Moments ago, super middleweight Sakio Bika captured the WBC title after scoring a hard-fought majority decision victory against perviously undefeated Marco Antonio Periban at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Both fighters left it all in the ring as they traded bombs up until the final bell. Relive all the action in FightHype’s round-by-round results.
ROUND 1 Periban circles on the outside. Bika jabs to the body. Wild left hook from Bika misses. Periban misses with a right. Bika swinging with bad intentions. Periban gets in a jab to the body. Right hand lands for Bika. Stiff jab lands for Periban. Bika gets in a 1-2. Nice right lands for Periban, but Bika answers with one of his own. Left and a right lands for Bika. They trade some shots. Jab lands for Bika. Round to Bika.
Bika 10 Periban 9
ROUND 2 Left and a right lands for Bika. Periban gets in a right. Left hook lands for Bika. Periban jabs to the body. Nice right lands for Periban upstairs. Stiff jab lands for Bika. Left hook to the body lands for Periban. Bika answers with one of his own. Right lands for Periban. They trade jabs. Quick combo from Periban. They trade jabs again. Bika lands a right. RIght to the body and a left hook behind the ear lands for Bika. Close round, but I give it to Bika.
Bika 20 Periban 18
ROUND 3 Nice left hook lands for Periban. Now a right lands for Periban. Bika lands a solid right. Periban lands a stiff jab. Overhand right lands for Bika. They trade hard jabs. Left to the body lands for Bika. Periban lands a jab. Left hook to the body lands for Periban. Bika lands a nice 1-2. Overhand right lands for Bika. Stiff jab lands for Periban, but he eats a right in return from Bika. Round to Bika.
Bika 30 Periban 27
ROUND 4 Jab to the body gets in for Bika. Nice left hook upstairs lands for Bika. Periban answers with a nice left. Periban digs to the body. They trade jabs. Now they trade on the inside to the body. Right hand gets in for Periban, but he eats a left from Bika. Now Bika gets pushed to the canvas by Periban. Right and a left lands for Bika. Periban lands a right. Hard right lands for Bika. Hard left hook lands for Bika. Another right lands for Bika. Another. Right hand lands for Periban right at the bell. Round to Bika.
Bika 40 Periban 36
ROUND 5 They trade jabs to start the round. Left to the body lands for Periban. Bika gets in a right. Another right followed by a left hook lands for Bika. Periban lands a counter right, but falls to the ground. They trade jabs. Left hook lands for Bika. Right hand from Bika grazes Periban upstairs. Another right gets in for Bika. Periban being a lot more defensive now; showing a lot of movement. Left hook lands for Periban. Overhand right lands for Bika, but he eats an uppercut from Periban. Round to Bika.
Bika 50 Periban 45
ROUND 6 Bika landing some nice right hands with bad intentions. Nice lead right lands for Periban. Bika gets in an overhand right. Left hook lands for Bika. Periban lands a nice 1-2. Right to the body lands for Periban. Bika lunges forward with a sloppy right hand. Left hook lands for Periban. Round to Periban.
Bika 59 Periban 55
ROUND 7 Left to the body lands for Periban. Right lands for Bika. Nice combination lands for Periban. Bika digs to the body. Nice 1-2 to the body lands for Periban. Left hook lands for Bika. Right to the body lands for Periban. Stiff jab lands for Bika. 1-2 gets in for Periban. Round to Periban.
Bika 68 Periban 65
ROUND 8 They trade jabs. Nice right lands for Bika upstairs. Wild left hook from Bika misses, but he connects with a right. Another right lands for Bika. Hard left to the body lands for Periban. A break in the action after a clash of heads. Periban is bleeding from the cut. Accidental headbutt the referee says. The action resumes. They trade jabs. 1-2 lands for Perivan. Bika lands some big shots as both men swing wildly. Round to Bika.
Bika 78 Perivan 74
ROUND 9 Short right lands upstairs for Periban. HARD left hook lands for Bika. Periban lands a 1-2. Bika digs a left to the body. Another left hook lands upstairs for Bika. Stiff jab lands for Bika. Bika lands a right. Periban gets in a nice combination. Both men trade punches in the center of the ring. HARD right lands for Bika. Periban gets in another como. 1-2 lands for Periban. Round to Periban.
Bika 87 Periban 84
ROUND 10 Lead right and a left hook lands for Periban. They trade some jabs. Bika lands a right cross. Right and a left lands for Bika. Periban digs to the body. Looping right hand lands for Bika. They trade to the body. Right and a left lands for Bika, but he eats a right from Periban. Close round, but I give it to Bika.
Bika 97 Periban 93
ROUND 11 Jab lands for Periban. Right to the body lands for Periban. Jab and a right lands for Bika. Another right lands for Bika. Another break in the action after a clash of heads. Now Bika is cut. Action resumes. They trade rights. Nice uppercut lands for Periban. Bika lands a left. They trade jabs. Bika digs a right to the body. Periban grazes him with a right. Lead right lands for Bika. They trade shots upstairs. 1-2 lands for Periban. They trade on the inside. Round to Bika.
Bika 107 Periban 102
ROUND 12 Nice right lands for Periban. They trade left hooks. 1-2 lands for Periban. Another nice right lands for Periban. Bika looks tired, but he lands a right. Periban presses forward and continues to throw punches. Right lands for Periban. 1-2 lands for Bika. BIG right lands for Bika. Another. Left hook lands for Bika. Another right lands for Bika. Now Periban lands a HARD right. Bika answers with a 1-2. Both men throwing bombs. Another right lands for Bika. Bika has nothing left, but somehow he’s still throwing bombs. Right and a left lands for Bika. Another right lands for Bika. The crowd is on their feet. Round to Bika. Good scrap.
Bika 117 Periban 111
Official judges scorecards: 114-114, 116-112, 115-113
THE WINNER BY MAJORITY DECISION…SAKIO BIKA
