Uncrowned has Junto Nakatani vs. David Cuellar live results, round-by-round updates, highlights, ring walks and start time for the Nakatani vs. Cuellar fight card early Monday morning at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. WBC bantamweight champion Nakatani makes his third title defense against Cuellar.
Nakatani (29-0, 22 KOs), Uncrowned’s No. 8 pound-for-pound boxer in the world, is a three-division world champion. He won the WBC bantamweight title in February 2024, stopping Alexandro Santiago in the sixth round. The Japanese fighter defended his WBC bantamweight belt for the first time this past July, knocking out Vincent Astrolabio in the opening stanza, and then dispatched Tasana Salapat before the halfway point in October.
Mexico’s Cuellar (28-0, 18 KOs) fights for a world title for the first time in his career. Cuellar, 23, has never competed at world level, so this will be a major step up in competition for him. He competed twice in 2024, winning decisions over Jose Velasquez and Pablo Ariel Gomez.
There’s also another bantamweight title fight on the card as WBA champion Seiya Tsutsumi (12-0-2, 8 KOs) makes the first defense of his belt against Daigo Higa (21-3-1, 19 KOs).
Opening up the bantamweight triple-header is kickboxing sensation Tenshin Nasukawa (5-0, 2 KOs), who steps up against former titleholder Jason Moloney (27-3, 19 KOs).
Nakatani vs. Cuellar begins at 3 a.m. ET on ESPN+, with the main event ring walks expected at around 6:30 a.m. ET.
Follow all of the action with Uncrowned’s live results and play-by-play of the main card below.
Main Card (3 a.m. ET, ESPN+)
WBC bantamweight title: Junto Nakatani vs. David Cuellar
WBA bantamweight title: Seiya Tsutsumi vs. Daigo Higa
Bantamweight: Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Jason Moloney
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