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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yonjiro Fuuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barny Stubbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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273 lbs
11 - 6 - 1 |
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190 cm
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286 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yonjiro Fuuma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barny Stubbs!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuuma shoots for a double leg takedown but Stubbs sprawls well. He's pushed Fuuma's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Stubbs attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fuuma looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Stubbs throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stubbs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fuuma.
Stubbs scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stubbs throws a combination that misses
and Fuuma counters by clinching up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fuuma creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fuuma breaks the clinch.
Stubbs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fuuma can pounce on him.
Stubbs looks gassed!
Stubbs throws a wild body kick that Fuuma sees coming a mile off.
Fuuma changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Stubbs looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fuuma tries to score with some ground and pound. Stubbs controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Fuuma working the ground and pound but Stubbs is defending the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuuma in side control, throwing shots but Stubbs defends.
Stubbs parries the strikes from Fuuma easily there. Fuuma is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Stubbs to escape.
Fuuma slows the pace down.
Stubbs is not content to let Fuuma control the position.
Stubbs defending against the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Stubbs takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Fuuma in side control, throwing shots but Stubbs defends.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stubbs dodges the ground and pound from Fuuma.
Stubbs managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Fuuma.
An elbow from Fuuma crashes against the mat.
Stubbs dodges the ground and pound from Fuuma.
Fuuma scoring with punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuuma is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Stubbs has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fuuma throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Fuuma is working Stubbs over with some ground and pound from side control.
Stubbs really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fuuma. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fuuma advances nicely into full mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Fuuma there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Fuuma misses with a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuuma scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fuuma takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Stubbs is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Stubbs takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fuuma trying to control but he's not successful this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fuuma lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yonjiro Fuuma dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Fuuma clinches.
Fuuma gets control of Stubbs's arms and successfully pulls guard. Fuuma will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Fuuma bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Stubbs's guard.
Fuuma throwing strikes from guard but Stubbs blocks nicely.
Fuuma throwing strikes from guard but Stubbs blocks nicely.
Fuuma working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fuuma trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stubbs utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Stubbs can do anything to dispel that myth.
Fuuma working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stubbs's head.
Fuuma thows a big elbow that misses.
Fuuma showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Fuuma drops back looking for a leg! Stubbs is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Stubbs manages to kick Fuuma off! Fuuma jumps back into Stubbs's guard.
Fuuma cracks Stubbs with a solid left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuuma throwing strikes but missing.
Fuuma postures up in Stubbs's guard and throws a big left but Stubbs blocks it.
Stubbs avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuuma postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fuuma working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stubbs working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fuuma.
Fuuma with a nice head shot there.
Fuuma missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Donk. Stubbs catches Fuuma right on the button with a cross.
Stubbs misses with a looping right.
Fuuma is looking to clinch.
Fuuma wants to clinch.
No joy there for Stubbs, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stubbs misses with a double jab
and Fuuma makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Stubbs really felt that one!
Stubbs is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fuuma gets a clinch.
Stubbs stops a takedown attempt from Fuuma.
Fuuma manages to break the clinch.
Stubbs throws out a loose jab but Fuuma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fuuma misses with a straight right.
Fuuma closes the distance and clinches up with Stubbs, looking for a takedown. Fuuma pushes Stubbs against the cage but Stubbs circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Barny Stubbs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fuuma shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stubbs as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yonjiro Fuuma. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheers as Stubbs lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fuuma doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fuuma has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yonjiro Fuuma dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Fuuma closes the distance and clinches.
Fuuma pulls guard successfully.
Fuuma is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stubbs wanted to stand there but Fuuma had control of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuuma wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stubbs gets to his feet - Fuuma follows without any prompting.
Stubbs takes a swing at Fuuma's ribcage but misses.
Stubbs misses with a double jab
so Fuuma counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Stubbs takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stubbs keeping moving, preventing Fuuma from controlling successfully.
Fuuma slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuuma postures up in Stubbs's guard and throws a big left but Stubbs blocks it.
Fuuma loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fuuma stops Stubbs from standing up.
Fuuma not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stubbs working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fuuma.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A lazy body kick from Stubbs
and Fuuma counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fuuma working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stubbs is looking to stand back up but Fuuma counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Stubbs.
Fuuma seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fuuma works his way into full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuuma looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Stubbs is bucking up trying to escape but Fuuma cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Barny Stubbs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yonjiro Fuuma is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fuuma in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yonjiro Fuuma showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fuuma has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yonjiro Fuuma!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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