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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sone Fujimaro (ranked 1118 p4p, 1566 weight class) and Pablo Cruz (ranked 126 p4p, 179 weight class). Cruz has chosen Daddy Yankee / Gasolina as his entrance music. 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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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sone Fujimaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pablo Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujimaro lands a nice looking body shot.
Cruz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fujimaro connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cruz scrambles back to his feet.
Cruz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cruz misses with a looping left.
Fujimaro lands a head shot.
Cruz thows a leg kick but Fujimaro checks it
and Fujimaro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fujimaro feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cruzs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fujimaro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cruz.
As Cruz backs away, Fujimaro returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Pablo Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz misses with a looping right.
Fujimaro staying out of range there.
Fujimaro misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fujimaro tried to counter with a leg kick but Cruz avoided it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fujimaro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cruz misses with a low kick.
Fujimaro throwing a counter right hand but Cruz manages to avoid it.
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fujimaro throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fujimaro misses with a body shot.
Fujimaro checks a leg kick nicely.
Fujimaro lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz scores with the left hand. Fujimaro knows he should have avoided that one.
Cruz is looking to chop away at Fujimaro's legs.
Cruz throws a lazy uppercut
and Fujimaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fujimaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cruz.
Cruz throws a wild body kick that Fujimaro sees coming a mile off.
Fujimaro finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cruz takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fujimaro misses with an uppercut.
Cruz throws a leg kick that misses.
Cruz wants to slow Fujimaro down by chopping away at his legs.
Fujimaro drops his hands momentarily and Cruz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A low kick from Cruz is predictable there
letting Fujimaro counter with a right hand.
Fujimaro throws a body shot but no joy.
Cruz connects with a right hand. Fujimaro shakes it off.
Fujimaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cruz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Fujimaro slips the punch.
Cruz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Fujimaro checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz moves out of range of the leg kick from Fujimaro.
Fujimaro throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fujimaro dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cruz. That did some damage!
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fujimaro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fujimaro moves out of range of the leg kick from Cruz.
As Cruz backs away, Fujimaro returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Cruz throws out a leg kick but Fujimaro moves out of range and Cruz only half commits.
Fujimaro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Fujimaro throws a chopping leg kick but Cruz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fujimaro walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cruz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fujimaro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cruz connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fujimaro. Fujimaro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cruz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fujimaro manages to avoid it.
Fujimaro was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cruz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fujimaro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujimaro pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cruz is out of range and Fujimaro settles back down.
Cruz lands a jab to the nose.
Fujimaro checks a leg kick nicely.
Cruz lands a head shot.
Cruz moves out of range of the strikes.
Cruz tries a quick counter leg kick but Fujimaro is wise to it.
Cruz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cruz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fujimaro is out of range.
Fujimaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cruz.
Fujimaro throws the left hand but Cruz avoids the punch easily.
Cruz misses with a low kick as Fujimaro jumps back.
Cruz jabs at Fujimaro's body.
Fujimaro lands a jab.
Cruz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cruz blocks a jab.
Fujimaro moves out of range of the leg kick from Cruz.
Fujimaro checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a low kick.
Fujimaro is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cruz tries a low kick but Fujimaro avoids it.
Fujimaro is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Cruz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fujimaro walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cruz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cruz 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.
Fujimaro takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cruz throws a hook but Fujimaro avoids it easily.
A clash of legs there as Cruz blocks the low kick.
Fujimaro keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fujimaro.
Cruz misses with a hook.
Cruz attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fujimaro misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Fujimaro throws a chopping leg kick but Cruz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Fujimaro.
Cruz lands a really nice looking cross but Fujimaro seems unphased.
Cruz drops his hands momentarily and Fujimaro takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sone Fujimaro dominated that round.
That's time! Fujimaro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fujimaro blocks a leg kick.
Fujimaro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cruz tries to work over Fujimaro's front leg with a kick but Fujimaro checks it.
Cruz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fujimaro slips under a jab from Cruz.
Fujimaro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cruz misses with a leg kick.
Cruz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cruz motions for Fujimaro to come forward. Cruz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fujimaro pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cruz is out of range and Fujimaro settles back down.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Cruz might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Fujimaro has got the better of the exchanges.
Fujimaro misses with a left hand
and Cruz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fujimaro lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujimaro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fujimaro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fujimaro misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Cruz tries to land a leg kick but Fujimaro saw it coming and moves away.
Cruz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fujimaro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz misses with an uppercut.
Fujimaro with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fujimaro takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Cruz misses the target.
Cruz throws a shot from downtown. Fujimaro moves away and avoids it.
Fujimaro throwing a counter right hand but Cruz manages to avoid it.
Cruz misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Cruz misses.
Fujimaro checks a leg kick.
Fujimaro fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cruz is out of range.
Cruz looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fujimaro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cruz moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fujimaro lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cruz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cruz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cruz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fujimaro throws a right hand that misses
and Cruz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good shot there by Fujimaro.
Cruz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cruz 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz motions for Fujimaro to come forward. Cruz throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cruz throws a solid leg kick but Fujimaro takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cruz.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cruz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Fujimaro has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Fujimaro and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fujimaro throws out a loose jab but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruz misses with a low kick.
Fujimaro misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cruz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cruz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fujimaro is able to avoid easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fujimaro.
Fujimaro just misses with a punch to the body.
Fujimaro moves out of range of the body kick from Cruz.
Cruz slips a straight right by Fujimaro.
Cruz throws a low kick but Fujimaro moves out of range easily.
A low kick from Cruz misses
and Fujimaro counters with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fujimaro.
Fujimaro takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Cruz tries a quick counter leg kick but Fujimaro is wise to it.
Fujimaro throws an off balance right hand
and Cruz counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujimaro throws a hook to the side of Cruz's head but Cruz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fujimaro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cruz throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fujimaro counters with a leg kick.
Cruz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fujimaro is able to avoid easily.
Fujimaro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fujimaro catches Cruz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fujimaro's corner calls for a 1-2. Fujimaro obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fujimaro gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cruz.
A big right from Fujimaro misses.
Cruz throws a leg kick but Fujimaro moved away.
Cruz throws a low kick, looking for Fujimaro's leg but Fujimaro calmly moves out of range.
Sone Fujimaro is winning the standup battle so far.
Fujimaro ducks under a wild hook from Cruz.
Cruz cracks Fujimaro with an open hand slap.
Cruz misses with a looping right.
Cruz misses with a lunging right hand
and Fujimaro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cruz misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fujimaro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fujimaro throws a low kick but Cruz moves out of range easily.
Cruz slips under a jab.
Cruz flicks out a counter leg kick but Fujimaro steps away.
Fujimaro looks to score with a jab to the body but Cruz is just out of range.
Fujimaro throws an overhand right that lands on Cruz's shoulder, as Cruz tries to avoid the shot.
Fujimaro throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
Cruz tries a quick counter leg kick but Fujimaro is wise to it.
A swing and a miss from Cruz.
Cruz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fujimaro checks a leg kick.
Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fujimaro.
Cruz appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Fujimaro getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fujimaro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz checks a leg kick nicely.
Cruz dips to his left and cracks Fujimaro with an uppercut!
Fujimaro throws a looping overhand right but Cruz ducks down to avoid it.
Fujimaro throws the left hand but Cruz avoids the punch easily.
Fujimaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cruz.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sone Fujimaro dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Cruz misses with a hook
and Fujimaro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fujimaro.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Fujimaro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fujimaro stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cruz misses with a low kick.
A nice leg kick from Fujimaro, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cruz misses with a hook. Fujimaro ducked under it nicely.
Fujimaro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fujimaro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cruz manages to avoid it.
Cruz tries to land a front kick but Fujimaro steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fujimaro throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz.
Fujimaro attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fujimaro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cruz can do to turn this around?
Fujimaro blocks a low kick nicely.
Fujimaro feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cruz lands an overhand right.
Cruz staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz slips under a jab.
Fujimaro throws a poor cross that misses
and Cruz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fujimaro checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fujimaro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fujimaro swings widly with a right hand
and Cruz counters with a straight right hand.
Cruz misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Fujimaro.
Cruz swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A shot to the liver by Fujimaro. Beautiful body shot.
Fujimaro throws out a powerful jab.
Cruz blocks a head kick by Fujimaro.
Fujimaro is looking to chop away at Cruz's legs.
Cruz throws a leg kick but Fujimaro sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fujimaro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cruz throws a leg kick but Fujimaro sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fujimaro checks a low kick from Cruz.
Cruz throws a jab but it's blocked by Fujimaro.
Fujimaro throwing a counter right hand but Cruz manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fujimaro is able to avoid easily.
Fujimaro throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cruz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fujimaro.
Good work by Fujimaro as he checks the leg kick.
Fujimaro slips under a jab.
Cruz scores with a nice head shot.
Fujimaro attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cruz clobbers Fujimaro with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cruz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
An inside leg kick lands from Fujimaro.
Cruz cracks Fujimaro with an open hand slap.
Fujimaro attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sone Fujimaro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fujimaro slips under a jab.
Fujimaro throwing a counter right hand but Cruz manages to avoid it.
Cruz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cruz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cruz moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fujimaro lands a two punch combo.
A cross from Fujimaro lands.
Cruz lands with an overhand left.
Cruz throws a right hand that misses
and Fujimaro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big left from Cruz misses.
Cruz looks to throw the jab but Fujimaro is out of range.
Cruz 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.
Fujimaro fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cruz just manages to avoid it.
Cruz misses with an uppercut.
Pablo Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A big left from Cruz misses.
Nice defenses there by Fujimaro.
A bone on bone clash there as Cruz blocks the leg kick.
Cruz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fujimaro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fujimaro throws a leg kick but Cruz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fujimaro blocks a low kick nicely.
Fujimaro throws out a leg kick but Cruz moves out of range and Fujimaro only half commits.
Fujimaro walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fujimaro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz misses with a looping right.
Fujimaro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cruz.
Good work by Fujimaro as he checks the leg kick.
Fujimaro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cruz will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fujimaro slips under a jab from Cruz.
Cruz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Fujimaro.
Fujimaro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cruz. Cruz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fujimaro throws a head kick that misses.
Cruz misses the jab.
Fujimaro is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fujimaro throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fujimaro bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sone Fujimaro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fujimaro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sone Fujimaro!
A victorious Sone Fujimaro thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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