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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kinjo Sasake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rudi Guns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guns has chosen Kwan - Shine as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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139 lbs
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148 lbs
20 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kinjo Sasake!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rudi Guns!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guns keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sasake.
Guns is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sasake.
Guns loads up on a big right hand but Sasake slips the punch.
Guns staying out of range there.
Guns scores with a one two! Sasake had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sasake on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Guns.
Guns shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Guns is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Guns is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sasake can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sasake is desperately trying to improve his position but Guns has a good base and remains in mount.
Guns misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Guns cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sasake keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sasake slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Sasake looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guns looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sasake with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Guns wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sasake keeps working.
Sasake is looking for a sweep. Guns is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sasake looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Guns is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sasake looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Sasake is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Guns pulls his head out easily.
Guns throwing shots but Sasake is blocking nicely.
Guns wants to take a breather but Sasake is having none of it.
Guns looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Guns lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guns missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Guns lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Guns tries to stand and escape but Sasake is controlling the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Guns throwing shots but Sasake is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sasake looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sasake actively working from the bottom here.
Guns throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sasake slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sasake is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Guns is stalling in the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guns missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sasake looking for a guillotine here but Guns defends easily.
Guns working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sasake's head.
Guns showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Sasake looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Guns in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Guns pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sasake is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guns wants to control from the top but Sasake keeps moving.
Sasake working for a triangle but Guns defends it easily.
Guns is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sasake is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sasake has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Guns can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sasake has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Guns is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Sasake.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rudi Guns dominated that 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.
Sasake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guns.
Guns ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sasake moves away.
A jab from Sasake misses.
Guns throws a hook to the side of Sasake's head but Sasake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Guns avoids the body shot from Sasake.
Guns jabs Sasake to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sasake missing with a left hand there. Guns was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sasake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Guns.
Guns looks to score with a jab to the body but Sasake is just out of range.
Sasake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sasake tries for a takedown but Guns sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sasake takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rudi Guns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sasake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Guns misses the jab.
Guns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guns fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sasake manages to avoid it.
Sasake dodges the punch combination from Guns.
Guns is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Guns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guns scores with a one two! Sasake had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sasake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guns throws a body kick that misses.
Sasake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Guns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Sasake misses.
Guns connects with a nice looking jab.
Guns throws a body punch but Sasake moves out of range.
Guns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guns looks to score with a jab to the body but Sasake is just out of range.
Sasake takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sasake misses with a straight left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Guns misses with a wild body shot.
Guns swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sasake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Guns throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sasake lands a nice shot that snaps Guns's head back.
Sasake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Guns connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sasake connects with a looping right hand.
Sasake scores with a takedown into Guns's guard.
Sasake drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Guns dives on top into guard.
Sasake had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Guns defends it easily.
Guns passes Sasake's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sasake looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Guns thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sasake wants to improve his position but Guns is controlling well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sasake gets full guard.
Sasake is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Guns trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Guns trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sasake working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Guns.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Guns accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rudi Guns showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A telegraphed right hand from Sasake misses the target.
A telegraphed right hand from Sasake misses the target.
A shot to the body from Guns misses
and Sasake counters with a stiff right hand.
Guns misses with a series of wild punches.
Sasake scores with a jab to the body.
Sasake loads up on a big right hand but Guns slips the punch.
Guns dips to his left and cracks Sasake with an uppercut!
Sasake blocks a jab.
Sasake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Guns.
Guns uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sasake.
Guns avoids the body shot from Sasake.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sasake. Guns does a little dance to reset his feet.
Guns misses with a wild body shot.
Sasake ducks under a wild hook from Guns.
Guns shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Sasake is trying to defend but Guns finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Guns is trying to control. Sasake wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Sasake has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Guns escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Guns!
Sasake might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sasake takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Guns connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sasake some visible discomfort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Guns scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sasake to see if he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sasake is looking for a sweep.
Guns working the body and head with strikes.
Sloppy strikes there by Guns.
Guns advances to mount.
Sasake regains half guard.
Guns wants to control but Sasake is keeping him busy.
Guns throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Guns working Sasake over with strikes.
Sasake wants to get back to full guard.
Sasake gets full guard.
Guns pushing down on Sasake's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sasake actively working from the bottom here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Guns missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guns uses his free foot to push down on Sasake's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sasake.
Sasake is bucking up trying to escape but Guns cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sasake is wriggling around trying to escape.
Guns is landing with some decent strikes but Sasake is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Guns raining down shots from the mount!
Guns looking to finish Sasake with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sasake!
Guns lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Sasake is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Guns looking to control but Sasake is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Guns putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oh Sasake is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sasake is desperately trying to improve his position but Guns has a good base and remains in mount.
Sasake seems to have got his legs back now.
Sasake taking shots to the head.
Guns with good strikes from the mount here!
Sasake is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guns in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sasake is desperately trying to improve his position but Guns has a good base and remains in mount.
Guns loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Sasake scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Guns land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Guns stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rudi Guns!
Rudi Guns is the new bantamweight champion!
As Rudi Guns got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night! All day!'.
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