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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Romziel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aoki Funkyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Funkyama is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: . Aoki Funkyama has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jason Romziel's chin.
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166 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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175 cm
26
169 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Excellent MT
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ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Romziel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aoki Funkyama!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Funkyama, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Romziel throws a hook but Funkyama blocks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Romziel.
Funkyama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romziel misses the jab.
Funkyama takes a swing at Romziel's ribcage but misses.
Romziel slips under a jab from Funkyama.
Funkyama moves into the clinch.
Funkyama working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Romziel fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Romziel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Funkyama's elbow.
Funkyama struggles to land a body shot inside as Romziel controls his hands.
Funkyama leaning against his opponent.
Romziel looking to slow down the pace here.
Romziel misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Funkyama digs a right hand into Romziel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Romziel's gas tank.
Funkyama works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Romziel is trying to stall.
Funkyama lands a right hand.
Romziel misses with a body punch.
Funkyama has hold of one of Romziel's legs. Romziel is fighting the takedown attempt but Funkyama gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Funkyama trying to control but Romziel is working from the bottom.
Funkyama throws an elbow that misses. Romziel uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Funkyama's guard. Nice move by Romziel!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama pulls Romziel in close to his closed guard and prevents Romziel from doing any damage or advancing position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Funkyama is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Funkyama preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Funkyama keeping moving, preventing Romziel from controlling successfully.
Romziel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Funkyama working a defensive guard here.
Romziel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama working a defensive guard here.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Aoki Funkyama hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Funkyama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Romziel.
Aoki Funkyama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Funkyama misses the shot to the body.
Funkyama misses with the combination.
Romziel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Funkyama throws a right and a left that Romziel avoids nicely.
Funkyama scores with a nice strike.
Romziel blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Romziel gets tackled into the cage by Funkyama. Funkyama maintains the clinch.
Funkyama lands an uppercut.
Romziel misses with a body punch.
Romziel blocks a body shot from Funkyama.
Come on Funkyama - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Funkyama misses with a punch to the body.
Romziel tries to stall but Funkyama uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Funkyama keeps control of Romziel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Funkyama misses with a punch to the body.
Romziel trying to control the position but instead, Funkyama has worked for underhooks and has pushed Romziel into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aoki Funkyama dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Funkyama scores with a hook.
Funkyama misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Romziel counters with a nice leg kick.
Romziel slaps away a takedown attempt from Funkyama, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Romziel tries for a takedown but Funkyama sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Romziel connects with a single shot there.
Romziel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A jab from Romziel misses.
Funkyama throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funkyama throws out a loose jab but Romziel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Romziel lands with a good body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Funkyama blocks the leg kick.
Romziel throws a hook but Funkyama avoids it easily.
Funkyama on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Romziel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Funkyama misses with an uppercut.
Romziel leaves Funkyama with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Romziel ducks under a wild hook from Funkyama.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Romziel or perhaps it was just good defense by Funkyama which made him look bad.
Romziel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Funkyama misses with a series of wild punches.
A big right from Funkyama misses.
Funkyama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A shot to the body from Romziel misses
and Funkyama connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Romziel throws the kick towards the body but Funkyama avoids it.
Romziel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama misses with a double jab.
Romziel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Funkyama blocks the body kick.
Funkyama misses with a wild body shot.
Funkyama shoots for a takedown but Romziel saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jason Romziel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Aoki Funkyama.
Romziel takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Romziel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Funkyama misses with a looping right.
Funkyama throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Romziel was covering up waiting for the punch and Funkyama finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Funkyama trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama trying to control but Romziel is working from the bottom.
Romziel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Romziel is working hard here to advance position.
Funkyama with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Funkyama engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aoki Funkyama showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Romziel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Romziel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Funkyama sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A left lands for Funkyama.
Romziel connects with a crisp jab.
Funkyama loads up on a big right hand but Romziel slips the punch.
Funkyama misses with a looping left.
Romziel throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Funkyama was covering up waiting for the punch and Romziel finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Romziel throws an elbow that misses. Funkyama uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Romziel's guard. Nice move by Funkyama!
Romziel keeping moving, preventing Funkyama from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funkyama working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Funkyama pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Romziel is keeping the position for now.
Romziel is looking to sweep but instead, Funkyama has passed into half guard.
Romziel moves into full guard.
Funkyama makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Funkyama throwing strikes from guard but Romziel blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Funkyama accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Funkyama lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Funkyama postures up in Romziel's guard and throws a big left but Romziel blocks it.
Romziel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Aoki Funkyama has got the better of the ground game so far.
Funkyama trying to control the position from guard on top but Romziel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Funkyama postures up.
Funkyama is looking to work some ground and pound but Romziel has wrist control.
Romziel preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Funkyama missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Aoki Funkyama is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Aoki Funkyama wasn't active enough on the ground.
Funkyama swings for the body but Romziel moves out of range.
Funkyama throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Romziel takes a jab right on the kisser.
Funkyama looks to throw the jab but Romziel is out of range.
Funkyama staying out of range there.
Funkyama tries to close the distance and clinch but Romziel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jason Romziel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Funkyama there as he acknowledges the shot.
Funkyama misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Romziel throws a leg kick but Funkyama checks it.
Funkyama feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Romziels jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Funkyama throws a good cross that connects.
Funkyama stuns Romziel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Funkyama closes this distance looking for a takedown but Romziel circles away.
Funkyama connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Romziel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funkyama displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Romziel throws out the jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aoki Funkyama comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Funkyama has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aoki Funkyama!
Aoki Funkyama thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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