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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Link Gaetz (ranked 6 p4p, 2 weight class) and Gyukosho Fujimoto (ranked 93 p4p, 11 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Link Gaetz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gyukosho Fujimoto!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujimoto pushes Gaetz up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Fujimoto.
Gaetz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gaetz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gaetz struggles to land a body shot inside as Fujimoto controls his hands.
Fujimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Gaetz on the inside.
Gaetz lands a left hand.
Gaetz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Gaetz scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've been informed that Fujimoto has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Still in the clinch, Gaetz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fujimoto lands a hook that snaps the head of Gaetz backwards.
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!
Gaetz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gaetz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fujimoto misses with the head strike.
Fujimoto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gaetz's elbow.
Fujimoto tries a body shot but Gaetz blocks it.
Fujimoto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gaetz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gaetz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gaetz fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujimoto lands an overhand right.
Gaetz scores with a nice right hand.
Gaetz misses with a hook.
Gaetz misses with a body shot
and Fujimoto counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fujimoto.
Gaetz blocks a body shot from Fujimoto.
Gaetz prevents a body shot from Fujimoto.
Fujimoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gaetz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fujimoto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gaetz misses with a body punch.
Fujimoto pushes Gaetz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fujimoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fujimoto throws a punch but it's blocked by Gaetz.
Gaetz misses with a body punch.
Gaetz struggles to land a body shot inside as Fujimoto controls his hands.
Fujimoto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fujimoto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fujimoto tries to throw a body punch but Gaetz avoids it by throwing Fujimoto back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fujimoto.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fujimoto.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gaetz.
Fujimoto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gaetz struggles to land a body shot inside as Fujimoto controls his hands.
Gaetz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gaetz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gaetz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gaetz blocks a body shot from Fujimoto.
Fujimoto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fujimoto misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fujimoto.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gaetz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fujimoto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gaetz.
Fujimoto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fujimoto slips a jab from Gaetz.
Fujimoto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gaetz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fujimoto.
Gaetz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fujimoto moves away.
Fujimoto wants to counter the offense by Gaetz and move into the clinch position.
Gaetz scores with a leg kick.
Fujimoto stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gaetz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz misses with a low kick.
Fujimoto clobbers Gaetz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fujimoto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gaetz appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fujimoto throws a head kick but Gaetz moves out of range.
Gaetz avoids a punch combination nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Gaetz misses its target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fujimoto takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Link Gaetz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gaetz lands an overhand right.
Gaetz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fujimoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gaetz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fujimoto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Fujimoto finds it's way through Gaetz's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaetz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gaetz throws a jab when Fujimoto was well out of range.
Fujimoto now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujimoto avoids a kick to the body.
Fujimoto throws a fast counter high kick but Gaetz manages to duck under it in time.
Fujimoto catches Gaetz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fujimoto throws a hook to the side of Gaetz's head but Gaetz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fujimoto misses with a hook. Gaetz ducked under it nicely.
Gaetz throws a looping overhand right but Fujimoto ducks down to avoid it.
Fujimoto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gaetz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gaetz tried to score with a low kick but Fujimoto checks it.
A little jabbing left from Fujimoto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Gaetz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fujimoto momentarily.
Gaetz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fujimoto can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz throws a good cross that connects.
Gaetz is looking to score with low kicks.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fujimoto! But no joy.
Fujimoto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gaetz can pounce on him.
Gaetz lands a leg kick that knocks Fujimoto off balance momentarily.
Gaetz ducks under a wild hook from Fujimoto.
Fujimoto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fujimoto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaetz throws out a leg kick but Fujimoto moves out of range and Gaetz only half commits.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujimoto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gaetz.
Gaetz throws a hook to the side of Fujimoto's head but Fujimoto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fujimoto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fujimoto moves out of range of the body kick.
Link Gaetz is winning the standup battle so far.
Gaetz throws a head kick but Fujimoto moves out of range.
Fujimoto takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Gaetz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fujimoto.
Fujimoto let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gaetz misses with a lunging right hand
and Fujimoto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujimoto looks to land a left hand but Gaetz moved out of range nicely.
Gaetz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gaetz looks to land a body kick but Fujimoto moved away.
A little jabbing left from Fujimoto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fujimoto avoids the body shot from Gaetz.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gaetz.
Fujimoto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fujimoto working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fujimoto swings wildly with an uppercut but Gaetz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fujimoto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Link Gaetz dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gaetz throws out a loose jab but Fujimoto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fujimoto is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Fujimoto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gaetz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fujimoto tries to move into range but Gaetz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fujimoto clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fujimoto.
Fujimoto working aggressively here.
Fujimoto lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaetz lands with a left to the head.
Gaetz misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fujimoto.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fujimoto.
A left hand lands to the body for Fujimoto.
Gaetz tries to work over Fujimoto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fujimoto.
Fujimoto has a couple of punches blocked by Gaetz.
Fujimoto blocking some punches.
Fujimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gaetz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fujimoto can't find room to land a body shot as Gaetz controls the action.
Gaetz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fujimoto's elbow.
Fujimoto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fujimoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gaetz misses with a body shot.
Fujimoto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gaetz jabs Fujimoto to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gaetz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fujimoto takes one to the chin there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fujimoto slips a jab from Gaetz.
Gaetz lands a really nice looking cross but Fujimoto seems unphased.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fujimoto in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Fujimoto catches Gaetz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fujimoto takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Fujimoto might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fujimoto takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gaetz throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Fujimoto counters by clinching up.
Gaetz misses with a punch to the body.
Fujimoto lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujimoto breaks the clinch.
Fujimoto ducks under a wild hook from Gaetz.
Gaetz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gaetz quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fujimoto.
Fujimoto tries to clinch but Gaetz is having none of it.
Gaetz throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fujimoto.
Gaetz misses with an uppercut
and Fujimoto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gaetz throws a body punch but Fujimoto moves out of range.
Link Gaetz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz stuns Fujimoto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gaetz takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fujimoto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gaetz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fujimoto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gaetz misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fujimoto! But no joy.
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!
Fujimoto misses with an uppercut
and Gaetz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gaetz misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Link Gaetz did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A punch lands to the side of Gaetz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fujimoto clinches with his opponent.
Fujimoto tries a body shot but Gaetz blocks it.
Gaetz lands a shoulder strike.
Fujimoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Fujimoto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fujimoto struggles to land a body shot inside as Gaetz controls his hands.
Fujimoto lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gaetz backwards.
Gyukosho Fujimoto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fujimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fujimoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujimoto working aggressively here.
Gaetz blocks an uppercut.
Gaetz prevents a body shot from Fujimoto.
A short left from Gaetz.
A hook to the body from Fujimoto.
Gaetz keeps control of Fujimoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fujimoto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fujimoto digs a right hand into Gaetz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gaetz's gas tank.
Gaetz has had enough of the clinch but Fujimoto keeps him there for the moment.
Fujimoto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gaetz lunges at Fujimoto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fujimoto's hand.
Fujimoto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gaetz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gaetz tries a low kick but Fujimoto avoids it.
Gaetz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz misses with an attempted mid kick.
It seemed like Fujimoto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fujimoto slips a straight right by Gaetz.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Fujimoto! But no joy.
Fujimoto throws a hook to the side of Gaetz's head but Gaetz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gaetz throws a quick counter head kick but Fujimoto was just out of range.
Gaetz connects with a solid leg kick.
Gaetz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gaetz misses with a right hand
and Fujimoto counters with a three punch combo that has Gaetz backing up. Gaetz nods at Fujimoto to acknowledge the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fujimoto rushes Gaetz and presses him up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujimoto working aggressively here.
Fujimoto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fujimoto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gaetz moves away from the strike by Fujimoto.
Gaetz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A jab lands there for Gaetz.
Fujimoto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gaetz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fujimoto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gaetz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fujimoto doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaetz lands a jab to Fujimoto's midsection.
Gaetz misses with a two punch combination.
Gaetz works the jab nicely.
A lazy body kick from Gaetz
and Fujimoto counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Gaetz down! Fujimoto is looking to finish but Gaetz is intelligently defending himself.
Gaetz is rocked!
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!
Fujimoto stands up from Gaetz's guard - Fujimoto perhaps looking for a knockout.
Oh Gaetz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fujimoto walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gaetz throws a lazy right hand but Fujimoto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fujimoto wants to counter with a clinch but Gaetz pushes him away.
Fujimoto ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Gaetz's jaw. Gaetz's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Fujimoto does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gyukosho Fujimoto!
Gyukosho Fujimoto is the new heavyweight champion!
Gyukosho Fujimoto decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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