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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Fujiwara Tsuyoshi (ranked 755 p4p, 82 weight class) and Robledo Puch (ranked 686 p4p, 79 weight class). Puch has chosen Breathe as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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149 lbs
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155 lbs
47 - 19 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fujiwara Tsuyoshi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
47 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Robledo Puch!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tsuyoshi was well out of range. Poor timing from Puch.
Puch with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tsuyoshi throws a jab when Puch was well out of range.
Puch keeps the fight on the outside.
Tsuyoshi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Puch eats them both and turns towards Tsuyoshi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Tsuyoshi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tsuyoshi misses with a hook. Puch ducked under it nicely.
A shot to the liver by Puch. Beautiful body shot.
Tsuyoshi just misses with a punch to the body.
Tsuyoshi swings widly with a right hand
and Puch counters with a single leg into guard. Tsuyoshi didn't expect that.
Tsuyoshi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puch works over Tsuyoshi with some ground and pound from guard.
Tsuyoshi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tsuyoshi keeping moving, preventing Puch from controlling successfully.
Tsuyoshi wants to sweep here but Puch controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puch throwing strikes from guard but Tsuyoshi blocks nicely.
Puch trying to control but Tsuyoshi is working from the bottom.
Puch stopping the sweep attempt from Tsuyoshi.
Puch trying to control but Tsuyoshi is working from the bottom.
Tsuyoshi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Puch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Puch looking to sit in guard and control but Tsuyoshi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tsuyoshi looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puch looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tsuyoshi trying to control but Puch is working from the bottom.
Tsuyoshi has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Puch looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tsuyoshi is one step ahead there.
Puch is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tsuyoshi has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Puch is proving hard to escape from.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puch pulls Tsuyoshi in close to his closed guard and prevents Tsuyoshi from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Puch tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tsuyoshi scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice straight punches there by Tsuyoshi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tsuyoshi.
Puch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tsuyoshi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puch feints the counter takedown.
Puch with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tsuyoshi to score with a decent uppercut.
Puch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Puch throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Tsuyoshi tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Puch is in Tsuyoshi's guard.
Tsuyoshi has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Puch is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puch breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsuyoshi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Puch.
Puch throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tsuyoshi clinches up against the cage.
Puch lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tsuyoshi backwards.
Puch tries to work over Tsuyoshi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice elbow from Tsuyoshi.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Puch.
Puch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Puch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tsuyoshi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Puch's efforts to push away.
Tsuyoshi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsuyoshi has a couple of punches blocked by Puch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tsuyoshi.
Good body shot from Tsuyoshi.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Puch.
A nice left hand lands by Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fujiwara Tsuyoshi dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tsuyoshi misses with a hook.
Puch drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tsuyoshi defends it well.
Puch cracks Tsuyoshi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fujiwara Tsuyoshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsuyoshi misses with a looping right.
Tsuyoshi looks to land a right hand but Puch moved out of range.
Puch slips a straight right by Tsuyoshi.
Puch thuds a left hand into Tsuyoshi's body.
Tsuyoshi misses the shot to the body.
Puch drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tsuyoshi defends it well.
Tsuyoshi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Puch with the counter takedown but Tsuyoshi avoids it easily.
Puch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tsuyoshi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tsuyoshi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tsuyoshi fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Puch looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tsuyoshi misses with a hook. Puch ducked under it nicely.
Puch drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tsuyoshi defends it well.
Puch displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Tsuyoshi tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Tsuyoshi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Puch blocks a jab.
Puch drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tsuyoshi defends it well.
Tsuyoshi slips under a jab from Puch.
Tsuyoshi was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Puch avoids the body shot from Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi tries to close the distance and clinch but Puch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Puch doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tsuyoshi throws a right and a left that Puch avoids nicely.
Tsuyoshi throws a hook but Puch avoids it easily.
Puch drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tsuyoshi defends it well.
Tsuyoshi moves out of range as Puch strikes.
Puch scores with a jab to the jaw.
Puch ducks under a wild hook from Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi misses with an uppercut. Puch saw that one coming.
Tsuyoshi connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Puch misses.
Tsuyoshi clinches up with Puch and pushes him back against the cage.
Tsuyoshi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tsuyoshi misses with a body punch.
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!
Tsuyoshi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Tsuyoshi's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Puch takes an elbow to the forehead.
Puch misses with a body punch.
Puch misses with a punch to the body.
Puch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puch misses with a body punch.
Puch drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tsuyoshi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fujiwara Tsuyoshi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A hook to the body from Tsuyoshi.
Puch tries to throw a body punch but Tsuyoshi avoids it by throwing Puch back against the cage.
Puch has Tsuyoshi pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuyoshi lands a left hand.
Tsuyoshi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tsuyoshi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Puch is looking to break free of the clinch but Tsuyoshi has double underhooks.
Tsuyoshi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Puch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Puch misses with a body punch.
Puch lands a body shot.
Tsuyoshi prevents a body shot from Puch.
Puch is trying to break the clinch but Tsuyoshi has him pressed against the cage.
Puch changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Tsuyoshi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Tsuyoshi lands a nice hook to Puch's body. Puch takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tsuyoshi has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsuyoshi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tsuyoshi gets underhooks to prevent Puch's takedown attempt.
Fujiwara Tsuyoshi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robledo Puch.
Tsuyoshi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Puch.
Tsuyoshi misses with the head strike.
Tsuyoshi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tsuyoshi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Puch backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Puch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsuyoshi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tsuyoshi lands a knee to the body.
Tsuyoshi blocks an uppercut.
Puch swings wildly with an uppercut but Tsuyoshi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puch tries to work over Tsuyoshi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Puch jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tsuyoshi walks away with a smile on his face. Puch gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tsuyoshi lands a nice looking body shot.
Tsuyoshi lands a jab to the nose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fujiwara Tsuyoshi dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tsuyoshi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tsuyoshi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tsuyoshi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Puch avoids it.
A short uppercut from Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Puch backwards.
Tsuyoshi struggles to land a body shot inside as Puch controls his hands.
Puch tries to score a body lock takedown but Tsuyoshi shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Puch managing to block the knees to the body from Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi can't find room to land a body shot as Puch controls the action.
Tsuyoshi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuyoshi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tsuyoshi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puch tries to work over Tsuyoshi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tsuyoshi throws a head punch that misses.
Puch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tsuyoshi backwards.
Puch working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuyoshi lands a body shot.
Tsuyoshi lands a knee to the body.
Tsuyoshi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Puch backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Puch.
Puch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tsuyoshi's elbow.
A short uppercut from Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Tsuyoshi.
Puch misses with the head strike.
Tsuyoshi throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Puchs head.
Tsuyoshi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Puch is defending well for now.
Tsuyoshi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tsuyoshi lands with a right to the head.
Tsuyoshi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tsuyoshi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tsuyoshi prevents a body shot from Puch.
Tsuyoshi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Puch's elbow.
Puch is looking to break free of the clinch but Tsuyoshi has double underhooks.
Robledo Puch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tsuyoshi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Puch can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuyoshi trying to land knees to the body.
Tsuyoshi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Puch throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tsuyoshis head.
Puch tries a body shot but Tsuyoshi blocks it.
Puch lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Puch scores with a shoulder strike.
Puch lands an uppercut.
Puch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsuyoshi lands a knee to the body.
Puch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Puch tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tsuyoshi smiles and moves away.
A shot to the liver by Puch. Beautiful body shot.
Tsuyoshi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tsuyoshi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi misses with an uppercut.
Tsuyoshi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tsuyoshi lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Puch has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Puch and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Puch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Puch misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tsuyoshi counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tsuyoshi.
Puch dodges an elbow strike from Tsuyoshi.
A head punch on the inside from Tsuyoshi fails to land.
Tsuyoshi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puch is trying to drag Tsuyoshi to the mat but Tsuyoshi just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Fujiwara Tsuyoshi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robledo Puch.
Tsuyoshi misses with a body punch.
Puch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tsuyoshi lands a damaging elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puch blocks an elbow strike from Tsuyoshi.
Tsuyoshi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Puch will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tsuyoshi up against the cage.
Puch tries to throw a body punch but Tsuyoshi avoids it by throwing Puch back against the cage.
Puch throws a punch but it's blocked by Tsuyoshi.
Puch can't find room to land a body shot as Tsuyoshi controls the action.
Tsuyoshi lands an elbow inside.
Puch working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tsuyoshi trying to land knees to the body.
Tsuyoshi lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puch jumps guard but Tsuyoshi turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Tsuyoshi scores with a shot to the side of Puch's head.
Still in the clinch, Tsuyoshi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Puch lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tsuyoshi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Puch avoids it.
Puch tries to work over Tsuyoshi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tsuyoshi.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fujiwara Tsuyoshi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tsuyoshi, 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fujiwara Tsuyoshi!
Our winner, Fujiwara Tsuyoshi, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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