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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hector Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Itagaki Fukuzawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fukuzawa has chosen Mustasch - Ratsafari as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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149 lbs
5 - 8 - 0 |
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170 cm
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153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Good chin |
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hector Barbosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Itagaki Fukuzawa!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fukuzawa throws a series of punches but Barbosa avoids them all with ease.
Barbosa manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Fukuzawa on his heels. He'll look to pass Fukuzawa's guard now, I'm sure.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Fukuzawa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Barbosa lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Barbosa is in close to Fukuzawa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Barbosa preventing the sweep.
Barbosa 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.
Barbosa chips away with some ground and pound.
Barbosa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fukuzawa controls Barbosa momentarily but Barbosa frees himself.
Fukuzawa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barbosa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fukuzawa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Barbosa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Barbosa trying to control the position from guard on top but Fukuzawa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa is looking to stand up but Fukuzawa won't let him.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Barbosa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fukuzawa throws a leg kick
and Barbosa counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fukuzawa is trying to control the position but Barbosa postures up.
Fukuzawa is controlling Barbosa's posture.
Fukuzawa controls Barbosa momentarily but Barbosa frees himself.
Barbosa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fukuzawa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Barbosa 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Itagaki Fukuzawa has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Fukuzawa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Barbosa checks it well.
Barbosa misses with a head kick.
Barbosa changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fukuzawa tries to avoid it but Barbosa manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fukuzawa to the ground. Fukuzawa escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Fukuzawa is looking to slow Barbosa down with leg kicks.
Fukuzawa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fukuzawa defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barbosa.
A jab from Fukuzawa does it's job there.
Barbosa closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Barbosa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fukuzawa is looking for a sweep. Barbosa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Barbosa wants to take a breather but Fukuzawa is having none of it.
Fukuzawa trying to control from the bottom.
Fukuzawa wants to get back to full guard.
Fukuzawa trying to control here.
Fukuzawa controlling the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Barbosa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fukuzawa pinned against the cage. Fukuzawa gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hector Barbosa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A shot to the liver by Fukuzawa. Beautiful body shot.
Fukuzawa closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Barbosa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fukuzawa scores with a nice strike.
Fukuzawa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice sprawl there from Fukuzawa as Barbosa shoots in.
Barbosa takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fukuzawa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barbosa tries to score a power double leg takedown but Fukuzawa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Barbosa somewhat.
Barbosa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa lands with a hook. Barbosa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barbosa fails with the takedown
and Fukuzawa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Barbosa's knee momentarily.
Barbosa is breathing heavily.
Fukuzawa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barbosa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice sprawl there from Fukuzawa as Barbosa shoots in.
A punch lands to the side of Barbosa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
It looks like Hector Barbosa has been cut.
Fukuzawa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Barbosa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Barbosa shoots in looking for a takedown. Fukuzawa tries to sprawl out of it but Barbosa keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fukuzawa manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Fukuzawa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fukuzawa scores with a one two! Barbosa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Barbosa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fukuzawa.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa digs a good hook to Barbosa's body.
Fukuzawa throws a series of strikes that have Barbosa backpedaling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Itagaki Fukuzawa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hector Barbosa's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Fukuzawa scores with a one two! Barbosa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Barbosa throws a right hand that Fukuzawa ducks under and follows up with a left that Fukuzawa also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Fukuzawa. Those never looked like landing.
Nice straight punches there by Barbosa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Barbosa.
Barbosa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Good leg kick by Fukuzawa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barbosa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Barbosa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fukuzawa circles away quickly and effectively.
A chopping leg kick lands by Fukuzawa.
Nice body punch from Fukuzawa.
Barbosa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fukuzawa lands a nice shot to the body.
Fukuzawa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hector Barbosa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fukuzawa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Barbosa on the side of the head.
Barbosa ducks right into an uppercut from Fukuzawa.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fukuzawa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fukuzawa looks to land a combination. Barbosa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukuzawa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Barbosa is rocked!
Fukuzawa lands with a nice body punch.
Barbosa throws a sloppy head kick and Fukuzawa moves out of range easily.
Barbosa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fukuzawa lands with an uppercut that bounces Barbosa off the cage and back into range.
Oh Barbosa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fukuzawa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Barbosa seems to have got his legs back now.
Barbosa ducks right into an uppercut from Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Barbosa to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Barbosa looks to clinch but Fukuzawa throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Barbosa taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Itagaki Fukuzawa!
Itagaki Fukuzawa bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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