Sebastian Fundora vs. Ermal Hadribeaj Live Updates, Highlights and Results

The official time was 2:59 of round 12, literally the last second of the fight, for the dramatic TKO win scored by Fundora to retain his WBC championship.

The champion improved to 25-1-1 and scored his 17th KO.

He landed 202 of 779 punches to 144 of 446 for Hadribeaj.

"It was an interesting fight," Fundora said. "I had to show everybody again that I can fight on the inside. But we'll go back to the gym and fix some things."

Hadribeaj fell flat on his back and took the first few seconds of the count in that position before climbing to his left side and ultimately standing, though referee Thomas Taylor waved it off as Hadribeaj wobbled backward.

"(Fundora is) dangerous. He's classy and he says all the right things," analyst Sergio Mora said. "Always looking for the knockout and getting it in the end. That's impressive."

The momentum was long going in the champion's favor and the scorecards widened again when referee Thomas Taylor docked Hadribeaj another point in the 11th for holding.

An exhausted challenger was dumped from a long left hand in the final seconds of the 12th, but he rose, wobbled backward, and was waved off by referee Thomas Taylor. The bell rang while Hadribeaj was down, meaning the fight would have been over anyway, but Thomas still intervened and awarded the TKO.

Had he made the final bell without falling, it would have been a wide decision in the champion's favor. B/R had it 108-99 for Fundora through 11 rounds.

"The fight was beaten out of Hadribeaj," analyst Sergio Mora said.

Fundora's left uppercut continued to be the fight's most effective punch into the seventh round, and Hadribeaj began showing fatigue during the round from both the fight's intense physicality and the frequent body blows he's taken.

Hadribeaj came out firing in the eighth with a sudden burst of energy, but the fight settled into its previous pace after Fundora landed a hard left uppercut to the jaw. A series of uppercuts in the middle minute and a sweeping left in the final seconds probably turned the round in the champion's favor.

You want to be generous and suggest the challenger has nicked three rounds along the way, OK, we'll bite. B/R has it 6-3 in rounds and 87-83 on points with three rounds to go.

Hadribeaj is using his physicality to remain competitive in close, and he landed enough winging rights and lefts to make things interesting in the fourth. It may take volume, though, because those single shots don't seem to be dissuading Fundora too much.

It seems odd given his height and long arms, but Fundora was increasingly more effective in close quarters as the fight approached its halfway point. And, short of landing a fight-altering shot, it's getting harder to see Hadribeaj's path given that he's being outworked both at a distance and inside.

B/R has it 4-2 in rounds and 58-55—thanks to the one-point foul—for Fundora through six.

Fundora used his freakish 80-inch reach to keep Hadribeaj off early with a long, southpaw jab, but the challenger did unleash a left-right to the taller man's body about a minute into the first round and scored occasionally with his own southpaw jabs followed by long lefts.

Hadribeaj was hit with a sneaky hard left early in the second and wobbled before a prolonged clinch. Once he regained his composure, however, the challenger was able to continue landing winging shots. A late flurry for Hadribeaj may not have swiped him the round but it did give indication he'd not be the pushover that long odds had suggested.

Hadribeaj walked on to a handful of left uppercuts in the third, which was enough to tilt the perception needle back toward the champion and warrant his 2-1 and 29-27 leads through three rounds, after the challenger was docked a point for excessive grappling.

Three fights, two decisions, and 19 rounds later, it's time for the main event.

Fundora arrives on a four-fight heater on the championship level following his lone career loss, a seventh-round finish by Brian Mendoza in April 2023.

Hadribeaj, meanwhile, fights in the U.S. for the first time since he defeated Leonard Di Stefano by 10-round decision at the Renaissance Conference Center in Richmond, Va. in May 2023. He's won eight in a row abroad since then while fighting in Albania, Uzbekistan, Germany, and Croatia.

The result went to the expected fighter, if not by the expected margins, providing Resendiz a unanimous decision after cards of 98-92, 97-93 and 97-93 went in his direction.

"It was a tough fight," Resendiz said, "but we pulled it out because we had great preparation. I had to change my strategy."

The fighters were brilliantly active and violent down the stretch.

"This a video game," analyst Sergio Mora said, "a real-life video game we're watching here."

Resendiz probably grabbed the 10th when he shook Mazoudier in the final half of the round and had him smiling bloodily through a barrage in the last 10 seconds.

B/R had it 6-4 and 96-94 for Resendiz at the final bell.

Mazoudier began taking the play from Resendiz to begin the seventh and snapped the Mexican veteran's head back with uppercuts amid an increased work rate. The Australian was landing hard shots up the middle, inside Resendiz's wider blows.

A left hook rattled Resendiz and prompted evasive movement in the eighth, but he returned fire with a flurry of right hands that stiffened his opponent's legs, too. Resendiz began moving more in the final minute of the round and was effective pot-shotting from distance.

A 154-pounder for much of his career, Mazoudier continued to pursue Resendiz and landed better shots in the ninth to narrow the scorecard gaps—which B/R has at 5-4 and 86-85 for Resendiz—heading into the final round.

Mazoudier scored well with jabs to the head and body, but Resendiz was busier and landed more memorable shots, making his foe visually uncomfortable with precise body shots.

A late flurry moved the needle toward Resendiz at the close of the fourth and the flow was again back and forth in the fifth, though Resendiz landed the shots that appeared to move Mazoudier and have the greater impact.

Mazoudier's face was reddened and swollen to begin the sixth, a contrast to the unmarked Resendiz, but the Australian earned raves from analyst Sergio Mora for his smart punch placement.

Each of the rounds is competitive, but it's hard to imagine a lot of variation from 4-2 and 58-56 in Resendiz's favor on the scorecards.

Not much to discern in the opening round, which was uneventful until the fighters moved their hands earnestly in the final minute. Resendiz initiated what action there was, though.

Taller by a couple inches, Mazoudier worked behind a left jab in the second and occasionally came across with an overhand right.

Resendiz spun Mazoudier nicely and followed with a jolting right in the final minute and may have stolen the round with his subsequent late work.

Both men had their moments in the third and it's an undeniably close fight, but B/R has is 2-1 and 29-28 for Resendiz through three rounds.

It may be a while before they walk to the ring but time for the new co-main bout is upon is, with a scheduled 10-rounder matching super middleweights Armando Resendiz and Koen Mazoudier.

Resendiz, 27, is 16-3 with 11 KOs, was elevated to championship status at 168 after Terence Crawford retired and was beaten in his first defense—by unanimous decision—by Jaime Munguia on the David Benavidez-Zurdo Ramirez show in May.

Mazoudier, a 31-year-old Australian, is 16-4-1 with six KOs. He's won four straight fights, one by KO, three by decision, since a ninth-round loss to Nikita Tszyu in 2024.

It's three straight first-round KOs for Romero, who dumped Ferreira with a wicked overhand right and prompted referee Tony Weeks to stop the action at 1:54 of Round 1.

"This kid is gonna be something," analyst Sergio Mora said. "This is how you move a star."

Romero is now 16-0 with 14 KOs.

"He was too slow," Romero said. "His experience had nothing to do with it. He got bit by the shark."

For a young guy with a KO pedigree, Romero took a noticeably deliberate approach to begin with, lashing Ferreira's body before decking him with an overhand right along the ropes.

Ferreira rose but was waved off by referee Tony Weeks.

Unbeaten Kansas-based super middleweight Marco Romero takes his turn on the main card in the next fight, in which he'll meet Braulio Ferreira in a scheduled eight-rounder.

Romero, 20, is 15-0 with 13 KOs and stopped Kahlil Mitchell in one round in August.

The 34-year-old Ferreira, labeled "battle ready" by ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr., is 8-3 with three KOs and stopped unbeaten Ruben Marquez in his last fight in March.

Two months prior to that, he was stopped in six rounds by Ronny Alvarez.

It was indeed a close one and two judges matched the B/R card exactly, giving a 77-75 edge to Osuna. The remaining card was 76 apiece, meaning it was a majority decision win.

He improves to 12-0 and won his seventh decision overall and third by majority nod.

"It was a tough fight, a good competitive fight," analyst Sergio Mora said. "But the right man won."

Cangelosi is clearly a skilled fighter, and he may have gotten the benefit of the doubt in a few rounds from judges, but the majority of the memorable work came from Osuna.

It may be closer or it may be wider, but we've got Osuna winning, 5-3 and 87-85.

The back and forth continued in the fourth but Osuna stepped things up again early in the fifth and again had Cangelosi reeling with a two-fisted barrage. Cangelosi may be the more skilled fighter in a vacuum, but he's having a hard time dealing with Osuna's aggression.

Osuna stayed on the gas pedal through the sixth and continued to land both the more frequent and more punishing shots.

It's earned him 4-2 and 58-56 leads on the B/R scorecard with two rounds to go.

The brutality was turned up early courtesy of Osuna, who had Cangelosi reeling from a two-fisted attack in the opening round before the Italian rallied, slightly, in the late going.

Cangelosi looked much better in the second round, standing his ground, flicking a left jab, and working well with both hands. Osuna ended the second with a nick on his eye and Cangelosi continued the momentum into and through the third.

B/R has it 2-1 and 29-28 for Osuna, but it's by no means a settled issue.

It's an eight-rounder at middleweight to start the adjusted card, matching a pair of unbeatens. 

Cangelosi, 28, is a Brooklyn-based Italian who arrives at 13-0-1 with five KOs, while the 22-year-old Osuna is 11-0 with five KOs.

It was a three-fight main card, now it's four.

And some principals have changed.

But it's still an 8 p.m. ET start from Las Vegas.

We're still a ways from the main card but we've already got action.

Brandon Figueroa was scheduled to defend his WBA title at 126 pounds against Tomoki Kameda in Saturday's co-main, but the bout was scrubbed when Figueroa fell ill a day after he'd been stripped of the belt for missing weight.

He weighed in 1.4 pounds over the featherweight limit twice and was stripped, but the bout was scheduled to go on until Figueroa said Saturday he was unable, according to BoxingScene.