Johnny Fisher vs. Michael Pirotton Zuffa Boxing Live Updates, Highlights and Results

One card agreed with the B/R score and had it even at 95 apiece, but it was overruled by 98-92 and 96-95 counts for Fisher that gave the hometown hero a majority decision.

He improved to 15-1 and won a 10-round nod for the second time.

Pirotton slipped to 12-3 and lost by decision for the third time.

Yeah, this wasn't supposed to happen.

Fisher wasn't supposed to be pushed. He wasn't supposed to be damaged.

And he wasn't expected to go 10 rounds for the second time in his career.

But he sprang up from a bob-and-weave crouch with a hard right hand that wobbled Pirotton in the final round, which earned him the round and salvaged a draw—5-5 in rounds and 95-95 on points on B/R's card.

Could it be 8-2 for the hometown guy? Sure. But it wouldn't be right.

The start of the seventh was delayed thanks to another medical look at Pirotton's swollen and cut right eye, but the fight continued.

Pirotton fought on the front foot once things got going as Fisher seemed to be aiming for a meaningful counter shot. Fisher was busier in the final 90 seconds and worked effectively enough to the body to warrant getting the round on the B/R scorecard and pulling into his first lead with nine minutes remaining.

The Belgian fighter was effective again in the eighth as Fisher slowed, and Pirotton continued to gesture to the crowd at round's end as if he believed he was well in control.

Pirotton's arrival in the ninth round was the first of his career and Fisher's was just his second, and both looked gassed to begin the penultimate session, but Pirotton was still on the front foot and was winning the visual battle if nothing else.

Good enough for the B/R scorecard, which had the visitor up, 86-85, on points.

Pirotton left his stool to start the fourth with a gash over his right eye and having taken prolonged punishment in the third, but he worked well with long, straight punches.

A brief timeout was taken at the 1:46 mark of the fourth to check Pirotton's cut, which was dripping blood but didn't seem to be impacting the fighter. Fisher used the break to summon energy though and greeted the restart with a surge to both the head and body.

Seeing the fifth round for just the fifth time in his career, Fisher was again less active and allowed Pirotton to retake the initiative with shots to the head and body. A hard left/right combination prompted Pirotton to gesture to the crowd and Fisher didn't respond until a hard left hook left Pirotton wobbly legged in the final 10 seconds.

Analysts Max Kellerman and Andre Ward seem to think Fisher is building a lead, but the B/R scorecard has it dead even—3-3 in rounds and 57-57 on points—through six rounds.

Pirotton landed a clean right/left early in the first round and it seemed to dissuade Fisher from his usual torrent of offense, though he did swing and miss wildly several times.

Ominously, Fisher was huffing and puffing in his corner after just three minutes.

Pirotton scored well with counter right hands in the second and seemed to have Fisher perplexed in an arena whose fans were singing loudly in support of him.

Fisher did land a couple of left hands that set Pirotton in evasive motion late in the second, which was his only real positive through the first six minutes.

A clubbing right hand from Fisher made Pirotton move and then hold early in the third, and another stiffened his legs about 90 seconds in.

It's 2-1 for the underdog, or 29-28 on points, through three rounds.

The main event is here.

Johnny Fisher looks for his 12th career KO in four rounds or less while Pirotton, who's been beaten twice by decision but never stopped, aims for an upset on unfriendly turf.

Pirotton is 2-0 in 2026 since losing in November 2025.

Fisher suffered his lone career loss in May 2025, but he came back for a fourth-round TKO win seven months later and hasn't fought in this calendar year.

The final-round knockdown didn't wind up sealing the deal, but the right guy won, with Kalajdzic earning a unanimous decision with matching scores of 97-92 across the board.

Presumably, that means each judge gave him seven of 10 rounds.

B/R's card gave him six of 10.

I told myself I don't want to have fights like that again.

"Every time I hit him with the right hand it felt like I hurt him, and I was gonna get him out of there," Kalajdzic said. "He hurt my hand I hit him so much. He's a tough guy."

Speaking of rallies, Richards came out and landed hard blows to the body in the first minute of the 10th round that had Kalajdzic moving away from further danger.

Richards looked like the fresher of the two fighters entering the stretch, but Kaladjzic rattled him with a series of hard one-twos in the final minute. Richards seemed on the way to winning the round and maybe salvaging a draw, was dropped for the first time in his career with a short right hand in the final seconds.

The B/R scorecard gave Kaladjzic the round and the fight, 96-93.

One thing's for certain. Neither fighter is going to concede to losing this one.

The momentum went back to Richards early in the seventh when he scored with a long right hand that sent Kalajdzic to the ropes. Kalajdzic survived again, however, and landed the more impactful shots in the back half of the round.

Kalajdzic was faster and busier in the eighth and kept up the good work in the ninth to take a slim 86-85 lead on the B/R scorecard heading into the final three minutes.

It's possible the margin is wider or that Richards has a lead.

Kalajdzic started the fourth by taking a few jabs to the head from Richards, but he scored later with jabs and hard rights to the body. A left to the head wobbled Richards just past the midway point and he was driven to the ropes with a prolonged flurry soon after.

Richards survived the onslaught and rallied late in the fourth, then took the initiative with jabs and solid body work in the fifth.

The back-and-forth nature of the fight continued in the sixth as Kalajdzic scored with a hard right that sent Richards reeling and followed up with a left.

The B/R scorecard has it dead even, 57-57 in points, through six rounds.

Kalajdzic was bouncy and frenetic as he moved forward early in the first, but Richards was more stationary and worked effectively behind a strong left jab.

Neither man committed to doing much beyond the jab, though, and Richards's lands were more memorable.

Kalajdzic seemed more willing to let his hands go in the second and took the initiative with superior speed and sharpness, landing noticeable rights that were jarring if not concussive.

Richards responded in the third and landed a hard right that stiffened Kalajdzic's legs midway through the round.

Again, it's not a blowout, but we've got Richards up 2-1 in rounds and 29-28 on points on the B/R scorecard.

Three hours later, we've reached the co-main event fight on the card.

Former light heavyweight title challenger Craig Richards debuts with the promotion in a scheduled 10-rounder with Radivoje Kalajdzic.

Richards, now 36, lost a 12-round decision to Dmitry Bivol in 2021 while Kalajdzic was stopped in five rounds by Artur Beterbiev in 2019.

Kalajdzic is 6-1 in seven fights since that loss while Richards is 4-2 since losing to Bivol.

The B/R scorecard had it slightly closer than the official tallies, but our eyes were not deceiving us as Cutler indeed earned a unanimous decision verdict.

The judges had it 98-92, 97-93 and 97-93 for the winner.

"There were so many times I thought I was getting tired and I was going to get closer to him," Cutler said, "but my corner kept preaching discipline, discipline, discipline."

Neither corner team gave a particularly memorable speech before the final round and Greene, though slightly more urgent in his approach, was hardly going for a dramatic rally.

Cutler stayed on his jab and kept it from being a particularly impactful final three minutes, maybe losing the round but staying upright to earn what B/R has as a 96-94 scorecard.

If the judges agree, Cutler moves to 17-2 while Greene falls to 19-5.

Analysts Andre Ward and Max Kellerman began suggesting in Round 7 that Greene was running out of time to land a meaningful shot, given Cutler's disciplined approach.

Cutler should be comfortable down the stretch given three career wins by decision over 10 rounds, while Greene is just 1-3 in four previous fights that have gone beyond Round 8.

Greene did score enough to win a slow eighth round against Cutler, but the quicker, sharper Cutler rebounded in the ninth when he went back to his jabs and brief flurries.

There are still three minutes of peril to avoid, but the B/R scorecard has Cutler comfortably ahead—87-84 on points and 6-3 in rounds.

Nicked alongside his right eye, Cutler was drawn into more prolonged exchanges in the fourth and wasn't as effective, allowing Greene to build momentum.

Cutler was back at his fundamental best in the fifth, though, scoring with quick jabs and snapping rights while keeping Greene's work rate down.

"He's boxing well," analyst Andre Ward said, "but he can't let the work go down the drain with one mistake."

It's hardly dominance, but the higher frequency of Cutler's effectiveness has him up 4-2 in rounds—and 58-56 in points—on the B/R scorecard.

Cutler, who bills himself as "Chaos," fought with a controlled, deliberate approach early behind a busy left jab that maintained distance. He fared well when his back touched the ropes, too, pivoting with his feet and moving his hands to elude danger.

"We're still waiting for a fight to break out in this one," analyst Max Kellerman said.

Greene landed a hard overhand right early in the third and suddenly looked energized, and he immediately pressed the action and bulled Cutler to the ropes. Cutler responded well to the adversity, though, and didn't encounter any substantial danger.

The strong start has Cutler ahead, 29-28, on the B/R scorecard.

We're into the top half of the main card and back into 10-round territory with a middleweight clash matching British rivals Louis Greene and Lee Cutler.

Greene is 19-4 with 12 KOs and arrives having won three in a row by stoppage in a total of 13 rounds.

Meanwhile, Cutler is 16-2 with eight KOs and returned for a victory in June after a technical decision loss to Sam Eggington in April 2025.

Allen looked the part of an emerging prospect throughout nine minutes of one-way traffic, prompting Kiss's corner into a between-rounds surrender after the third.

The official time was 3:00 of Round 3.

It was the seventh stoppage loss of Kiss's 11-year pro career and her third straight defeat by that method since the start of 2024.

"She retired in the corner," Allen said. "That says a lot about me. I got the job done."

Allen was faster, sharper, and more aggressive from the start against her far more experienced opponent, clipping Kiss with a solid right hand halfway through the first.

Another hard right from Allen came in the first 10 seconds of Round 2 and Kiss replied with arm punches that prompted analyst Max Kellerman to label her a "barroom style" fighter.

Kiss turned her back in a corner and was hit with a pair of hard shots from Allen, prompting a standing 8-count in the final seconds of the second round. Kiss was battered through the third round, too, prompting suggestions from Kellerman that her corner team stop the fight.

The corner did so before the start of the fourth, giving Allen a win in her pro debut.

It's Kayla Allen time as the 22-year-old London resident takes her first walk to a pro ring for the first women's fight in the promotion's brief history.

Her opponent, Edina Kiss, 36, has an inglorious 17-21 record with 10 KOs and a 2-13 slate in her last 15 fights, but she has fought Amanda Serrano twice (losing both by KO) in 2016 and 2017 and was KO'd by Mikaela Mayer in three rounds in 2018.

The first fight with Serrano was her first pro loss after a 6-0 start.

The B/R scorecard matched two of the three official calls, with two judges agreeing with our 96-94 count and the other seeing it 97-93, all for Ruiz.

He's now won three in a row since a first-round KO loss to Elias Mauricio Haedo in 2024.

"I knew I was the underdog," Ruiz said. "It motivated me even more."

It was just a third time over 10 rounds for Ruiz compared to five for Tapia, but the man less accustomed to long distance was the man who looked better prepared for it.

B/R gave Ruiz six of the final seven rounds after he'd fallen into a 3-0 hole, providing Ruiz a 96-94 edge in points on the unofficial scorecard.

If the judges agree, it's 18 wins in 19 pro fights for Ruiz and ninth by decision.

Tapia, probably, loses for the first time and falls to 18-1-1.

Tapia went back to the jab to try and maintain distance in Round 7, but Ruiz continued to press and dug to the body whenever he got the chance to get close, prompting Tapia to look fatigued.

Ruiz looked the part of a winner in the eighth with consistent pressure as Tapia moved and flung wide punches that analyst Andre Ward referred to as "get off me" punches.

"In a (close) fight like this, separation is the word and separation is the key," Ward said. "Ruiz is starting to get separation. It's the skill but it's also the will. We're seeing the will right now. He's pulled away from a nip-and-tuck fight early on."

Still, with only one round to go of 10, it's probably close.

We've got it 86-85 for Ruiz (five rounds to four) on the B/R card.

The fight transitioned into a close-quarters battle in the fourth with the foes putting their heads on each other's shoulders and firing hard shots.

Ruiz scored to the body and earned his first check mark on the B/R scorecard.

Ruiz played sound defense with his arms and countered well in the fifth and looked to be gaining momentum as the fight passed the midway point.

Ruiz was the aggressor in the sixth and had Tapia moving laterally to avoid prolonged in-close exchanges. Visibly, he was carried the fight and pulled even, 57-57, on B/R's card.

The fighters, similar in height, reach and experience, were mirror images of one another in the early going with neither willing to commit to an all-out attack.

Tapia was slightly busier in the back half of the first round and tried to penetrate Ruiz's high guard with a long jab and a follow-up straight right.

More of the same followed in the second and Tapia scored well when he closed distance and landed intermittent shots to Ruiz's body, taking advantage of his foe's inactivity.

Ruiz did his best early work in the third and scored with a hard left hook midway through the round, but Tapia was still most effective and leads, 30-27, on the B/R scorecard.

One quick finish brings bout No. 2 to the ring in the form of middleweights Cesar Mateo Tapia and Leo Ruiz, who are scheduled for 10 rounds.

Tapia, a native of Mexico, has fought 15 of his 19 pro bouts in Australia.

He's 18-0-1 with 11 KOs since 2016 while Ruiz arrives at 17-1 with nine KOs and has won two straight since his lone career loss, by first-round KO, in December 2024.

The official time, after two official knockdowns and another that was on the verge of happening as the end came, was 32 seconds of the second round.

MacMillan improved to 5-0, scored his fourth KO, and looked the part of a prospect.

"Somebody's 0 had to go," he said, "and it definitely wasn't mine on this night."

Fighting a lefty for the third time in five fights, MacMillan pressed forward to begin the first round while Azagier moved his hands and feet well, but had his chin up in the air, too.

MacMillan dropped Azagier barely two minutes into the first with a counter right hand. Azagier rose quickly and took most of the referee's 8-count on his feet. Azagier went down again from a left about 30 seconds later and was being pasted with shots at the bell.

MacMillan was aggressive to begin the second and landed enough to prompt a towel throw as a sign of surrender from Azagier's corner as their fighter tumbled to the floor again.

"(MacMillan) walked to the ring with a level of arrogance," analyst Andre Ward said. "He expects to win."

The move of one bout from the main card elevated the super welterweight six-rounder matching Alex MacMillan and Guillaume Azagier to the big show.

MacMillan, billed as "The Villain," is 4-0 with three KOs since turning pro in November 2025, while Azagier, an import from France, won his first two pro bouts, both in 2025.

One of the main card bouts won't be just another main card bout.

It'll be the pro debut of British prospect Kayla Allen, who was the first female fighter signed by the Zuffa Boxing promotion.

She'll face late sub Edina Kiss in a scheduled six-rounder.