gore Yuritsian.
03:46 - And patient, he didn't get any,
03:47 he didn't wear himself at all.
03:49 He walked him down, it was very convenient for him, you know?
03:52 - Peter, walk us through some of the action here.
03:54 - I think a steady pace, walking forward,
03:56 hard jab, caught him behind the ear.
03:58 Right in his equilibrium maybe, and then followed up.
04:03 His legs were unsteady, wobbly.
04:05 That's a little low blow, but you could see
04:10 the little wobble in his legs.
04:11 - Nice up there, nice up.
04:14 And he applies that steady pressure.
04:16 - Inside the corner, Hall of Fame coach, Freddie Roach.
04:23 - Wow.
04:25 That's a fun guy to work with right there.
04:29 This kid can fight too.
04:30 - You're really impressed by the controlled aggression
04:35 by Gore Yuritsian.
04:36 - Doesn't waste any energy.
04:37 - Right.
04:38 Here we go, round two underway.
04:43 - Nice.
04:44 - His combination.
04:45 - Solid jab.
04:52 - Nice six punch combination there, I love that.
05:01 - And then he keeps walking forward,
05:03 he's not letting him off the hook.
05:05 - Keeping him on his back foot, you're right.
05:07 So he can't get over him.
05:10 Nice, all solid.
05:12 All solid shots right to the body today,
05:14 wherever he's landing.
05:15 - You can tell the demeanor and posture of Iran.
05:17 He's uncomfortable everywhere in this ring right now.
05:20 - Wouldn't you be?
05:23 - Absolutely.
05:24 That's why I don't go in that ring, Jerry.
05:26 - Look at, nice two solid shots right there landing.
05:30 One, two for Gore.
05:32 Nice body shot, look at that.
05:35 Nice throwing,
05:38 nice throwing there.
05:41 That guy Vernon's throwing too much too long punches,
05:43 leaving himself wide open.
05:44 - Yuritsian doing a great job at changing the target,
05:50 going high, going low.
05:51 - Vernon's saying right now,
05:55 "Maybe I shouldn't have come here."
05:56 Wow, nice.
06:03 - Nice left hand.
06:04 Halfway point, other round.
06:08 - Let's take our hats off to the matchmaker once again.
06:10 - Another thing you said earlier, Jerry,
06:15 I wanna sort of build upon.
06:17 Dana White putting his effort behind Callum Walsh
06:19 and in turn, Tom Laughler, 360 Promotions.
06:23 This is a show on Fight Pass that has flourished.
06:26 And obviously UFC Fight Pass caters to mixed martial arts,
06:28 but it has become this one-stop shop for combat sports.
06:32 And man, it is a fun time to be a combat sports fan.
06:34 - You know, and I think it's great to check everybody out,
06:38 to get things back to level.
06:40 - Ooh. - Look at that.
06:43 - Stone-faced is Veron,
06:46 but we know that one rattles his ribs.
06:49 That's the thing too, Peter,
06:57 UFC on Saturday here in Madison Square Garden,
06:59 boxing here on Thursday.
07:01 The UFC is bigger than it's ever been,
07:03 but you know, high tide raises all ships.
07:07 I feel like the UFC success is doing its part
07:09 in helping raising the profile of boxing.
07:11 - It's flowing over, it really is.
07:13 You see these guys take them out
07:15 and down into a lot of fights on Saturday night.
07:18 Huge momentum going forward for tonight.
07:22 These guys like war and their own.
07:32 - Another nice round turned in
07:34 by the Armenian National Champion, Ghor Yuritsy.
07:37 He's gonna go back and, Jerry,
07:39 I think get an attaboy from Freddie Roach.
07:41 - Listen, I like him in the world's division.
07:45 This kid's gonna make some noise.
07:48 - Yeah.
07:49 - Listen, he's got the goods.
07:54 - And he's in there with a very tough guy,
07:56 talking about Veron.
07:57 He's only been finished one time in his career.
08:00 You know, durability is something
08:02 that you gotta be careful with.
08:03 You know, if you go out there and you get too aggressive,
08:06 you can burn yourself out.
08:08 - I love the body shot.
08:09 This kid is purposely to work that body down.
08:13 You can't move after a while.
08:14 You know, he's slowing him down.
08:16 See that body shot?
08:17 Look at that.
08:18 And the kid's lucky he withstood that.
08:20 Another angle, look at this.
08:21 What?
08:24 - I like how he gets him moving into the shots.
08:26 He moves right into that right hook to the body.
08:30 - And Freddie Roach is developing more.
08:32 He's the seven-time national champion.
08:34 So he's got the goods, but Freddie's sharpening them up.
08:37 (bell dings)
08:39 - Here we go, third round underway.
08:41 Gore Yuritsian taking on Luis Alberto Veron.
08:44 TJ DeSantis, Jerry Cooney, Peter Welch.
08:47 Appreciate you joining us as we are broadcasting live
08:49 from the theater at Madison Square Garden.
08:51 It is Hollywood Fight Night on UFC Fight Pass.
08:54 - As big a puncher as Gore is,
08:55 I think he's just as good defensively.
08:58 Really slick, right in the pocket.
09:00 - And let's give some who goes out to this kid he's fighting.
09:07 - Right, Veron.
09:08 - He's sticking in there.
09:08 He's really trying to stay in this fight.
09:12 If he would use that jab a lot more often,
09:14 he'd do a lot better.
09:15 - And he's not running around.
09:16 He's staying right in close range too, using his defense.
09:19 - You gotta stay in your ground at some point.
09:27 You know, so just on your back foot all the time.
09:29 You can't, you know, feel safe.
09:32 - Now those body shots.
09:33 He came in on the left side this time.
09:34 - Nice, nice, nice right hand by Gore.
09:37 - He's just walking him down, wow.
09:42 - Yeah, what does Veron have to do, Jerry,
09:45 to sort of change this forward momentum of Yuritsian?
09:48 - He's got to hurt him.
09:51 - Simple as that.
09:52 - You gotta catch him with a shot and slow him down.
09:54 Take his real estate away.
09:55 Don't let him keep pushing him back.
09:57 He's building confidence in Gore, which he has.
10:00 You know what I mean?
10:01 It's really, he's trying.
10:05 He's trying, this kid.
10:06 He really earned his money.
10:10 Whatever he's making tonight wasn't enough.
10:12 - And that's the thing we talked about Veron moving.
10:16 I mean, he's backpedaled,
10:18 but it's been out of necessity, like right there.
10:21 - Yeah, clearly the horsepower's the difference.
10:24 - Right.
10:24 - It's the horsepower that's the difference.
10:26 - The Argentine not backpedaling
10:27 because he doesn't want to engage in a fight.
10:29 The fight's coming to him.
10:30 - He's got to be getting tired.
10:31 He's got to be getting tired out.
10:33 You know, he's wearing him down, Gore.
10:35 He's wearing him down.
10:36 - One minute remains here in round number three.
10:40 - You know, as you start getting worn out,
10:43 you lose options.
10:44 You don't have so many options to go to.
10:46 The toolbox, you gotta go in the toolbox.
10:48 - Up to see when Veron slows down a little bit,
10:52 Gore makes it to that right hook.
10:53 - Nice left hook on him.
10:56 - Nicely done.
10:57 - Veron with a full punch combination there.
10:59 (speaking in foreign language)
11:03 - Back on his feet.
11:06 The Argentine not going away without a fight.
11:11 We shall continue.
11:13 25 seconds left in the round.
11:14 See how aggressive Yuritsian gets here
11:23 at the end of the round.
11:25 - I don't really like how Gore is using his elbows
11:40 an awful lot, pushing on the head.
11:42 That's not really, that's illegal in this business.
11:45 - I think you see it more and more nowadays.
11:49 The kids are framing them up,
11:50 raising their hands, their arm, the elbow.
11:52 - Peter, walk us through this action.
11:55 - Looks like he got him going with the right hand,
11:56 finished with the left hook.
11:58 Drop him.
11:58 - Another angle of it.
12:00 - Here's the right, coming up.
12:03 Finished with the left hook, right on the chin.
12:10 - And it's great experience for him.
12:12 He's finding the way.
12:13 He's finding and he's creating the openings.
12:15 He's making them better.
12:17 (crowd cheering)
12:19 - Flex Lewis, former Mr. Olympia,
12:23 hanging out tonight inside Madison Square Garden.
12:25 Nice to see him.
12:28 For a huge night of boxing inside the Mecca,
12:31 the theater at Madison Square Garden.
12:33 It is a site of Hollywood fight nights.
12:36 TJ DeSantis, Jerry Cooney, Peter Welch.
12:39 - I'd like to wrestle that guy myself.
12:41 - We are underway in this fourth round.
12:46 (crowd cheering)
12:48 - Okay, so here's the difference, right?
12:49 This guy going, now he's got to turn it up
12:52 another notch and take him out.
12:54 That's the improvement.
12:56 - I think he looks over our shoulder here,
12:58 saw Dana White, I think he's gonna take him out now.
13:01 - Nice combo.
13:01 - That was something to behold yesterday
13:05 at the weigh-ins, Peter.
13:06 Dana squaring off the athletes and they were all,
13:10 if you need extra motivation,
13:11 Dana White's gonna give you that in spades.
13:13 - Yeah, it was like a UFC event.
13:15 - For boxing. - Right.
13:16 - He's the magic man, the magic man, right?
13:19 - Dana. - Greatest promoter
13:20 in the fight world.
13:21 - 100%, and Dana has said it himself,
13:23 Tom Loffler is really sort of that UFC promoter of boxing.
13:28 - Yeah, Verone came back.
13:29 - Verone, incredibly durable.
13:36 He's been in trouble pretty much since Jump in this fight,
13:39 but has not gone away.
13:41 (crowd chattering)
13:44 - Nice body shot by Verone.
13:49 - Body for body.
13:50 - Yuritsy has eaten a few shots here from Verone,
13:55 but Verone hasn't been able to land with any real power
13:58 to make Yuritsy respecting it.
14:00 There he is, UFC president Dana White.
14:04 Taking in the boxing action here.
14:09 - Verone, he's opening up.
14:11 Here's what the real champ does, he'll pick it up now
14:14 and take it to the guy and take him out of there.
14:17 This is an Argentinian who's a tough-ass guy, let's face it.
14:21 - Yeah, I mean, if he wanted to go home,
14:24 there were many opportunities to do so,
14:26 and he's biting down on the mouthpiece
14:28 and trying to bring the fight.
14:30 - I said earlier, I'm sure he said a few times,
14:32 what am I doing here, I shouldn't have even came.
14:36 - And credit to the offensive output here of Gori Yuritsy,
14:39 no wasted movement, no shots being blocked,
14:42 anything like that.
14:44 Major, everything he throws is effective.
14:46 - Compact, solid, in the body, in the body.
14:51 The body, that's where the power comes from,
14:53 not your arms.
14:55 Your arms take it there, but your body does the work.
15:03 - Approaching the final 30 seconds of this fourth round.
15:06 - I can't see what's going on in his eyes.
15:15 - It's gonna be a tall task to say the least.
15:17 - Nice body shot by Gori.
15:19 - I like how he's setting up, Jerry.
15:24 - Wow, look at that, I just heard him pretty good there.
15:26 - You see that arm covering that liver side.
15:29 Final 10 seconds here this round.
15:31 - Nice.
15:32 (bell rings)
15:39 - Nice. - The corner might stop it.
15:41 - Nice action again. - I don't need this cut
15:41 to keep going on.
15:42 - We'll see what happens there in the corner of Murron.
15:47 Shot here in the corner of Gori Yuritsy.
15:53 Again, Freddie Roach gotta be very happy with his shot.
15:56 - But you want him to step up that one last step.
15:58 - Right. - Take him out.
16:00 - Peter Walker's through the action.
16:02 - He's got Gori walking him down.
16:04 Oh, there's Barone coming back.
16:05 And there's a liver shot.
16:07 Gori again, walking him down, looking, looking, looking.
16:12 Barone, lead right hand,
16:13 gets caught with a left hook to the liver.
16:15 - You see how Barone is throwing those long punches.
16:19 That's leaving himself open for a guy like Gore,
16:22 who's compact, to use his body to hit those shots.
16:26 - Yeah, he overreaches with the right hand
16:27 and leaves himself exposed, right?
16:29 He's in trouble.
16:30 - All right, we are headed into the fifth round.
16:33 Gore Yuritsyan firmly in control of this one thus far.
16:39 Luis Alberto Barone definitely hurt the body
16:41 in the final moments of that fourth round.
16:44 We'll see how quickly Gore goes back to that well.
16:47 - Gore's walking him down,
16:49 making those quick moves with the head.
16:50 Looking to set up a big shot or two.
16:58 - We know with Gore, it only takes one
16:59 to put his opponent on the floor.
17:02 - He's got great defense, moving in, stepping closer.
17:06 Keeping him busy.
17:09 - Break!
17:10 - I've seen the two punch left lead,
17:13 straight right hand like that,
17:16 but I haven't seen the right left.
17:17 Legs are taught out, right hook, left hook.
17:19 - Listen, let's give Barone something so incredible
17:22 that he's not letting him land that shot.
17:24 He's in there with a great fighter.
17:26 - Good point. - Break!
17:27 - As we mentioned, Barone only been finished
17:30 one time in his career.
17:32 He's a tough out to say the least.
17:35 - Such a hard jab.
17:36 It's like a shotgun jab he throws.
17:38 - Nice right hand by Barone,
17:41 but again has to respect that offense
17:43 coming his way from Yuritsyan.
17:45 - You see that, Jerry?
17:46 Every time Barone throws that right hand,
17:47 he gets caught with the left hook.
17:48 - Yeah, he's too long, way too long.
17:50 Nice hooks, look at those hooks.
17:52 Three or four in a row right there from Gore.
17:55 - Video game combination there by Gore Yuritsyan.
17:58 - He threw out that right hand back, he'd take him out.
18:01 - Halfway point of the round.
18:07 - Gore is saying to himself,
18:08 what the hell do I gotta do here?
18:10 (laughing)
18:12 - Left finds him home again.
18:16 - Four punch combination, come on.
18:19 - Has Barone ever been stopped?
18:22 - One time. - One time.
18:24 (whistling)
18:26 - Break, no punches.
18:27 - Gore looking a little frustrated.
18:30 - I mean, he's firmly in control of this one, Jerry,
18:38 but at what point does Gore just go,
18:40 what do I gotta do to put this guy down?
18:43 - This is what he's gotta learn.
18:44 This is what he's gotta listen to Freddy.
18:46 Tell him how to do it, you gotta work that body.
18:48 Stay in that body, then turn it over the top.
18:50 Give me four or five in the ribs,
18:52 and then turn it over to the top and put him to sleep.
18:55 - Gore has it all, power, defense,
18:59 he's locking him down, confidence.
19:02 - Can you imagine him with Terrence Crawford,
19:04 even though Crawford's moving up to 54?
19:06 I mean, you got Jaron Ennis,
19:09 who's a very tough guy at welterweight.
19:11 So you got some great fighters for him.
19:13 Nice.
19:17 - Yuritsyan definitely an athlete to keep your eye on
19:21 in this stable of 360 fighters.
19:24 - Such a tough opponent for him, bro.
19:27 - We talked about, too, these guys get so many guys,
19:31 Freddy does in the gym,
19:32 to work with all the top rated guys in the game.
19:35 - Yeah, absolutely.
19:36 - Just gotta get better.
19:37 (bell rings)
19:39 - Wow.
19:40 - Another one in the books and another solid round
19:42 for the Armenian training out of Wild Card
19:45 in Los Angeles, California, Gore Yuritsyan,
19:48 putting on a show here inside MSG.
19:51 (upbeat music)
19:53 - Take a look at some of the highlights.
19:56 - Vernon.
19:57 - He had some offense here, Jerry.
20:00 Still fighting, went there with a nice right hand.
20:02 - Staying alive.
20:03 - It's so long, you see what Pete is talking about,
20:05 when he throws, he throws so long,
20:08 and his body's wide, you can't miss it.
20:10 See that long punch?
20:11 His body's wide open.
20:13 All night long.
20:14 - It's like a blitz right here.
20:16 - There we go.
20:19 - Defense there with Verone, rolling the shoulder.
20:22 It's nice.
20:23 - He's going back to the corner,
20:25 told Freddie, "What have I gotta do?"
20:27 - You know, we're focusing so much
20:29 on the individual fighters.
20:30 The whole card has been very competitive.
20:33 - Yeah, absolutely.
20:34 It's sort of the signature style
20:37 of these Hollywood Fight Night cards.
20:38 (bell rings)
20:39 - Did you guys look at the crowd?
20:40 - Sold out.
20:41 - Sold out.
20:42 - Back.
20:42 - Sold out again.
20:45 (crowd murmurs)
20:48 - Demon White's in the back there.
20:51 Sold out crowd.
20:53 - A huge week here in combat sports.
20:55 Again, UFC coming up on Saturday,
20:56 but tonight, sweet science of boxing
20:58 taking center stage on UFC Fight Pass.
21:00 Gore Yuritsian wearing the whites
21:04 with the Armenian flag colors,
21:06 taking on Luis Alberto Verone,
21:08 TJ DeSantis, along with Jerry Cooney.
21:10 Peter Welch, appreciate you joining us
21:12 for Hollywood Fight Nights on UFC Fight Pass.
21:15 - Oh, nice body shot by Verone there.
21:18 It was a great body shot.
21:20 - I couldn't see how Verone could sustain this Gore attack,
21:24 but he's doing a pretty good job at it.
21:26 - I'm sure he's not pleasant.
21:28 - Well, and to think he lost seven times
21:30 he went through this.
21:31 I don't think as bad as this.
21:32 I couldn't imagine,
21:33 but he's going to be a little sore in the morning.
21:36 I can tell you that.
21:37 Nice body shot by Verone.
21:40 - And you gotta think Gore might be a little,
21:43 you know, mad with himself.
21:44 He's not able to get a finish.
21:46 This guy, incredibly durable though.
21:47 - Listen, Gore may be tiring out a little bit
21:50 with all the work he's put in.
21:52 And I think he's starting to take a round off maybe.
21:55 - He just took a glance over our shoulder here to Peter.
22:01 I think he knows the eyes are on him.
22:04 - Verone's doing okay.
22:09 I think Gore's taking a little bit of a round off.
22:14 - Nice combination. - That's a good combo.
22:16 - Yeah, but again, speaking to the durability of Verone,
22:18 I mean, he was backpedaling all over the place earlier
22:22 in this fight, hurt badly, he was dropped.
22:24 You know, he's still here, still game.
22:27 Trying to give everything he can here
22:29 against a very tough Gore Yuritsian.
22:30 - Wobbly legs early.
22:31 Could you think that may be Gore?
22:34 Doesn't have the power he had early on.
22:36 - Anyway, you look at it, this guy is taking the beat.
22:42 Verone's can't be good for him.
22:44 - Yeah, the Argentine, he's here to fight.
22:48 Not gonna go away quietly.
22:51 - Nice right hand by him.
22:53 Should've come a little bit there,
22:54 didn't shake him, but he got him off balance.
22:56 - His left hand by Verone.
22:59 He's building up on the jab there.
23:04 - He's got a nice jab, doesn't he?
23:06 Doubles it up, triple up.
23:08 - I got a feeling Gore's gonna come out strong
23:10 next round, the last round.
23:12 - Two more after this.
23:13 - Let's go, Kui.
23:14 - Fundamentally, I think that's what sets his power up,
23:17 those double jabs, the triple jab.
23:19 - He's in his body.
23:26 - Who ever told him this guy was gonna be easy this round?
23:29 - Close it out, there goes the mouthpiece.
23:37 - There we go, six rounds in the books
23:41 and that's the thing, Jerry.
23:43 You know, I don't think that anybody has ever told
23:45 any fighter on a Hollywood Fight Night card,
23:48 this guy standing in front of you is easy.
23:49 There are no easy fights.
23:51 Tom Loeffler and his team,
23:52 they put the best fight out time and time again.
23:55 And you know, the fan is the one that really appreciates it.
23:58 - And they do do that.
24:00 They put on good matches,
24:01 but this kid here is getting banged in the kidneys
24:04 and the ribs and the organs inside.
24:07 Some point, you gotta, corner's gotta say,
24:09 let me get this guy out of here.
24:11 He can fight another day.
24:12 And they're not doing that.
24:14 They're keeping him in there, wearing him down.
24:15 It's great for the crowd, but not so good for him.
24:18 - His corner seems fired up.
24:20 They seem excited.
24:21 - There's the man, Tom Loeffler,
24:23 president of 360 Promotions.
24:25 - The mastermind, there he is.
24:26 - Sitting next to my guy, Mike Stiles.
24:28 They do a great job at putting on
24:31 the best boxing promotion,
24:33 I'll say it, in the country right now.
24:34 I love this show more than any other.
24:36 And uh-
24:37 - Got a great formula, great formula.
24:39 - It's right here on UFC Fight Pass,
24:41 your home for Tom Loeffler's Hollywood Fight Nights.
24:43 We are back underway.
24:45 Veron coming out aggressive here
24:48 in the seventh round against Gore Yuritsyan.
24:51 - And Gore's trying to get that real estate back.
24:57 He can't give it up for too long.
24:59 You get pushed, you get pushed,
25:01 the other guy gains confidence.
25:03 There we go, and then it's some good shots from Gore.
25:08 - We got a chance to meet all these guys.
25:10 They're so great, these kids.
25:12 And it's a shame that one has to win, one loses.
25:15 - Well, you put on a good show for the crowd,
25:20 nobody loses, right?
25:21 - Right.
25:22 - Come back.
25:23 - And that's the thing too,
25:24 I think Tom Loeffler's likely to bring you back
25:25 if you come out and bring a good fight.
25:26 If you represent yourself well,
25:28 you're gonna continue to get opportunities.
25:30 - It's reminiscent of old school boxing.
25:32 - You know, we talked about it before,
25:34 but Jake O'Mara for Ray Robbins,
25:36 you're gonna see Ray Robbins twice in three weeks.
25:40 - That's crazy.
25:41 - That might've been that Vaseline in the mouth
25:43 that he slipped on.
25:43 - There you go, there you go.
25:45 I know you've been looking for it.
25:46 (laughing)
25:48 - Referee telling Yuritsy to watch his elbows.
25:51 - No, I'm just missed with that elbow cut there.
25:53 - You see how he followed up with the jab right after that?
25:56 Get his balance back.
25:57 - He's got a nice defense, Gore does too, see?
25:59 - Oh yeah.
26:00 - Keep that right hand up nice and high
26:02 in front of his face.
26:02 - He's got a name for this champ.
26:03 - Referee.
26:04 (yelling)
26:06 - Breaking him up.
26:07 The corner of Verone, really upset about the elbows
26:11 of Gore Yuritsy.
26:14 - I think it's how he's framing that jab,
26:19 he ended up, and Verone is slipping in underneath it,
26:22 he just falls right into the elbow.
26:24 Did he say that, he falls into the elbow?
26:27 - Yeah.
26:28 - I mean, you get to a point in the game,
26:29 say, "Listen, I just can't knock this guy out,
26:31 "I'm just gonna go the distance."
26:34 - Yeah, that defense, that shoulder roll.
26:36 - If that's what's happening,
26:38 Fred is gonna take that out of him.
26:39 - That little roll Verone's doing
26:42 is saving him from that right hand.
26:44 - It's that long, long right hand.
26:48 - It's like a blitz, he can't prepare for it.
26:51 - Yuritsy in 16 and 0 with 14 knockouts.
26:54 He's been a proven finisher thus far,
26:58 but again tonight, very tough and durable,
27:01 Argentine saving his leg.
27:04 - It kinda reminds me of Benitez with that lead right hand,
27:06 with the little slip under, real slick.
27:09 - Speaking of a great fighter.
27:10 - 30 seconds left here in the seventh round.
27:16 - Now look at the gores moving back there.
27:21 Taking a break.
27:22 - I think he could be frustrated a little bit with the power.
27:31 (crowd cheering)
27:34 (bell ringing)
27:40 - Seven rounds in the books.
27:44 But I think you guys are right,
27:48 I think we're starting to see a bit of frustration
27:50 on behalf of Gord Yuritsy,
27:54 but he's got a tough, durable guy
27:55 that's not really wanting to go anywhere in front of him.
27:58 And that could be mentally taxing,
28:01 maybe we're seeing that on display here.
28:03 - Barone did something different
28:04 in the beginning of that round,
28:05 he came out fast with the quick hands
28:08 and it took off a little bit
28:10 and he finished the round the same way.
28:12 - But it's a great experience for Gord
28:15 because he pushed himself, he pushed himself,
28:18 he heard him, he rocked him.
28:19 It's a learning lesson right now.
28:20 - He's gonna find a way through it.
28:23 - Shotting UFC president Dana White along with Triple H.
28:26 He's a man who's had a few moments of his own here
28:29 in Madison Square Garden.
28:31 A mecca for boxing,
28:33 but also a mecca for professional wrestling.
28:36 All right, here we go, round number eight.
28:39 TJ DeSantis along with Jerry Cooney,
28:41 Peter Welch, appreciate you joining us.
28:43 Live tonight on UFC Fight Pass,
28:46 Hollywood Fight Night emanating from New York, New York.
28:49 - You know Freddie told Gord,
28:51 listen, you gotta feel strong here.
28:53 Let's see if it happens.
28:54 - Such a great matchup.
28:57 (crowd cheering)
29:00 - Nice with the double jab, nice.
29:05 - Again, all the credit to Verone.
29:09 It looked like he was in massive trouble early in this fight,
29:13 but still competitive, moving well
29:16 in the latter stages of this one.
29:18 - Snuck up right handed.
29:22 - Listen, no matter what he got paid, it wasn't enough.
29:24 - Yeah, tough night at the office,
29:27 but he's still throwing the way of Yuritsy.
29:29 - Look how the tides have turned, he's coming forward now.
29:32 - Yeah, I mean, Gord's gotta get back on track now.
29:35 He's gotta get his, there's my side.
29:36 - Jerry, if you were in the corner,
29:39 you know, in between round seven and eight,
29:41 and you were Freddie Rush,
29:43 what would you be telling Gord Yurtsy?
29:44 - I would be telling Gord,
29:45 work the body for the first two minutes.
29:47 Work the body, work the body, work the body.
29:49 (mimics punching)
29:50 He's missing, he's aiming for the head,
29:53 he's aiming for the chest, so he keeps missing.
29:56 Aim a little lower, hit the chest.
29:58 When you hit the chest, you see he's going down?
30:01 You catch the jaw.
30:03 You know, work the body.
30:04 He hit the guy a bunch of times, but the guy is tough.
30:07 I've never seen an Argentinian who wasn't tough.
30:14 - His nails.
30:14 - You know, Gord does something, he adjusts a little bit
30:19 when Veron's being elusive with the defense.
30:21 Gord goes back to the jab,
30:23 goes right back to the fundamentals
30:24 and starts to set up the power.
30:25 - But he's staying out too far distance.
30:27 He's not, he's gotta step in with that jab.
30:29 - Clothes a little bit.
30:31 - That was a great experience for them both, huh?
30:36 Nice fight for the crowds.
30:37 - Inside the final minute of this one.
30:41 - For the matchmaker, for Damon.
30:44 - Right, who's right? - For the boxing.
30:46 - For the sport, right?
30:47 - Tom Lafleur, the home pro.
30:48 - Absolutely.
30:49 - Look at this right hand, he just landed right there.
30:54 - First, break!
30:55 - Vernon just did.
30:57 38 seconds.
31:01 - Heading down the stretch in this one.
31:04 Veron proven to be a very difficult guy to put away.
31:07 Gord Yuritsian has been sterling with his offense
31:13 and trying to put it on him once again.
31:15 - Thursday night fights, here we go.
31:18 - These kids get, Gord gets used to getting knockouts.
31:21 It's good to get a decision down there, you know?
31:23 Stretch yourself out a little more,
31:25 get confident that you can go the distance.
31:27 - Whoa.
31:30 - Veron, I mean, he's still in this fight.
31:34 It's gonna expire here in a second, but--
31:37 - Give him the old Ali Ali Ufris.
31:39 (bell rings)
31:41 - Man. - Nice job, nice fight.
31:43 - I like that.
31:44 - Veron was game throughout the go,
31:48 the distance, solid performance for Gord Yuritsian.
31:52 - Good fight, good fight.
31:54 - And it was fun.
31:55 Gord wasn't able to put him away,
31:57 but honestly, that's what made this fight
31:58 even more exciting throughout
32:00 because you had a tough Argentine that was going nowhere.
32:03 And it looked like he was going home
32:05 much earlier in the fight, but that was not the case.
32:08 He hung tough till the final bout.
32:09 - And I don't know that you needed to have him
32:10 to go that full eight rounds.
32:12 That did sometimes some damage there.
32:15 I mean, he did fight back, he did look good,
32:16 he was good for the crowd,
32:18 but you really gotta also protect your fight
32:20 at all times too, you know what I mean?
32:21 - What a great step up fight for Gord
32:24 to have that talent in front of him,
32:26 the elusiveness of Veron.
32:27 - Well, and a lot of times, you fight the better fighters,
32:30 they're gonna open themselves up to you.
32:31 - Right.
32:32 - You're gonna knock 'em out easier.
32:33 - Right.
32:34 - Walk us through some of this action, Peter.
32:35 - Watch over, you see?
32:37 - See the tides turn, Veron's coming forward,
32:39 being elusive, being a little bit quicker,
32:42 setting things up, using the feints.
32:45 - He's making Gord miss.
32:46 - Those funny punches, the lead right hands.
32:48 - See the old alley-oop shot there?
32:54 - But I think Gord has established himself
32:56 more consistently throughout the fight.
32:58 - Oh yeah, absolutely.
32:59 It was a night that Gord Yuritsyan
33:02 might be a little bit frustrated with
33:04 in the fact that he didn't put it away,
33:05 but bottom line was he shined once again
33:07 and really proved that he is one of those athletes
33:10 under this 360 banner, Jerry,
33:12 that you have to keep your eye on.
33:14 - They go in places and mostly up.
33:16 - All right, coming up in our next fight,
33:19 more action headed your way.
33:21 Umar Chambekov, the nine-time Austrian champion,
33:24 will take the ring.
33:25 He will take on the French Revolution in Frédéric Jullain.
33:29 - I met both these guys, both equally great athletes,
33:32 great guys, you kind of don't like to see this matchup.
33:36 - You made friends with everybody, Jerry.
33:38 Everybody loves Jerry.
33:39 - Why not, why not?
33:40 - Think they're gonna change the name of that show.
33:42 Everybody loves Jerry.
33:43 - Would you bring him back for a rematch?
33:46 - These two?
33:47 - Yes. - No.
33:48 - Too much for the kid.
33:50 The kid's gotta beat me.
33:51 Gotta be a beating.
33:52 - But he's started to turn it around with you.
33:54 - He's gotta beat me.
33:55 We're all gonna do it.
33:56 The other guy got tired.
33:58 As he gets a little more confidence and ability,
34:02 he's gonna not be tired.
34:04 - All right, the judges have tallied their tens and nines
34:07 for our decision.
34:08 We go to Joe Martinez.
34:09 (bell rings)
34:10 - Well, ladies and gentlemen, after eight rounds of boxing,
34:12 we go to the scorecards and here are the totals.
34:15 Robin Taylor has it 80-71.
34:18 Anthony Lundy, 79-72.
34:20 And Kevin Morgan scores at 78-73.
34:24 All for your winner by unanimous decision,
34:27 his still undefeated,
34:30 Gore Yerizia!
34:31 - Winner by unanimous decision, Gore Yerizia.
34:38 Getting it done.
34:40 Solid night for the wild card.