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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Itagaki Fukuzawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Richardson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fukuzawa comes to the cage accompanied by Mustasch - Ratsafari. This should be fireworks!
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153 lbs
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135 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Brawler
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Itagaki Fukuzawa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ray Richardson!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richardson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fukuzawa as he jumps to the side.
Richardson fails with a takedown attempt.
Richardson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Richardson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fukuzawa cracks Richardson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Richardson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Itagaki Fukuzawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Richardson.
Richardson misses with a few strikes there.
Richardson misses with a takedown attempt
and Fukuzawa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fukuzawa scores with a leg kick.
Richardson tries for a takedown but Fukuzawa circles away easily
and Fukuzawa counters with an outside leg kick.
Ray Richardson 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.
Richardson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fukuzawa.
Richardson looks winded!
Fukuzawa closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Richardson's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Fukuzawa controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Richardson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fukuzawa is working Richardson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fukuzawa wants to control from the top but Richardson keeps moving.
Richardson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Fukuzawa puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Fukuzawa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Richardson taking some punishment here, with Fukuzawa in his half guard.
Richardson is trying to maintain the position but Fukuzawa is very close to passing his half guard.
Fukuzawa lands strikes from half guard.
Fukuzawa seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Richardson is looking for a sweep. Fukuzawa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fukuzawa is nestled in close to Richardson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Richardson has hold of Fukuzawa's hands but Fukuzawa slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Richardson trying to control but Fukuzawa postures up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Richardson is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa winds up and cracks Richardson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fukuzawa stops Richardson from getting back to his feet.
Richardson is looking for a sweep. Fukuzawa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fukuzawa lands a nice short elbow.
Fukuzawa trying to control from half guard but Richardson is working away.
Fukuzawa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Richardson is trying to maintain the position but Fukuzawa is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Richardson pushes Fukuzawa off and gets back to his feet.
Richardson shoots in and drives through. Fukuzawa sprawls well.
Fukuzawa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fukuzawa connects with a looping right hand.
Richardson is rocked!
Fukuzawa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Richardson is still on wobbly legs! Can Fukuzawa finish him?
Richardson misses with a takedown attempt
and Fukuzawa counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richardson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Richardson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Richardson looks to clinch
and Fukuzawa counters with a left to the body.
Fukuzawa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Richardson in his tracks.
Fukuzawa slips a jab and a cross from Richardson.
Richardson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Richardson gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Fukuzawa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Fukuzawa.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fukuzawa cracks Richardson with a big elbow.
Fukuzawa trying to control the action but Richardson is working from the bottom.
Richardson can't do much from the bottom here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fukuzawa scoring with punches from side control.
Richardson seems to have recovered his senses.
Fukuzawa working the head and body with strikes.
Fukuzawa wants to control but Richardson is keeping him busy.
Richardson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Fukuzawa scoring with punches and elbows.
Richardson taking punishment in the form of punches.
Richardson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Richardson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Richardson gets back to full guard.
Fukuzawa throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fukuzawa pushing down on Richardson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Fukuzawa wants to pass the guard but Richardson is defending well.
Fukuzawa throwing shots but Richardson is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Itagaki Fukuzawa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Richardson stuffs the takedown attempt from Fukuzawa. Fukuzawa gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice cross by Fukuzawa.
Richardson with a poor takedown
and Fukuzawa counters with an inside leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fukuzawa.
Fukuzawa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Richardson's calf.
Richardson shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fukuzawa as he avoids it easily.
Richardson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fukuzawa but Fukuzawa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Itagaki Fukuzawa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Richardson.
A cross from Fukuzawa lands.
Itagaki Fukuzawa is winning the standup battle so far.
Fukuzawa lands a right hook to the body.
Richardson is breathing heavily.
Fukuzawa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fukuzawa lands with a nice combination. Richardson backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fukuzawa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fukuzawa scores with a nice strike.
Richardson tries to clinch there but Fukuzawa circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richardson moves forwards but Fukuzawa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Richardson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fukuzawa circles away.
Fukuzawa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Richardson can do to turn this around?
Richardson walks straight into a right hand from Fukuzawa - that's dropped him! Fukuzawa jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Richardson from any more punishment! Richardson complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Itagaki Fukuzawa!
Itagaki Fukuzawa is the new featherweight champion!
Itagaki Fukuzawa decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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