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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gyukosho Fujimoto (ranked 218 p4p, 34 weight class) and Ross Barkley (ranked 251 p4p, 39 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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250 lbs
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277 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gyukosho Fujimoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ross Barkley!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ben Watson and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barkley looks to clinch
and Fujimoto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Barkley misses with a body kick.
Fujimoto throwing a counter right hand but Barkley manages to avoid it.
Fujimoto tries to clinch up but Barkley circles away and keeps his distance.
Barkley looks to score with a jab to the body but Fujimoto is just out of range.
We've been told by Fujimoto's head coaches at Big Bear Fight Factory that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Barkley cracks a nice hook into Fujimoto's ribs.
Fujimoto takes a swing at Barkley's ribcage but misses.
Barkley misses with an uppercut
letting Fujimoto counter with a right hand.
Fujimoto lands a nice looking body kick.
Barkley has taken the fight to the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barkley.
Barkley tries for a takedown but Fujimoto manages to get underhooks.
Barkley tries for a takedown. No joy.
Fujimoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fujimoto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fujimoto misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fujimoto.
Barkley blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barkley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good body shot from Fujimoto.
Barkley looks winded!
Fujimoto throws a head punch that misses.
Barkley blocking some punches.
Barkley tries to work over Fujimoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barkley misses with a punch on the inside.
Fujimoto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barkley takes a shot to the head.
Fujimoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fujimoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fujimoto prevents a takedown attempt there.
Gyukosho Fujimoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ross Barkley.
Fujimoto lands with a short shot to the head.
Fujimoto lands a hook that snaps the head of Barkley backwards.
Barkley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fujimoto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fujimoto swings wildly with an uppercut but Barkley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fujimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Fujimoto fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barkley wants to stall.
Barkley throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley misses with a punch on the inside.
Fujimoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Fujimoto on the inside.
Fujimoto blocks an uppercut.
Fujimoto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fujimoto gets through Barkley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barkley turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Barkley manages to end up in side control.
Barkley prevents Fujimoto from escaping the position.
Fujimoto is working to avoid the ground and pound but Barkley connects with a decent elbow.
Barkley tries to score with some ground and pound. Fujimoto controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Barkley taking a breather here.
Barkley working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Barkley scores with a couple of short elbows.
Barkley connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Fujimoto some visible discomfort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barkley throws an elbow but Fujimoto slips to the side and avoids it well.
Fujimoto wants to get back to his feet.
Barkley trying to control the position but Fujimoto is working away.
An elbow from Barkley crashes against the mat.
Fujimoto is trying to buck Barkley off.
Barkley wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fujimoto keeps working.
Fujimoto is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Barkley has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Barkley working the head and body with strikes.
Barkley working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Barkley postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Fujimoto is trying to buck Barkley off.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Fujimoto is looking to clinch but Barkley is avoiding it.
Fujimoto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barkley.
An attempted straight right counter from Fujimoto misses the target.
Fujimoto misses the jab.
Good exchange - Fujimoto coming out on top.
Barkley closes the distance and pushes Fujimoto back into the cage.
Fujimoto prevents a body shot from Barkley.
Fujimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gyukosho Fujimoto dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Barkley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fujimoto checks a low kick from Barkley.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Fujimoto here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Fujimoto throws a hook but Barkley blocks it.
Fujimoto tries to clinch there but Barkley circles away.
Barkley scores with a jab to the body.
Barkley scores with a jab. Fujimoto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A swing and a miss from Barkley.
Barkley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Barkley takes a swing at Fujimoto's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujimoto throws a solid leg kick but Barkley takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fujimoto.
Fujimoto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barkley throws a body punch but Fujimoto moves out of range.
Fujimoto dodges the punch combination from Barkley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Barkley there.
Gyukosho Fujimoto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Barkley keeps the fight on the outside.
Barkley wants to counter the offense by Fujimoto and move into the clinch position.
Barkley moves in looking to clinch but Fujimoto pushes him off.
Barkley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fujimoto throwing a counter right hand but Barkley manages to avoid it.
Barkley moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fujimoto fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little jabbing left from Barkley on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fujimoto dodges the punch combination from Barkley.
Barkley misses with an uppercut. Fujimoto saw that one coming.
Fujimoto thinks about countering with a body kick.
Barkley misses with a two punch combination.
Donk. Fujimoto catches Barkley right on the button with a cross.
It looks like Ross Barkley has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barkley tries to clinch but Fujimoto moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Fujimoto misses its target.
Fujimoto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Barkley, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barkley drops down looking for an ankle pick but Fujimoto pulls his leg out and moves away.
Barkley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Barkley dives in for a single leg takedown but Fujimoto sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Barkley shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fujimoto pinned against the cage. Fujimoto gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gyukosho Fujimoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ross Barkley.
Barkley throws a shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fujimoto. That's going to slow Barkley down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Barkley does no damage.
Fujimoto swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fujimoto misses with a wild combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Barkley scores with a four punch combination!
Barkley has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Fujimoto lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Barkley scores with a hook.
Ross Barkley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fujimoto dodges the punch combination from Barkley.
Fujimoto was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fujimoto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barkley. Fujimoto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barkley shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fujimoto but Fujimoto pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Barkley is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujimoto throws a lazy right hand but Barkley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fujimoto throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barkley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ross Barkley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fujimoto cracks Barkley with an uppercut from hell and Barkley crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Fujimoto's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Fujimoto stands and steps away. Barkley gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Fujimoto lands a nice shot that snaps Barkley's head back.
Barkley throws an off balance right hand
and Fujimoto counters with a huge right that knocks Barkley out cold! Fujimoto is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gyukosho Fujimoto!
A victorious Gyukosho Fujimoto thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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