Pantoja proved once again why he is the champion of his division. Pantoja took the risk of his ranking by accepting the fight against Erceg ranked no 10. This Australian boy is much taller and better at striking than Pantoja.
Pantoja dominated the first round. In this round, Erceg looked more defensive. Erceg stands nowhere in this round. But the second round was competitive. The third round was also competitive and the elbow of Erceg opened the cut of Pantoja and he started to bleed. But the fourth round is dominated by Erceg. The continuous Jab of Erceg irritates Pantoja. The clean striking of Erceg is really appreciable.
In the fifth round, Erceg started with striking but Pantoja suddenly used his experience and took the game to the ground. This ground effort of Patoja snatches the round from Erceg and finally, this fight is also snatched from the pocket of Erceg.
If we compare the striking, the Erceg is far better with a total of 80 strikes in the game but Pantoja throws only 54. In comparison with the body kick of Erceg vs Pantoja then Erceg only throw 13 but Pantoja is ahead with 28 kicks. Finally, the decision came, and still the flyweight king remains as Alexandre Pantoja with unanimous decision of 48-47, 48-47, and 49-46.