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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Genku Chiba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommy Gunn could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Genku Chiba's chin.
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188 cm
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210 lbs
14 - 11 - 1 |
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178 cm
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215 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Tommy Gunn! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Genku Chiba! The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gunn bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chiba's head backwards. A jab from Gunn misses. Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chiba was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn. Gunn looks to score with a jab to the body but Chiba is just out of range. Left hook, right uppercut from Gunn. Chiba moves away from the strike by Gunn. Gunn connects with a leg kick. Chiba looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Gunn tries to work over Chiba's front leg with a kick but Chiba checks it. Gunn scores with the left hand. Chiba knows he should have avoided that one. Gunn throws a shot to the body.
Gunn scores with a decent looking hook. Tommy Gunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Chiba moves out of range as Gunn strikes. Gunn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Gunn scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Chiba throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Gunn connects with a good right hand that stumbles Chiba. Chiba circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Chiba staying out of range there. Gunn stuns Chiba with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Chiba moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chiba was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn. A combination from Gunn does no damage. Chiba needs to keep his hands up - Gunn had a free shot at his head there. Gunn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Chiba throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gunn. Gunn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Chiba checks the leg kick. Gunn scores with a punch to the head. Gunn lands a jab to the nose. Gunn lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Chiba pushes him off. Gunn is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Chiba on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gunn. Gunn obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Gunn lands with a nice body punch. Chiba tries to work over Gunn's front leg with a kick but Gunn checks it. Gunn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chiba throws out the jab. Gunn throws a quick inside leg kick. Gunn is looking to clinch but Chiba is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gunn connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Gunn misses with a lunging right hand
and Chiba counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Gunn thows a left - swing and a miss! Gunn scores with a jab to the head.
Gunn scores with the left hand. Chiba knows he should have avoided that one. Gunn dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Chiba throws a jab but it's blocked by Gunn. A low kick from Gunn misses and Chiba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gunn misses with the combination.
Gunn misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Chiba misses with a hook to the body
and Gunn counters with a series of strikes. Chiba will be more careful next time no doubt. Gunn lands a nice shot to the body.
Gunn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gunn throws a hook but Chiba avoids it easily. This has been an exciting period of action! Chiba connects with a high kick. Gunn is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. Chiba throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Gunn dips to his left and cracks Chiba with an uppercut! Chiba slips a jab from Gunn. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Chiba on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Gunn throws a body punch but Chiba moves out of range. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Gunn dominated that 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.
Chiba lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chiba takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Chiba thows a body shot but no joy. Chiba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gunn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gunn lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gunn throws a right and a left that Chiba avoids nicely. Chiba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Tommy Gunn is winning the standup battle so far. Gunn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chiba sees it coming and avoids it easily. Gunn jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gunn throws a low kick but Chiba moves out of range easily. Gunn lands with a straight right. Chiba didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gunn tries to clinch up but Chiba circles away and keeps his distance. Gunn scores with a leg kick.
Gunn misses with a right hand and Chiba makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Gunn thows a left - swing and a miss! Chiba throws out a loose jab but Gunn uses good head movement to avoid it. Gunn lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Gunn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Chiba manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Gunn connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Chiba throws a low kick but Gunn avoids it. Gunn lands with a good body shot. Gunn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chiba sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Chiba throws a shot from downtown. Gunn moves away and avoids it. Chiba keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gunn. An inside leg kick from Chiba misses. Chiba avoids a kick to the body.
Chiba gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gunn. Chiba has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. Chiba walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Chiba stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gunn. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Chiba scores with a leg kick.
Gunn throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chiba counters with a nice uppercut. Gunn looks to land a combination. Chiba sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. Chiba staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Good leg kick by Gunn there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Chiba lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Gunn tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chiba is able to avoid easily. Gunn misses with a right hand and Chiba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. The fighters circling - Gunn throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Chiba missing with a left hand there. Gunn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gunn 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 Chiba has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chiba and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Chiba takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Chiba throws a hook to the side of Gunn's head but Gunn sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Gunn feints a jab promting Chiba to slip. Gunn then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Chiba slips again and ducks right into an uppercut. Chiba misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gunn scores with a jab. Gunn throws a right and a left that Chiba avoids nicely. Chiba steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gunn. Gunn misses with a low kick.
Chiba tries to work over Gunn's front leg with a kick but Gunn checks it. Gunn misses with the combination.
Gunn tries to bum rush Chiba with a series of wild strikes but Chiba uses good footwork to avoid the assault. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Gunn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Gunn tries to land a leg kick but Chiba saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Gunn dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Chiba throws a body punch but Gunn moves out of range. Gunn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Nice cross by Gunn. Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Chiba pushes him off. Gunn misses with a left hand and Gunn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Gunn blocks a head kick by Chiba.
Gunn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chiba moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Gunn looks to throw the jab but Chiba is out of range. Gunn wants to clinch up but Chiba keeps it at a distance. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gunn checks a leg kick. Gunn throws a poor cross that misses
and Chiba counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gunn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Chiba slips under a jab from Gunn. Gunn throws a body punch but Chiba moves out of range. Gunn connects with the punch. Chiba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gunn throws out the jab. Gunn swings for the body but Chiba moves out of range.
Chiba blocks a jab. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gunn, right into the meat.
A left and a right from Gunn both land. Nice combination. Gunn 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gunn lands with a nice body punch. Gunn tries to clinch but Chiba moves out of range. Gunn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chiba. Gunn thumps Chiba with a low kick. Gunn smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Chiba keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gunn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gunn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chiba moves away. Gunn is looking to land body kicks. Chiba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gunn.
Gunn misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gunn swings for the body but Chiba moves out of range.
Gunn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chiba.
A big right from Gunn misses. Gunn misses with a body shot.
Gunn wants to clinch. Chiba blocks a head kick by Gunn.
Gunn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gunn attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Gunn cracks Chiba with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gunn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chiba sees it coming and avoids it easily. Gunn cracks Chiba with a good jab. Gunn drives through and clinches with Chiba against the cage.
Tommy Gunn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Gunn stalling.
Gunn seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Gunn is trying to push Chiba away but Chiba has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Gunn misses with a body punch.
Genku Chiba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Chiba misses with a hook from the clinch. A hook to the body from Chiba.
And that's the end of the fight! Tommy Gunn showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gunn, 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27 Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27 Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Gunn!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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