Heading into the ninth round, Wood held a small 45-42 lead in power punches landed. The difference in the fight up to that point was Cacace’s jab. He landed 50 jabs to Wood’s 29, and several of Cacace’s jabs had hurt Wood. Cacace pounced on Wood in the ninth round, throwing fight-high 52 power punches and landing a fight-high 25 (48%). After knocking a dazed Wood into the ropes and scoring the fight’s lone knockdown, Cacace landed a body shot, only his eighth of the night, that rendered an already compromised Wood defenseless, prompting his corner to throw in the towel at 2:15 of the round.