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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wolfgang Muller (ranked 148 p4p, 296 weight class) and Gyukosho Fujimoto (ranked 24 p4p, 45 weight class). Muller comes into the arena with In the Hall of the Mountain King blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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197 cm 38 265 25 - 12 - 0 |
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192 cm 35 250 36 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler World class MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wolfgang Muller! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 36 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gyukosho Fujimoto! The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Fujimoto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Muller. Muller obviously looking to wear him down.
We've been informed that Fujimoto has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Muller attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Muller swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fujimoto. Muller misses with a hook. Wolfgang Muller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Muller misses with a body punch
letting Fujimoto counter with a right hand. A nice leg kick lands there from Muller. Fujimoto gets in close and instigates a clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Muller lands a nice uppercut. Fujimoto lands a left hand.
Fujimoto has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Fujimoto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fujimoto is trying to push Muller away but Muller has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Muller tries to work over Fujimoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Muller keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fujimoto's efforts to push away. The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Muller struggles to land a body shot inside as Fujimoto controls his hands.
Fujimoto prevents a body shot from Muller. Muller's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Fujimoto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Fujimoto with a nice cross. Nice shot lands for Muller. Fujimoto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Muller counters with a nice leg kick. A big right from Fujimoto misses. Muller digs a good hook to Fujimoto's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Muller throws a poor cross that misses
letting Fujimoto counter with a right hand. Muller looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Muller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Fujimoto throws a counter combo. Muller throws a head kick that misses. Fujimoto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Muller throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Fujimoto walks into a jab. Muller throws a right hand that misses
and Fujimoto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Wolfgang Muller has been cut. Muller blocks a head kick by Fujimoto.
Muller was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Fujimoto slips under a jab from Muller. Fujimoto throws out a counter right but Muller avoids it with no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Muller tries to work over Fujimoto's front leg with a kick but Fujimoto checks it. Fujimoto throws a counter combo. Muller ducks under a wild hook from Fujimoto. Muller misses with a wild body shot. Fujimoto misses with an uppercut
and Muller counters with a nice body kick.
Muller throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Muller lands with a hook. Fujimoto tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. A low kick from Muller misses and Fujimoto counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fujimoto scores with a jab. Muller acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Muller scores with a leg kick.
Muller misses with a body shot
and Fujimoto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Muller misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Fujimoto to counter with a crisp jab. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Muller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fujimoto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Muller cracks a nice hook into Fujimoto's ribs. Muller misses with a leg kick and Fujimoto counters with a straight right hand. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wolfgang Muller will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Wolfgang Muller's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Fujimoto checks the leg kick. Muller throws a body punch but Fujimoto moves out of range. Fujimoto throws a big counter head kick but Muller avoids it with no problem. Muller misses with a straight right. Fujimoto lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Muller chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fujimoto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Muller appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A low kick from Muller misses and Fujimoto counters with a nice uppercut. Muller throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Fujimoto swings widly with a right hand
and Fujimoto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round. Muller throws a body shot but no joy. Muller shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. It seemed like Fujimoto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Fujimoto might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. Jab by Muller. Muller lands with a thumping leg kick.
Muller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fujimoto. Muller cracks Fujimoto with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Muller has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Fujimoto to stand back up! Muller lands a big uppercut and Fujimoto crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Fujimoto looks OK. Muller waves Fujimoto back to his feet!
Fujimoto is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Muller tries to score with a low kick but Fujimoto moves his leg out of the way. Fujimoto shapes to counter with a head kick. Muller misses with a kick to the body.
Fujimoto raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick. Muller avoids the body shot from Fujimoto.
Muller lands a big head kick that sends Fujimoto tumbling to the mat! Muller takes a step backwards and waves Fujimoto back to his feet - he wants the finish! Fujimoto is still on wobbly legs! Can Muller finish him? Muller lands a jab to Fujimoto's midsection. Fujimoto seems to have recovered his senses. Muller throws a head kick that misses. Fujimoto throws out a counter right but Muller avoids it with no problem. Fujimoto throws a hook to the side of Muller's head but Muller sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Muller connects with a crisp jab. Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Muller throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Fujimoto is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Wolfgang Muller! Wolfgang Muller bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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