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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gunji Koizumi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silvio Gasaspo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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193 lbs
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203 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunji Koizumi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Silvio Gasaspo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koizumi has managed to clinch.
Gasaspo trying to stall but Koizumi improves his position.
Koizumi avoids a wild elbow strike from Gasaspo.
Koizumi tightens his grip and picks Gasaspo up, before dumping him to the ground. Gasaspo manages to land in guard.
Koizumi lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gasaspo is trying to keep Koizumi in close.
Gasaspo working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Koizumi has passed into half guard!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Koizumi connects with a nice short shot to Gasaspo's temple.
Koizumi stalling.
Koizumi is nestled in close to Gasaspo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koizumi keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koizumi has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Gasaspo is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koizumi lands with some strikes.
Gasaspo wants to hold on but Koizumi pushes him away.
Gasaspo is working to get back to half guard.
Koizumi is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Gasaspo has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Gasaspo is desperately trying to improve his position but Koizumi has a good base and remains in mount.
Gasaspo tries to hold on but Koizumi pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koizumi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gasaspo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Koizumi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gasaspo is trying to escape the mount.
Koizumi jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Gasaspo manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Koizumi working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gasaspo is looking for a sweep.
Gasaspo gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Koizumi looking to secure an arm triangle but Gasaspo defends it well.
Gasaspo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Koizumi lands with some strikes.
Gasaspo is looking to improve his position but Koizumi isn't that keen on the idea.
Koizumi controlling from mount.
Gasaspo is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koizumi working for a submission but Gasaspo is keeping him at bay.
Koizumi looking to control but Gasaspo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gasaspo wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Gasaspo just trying to survive but Koizumi is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Koizumi scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Koizumi is not going to allow Gasaspo to sit and survive in this position.
What can Gasaspo do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Koizumi has the hooks in. Gasaspo is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunji Koizumi dominated that round.
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.
Koizumi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Koizumi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gasaspo counters with a nice uppercut.
Koizumi scoring well with a low kick there.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Koizumi.
Gasaspo fails to land with a series of punches.
Koizumi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Koizumi connects with an inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Koizumi.
Koizumi dives in and scores a takedown into Gasaspo's guard.
Koizumi sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Koizumi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gasaspo looking for a sweep. Not yet Gasaspo, not yet.
Koizumi postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koizumi preventing the sweep.
Koizumi is fighting to break Gasaspo's control of his arms but Gasaspo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Koizumi landing with the ground and pound.
Gasaspo looking to control.
Koizumi tries to free his leg and advance position but Gasaspo is retaining full guard.
Gasaspo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Koizumi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Koizumi stands and throws Gasaspo's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Gasaspo is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koizumi tries to move to mount but Gasaspo blocks the move with his legs.
Koizumi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Koizumi working away.
Gasaspo gets back to half guard.
Koizumi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gasaspo can do to turn this around?
Koizumi working over Gasaspo with some ground and pound. Gasaspo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Koizumi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gasaspo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gasaspo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Well, if Koizumi is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Gasaspo trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koizumi is trying to control. Gasaspo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gasaspo is trying to get back to full guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Koizumi's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Gasaspo wants to get back to full guard but Koizumi has mounted him!
Koizumi controlling the pace for now.
Koizumi lands a nice shot to the head.
Gasaspo is looking to get to half guard.
Koizumi seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Gasaspo is holding on tight.
Koizumi tries to control but Gasaspo wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koizumi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gasaspo's face.
Koizumi tries to control but Gasaspo wriggling away.
Gasaspo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gasaspo is bucking up trying to escape but Koizumi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gasaspo manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Koizumi is keen to just control but Gasaspo is a slippery customer.
Koizumi is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gasaspo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Koizumi is nestled in close to Gasaspo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Koizumi wants to pass to mount but Gasaspo is defending the position.
Koizumi prevents Gasaspo from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gunji Koizumi 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.
Koizumi is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Gasaspo's half guard.
Gunji Koizumi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Koizumi tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gasaspo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Gasaspo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Koizumi is working away from the top position though.
Koizumi working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Koizumi works his way into full mount!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koizumi looking to control but Gasaspo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Koizumi raining down hammerfists from mount.
It looks like Silvio Gasaspo has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BOOM! Koizumi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gasaspo tries to hold on but Koizumi postures up.
Gasaspo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gasaspo wants to hold on but Koizumi pushes him away.
Koizumi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Koizumi wants to control but instead Gasaspo manages to regain half guard.
Koizumi wants to take a breather but Gasaspo is having none of it.
Koizumi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Gasaspo is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Koizumi pulls his head out easily.
Gasaspo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gasaspo is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Koizumi jumps into side control!
Gasaspo is trying to escape the position but Koizumi is controlling the position.
Koizumi in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Gasaspo is looking for a sweep.
Koizumi landing strikes.
Koizumi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gasaspo keeps working.
Koizumi working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gasaspo tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Koizumi presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Gasaspo wants to hold on but Koizumi pushes him away.
Koizumi looking to control but Gasaspo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
BOOM! Koizumi connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gasaspo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gasaspo wants to hold on but Koizumi pushes him away.
Gasaspo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Koizumi has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Gasaspo's face.
Gasaspo working to try and regain half guard.
Koizumi landing strikes from the mount and Gasaspo is in trouble!
Koizumi looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koizumi prevents Gasaspo from getting the reversal.
Koizumi raining down shots from the mount!
Koizumi lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Gasaspo is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koizumi lands a big shot to the head and Gasaspo winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Gunji Koizumi!
Gunji Koizumi retains his middleweight title!
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energy
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RATING
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