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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tatsumi Fujinami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sol Hudson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sol Hudson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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178 cm
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210 lbs
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212 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tatsumi Fujinami! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sol Hudson! The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jab from Hudson. Fujinami changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hudson tries to avoid it but Fujinami manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hudson to the ground. Hudson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Hudson throws a jab when Fujinami was well out of range. Hudson misses with a hook. Hudson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fujinami moves away. A big right from Hudson misses. Hudson misses with a looping right.
Fujinami shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. Fujinami thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Hudson has hold of Fujinami's hands but Fujinami slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Hudson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fujinami. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Fujinami prevents Hudson from improving his position. Hudson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fujinami. Hudson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Fujinami not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Fujinami thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Fujinami sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hudson defending well though. Fujinami throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Fujinami working Hudson over with strikes. Fujinami missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Fujinami missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Hudson regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Fujinami. Fujinami scoring with some ground and pound.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Hudson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fujinami is one step ahead there. Hudson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fujinami. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Fujinami is looking to work some ground and pound but Hudson has wrist control. Fujinami pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hudson is keeping the position for now. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Fujinami passes Hudson's right leg, so he's now in half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Fujinami not landing any meaningful shots this time. Hudson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fujinami. Fujinami thows a huge punch but Hudson dodges it nicely.
Fujinami sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hudson defending well though. Fujinami sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hudson defending well though.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Hudson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Fujinami throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Fujinami thows a huge punch but Hudson dodges it nicely.
Fujinami thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Fujinami throwing shots but Hudson is blocking nicely. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fujinami connects with a nice short shot to Hudson's temple. Fujinami throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Hudson has hold of Fujinami's hands but Fujinami slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Fujinami lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Fujinami throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Fujinami working Hudson over with strikes. Fujinami throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Fujinami thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Fujinami thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hudson's head. Fujinami not landing any meaningful shots this time. Hudson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fujinami scores with a couple of nice shots. Hudson looks gassed! Fujinami takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Hudson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fujinami scores with a couple of nice shots. Fujinami landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Fujinami is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Hudson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fujinami scores with a couple of nice shots. Fujinami has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Fujinami thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hudson's head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tatsumi Fujinami 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.

Fujinami shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Fujinami landing with the ground and pound. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hudson can do anything to dispel that myth. Fujinami loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Hudson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Fujinami. Fujinami might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Fujinami throwing strikes from guard but Hudson blocks nicely. Hudson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Fujinami pushing down on Hudson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fujinami lands a nice short elbow. Fujinami missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Fujinami missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Fujinami thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Hudson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Fujinami not landing any meaningful shots this time. Hudson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fujinami scores with a couple of nice shots. Fujinami uses his free foot to push down on Hudson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hudson. Tatsumi Fujinami overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Hudson is breathing heavily. Fujinami working Hudson over with strikes here. Fujinami raining down hammerfists from mount. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Fujinami lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Hudson is rocked! Fujinami lands a big shot to the head and Hudson winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tatsumi Fujinami!
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energy
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