Brittany Sims W10 Shera Mae Patricio... In Arlington, Texas, Brittany Sims and Shera Mae Patricio fought to a split draw. The scores were an irreconcilable 90-100, 97-93 and 95-95). According to MVP, it was close and busy from the opening bell, with both women trading in the center and Patricio pressing with fast combinations to the body. Sims answered with uppercuts and right hands on the inside, and a hematoma grew over Patricio’s left eye from the fourth, partly from head clashes. Patricio rallied in the eighth and ninth, Sims landed the heavier right hands late, and the judges saw three completely different fights. The WBA's regular bantamweight title remains vacant; Dina Thorslund remaining the undisputed world champion.
ADDITIONAL RESULTS
In the junior welterweight division, Albina Moldazhanova of Russia (6-0 with 6 KOs) stopped Kirstie Bavington in the fourth round. Moldazhanova hurt Bavington (10-7-2) with a left hand in the first round and spent the next two working her body, landing heavy left hands every time Bavington tried to come forward. Bavington held on and had moments with her jab and right hands in the third. Early in the fourth a combination capped by a left put her down, and although she beat the count the referee waved it off at 0:44.
In a minor upset, Nayeli Rodriguez of Texas edged Philadelphia's Natalie Dove via split decision. Two judges favored Rodriguez five rounds to three, overruling one judge who had it five to three the other way. Dove had the better of the early rounds, working behind the jab and digging to the body through the first three. Rodriguez grew into the fight from the fourth, answering with combinations upstairs and down, and the middle rounds were close and busy. She finished stronger in the sixth and eighth with quick combinations, and two of the three judges had her ahead.
