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00:00 Gentlemen, touch gloves. Now I went and spoke to both of you in the dressing room, so I gave you some very clear instructions of what I want.
00:06 You're both good sportsmen, you're both professionals and you both know the rules. Please obey those rules.
00:11 Alright? No punches to the back of the head, nothing in the kidney.
00:14 And when I tell you to break, just take one step back and then box on.
00:17 I wish you both the best of luck. Touch gloves, go back to your corner and wait for the bell.
00:20 One more time, good people! Make some noise!
00:26 And so it is, the experienced warrior and the bloodthirsty prince.
00:35 This is our main event. Zhou V. Brubaker again.
00:42 Ben Damon in commentary alongside former world champion Barry Michael.
00:48 And it's a watchful Nikita Zhou in the early stages of this one.
00:53 This first round will tell a story. Nikita can work him out quickly and land his shots.
00:59 Because, you know, very experienced fighter Jack Brubaker and we know he comes to fight.
01:02 Really nice jab there from Brubaker. Got through onto Zhou.
01:07 And we know just how tough he is, Brubaker. But we know as well that Nikita Zhou has serious power.
01:16 Very serious power.
01:18 Oh, big shot!
01:19 Beautiful body shot.
01:21 Back comes Brubaker.
01:23 Good right hand from Brubaker.
01:25 Really nice shot it was from Nikita Zhou who turned one around but Brubaker wore it as expected and came back with a shot of his own.
01:35 Fascinating in the opening stages of this one as Brubaker's jab gets through again.
01:42 He just grazed Nikita.
01:46 Forward comes Zhou. And there's that left hand, his power punch.
01:52 The Southpaw Zhou.
01:55 Yep. You know, Southpaw's power is generally the left hand. Not always, eh?
02:01 That one just over the top from Zhou.
02:04 Brubaker.
02:13 It was a nice shot from Brubaker but Zhou came straight back. They connected at the same time.
02:20 And Zhou just put him on his heels for a moment. But good stuff from Brubaker as well.
02:26 He'll be really happy with some of this stuff as Zhou goes to the body.
02:30 Good left to the body from Zhou.
02:32 Both boys have landed big punches in this opening round already.
02:36 Now they trade on the inside.
02:42 Still over a minute left in the opening rounds.
02:45 One, two and three for Brubaker.
02:48 There's a good shot from Brubaker again.
02:52 Excellent right hand. Good right hook from Zhou.
02:55 Yeah, it was a nice right hook from Nikita Zhou just behind the ear of Brubaker.
03:00 Right break.
03:01 Of Zhou.
03:02 Hold him locking on me. Don't do it, alright?
03:04 One, two. Nikita Zhou as Brubaker moves back.
03:09 He's in this corner. He doesn't want to be there but he got through with a shot of his own.
03:13 They both traded. There's a power shot from Zhou.
03:16 And another. Two good shots from Nikita Zhou. Brubaker pushes forward.
03:21 Brubaker's taking a couple of bones. He's throwing them back.
03:26 He's giving good shots back. They are powerful shots.
03:30 They are really powerful shots from Zhou.
03:32 Really strong stuff at times from Brubaker as well.
03:36 Yep.
03:37 Wow.
03:40 What a round.
03:41 Very exciting round, Ben.
03:43 Heaps of swelling as well around that right eye of Nikita Zhou.
03:49 Nikita Zhou with Igor Belchukov in his corner.
04:06 And...
04:07 An outstanding opening round that we saw.
04:12 Jack Brubaker will have surprised plenty.
04:16 Not because he was able to take the big shots of Nikita Zhou.
04:20 But because he gave big shots like that back.
04:23 Didn't he have a couple of beauties.
04:25 Nikita landed some bombs towards the end of the round.
04:29 But yeah, Brubaker had some good moments.
04:31 Let's go, Red. Second round.
04:33 Beautiful right hand there.
04:34 The worst moments for Brubaker were when he found himself against the ropes in a corner.
04:40 But at other times, he'll be really happy with what he was able to do in that first three minutes.
04:47 Without doubt.
04:48 And there's a shot from Brubaker again. Big right hands.
04:53 Flash on the chin.
04:55 Don't hold Jack. Let him out. Let him out.
04:57 Jack, let him out. That's a bit low.
05:00 Really surprising plenty already is Brubaker.
05:03 Come on, don't do it. Alright? Don't hold.
05:05 Some said mismatch here, but he's put that to bed with the way that he has come out swinging.
05:13 The shots he's taken and more to the point those that he's given back.
05:18 Yeah, he's definitely here to fight.
05:19 No, you're holding. You're holding. You'll be armed there. Right? Right?
05:21 Nikita Zhou has been ruthless as a pro.
05:25 But he was tested in this very building against Ben Horn.
05:31 And he's been tested again.
05:33 He's got to watch that right hand of Brubaker.
05:35 It's landed a couple of times cleanly.
05:37 Right hand again from Brubaker just under the ear of Zhou.
05:42 He tries to get clear and punches to the body.
05:45 Now he stalks for a moment to Zhou.
05:48 He can't get that left hand through with his opportunity.
05:51 There's blood alongside the nose of Brubaker.
05:55 Brubaker taking those shots well at the moment.
05:59 He gives another right hand too.
06:02 Yep.
06:03 Brubaker turning back the clock.
06:07 Good powerful jab from Nikita Zhou.
06:13 And again.
06:14 Three great jabs.
06:15 That's a good left hand from Zhou.
06:21 Just waited. Just waited on him.
06:23 Brought him onto it and scored big did Nikita Zhou.
06:27 Brubaker just takes another.
06:32 That right hand, the hook from Zhou got through.
06:37 And he's changed the complexion of this one.
06:40 And here in a couple of shots is Nikita Zhou.
06:43 The power told for a moment.
06:45 And Brubaker, he just rocks and wobbles.
06:49 An uppercut from Nikita.
06:51 There's a left hand as well.
06:53 Brubaker pulls forward.
06:54 He's got his timing now.
06:55 Took him a round or so to work it out.
06:57 But he's putting them together beautifully now.
07:00 Missed him.
07:02 Much better stuff by Nikita Zhou.
07:04 Nailing Brubaker with some bombs.
07:07 Brubaker misses with that right hand that's been successful.
07:11 And Nikita Zhou.
07:13 He's starting to find his man.
07:20 Yeah, it's just a matter of getting his timing right.
07:22 There's that left hand again.
07:24 Sets up the left hand.
07:26 And now he goes back to that powerful jab.
07:29 There's a huge right hand from Jack Brubaker.
07:33 He takes a left hand from Zhou.
07:36 Let's go, says Brubaker.
07:40 And go they will.
07:42 Unbelievable stuff.
07:45 Another very entertaining fight.
07:50 Incredible.
07:52 Brubaker landed some bombs and he took some bombs
07:55 and he came running back in.
07:57 Well.
07:58 I need to see it again.
07:59 Loosen up and relax, man.
08:01 Okay, relax.
08:02 We know you box your best when you're relaxed, okay?
08:04 I want you to finish with that hook.
08:06 Finish with the hook over the top.
08:08 You had success with it in the first round.
08:09 I want to see it again.
08:10 Okay?
08:11 Breathe for me, bro.
08:12 Breathe.
08:13 Breathe.
08:14 Good boy.
08:15 Breathe.
08:16 Breathe.
08:17 Have a look at some of the highlights from an incredible round.
08:21 Incredible stuff.
08:22 Both boys landed bombs.
08:24 Look at that.
08:25 Flush on Nikita's chin.
08:27 Flush on.
08:28 Big shots from both fighters.
08:31 I spoke to Tim Zhou before the fight and he said he's not as
08:37 nervous as usual.
08:39 But he'll be nervous now because Jack Brubaker is having a
08:42 serious go here against Nikita Zhou.
08:46 And Nikita being so nervous.
08:48 Look at Nikita Zhou.
08:51 And Nikita being very cautious here.
08:54 Well, it looks like he had Brubaker worked out there in round
08:58 two, but all of a sudden Jack came back.
09:02 The right hand of Brubaker has been dangerous, very dangerous.
09:07 And the left hand of Nikita Zhou is his shot, if he can find it.
09:14 Shot from Brubaker, but Zhou comes back.
09:18 Beautiful shots from Nikita.
09:21 Body shot from Nikita Zhou and over the top as well.
09:24 What a beautiful right hook.
09:25 And he rocked him.
09:26 He wobbled.
09:27 He rocked him again.
09:29 And there's blood all over the face of Brubaker here in round three.
09:34 The nose was damaged earlier and he's adding to that is the butcher.
09:40 Counter shot again.
09:42 Brubaker finds his right hand.
09:46 Oh, lovely left hand from Nikita Zhou.
09:49 And on the inside from Zhou as Brubaker threw his right hand.
09:55 Lovely jab from Zhou.
09:56 Powerful jab as well.
09:58 Nikita Zhou has used it to good effect in this fight.
10:01 That powerful jab as Brubaker steps in and he can't find him to the body, Zhou.
10:08 Right hand again from Brubaker.
10:10 Yeah, it's been a winner for Brubaker, that straight right hand.
10:13 He's trying to talk to Nikita Zhou, but Zhou just gets straight back on the jab.
10:18 Now they tangle and they'll try and work on the inside here.
10:21 Brad Bacali will let them.
10:25 Counter shot from Nikita Zhou as Brubaker threw that right hand to the body.
10:32 Left hook.
10:33 Brubaker doubling up the left hand to the body of Nikita Zhou.
10:37 Vicious body shots from Nikita Zhou.
10:41 Loading him up here right above us.
10:43 Nikita Zhou, here he goes.
10:45 Nikita Zhou.
10:47 And Jack Brubaker will need all that toughness that we know he possesses because this is getting nasty.
10:59 Oh, and he throws.
11:03 Oh, he's hit his. He's hit Nikita with the bottom of the right hand.
11:08 Right hand. Look at his eye.
11:10 He's hit his eye.
11:11 And there's damage all over the face of Nikita Zhou, who's on the canvas for his first time as a pro.
11:19 Jack Brubaker surging forward.
11:23 Could he do the unthinkable?
11:25 Brubaker covered in blood.
11:27 Nikita Zhou takes it out with right hand.
11:30 Brubaker's got him.
11:32 He's hurt. He's in all sorts of trouble.
11:34 Jack Brubaker has got Nikita Zhou out on his feet.
11:38 Can he find the shot to finish it?
11:40 Brubaker with a monstrous upset.
11:47 They head to the stools with Nikita Zhou somewhere he has never, ever been.
11:55 Wow.
11:57 Who would have thought?
11:59 And Brubaker's taken to bombs.
12:02 It was a monstrous head clash.
12:04 It was a head clash.
12:06 Was it?
12:07 There it is.
12:08 Oh, yes, it is too.
12:10 So that was the moment, a head clash, that has sent Nikita Zhou down but was ruled a knockdown.
12:20 Yes.
12:21 And there's a lot of damage on the face.
12:27 Look at that.
12:29 That was a massive shot.
12:31 That was the follow-up right hand from Brubaker.
12:35 And somehow he stayed up.
12:38 Let's go, Randy.
12:39 Come on.
12:40 Let's go, bud.
12:43 Oh, my God.
12:44 Has he recovered Nikita Zhou?
12:46 We're about to find out as we head into round number four.
12:51 He's an eight-rounder.
12:57 This is an all-out war.
13:00 Yes, and Brubaker's gained a heap of belief in himself from what he's done with that head.
13:07 Amazing.
13:08 It was a very vicious head clash.
13:11 Yes, it was a brutal head clash, and you can see the swelling underneath the eye as Nikita Zhou throws out power.
13:20 And he turns around that shot.
13:21 He goes to the body.
13:23 Brubaker, though, confidence and toughness as he turns that left hand into the eye of Nikita Zhou.
13:33 Good work from Nikita Zhou there.
13:35 That eye, he surely cannot continue with it too long.
13:39 A tangle here.
13:41 Still over two minutes left in round number four.
13:45 Brubaker's talking to Nikita Zhou.
13:47 Oh, there's a beautiful shot from Nikita Zhou, and another.
13:51 Two powerful shots from Zhou.
13:56 Brubaker's found a home for his right hand all night, and he needs more of those because Zhou is back doing what he does.
14:08 Over the top is Brubaker.
14:10 Nikita needs to land a big left hand and really land a bomb to get right back in the fight because he's in a bad way at the moment.
14:20 He's still throwing good punches, though, Nikita Zhou.
14:22 He is.
14:23 Nikita made that missed one.
14:26 Brubaker looking for something big over the top.
14:29 Oh, beautiful stuff.
14:31 And here goes Zhou.
14:33 Brubaker.
14:35 Brubaker comes back.
14:36 He was rocked for a moment.
14:39 As Zhou looks for something massive and Brubaker throws himself off his feet.
14:49 Inside the final minute of round number four, jabbing is Nikita.
14:54 Lovely jab.
14:56 Needs to land that big right hand from Brubaker.
14:58 Right hand again from Brubaker.
15:00 Into the body goes Nikita Zhou, and over the top he turns that left hand around.
15:06 He's been talking throughout this round as Brubaker, but no longer after taking those big shots.
15:14 There's a beautiful shot with the left hand from Nikita Zhou again.
15:17 Beautifully timed left hand.
15:19 Brubaker showing incredible toughness here.
15:22 One, two, and three.
15:24 And he turns that one around.
15:26 There's Nikita Zhou as he gets on all out attack with blood pouring from the face of Jack Brubaker.
15:40 Nikita Zhou leaps out with an uppercut.
15:46 Oh, there's a good shot to end the round as well.
15:48 That hurt Jack Brubaker, I think, that hook, and he stumbles back towards his corner.
15:53 Incredible stuff.
15:55 Just turned a right hand around, and look at the damage on the face of Brubaker.
16:00 You got a jab there as well, mate.
16:02 You got a jab there as well.
16:04 What the f*** are you doing, brother?
16:06 Don't quit.
16:07 How you feeling?
16:08 I'm feeling good.
16:09 A little bit of a punch on that.
16:11 He's our biggest enemy.
16:13 And these are the highlights from a round which ebbed and flowed and brought more and more power from the young Zhou.
16:24 Yeah, how tough is Brubaker?
16:26 Incredible some of the shots he's taken, but I tell you what, Nikita's eyes in a bad way from that head clash.
16:32 Now I just hope that they overrule that knockdown.
16:36 Beautiful left hand there from Nikita Zhou.
16:39 Well, the knockdown's been scored, so it'll be on the cards if we get to read them.
16:48 Nikita Zhou has scored with big shots throughout this fight, and he will be looking to pour in more of those here in round five.
16:59 Plenty of nervous people in this building right now, given the trajectory of Zhou.
17:08 Well, Nikita was in all sorts of trouble.
17:11 He was wobbling badly.
17:13 He was in a lot of trouble.
17:15 He's come back well.
17:17 Counter shot Brubaker to the body goes Zhou.
17:21 Head over the top, strong left hand.
17:24 Vicious shots.
17:26 Here goes Nikita Zhou.
17:28 He's recovered completely now, and Brubaker's talking, but these are big shots from Zhou.
17:36 Oh, there's a beautiful left hand from Zhou again.
17:40 Brubaker just misses over the top.
17:43 Come to the jab, baby. Come to the jab.
17:46 Come to the jab.
17:49 Brubaker just looking for that right hand.
17:52 There it was, that right hand, and here's Nikita Zhou.
17:56 Great combos from Nikita.
17:58 Perfect left hand from Zhou to sack Brubaker back on his heels again.
18:03 A left hand from Zhou, pinpoint punching.
18:06 [crowd noise]
18:12 Brubaker again comes forward, the right hand.
18:15 What a heart Brubaker's got.
18:17 Oh, extraordinary stuff.
18:19 He's in trouble now.
18:20 Here goes Zhou.
18:23 Uppercut from Brubaker.
18:25 Zhou just rocks back, and he'll pick his shots from here.
18:30 He needs to stay composed and just box within himself,
18:33 land those punches, and try to evade the right hand from Brubaker
18:37 because his right hand is dangerous.
18:39 Badly damaged eye, Nikita Zhou.
18:42 Very badly damaged.
18:43 But still throwing big punches and causing all sorts of mess about the face of Brubaker.
18:53 I know his mom can't watch Nikita Zhou.
18:56 She's seen so many brutal fights involving family members,
19:02 and Tim stares on with a nervous look, but he will have liked that big shot from Zhou.
19:12 He looks for an uppercut.
19:13 How tough is Brubaker though?
19:15 Some of the shots he's taken.
19:17 Well, there's no surprise there.
19:19 We knew that coming in.
19:21 Nikita seems to have slowed up a little.
19:23 That's a body shot.
19:25 That's a beauty from Nikita Zhou.
19:28 Great body from Zhou.
19:29 And he goes to work.
19:31 Big right hand.
19:32 Somehow Brubaker just stays on his feet here.
19:36 15 seconds remaining.
19:37 Big right hand from Brubaker too.
19:40 One, two.
19:41 Look, he's talking to Nikita even though he's getting bombed against the ropes.
19:46 Brad Bacali's going to stop it, I think.
19:48 He's nearly going to stop this fight.
19:52 That's a monster shot from Nikita Zhou, but Brubaker somehow--
19:57 How does he stay up?
19:59 He's so plausible.
20:01 He was hit with absolutely everything, but he did not go down.
20:08 [INTERPOSING VOICES]
20:13 Talk to me.
20:14 How are you feeling?
20:15 I'm all right.
20:16 We're going to see how we go.
20:18 You're a little bit unsteady on your feet, mate.
20:20 Yeah, it's fine.
20:21 [INTERPOSING VOICES]
20:24 OK.
20:25 [INTERPOSING VOICES]
20:28 We're looking at it, too, right?
20:31 [INTERPOSING VOICES]
20:35 Referee Brad Bacali having a good look at Brubaker.
20:39 Well, these highlights are proof that Jack Brubaker is not of this world.
20:46 Yeah.
20:47 He took shots which would knock out any other person within this building tonight,
20:54 and he stayed on his feet.
20:56 I think he should have been pulled out at the end of that round,
21:00 and I'm pretty sure he will be shortly.
21:03 But, jeez, we have seen something from a different realm here.
21:09 Oh, here we go.
21:11 It's time for the towel or the referee to stop this fight,
21:16 because Jack Brubaker is too tough for his own good.
21:21 I was just going to say exactly that, Ben.
21:23 And too tough for this world, quite frankly.
21:27 He's still throwing punches, walking up.
21:30 Oh, how'd he cop that one?
21:32 Look, look, Ben.
21:33 Incredible stuff.
21:35 Brad Bacali having a very good look here.
21:37 [INTERPOSING VOICES]
21:41 Zoo.
21:43 He must be thinking, what do I need to do?
21:46 Definitely.
21:47 He's been damaged.
21:49 He's taken more shots than he's ever thought of,
21:52 in his boxing career.
21:54 And he's given back absolutely everything that he has,
21:58 Nikita Zoo.
21:59 Nikita is hitting with everything that the corners do at the moment.
22:02 He's not missing anything, and he's not getting hit back at the moment,
22:05 either.
22:06 And for the first time in a while, Nikita Zoo smiles.
22:09 But--
22:10 Got nailed then.
22:13 The crowd chanting for Zoo.
22:16 This is extraordinary.
22:17 Halfway through round six, yeah, Brubaker's--
22:21 He's a freak.
22:22 On two, three, four goes Nikita Zoo.
22:28 He talks as well.
22:30 Oh, that's a huge left hand.
22:32 There's the turn.
22:34 It comes in, and it brings an end to the pure butchery we've just
22:41 seen from the young Zoo.
22:45 Nikita, he had to go to places.
22:50 He has never been--
22:51 What a fight.
22:52 --and he emerged from them victorious against a man who is not of this world.
23:01 That was something else.
23:04 That was incredible.
23:06 What have we just seen?
23:11 Nikita Zoo has won this one after hitting the canvas for the first time
23:17 as a professional, albeit of a savage head clash,
23:23 and then producing an absolute barrage.
23:29 He got the blood that he asked for.
23:32 It was his own as well as Brubaker's.
23:35 And after all the talk, now they embrace and they talk some more,
23:42 as they did throughout the fight.
23:45 Great deal of respect there will be between these two, Ben.
23:49 That was something else.
23:51 Murray Michael, you've seen a lot of fights over many, many years.
23:55 Have you seen someone stand up to those shots like Jack Brubaker just did?
24:01 No.
24:02 To be honest, he didn't look like going down at all.
24:04 He is just one tough mother.
24:06 The shots he took--I mean, we know how hard Nikita punches,
24:10 and he had Nikita in a lot of trouble a couple of times.
24:12 He landed his own bombs.
24:14 A brilliant exhibition by Brubaker and a brilliant exhibition by Nikita Zoo
24:19 to come back against adversity with that bad head clash,
24:23 closed eye, incredible stuff, great fight.
24:28 By rights, Brubaker should have been holed on the canvas about 30 times.
24:35 We've seen what Nikita does to people with his power.
24:39 I really thought before the fight that it might go three or four,
24:42 but, man, what a tough guy.
24:44 We're talking about the toughness.
24:45 We should also mention the skill that Brubaker showed,
24:48 the right hands he was producing, and the boxing performance that he brought
24:53 for us tonight, but we have to discuss as well Nikita Zoo,
24:59 who in his seventh professional fight has gone in with a man on that level,
25:04 a warrior with that level of experience, and has climbed off the canvas,
25:10 albeit wrongly, with a badly damaged eye and produced that.
25:15 Incredible.
25:16 He's shown maturity and skill and self-belief and toughness.
25:21 He's made a deal. Incredible.
25:23 He's a zoo.
25:24 He's a zoo, exactly.
25:27 Incredible family.
25:28 That is an extraordinary fight on an incredible night here at the Horton Pavilion,
25:35 where we can make the main event official with Lieutenant Dan Hennessy.
25:41 Fighters to the centre ring, please.
25:44 [crowd noise]
25:54 Fighters to the centre ring, please.
25:56 [crowd noise]
26:08 Ladies and gentlemen, the end comes two minutes and 40 seconds into round six.
26:14 Your referee, Brad Vocali, calls a stop to this contest.
26:18 For your winner by TKO, fighting out of the blue corner,
26:23 Nikita "The Butcher" Stewart!
26:30 [crowd noise]