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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gregory Gauge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinjo Shinomori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinjo Shinomori is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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193 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gregory Gauge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shinjo Shinomori!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shinomori's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gauge connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Shinomori scrambles back to his feet.
A punch lands to the side of Shinomori 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gauge changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gauge misses with a looping right.
Gauge misses the shot to the body.
Gauge throws a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Gauge.
Shinomori takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Some wild striking there from Gauge.
No joy there for Gauge, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinomori tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gauge counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gauge throws a looping overhand right but Shinomori ducks down to avoid it.
Gauge ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shinomori feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gauge's calf.
Gauge swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gauge has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Shinomori.
Shinomori throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinomori walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gregory Gauge seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gauge lands a jab to Shinomori's midsection.
Shinomori closes the distance and clinches up with Gauge, looking for a takedown. Shinomori pushes Gauge against the cage but Gauge circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Gauge will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gauge checks a leg kick.
Gauge with a nice cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gauge takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gauge swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinomori just misses with a punch to the body.
Gauge misses with a low kick.
Gauge thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for Gauge. That snapped Shinomori's head back.
Nice jab there from Gauge.
Shinomori takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gauge lands a right hook to the body.
Gauge avoids the head kick by Shinomori.
Shinomori needs to keep his hands up - Gauge had a free shot at his head there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shinomori tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gauge is able to avoid easily.
Shinomori pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shinomori pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gauge leaves Shinomori with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gauge blocks a head kick by Shinomori.
Gauge swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gauge scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shinomori checks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gregory Gauge dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gauge looks to land a right hand but Shinomori moved out of range.
Gauge throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shinomori throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shinomori takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gauge fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gauge misses with an uppercut.
Gauge scores with a jab.
Gauge throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shinomori takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Gauge connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinomori drops his hands momentarily and Gauge takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shinomori is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gauge.
Gauge works the jab nicely.
Gauge scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gauge checks a leg kick nicely.
Shinomori throws a head kick but Gauge moves out of range.
Gauge swats away the attempt to clinch by Shinomori.
Gregory Gauge is winning the standup battle so far.
Gauge lands a jab to the nose.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinomori throws a front kick aimed at Gauge's knee but Gauge avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gauge. Shinomori does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gauge connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shinomori's hands.
Gauge scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gauge stuns Shinomori with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Gauge.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gauge scores with a hook to the body. Shinomori takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gauge lands with an overhand left.
Shinomori throws a leg kick which misses Gauge's front leg but catches the back leg as Gauge tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gauge throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shinomori stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shinomori takes one to the chin there.
Gauge scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gauge connects with a body shot that sends Shinomori's belly button to the back.
Shinomori takes one on the button.
Gauge missing with a left hand there. Shinomori was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gauge lands with a right hand.
Shinomori ducks right into an uppercut from Gauge.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Shinomori might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Gauge has got the better of the exchanges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gauge scores with a hook to the body. Shinomori takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gauge swings widly with a right hand
enabling Shinomori to counter with a crisp jab.
Shinomori takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gauge takes a swing at Shinomori's ribcage but misses.
Gauge lands a jab.
Gauge fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shinomori looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A left lands for Gauge.
An inside leg kick from Shinomori misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gregory Gauge dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gauge listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gauge lands a jab-cross combination.
Shinomori closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gauge is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Shinomori thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gauge throws a jab when Shinomori was well out of range.
Gauge throws a hook to the side of Shinomori's head but Shinomori sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gauge lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gauge.
Gauge moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gauge ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gauge with a jab.
A big left from Gauge misses.
A head kick misses from Gauge.
Gregory Gauge is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gauge cracks Shinomori with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gauge cracks Shinomori with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Shinomori takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Shinomori showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gauge.
Shinomori tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gauge is able to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinomori feints and then cracks Gauge's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gauge down.
Gauge scores with a nice strike.
Gauge lands with a nice body punch.
Gauge pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Shinomori back to the cage. Gauge follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Shinomori misses with a body kick.
Shinomori tries to clinch up.
Shinomori wants to clinch
and Gauge counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gauge lands with a nice body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gauge checks a leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gauge!
Shinomori uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gauge.
Gauge tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shinomori was well out of range. Poor timing from Gauge.
Gauge scores with a jab to the body.
Gauge throws a head kick that misses.
Shinomori throws a nice inside leg kick.
Shinomori dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gauge. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gauge checks a leg kick nicely.
Gauge swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gauge tries a head kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Shinomori there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gauge dips to his left and cracks Shinomori with an uppercut!
Gauge looks to score with a jab to the body but Shinomori is just out of range.
Shinomori on the wrong end of a nice hook.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shinomori uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gauge.
Gauge fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gregory Gauge clearly takes that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Shinomori throws the kick towards the body but Gauge avoids it.
Shinomori avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gauge scores with a jab to the body.
Gauge tries to land a front kick but Shinomori steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shinomori closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Shinomori tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Shinomori has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gauge pushes Shinomori away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Shinomori gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinomori working away.
Shinomori tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Shinomori goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Gauge rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Shinomori's guard! Nice work there by Gauge!
Gauge controlling from the top position.
Gauge has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gauge throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Shinomori works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gauge not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We're going to have a standup here because Gregory Gauge wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Gauge cracks Shinomori with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gauge throws a jab but it's blocked by Shinomori.
Shinomori gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinomori is looking to chop away at Gauge's legs.
Shinomori tried to score with a low kick but Gauge checks it.
Gauge swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gauge is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shinomori avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gauge throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shinomori has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Shinomori takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gauge scores with the left hand. Shinomori knows he should have avoided that one.
Gauge smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Shinomori fails to land the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shinomori doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gauge tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gauge misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shinomori.
Gauge throws out a powerful jab.
Gauge scores with a jab.
Gauge is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shinomori can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gauge waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shinomori.
Shinomori tries a low kick but Gauge avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gregory Gauge had his way with Shinjo Shinomori in that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Decent striking displayed by Gauge there.
Gauge just misses with a punch to the body.
Gauge connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shinomori blocks a jab.
Shinomori takes one on the button.
Gauge connects with a single shot there.
Gauge throws a hook but Shinomori avoids it easily.
Shinomori pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shinomori jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinomori walks into a stiff left hand from Gauge.
A jab from Gauge does it's job there.
Shinomori attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Shinomori wants to slow Gauge down by chopping away at his legs.
Shinomori shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gauge sprawls well. Gauge wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Shinomori gets slowly back to his feet.
Gauge dips to his left and cracks Shinomori with an uppercut!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gauge lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gauge scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Shinomori uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gauge.
Shinomori tries a head kick but it misses.
Shinomori throws a leg kick but Gauge sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Shinomori on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Shinomori moves in looking to clinch but Gauge pushes him off.
Gauge misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gauge. Shinomori does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gauge scores with a jab. Shinomori acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gauge lands a head shot.
Gauge just misses with a punch to the body.
Gauge misses with a body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gauge checks a leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Shinomori 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gauge throws a right hand that Shinomori ducks under and follows up with a left that Shinomori also avoids with ease.
Shinomori throws a leg kick but Gauge checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shinomori throws a head kick but Gauge moves out of range.
Nice cross by Gauge.
Gauge throws a body punch but Shinomori moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Gauge - just one landing.
Gauge takes a swing at Shinomori's ribcage but misses.
Good leg kick by Shinomori there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gauge circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gauge counters with a left to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gregory Gauge showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gauge, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Gregory Gauge!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Gregory Gauge!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Gregory Gauge!
Gregory Gauge wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Gregory Gauge thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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