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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kazuka Fuujin (ranked 1120 p4p, 66 weight class) and The Prophet (ranked 1682 p4p, 83 weight class). Fuujin comes to the cage accompanied by a lot of Asian swag in this young man. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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146 lbs
18 - 11 - 0 |
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140 lbs
15 - 8 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kazuka Fuujin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Prophet!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prophet gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fuujin.
Prophet's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fuujin under the eye.
Fuujin 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.
A slow jab from Prophet misses its intended target.
Fuujin throws a leg kick but Prophet moved away.
Fuujin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fuujin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Prophet's sensitive parts.
Kazuka Fuujin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuujin moves out of range as Prophet strikes.
Prophet connects with a single shot there.
Fuujin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fuujin throws a leg kick that misses.
Prophet looks to land a right hand but Fuujin moved out of range.
Fuujin throwing a counter right hand but Prophet manages to avoid it.
Prophet takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fuujin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fuujin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
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!
Fuujin swings away with a body shot that misses
and Prophet counters by moving into the clinch.
Prophet struggles to land a body shot inside as Fuujin controls his hands.
Prophet blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fuujin is working Prophet over against the cage.
Fuujin drags the fight down to the ground.
Prophet advances to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prophet controlling the action here.
Fuujin wants to control but Prophet is keeping busy.
Fuujin is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Fuujin wants to get back to full guard.
Prophet trying to mount his opponent but Fuujin defends it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Prophet is looking to pass Fuujin's guard but actually Fuujin recovers to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fuujin keeping moving, preventing Prophet from controlling successfully.
Fuujin looking for a sweep. Not yet Fuujin, not yet.
Prophet looking to pass the guard.
Fuujin wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Prophet trying to control the position from guard on top but Fuujin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin tries a low kick but Prophet avoids it.
Fuujin connects with a single shot there.
Fuujin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That kick from Fuujin tenderised Prophet's leg. Prophet is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fuujin misses with a two punch combination.
Prophet is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
The Prophet is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Prophet rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Fuujin to counter with a crisp jab.
Prophet blocks the body kick.
Prophet keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Prophet.
A left lands for Fuujin.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fuujin. Prophet does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fuujin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Prophet counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fuujin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Prophet.
Prophet scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Prophet closes the distance and pushes Fuujin back into the cage.
Fuujin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Prophet misses with the head strike.
Prophet misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Prophet has a couple of punches blocked by Fuujin.
Fuujin misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Prophet misses with a punch on the inside.
Fuujin blocks an uppercut.
Fuujin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fuujin misses with a body punch.
Fuujin lands an uppercut.
Fuujin can't find room to land a body shot as Prophet controls the action.
A short right from Prophet on the inside.
Prophet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Prophet's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fuujin has picked Prophet up - he's going for a ride! Fuujin dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Prophet scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Fuujin manages to mount him!
Fuujin controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazuka Fuujin 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.
Prophet jabs Fuujin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Prophet is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fuujin.
Fuujin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Prophet uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fuujin has time to react.
Prophet takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Prophet rushes Fuujin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fuujin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Prophet misses with a punch to the body.
Prophet misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Prophet creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fuujin struggles to land a body shot inside as Prophet controls his hands.
Fuujin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Prophets head.
Fuujin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Prophet backwards.
Fuujin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fuujin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Prophet fails to land.
A short right from Fuujin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prophet gets through Fuujin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fuujin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Prophet misses with some punches.
Fuujin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fuujin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fuujin throws a head punch that misses.
Fuujin is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Prophet can't fight it off and eventually Fuujin manages to take the fight to the floor. Prophet looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Fuujin tries to free his leg and advance position but Prophet is retaining full guard.
Fuujin trying to control but Prophet is working from the bottom.
Fuujin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin trying to control the position from guard on top but Prophet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fuujin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Prophet's guard.
Fuujin controlling the action here.
Prophet is trying to get back to full guard.
Fuujin is pressing down on Prophet's thigh, looking to free his foot. Prophet is holding on for now.
Fuujin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Prophet can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fuujin controlling the pace for now.
Kazuka Fuujin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fuujin trying to control but Prophet is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Prophet prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Fuujin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Fuujin tries to control but Prophet wriggling away.
Fuujin controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kazuka Fuujin dominated that second round.
That's time! Fuujin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Prophet scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fuujin throws a lazy right hand but Prophet sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fuujin tries to score with a low kick but Prophet moves his leg out of the way.
Fuujin staying out of range there.
Prophet checks the leg kick nicely there.
Prophet scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fuujin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Prophet is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fuujin.
Fuujin slips under a jab from Prophet.
A counter left hand to the body from Fuujin misses its target.
Prophet lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fuujin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Prophet finds it's target.
Prophet swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prophet throws a looping overhand right but Fuujin ducks down to avoid it.
Fuujin dodges the punch combination from Prophet.
Fuujin lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Prophet throws the left hand but Fuujin avoids the punch easily.
Fuujin throws a jab but it's blocked by Prophet.
Fuujin slips under a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Fuujin misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Prophet on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fuujin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fuujin slips a straight right by Prophet.
Fuujin changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Fuujin walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fuujin misses with a hook.
Prophet lands with a cross.
Prophet is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Prophet throws a lazy right hand but Fuujin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Fuujin.
Fuujin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Prophet counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fuujin. That's going to slow Prophet down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fuujin.
The Prophet has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Fuujin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prophet throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fuujin on the side of the head.
Fuujin scores with a jab to the body.
Prophet takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Prophet moves into the clinch successfully.
Fuujin is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Fuujin tries to throw a body punch but Prophet avoids it by throwing Fuujin back against the cage.
Prophet misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Prophet.
Prophet fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prophet throws a head punch that misses.
Fuujin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Prophet backwards.
Prophet lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Prophet lands an uppercut.
Fuujin misses with the head strike.
Fuujin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Fuujin.
The Prophet seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fuujin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuujin lands a body shot.
Good body shot from Fuujin.
Prophet has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Fuujin seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Prophet can turn it around.
Good body shot from Fuujin.
Prophet takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fuujin lands a right hand.
Prophet prevents a body shot from Fuujin.
Prophet lands with a left to the head.
Fuujin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fuujin blocking some punches.
Fuujin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Prophet tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fuujin's elbow.
Fuujin lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Fuujin.
Fuujin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fuujin is leaning against Prophet and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fuujin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fuujin jumps guard.
Fuujin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Prophet's guard.
That's four 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!
Fuujin looking to pass the guard.
Fuujin advances to half guard.
Fuujin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Fuujin works his way into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kazuka Fuujin.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fuujin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kazuka Fuujin!
After winning the bout, Kazuka Fuujin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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