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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shinichi Fuujin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Fuujin's choice of entrance music: Soilwork - Rejection Role. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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178 cm
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156 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kevin Brooks!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shinichi Fuujin!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks clinches up against the cage.
Brooks with a knee to the head.
It looks like Shinichi Fuujin has been cut.
Brooks throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fuujin avoiding damage as Brooks throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Fuujin.
Fuujin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fuujin trying to control the position but instead, Brooks has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fuujin into the cage.
Fuujin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brooks dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Brooks throws an elbow but it misses.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fuujin wants to stall.
Brooks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fuujin avoids it.
Brooks misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuujin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fuujin lands a shot to the body.
Brooks trying to land knees to the body.
Brooks misses with a body punch.
Fuujin tries to score a body lock takedown but Brooks shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Fuujin avoiding damage as Brooks throws knees to the body.
Fuujin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brooks putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Fuujin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuujin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brooks backwards.
Fuujin pulls guard successfully.
Fuujin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Brooks seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fuujin is looking for a triangle here but Brooks uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fuujin tries to buck Brooks off but Brooks is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Fuujin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
I wouldn't like to be where Fuujin is right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin is trying to control Brooks's posture but Brooks avoids it.
Brooks is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Fuujin will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Brooks working away.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Fuujin misses with a straight left.
Fuujin misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fuujin misses with a hook. Brooks ducked under it nicely.
Brooks looks to score with a jab to the body but Fuujin is just out of range.
Brooks feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fuujin's calf.
Brooks lets loose with a powerful body kick. Fuujin will feel that in the morning.
Kevin Brooks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fuujin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fuujin looks gassed!
Fuujin slips a jab from Brooks.
Brooks tried to score with a low kick but Fuujin checks it.
Brooks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brooks throws a head kick but Fuujin moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin gets the takedown into side control.
Fuujin tries to move into full mount but can't pass Brooks's legs.
Brooks manages to work his way to half guard, despite Fuujin's best efforts.
Fuujin throwing shots but Brooks is blocking nicely.
Brooks wants to get back to full guard.
Fuujin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brooks's head.
Brooks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fuujin.
Brooks is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Brooks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shinichi Fuujin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Brooks throws a push kick but Fuujin slaps the foot to one side.
Brooks is looking to slow Fuujin down with leg kicks.
Brooks doesn't manage to clinch there - Fuujin circles away.
Brooks is looking to clinch.
Brooks lands with a slapping head kick.
Brooks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brooks shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brooks ducks under a wild hook from Fuujin.
Fuujin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fuujin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks throws a nice head kick!
Fuujin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brooks looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brooks throws a sloppy head kick and Fuujin moves out of range easily.
Brooks tries to clinch up.
Jab, jab by Brooks - just one landing.
Brooks misses with an uppercut.
Brooks stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Brooks wants it to stay on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin throws a shot from downtown. Brooks moves away and avoids it.
Some wild striking there from Brooks.
Brooks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brooks shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brooks tries to clinch but Fuujin moves out of range.
Brooks plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Brooks is looking to land body kicks.
No joy there for Fuujin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brooks doesn't manage to clinch there - Fuujin circles away.
Fuujin throws a right and a left that Brooks avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin misses with a straight left.
Fuujin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fuujin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brooks takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fuujin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brooks is looking to clinch but Fuujin is avoiding it.
Fuujin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fuujin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fuujin shoots in for a takedown but Brooks shows good takedown defense.
Kevin Brooks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shinichi Fuujin.
Fuujin is breathing heavily.
Brooks throws a sloppy head kick and Fuujin moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks throws a hook but Fuujin avoids it easily.
Brooks staying out of range there.
Brooks moves out of range of the strikes.
Fuujin misses with a wild body shot.
Fuujin throws a right and a left that Brooks avoids nicely.
Fuujin misses with a looping left.
Fuujin misses with a body kick.
Brooks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brooks throws a series of punches but Fuujin moves out of range.
Brooks throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fuujin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Brooks dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shinichi Fuujin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Fuujin keeps the fight on the outside.
Brooks swings for the body but Fuujin moves out of range.
Brooks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brooks scores with a leg kick.
Brooks misses with a shot to the body
and Fuujin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fuujin throws a sloppy head kick and Brooks moves out of range easily.
Brooks is looking to score with low kicks.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch but Fuujin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brooks takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Brooks tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fuujin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Fuujin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brooks's head.
Brooks is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fuujin takes a swing at Brooks's ribcage but misses.
Fuujin misses with a looping left.
Fuujin moves out of range as Brooks throws a body kick.
Fuujin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brooks.
Brooks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brooks misses with a jab to the body
and Fuujin counters with a takedown into side control.
Fuujin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fuujin wants to control but Brooks is keeping him busy.
Fuujin throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin working the ground and pound but Brooks is defending the strikes.
Fuujin throwing strikes but Brooks manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Brooks wants to control but Fuujin is keeping him busy.
Brooks working away.
Fuujin is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Brooks is staying active.
Fuujin is looking to regain half guard here but Brooks keeps moving and retains side control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fuujin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Brooks misses with a hook to the body
and Fuujin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Fuujin.
Brooks swings for the body but Fuujin moves out of range.
Brooks throws a right hand that Fuujin ducks under and follows up with a left that Fuujin also avoids with ease.
Brooks throws a head kick but Fuujin moves out of range.
Brooks throws a hook but Fuujin avoids it easily.
Fuujin misses with a head kick.
Fuujin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brooks blocks a jab.
Brooks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fuujin manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fuujin throws the left hand but Brooks avoids the punch easily.
Fuujin avoids the head kick by Brooks.
Fuujin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kevin Brooks is winning the standup battle so far.
Brooks looks to land a combination but Fuujin avoids it well.
Brooks takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fuujin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fuujin has a takedown stuffed.
Fuujin just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shinichi Fuujin really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shinichi Fuujin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Fuujin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Brooks makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fuujin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brooks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brooks pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brooks tries to clinch but Fuujin moves out of range.
Fuujin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fuujin connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuujin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brooks.
Brooks fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fuujin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brooks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks throws a low kick but Fuujin avoids it.
Brooks tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fuujin misses with a two punch combination.
Fuujin is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Brooks throws a body kick the misses
and Fuujin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Oh Brooks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brooks takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Brooks throws a head kick but Fuujin moves out of range.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Fuujin! Brooks is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shinichi Fuujin!
Shinichi Fuujin is the new featherweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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