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00:00And the referee in charge of the action, Ray Corona.
00:06Ray Corona getting this assignment.
00:09We are scheduled four rounds of boxing
00:10in the Super Featherweight division.
00:12It is the undefeated Abel Mejia,
00:16taking on Tijuana's Jose Correa.
00:22TJ DeSantis along with Perro Gonzalez
00:24inside the Commerce Casino in Southern California.
00:28That is the site of Tom Loeffler's Hollywood Fight Nights.
00:32And we are underway.
00:34In the purple with white trim is Abel Mejia.
00:37In the red with black is Mexico's Jose Correa.
00:41Abel looks smooth tonight.
00:42That is my comment on his incredible outfit there.
00:47Fast hands on display here early of Abel Mejia.
00:51Remember his performance earlier this year.
00:53Perro, he literally showered me in his opponent's blood
00:56and it was a fight that only lasted
00:57two minutes and 15 seconds.
00:59He's got beautiful, beautiful footwork
01:01and movement here tonight.
01:03Very, very understanding of his range.
01:06Able to move around the body and just land these shots.
01:11He looks incredible thus far, TJ.
01:13Correa complaining about a clash of heads
01:15there on the inside.
01:19Nice job there from Correa.
01:22Landing some big power shots, but.
01:24Mejia does a fantastic job of staying in the pocket
01:28and still finding his range within these tight little,
01:30these tight little spaces here.
01:33Mejia said he believed that he was going to be able
01:35to get a stoppage in this fight,
01:37but didn't want to force it.
01:38Wanted to stress patience in this fight
01:40and make sure that he waits for the moment to arrive
01:43rather than forcing the issue himself.
01:45Yes, he said the most progress he's made
01:47in this fight camp was his fluidity in his boxing
01:50and just putting his combinations together
01:52as we see so far, TJ.
01:54He's doing a phenomenal job of just putting everything
01:56together and just beautifully.
01:59Halfway point.
02:00Smooth like his outfit.
02:01I like that.
02:02Halfway point of this first round.
02:06And the way that Mejia, you know, conducts himself.
02:09You said a multiple time starter fighter interview.
02:11He's very mature.
02:13He seems like a guy who's fighting in his mid thirties
02:15and been doing it for 20 years
02:17rather than just being, you know, 20 years of age.
02:19And he carries that outside of the ring, TJ.
02:21I mean, he's so disciplined, so focused on his career.
02:25He understands the hard work, the discipline,
02:28the focus that it takes to be a world champion
02:31and to build his legacy.
02:33Not just for him, but for his family.
02:35That's what he wants to do is he wants to take his family
02:37out of the neighborhood and take care of them
02:39for all they've done for him.
02:42Beautiful right hand to the body from Abel.
02:47Clawing that jab is Mejia.
02:50His movement is just so crisp, it's so sharp.
02:52He's got beautiful feints, beautiful footwork.
03:00Correa's having a tough time figuring out
03:03what to do in this fight right now.
03:06He's a ferocious fighter.
03:07He has great power, but it's the elusivity.
03:10The elusiveness, excuse me.
03:12It's elusivity at work.
03:13It's a hard word to figure out.
03:15Hard word to find, if you will.
03:18Final 10 seconds of this opening round.
03:22Final 10 seconds of this opening round.
03:31There we go.
03:32Our first of four in the books.
03:34Another solid round turned in by the young man, Abel Mejia.
03:39Abel Mejia looked fantastic in that first round.
03:41I love his range control.
03:43He's got beautiful range control.
03:45He knows where his shots are.
03:48He knows where the target is and doesn't move out of range.
03:52He's got very short movements from him
03:54and finds his way to his target.
03:57It was a great performance so far.
03:59There was that inadvertent flash of heads
04:01that Correa was complaining about.
04:05Correa needs to make some adjustments here.
04:07The big shots, the trading in the phone booth
04:11and a firefight is not gonna work tonight.
04:13So he's gotta make some adjustments
04:14and figure out another way in.
04:18Correa does own the advantage as far as experience
04:22is concerned.
04:23We'll see if he can call upon that here.
04:26The experience for Abel Mejia has been nothing
04:29but success 4-0.
04:31He's shined in this venue multiple times
04:34and so far so good as we enter round number two.
04:42Big swing and a miss by the Mexican
04:44with the right hand over the top.
04:46His jab does him well.
04:48His tight punches do well for Correa.
04:50He can stay tight, stay sharp.
04:52That's really gonna help him in this fight
04:53because Abel is just, he's so fine tuned.
04:59Very little movement, very little air
05:01from Abel tonight.
05:03So he's gotta tighten everything up right now, Correa does.
05:06Correa comes from a family of fighting too.
05:08His, as I said, his daughter's fight.
05:10His dad loved martial arts.
05:12He grew up just loving to fight.
05:14So he's been in the fight game his whole life.
05:17You can assume that he is going to be able
05:19to make some adjustments here tonight.
05:21He's hoping to make the most of one
05:22of the biggest opportunities of his career fighting
05:24in the United States for the very first time.
05:26But it's a hard left hand by Mejia.
05:29Great combination from Mejia there.
05:32You mentioned Mejia, very tight with his punches,
05:34always working behind that jab,
05:37not getting too aggressive and getting loopy by any means.
05:40He knows what the task and mission is in front of him
05:43and he's sticking to the game plan.
05:44He is, and if you watch his footwork,
05:46it's so short, it's so tight.
05:48So he's making such great use of his energy.
05:53Efficient is what he is tonight, TJ.
05:58Beautiful one-two from Mejia.
06:00Combination of punches there on point.
06:03Oh my!
06:04Never say never, Correa drops Mejia
06:08and the young man finds himself on wobbly legs.
06:11Oh my goodness, he's on skates right now.
06:16Wow.
06:19Oh God.
06:20Referee laying in the count.
06:23Mejia.
06:23Big moment, a very big moment in this fight, TJ.
06:26Mejia's gotta get on his bicycle right now
06:28and give himself some time to recover.
06:30Correa trying to work the body back to the head.
06:33Oh my goodness.
06:34Mejia in a ton of trouble, one minute remains.
06:37Oh my gosh, can he survive, TJ?
06:39It is a long minute to weather this storm, the referee.
06:43This is when you need to tie up,
06:45this is when you need to tie up.
06:46He's still on skates, TJ.
06:48He's gotta move, he's gotta move a little bit
06:50just to survive this round and get through it.
06:53A huge test being laid in front of the young man,
06:58Abel Mejia.
07:01There you go, he's recovering now.
07:02He's starting to find his recovery.
07:05He's getting his feet underneath him in this round here.
07:09He's got 30 seconds to weather this storm.
07:12Stop, stop.
07:15My, how things can change in a fight.
07:18They change in an instant.
07:19This is the beauty of boxing, right here
07:22in the second round of this fight, TJ.
07:31Nice one too, Anthony.
07:33We are now at the halfway point of this fight
07:36and let's take a look at that replay.
07:38Oh my goodness.
07:40Tijuana's Jose Perea plants Abel Mejia.
07:47Landed on that button and just turned the lights out
07:50followed by a left hook.
07:51It was absolutely beautiful.
07:55What a shot and followed it up with that hook.
07:58Watch the hook.
07:59Oh, and then the hook.
08:01Oh my goodness, that's what froze him a little bit there.
08:04One more look at it here, Pearl.
08:05Oh my goodness, the right hand landed perfectly, TJ
08:08and that left hook is what froze Mejia,
08:10but Mejia did a fantastic job of weathering the storm,
08:14getting his feet underneath him at the end of that round
08:16because he was on skates.
08:18That was a nasty combination that was landed.
08:22And Perea did everything in his power
08:24to not let Mejia off the hook,
08:27but ultimately the young man able to continue.
08:31And now we are headed into round number three.
08:35Abel looks recovered here.
08:36He looks good.
08:38Under his, he's back on his bicycle here,
08:40landing that beautiful jab of his.
08:43But Perea has confidence now.
08:46He's got confidence.
08:47He knows he can shut the lights out tonight.
08:52See if Mejia can get back in this fight in a big way.
08:56And the jab is perfect right now.
08:58Land the jab, find your target, find your range,
09:01recover a little bit more, regain some strength,
09:03and then he can come back and get fancy.
09:05But for right now, there, just continue to land that jab.
09:14We'll see how aggressive Perea wants to get.
09:16The crowd now coming alive for Abel Mejia.
09:21As they should, and Abel's doing a great job right now.
09:24He really is doing a great job of still looking tight
09:28and sharp after such a big round like that.
09:36There's that jab again on point by Abel Mejia.
09:39That's all he needs right now is that jab.
09:45It's landing, it's sharp, it's strong.
09:48And it's hard to deal with.
09:50Very difficult to deal with this jab.
09:57Halfway point here of this third round.
10:00Duck Fisher alongside us.
10:03I mean, huge test duck for Abel Mejia
10:05after getting dropped badly in that second round.
10:12One point, 19 to 18.
10:17But a 10-8 round in a four-round contest,
10:21that hurts the fighter who was dropped a lot.
10:24Pearl, I believe we got a cut due to accidental headbutt.
10:27Yes, and he's cut.
10:30That's a nasty cut.
10:31The corner of the right eye of Correa.
10:36It's the final minute of this third round.
10:39Gorgeous right hand from Mejia.
10:42Oh, nice left hand finds a hold for Mejia.
10:45What a comeback, TJ, what a comeback.
10:50And just looking at Abel Mejia's eyes in this round, Pearl,
10:53he's a completely different fighter
10:54than he was in the second round.
10:55Yes, he is, and what a way to adjust.
10:58What a way to overcome and get back into this fight
11:02and land these big shots here and cut open Correa.
11:05Oh!
11:07Correa forced to backpedal
11:10as Mejia is peppering that jab.
11:14What a fantastic round from Mejia here,
11:16and it all started with that jab.
11:19What a great way to come back.
11:22Final 10 seconds of this third round.
11:31Yes.
11:36Three corners of the way through this one.
11:41And it was an accidental headbutt
11:44that caused the cut over the right eye of Jose Correa.
11:49Pearl, walk us through some of the actions.
11:51I mean, Abel just did a beautiful job
11:53of landing these sharp, tight shots.
11:55Look at the right hand, landed,
11:56and then followed by a left hook.
11:59I mean, he really did a fantastic job of coming back
12:02and being in this fight.
12:06The headbutt there, you can see he's cut open.
12:08That's a nasty cut that's gonna affect Correa.
12:12Now in the corner of Jose Correa,
12:14he had a huge second round,
12:16but now facing some adversity
12:18with that cut over the right eye.
12:21The cut, the strikes that he's gotta deal with right now,
12:24the movement of Abel Mejia.
12:26I'm sure he's like, how is this guy still standing
12:29after what I did to him in the second round?
12:32Fourth and final round ready to get underway.
12:37Abel Mejia in the purple, Jose Correa in the red.
12:40TJ DeSantis along with Pearl Gonzalez,
12:42Doug Fisher joining us as well inside the Commerce Casino.
12:46This is the site of Tom Lafleur's
12:47360 Promotions Hollywood Fight Nights.
12:57Now clinched up here, goes Correa.
13:02What a hard fought fight.
13:03Mejia has to keep his foot on the gas.
13:06He's gotta make a statement in this fourth round here.
13:11Beautiful left hook.
13:12Hold for it.
13:13Oh my goodness, what a statement!
13:16Mejia drops Correa, and it looks like he might not get up.
13:22God, TJ, what a fight!
13:26Oh my goodness!
13:29Oh!
13:30Abel Mejia still undefeated!
13:34What a fight, TJ!
13:36What a way to come back after such adversity
13:40that he dealt with in that second round.
13:42Unbelievable, you wanna talk about a test?
13:45Abel Mejia answers the call,
13:48and he passes with flying colors.
13:49He put an exclamation point on that, TJ.
13:53Oh my goodness.
13:54That is everything you wanna see from a young man
13:57who is going up the ladder in professional boxing.
14:01He remains undefeated, but it was not without adversity.
14:05Abel Mejia has shined on the stage in the past,
14:08and tonight he turns in the best performance of his career.
14:10What an incredible fight,
14:12but just his fifth professional fight tonight, TJ.
14:14What an incredible performance from Abel Mejia.
14:18Pearl walking through this knockout.
14:20Oh my goodness, here, the left hook landed on the button
14:23and just turned the lights out.
14:25Cut the lights out, and he knew it instantly.
14:28He knew that that was it.
14:29That was the only shot he needed tonight,
14:31was that left hook.
14:33Incredible!
14:35Oh my goodness.
14:36I know Leon Edwards is fighting tomorrow,
14:38but that was a headshot, bang, kill right there.
14:41Headshot dead, is what he would say,
14:44and that was absolutely incredible.
14:47Unbelievable stuff by Abel Mejia.
14:51Just five fights in his professional career.
14:54And again, maybe not the best performance
14:57as he was dropped badly,
14:58but you want to know a fighter
15:00could walk through adversity,
15:02and Abel Mejia, it looked like he was gonna be
15:05potentially stopping that second round,
15:06but he does what he does best,
15:08bites down on the mouthpiece,
15:09gets back into the fight,
15:10and he ends it on his own terms.
15:12Coming from a fighter's perspective,
15:14I don't think you could ask for a better fight than that.
15:17You want to showcase that you can be
15:20knocked down and get right back up,
15:23and then finish the fight, TJ.
15:25That was an amazing performance.
15:26I have to believe that that is the highlight
15:29in Abel Mejia's young career.
15:31Absolutely, undefeated.
15:32The O stays intact, a knockout victory,
15:35and a highlight attitude is real.
15:38One that will be there for many years to come.
15:43All right, for the official time of the stoppage,
15:45we go inside the ring to Matt Perrini.
15:51Ladies and gentlemen, the bout has come to a halt
15:55at 55 seconds, and round number four,
15:58declaring the winner by knockout,
16:03Abel Mejia!
16:09Abel Mejia sold 230 tickets,
16:12but I don't think there is a man, woman, or child
16:15in this arena tonight that isn't a fan
16:18of this young man, Pearl Gonzales.
16:20Absolutely, that was an amazing fight.
16:22A highlight fight tonight.
16:24I would not be surprised if that skit's called
16:27Fight of the Night tonight, TJ.
16:28That was an amazing performance.
16:31He overcame everything, he adjusted,
16:33he overcame being knocked down,
16:36and almost out, and came to finish the fight.
16:39As a fighter, you cannot ask for a better performance.
16:41You cannot ask for a better fight.
16:42Absolutely, I mean, they are called fighters.
16:44They need to fight through adversity.
16:46Abel Mejia does that, goes back on the offense,
16:50and when he landed that left hook,
16:52oh my goodness, Pearl, it is one that he will remember
16:55for probably the rest of his career.
16:57Absolutely, lights out.
16:59Take a look at this action as Abel Mejia turns in
17:03another performance that earns him the fifth win
17:06of his professional career.
17:08A fan favorite for good reason,
17:10but it was Mexico's Jose Correa that made him work for it.
17:15Put him on the floor in the second round,
17:17but it was Mejia that answered the call,
17:20comes back, and when he lands this left hook,
17:23he makes it count.
17:24Oh my goodness, it was lights out.
17:27Correa forgot to pay the light bill
17:29because the lights got cut tonight.
17:32What a fight, what an incredible fight for Abel Mejia.
17:36Undefeated, the O stays intact now,
17:39five and O, Abel Mejia.