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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yoko Gushiken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richmond Finch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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135 lbs
40 - 16 - 1 |
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148 lbs
23 - 10 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
40 - 16 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yoko Gushiken!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richmond Finch!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finch throws a body kick that misses.
Gushiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finch moves away.
Gushiken stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gushiken avoids a kick to the body.
Gushiken is looking to counter punch.
Finch lands a jab to Gushiken's midsection.
Finch scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Finch slips a jab and a cross from Gushiken.
Finch fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gushiken checks it well.
Finch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gushiken.
Gushiken throws a big counter combination but Finch scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Finch misses with a low kick.
Gushiken jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gushiken moves out of range as Finch strikes.
Finch ducks under a wild hook from Gushiken.
Finch throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gushiken on the side of the head.
Finch slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Finch! But no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gushiken manages to avoid it.
Gushiken has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Nice shot lands for Gushiken.
Finch just misses with a punch to the body.
Gushiken keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gushiken throws a looping overhand right but Finch ducks down to avoid it.
Gushiken throws a jab but it's blocked by Finch.
Finch fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gushiken checks it well.
Finch smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Finch misses with a low kick.
Gushiken connects with a body shot that sends Finch's belly button to the back.
Gushiken misses with a wild combination.
Gushiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Gushiken throws a body punch but Finch moves out of range.
Gushiken scores with a punch to the head.
Jab, jab by Gushiken - just one landing.
Finch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gushiken throws out the jab.
Finch tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gushiken looks to land a right hand but Finch moved out of range.
Gushiken takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gushiken throws a hook but Finch avoids it easily.
Gushiken throws out a loose jab but Finch uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finch lands a slapping body shot.
Gushiken throws a jab when Finch was well out of range.
Finch lunges at Gushiken with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gushiken's hand.
Finch pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gushiken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Finch scores with a spinning back kick!
Finch looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gushiken scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Finch doesn't seem bothered though.
Finch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gushiken sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gushiken dips to his left and cracks Finch with an uppercut!
Gushiken misses with a hook. Finch ducked under it nicely.
A head kick by Finch misses
and Gushiken counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gushiken clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Finch tries a body shot but Gushiken blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gushiken.
Gushiken tries to work over Finch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Finch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Finch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finch working aggressively here.
Gushiken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Finch's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Finch.
Finch tries to throw a body punch but Gushiken avoids it by throwing Finch back against the cage.
Finch tries to throw a body punch but Gushiken avoids it by throwing Finch back against the cage.
Gushiken works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Finch has a couple of punches blocked by Gushiken.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gushiken.
Finch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Finch throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Finch.
Gushiken has a couple of punches blocked by Finch.
Finch breaks the clinch.
Gushiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finch moves away.
Finch lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gushiken has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Finch.
Gushiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finch moves away.
Gushiken scores with a hook.
Gushiken doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gushiken lands a hook to the side of the head.
Finch scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gushiken taking a breather.
Finch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Finch works on Gushiken's body with a couple of short punches.
Gushiken misses with a body punch.
Finch lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Finch lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gushiken or not.
A right hook to the body lands for Gushiken.
Finch lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Finch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gushiken throws a hook but Finch blocks it.
Gushiken lands with a good body shot.
Gushiken misses with a looping right.
A right-left combo lands from Gushiken.
Gushiken throws a looping overhand right but Finch ducks down to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Yoko Gushiken will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A jab from Finch finds it's way through Gushiken's defenses.
The fighters circling - Gushiken throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gushiken throws a body punch but Finch moves out of range.
Gushiken will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gushiken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gushiken walks into a left hand.
Finch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Finch lands a glancing blow to the side of Gushiken's head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Finch.
Finch takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gushiken misses the shot to the body.
Finch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gushiken lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Finch at a distance.
Gushiken on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Finch. Finch obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gushiken slips a straight right by Finch.
Finch swats away the attempt to clinch by Gushiken.
Gushiken connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gushiken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Finch manages to avoid it.
Gushiken avoids a kick to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gushiken uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Finch.
Gushiken missing with a left hand there. Finch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Finch throws out a counter right but Gushiken avoids it with no problem.
An inside leg kick lands from Finch.
Finch throws an overhand right that lands on Gushiken's shoulder, as Gushiken tries to avoid the shot.
Gushiken takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Finch ducks under a wild hook from Gushiken.
Gushiken looks to score with a jab to the body but Finch is just out of range.
Finch ducks under a wild hook from Gushiken.
Gushiken throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gushiken's jab looks to have found its range, popping Finch under the eye.
Finch lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Finch will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice body punch from Gushiken.
Finch moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gushiken swings for the body but Finch moves out of range.
Gushiken has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Finch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Finch throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
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!
Gushiken changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Finch throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yoko Gushiken is winning the standup battle so far.
Gushiken misses with a hook.
Gushiken swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gushiken lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Finch bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Finch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gushiken uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Finch has time to react.
The fighters circling - Gushiken throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Finch counters with a body kick.
Finch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Finch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gushiken was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Finch scoring well with a low kick there.
Finch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Finch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gushiken swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Finch finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Gushiken is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Finch cracks the inside of Gushiken's front leg.
Gushiken scores with a hook to the body. Finch takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Finch has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Finch there as he acknowledges the shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Gushiken blocks the leg kick.
Finch throws a series of punches but Gushiken avoids them all with ease.
Finch lands with a kick to the ribs.
Gushiken misses with a hook. Finch ducked under it nicely.
Gushiken throws a body shot but no joy.
Gushiken misses with a straight right.
Finch cracks Gushiken with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gushiken lands a jab to the nose.
Gushiken throws a left and a right that both miss
and Finch counters with a low kick, right behind Gushiken 's knee.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
A jab from Gushiken misses.
Finch scores with a punch to the head.
Gushiken tries to clinch but Finch moves out of range.
Finch lands with an overhand left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finch defending well as Gushiken loads up on a big left hand.
Finch cracks Gushiken with an open hand slap.
Gushiken scores with a jab to the body.
Finch defending well as Gushiken loads up on a big left hand.
Gushiken misses with a body shot.
Finch jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gushiken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Finch.
Gushiken ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Finch feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gushikens jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gushiken is rocked!
Finch scores with a leg kick.
Finch throws a head kick but Gushiken moves out of range.
Gushiken connects with a body shot that sends Finch's belly button to the back.
Finch buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gushiken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finch.
Gushiken takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gushiken throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Finch feints a counter leg kick.
Finch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Gushiken misses its target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Richmond Finch will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gushiken pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gushiken misses with a wild body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Finch misses.
Gushiken misses the jab.
A jab from Finch finds it's way through Gushiken's defenses.
Gushiken takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Oh Gushiken is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gushiken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Finch manages to avoid it.
Gushiken takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Finch scores with a push kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Finch. That's going to slow Gushiken down.
Gushiken blocks a head kick by Finch.
Gushiken lands a jab.
A swing and a miss from Finch.
Gushiken seems to have got his legs back now.
Gushiken missing with a left hand there. Finch was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big right from Gushiken misses.
Gushiken moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gushiken misses with a body shot.
Finch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gushiken.
Gushiken tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finch was well out of range. Poor timing from Gushiken.
Finch is looking to land body kicks.
Finch avoids the body shot from Gushiken.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gushiken throws a hook but Finch blocks it.
Gushiken takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Finch uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gushiken.
A clash of legs there as Gushiken blocks the low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gushiken. Finch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Finch darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Finch throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Gushiken throws a wild hook but Finch just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Gushiken gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Finch raises his hands in celebration and walks away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richmond Finch! Richmond Finch retains his featherweight title!
Richmond Finch very nearly forgot to thank Pearson Specter Litt amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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