April 23, 2017 Marlon Tapales vs Shohei Omori at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Osaka, Japan for the WBO World bantamweight title
Marlon Tapales may have lost his title when he failed to make the Bantamweight limit but that doesn’t stop his desire to give a good fight, in the first fight Tapales defeated Omori by Technical Knock Out in the 3rd round since then Shohei Omori scored 3 straight wins all by Knock outs including his 3rd round knock out win against Filipino Rocky Fuentes.
The result of the is the same Marlon Tapales defeated Shohei Omori in the rematch by Technical Knock Out but this time the fight lasted up to the 11 round. Maranding Nightmare is still Shohei Omori’s Nightmare
