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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alessio Fuschini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graham Wellington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Wellington's choice of entrance music: Scary. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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215 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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218 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Alessio Fuschini!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Graham Wellington!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuschini fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fuschini looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wellington steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fuschini.
Wellington shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fuschini lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Good standup being displayed there by Fuschini as he connects with a hook.
Fuschini tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fuschini throws a series of punches but Wellington avoids them all with ease.
Wellington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fuschini.
Wellington throws a lazy head kick
enabling Fuschini to counter with a crisp jab.
Wellington 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!
A combination from Fuschini does no damage.
Fuschini tries to bum rush Wellington with a series of wild strikes but Wellington uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fuschini attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fuschini jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fuschini looks to score with a jab to the body but Wellington is just out of range.
Fuschini swinging wilding here.
Wellington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fuschini.
Fuschini throws a sloppy head kick and Wellington moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington moves out of range of the strikes.
Fuschini goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wellington with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wellington cracks Fuschini with a nice body shot.
Wellington scores with a shot to the side of Fuschini's head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wellington digs a right hand into Fuschini's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fuschini's gas tank.
Wellington landing knees to the body.
Fuschini is breathing heavily.
Wellington scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Fuschini.
Wellington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fuschini wants to break free but Wellington has control.
Wellington lands a body punch in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wellington lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wellington throws a punch but it's blocked by Fuschini.
Fuschini with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wellington missing with knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Wellington.
Wellington digs a right hand into Fuschini's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fuschini's gas tank.
Wellington unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wellington landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wellington digs a right hand underneath Fuschini's ribcage. Fuschini let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wellington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fuschinis head.
Wellington throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington scores with a shot to the side of Fuschini's head.
Wellington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wellington presses Fuschini against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wellington lands a body shot in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Wellington.
Wellington digs a right hand into Fuschini's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fuschini's gas tank.
Wellington works on Fuschini's body with a couple of short punches.
Wellington with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Wellington - that landed with a thud.
Wellington scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wellington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fuschini tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wellington lands an uppercut.
Wellington looking to throw knees to the head but Fuschini is blocking nicely.
Wellington blocks an elbow strike.
Fuschini throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Wellington on the inside.
Wellington lands with a light punch inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wellington misses with the head strike.
Wellington lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fuschini looking to stall.
Wellington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wellington misses with an elbow strike.
Wellington looking to throw knees to the head but Fuschini is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Wellington.
Wellington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wellington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fuschini tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wellington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fuschini looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Fuschini trying to land knees to the body.
Wellington lands with a left to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Wellington.
Wellington cracks Fuschini with a nice body shot.
Wellington is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fuschini is defending well for now.
Fuschini wants to stall.
Wellington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wellington throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fuschini is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Knees to the body from Wellington.
A short uppercut from Wellington.
Wellington throws a head punch that misses.
Wellington avoiding damage as Fuschini throws knees to the body.
Wellington working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fuschini prevents a body shot from Wellington.
Fuschini takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wellington lands a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wellington can't find room to land a body shot as Fuschini controls the action.
Fuschini on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wellington looking to throw knees to the head but Fuschini is blocking nicely.
Fuschini softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Fuschini blocks an uppercut.
Wellington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fuschini with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fuschini using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wellington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wellington as Fuschini tries to tie him up.
Fuschini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wellington is defending well for now.
Fuschini takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Fuschini.
Fuschini trying to land knees to the body.
Wellington lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fuschini backwards.
Wellington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fuschini blocking some punches.
Fuschini tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wellington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fuschini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wellington is defending well for now.
Fuschini wants to stall.
Wellington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fuschini doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wellington throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fuschinis head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Graham Wellington dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Wellington throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fuschini avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wellington digs a good body shot into Fuschini's ribs.
Wellington throws a sloppy head kick and Fuschini moves out of range easily.
Fuschini looks to land a left hand but Wellington moved out of range nicely.
Fuschini throws a series of punches but Wellington moves out of range.
Fuschini waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wellington.
Wellington misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fuschini paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wellington connects with a high kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Wellington 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.
Wellington tries to land a front kick but Fuschini steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wellington throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wellington takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fuschini circles away from the clinch attempt
and Fuschini counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wellington is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuschini throws a jab when Wellington was well out of range.
Jab from Fuschini.
Wellington misses with a jab to the body
and Fuschini counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fuschini misses with a looping left.
Some bone on bone action there as Wellington checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wellington misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fuschini misses with a kick to the body
and Wellington counters with a big head kick but Fuschini shrugs it off.
Wellington avoids the head kick by Fuschini.
Fuschini swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fuschini thows a body shot but no joy.
Fuschini checks a leg kick.
Fuschini takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A jab lands there for Fuschini.
Fuschini throws a combination that misses
and Wellington counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fuschini thinking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini throws a looping overhand right but Wellington ducks down to avoid it.
Fuschini avoids the head kick by Wellington.
Fuschini throws a leg kick
and Wellington counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Wellington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fuschini's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Wellington.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Fuschini avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the cage.
Wellington stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wellington is working Fuschini over against the ropes.
Wellington cracks Fuschini with a nice body shot.
Wellington lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wellington lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fuschini or not.
Good body shot from Wellington.
A head punch on the inside from Fuschini fails to land.
Wellington misses with a knee strike.
Wellington working aggressively here.
Wellington throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wellington pushes Fuschini back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wellington.
Wellington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wellington digs a right hand into Fuschini's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fuschini's gas tank.
Wellington works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wellington scores with a hook to the body.
Fuschini blocks a body shot from Wellington.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wellington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wellington digs a right hand into Fuschini's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fuschini's gas tank.
Wellington using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wellington lands with a left to the head.
Wellington lands with a right to the head.
Wellington lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fuschini.
Still in the clinch, Wellington scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wellington lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Fuschini tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wellington avoids it.
A short right from Wellington.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wellington obliges.
Wellington lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fuschini or not.
Wellington lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fuschini.
Fuschini swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wellington swings wildly with an uppercut but Fuschini uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fuschini working Wellington over with knees to the body.
Wellington can't find room to land a body shot as Fuschini controls the action.
Fuschini blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fuschini missing with knees to the body.
Fuschini displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wellington up against the ropes.
Wellington lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wellington gets through Fuschini's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wellington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fuschini lands a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fuschini.
Wellington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fuschini blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fuschini lands a body punch.
Fuschini trying to control the position but instead, Wellington has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fuschini into the ropes.
Wellington swings wildly with an uppercut but Fuschini uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wellington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fuschini is looking to break free of the clinch but Wellington has double underhooks.
Fuschini lands a good knee to the midsection. Wellington won't want to take too many of those.
Fuschini scores with a shoulder strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fuschini throws an elbow but it misses.
Fuschini wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fuschini lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wellington doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wellington.
Wellington can't find room to land a body shot as Fuschini controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Graham Wellington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Fuschini loads up on a big right hand but Wellington slips the punch.
Fuschini scores with a three punch combo!
Fuschini avoids the head kick by Wellington.
Wellington is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fuschini.
Wellington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fuschini moves away.
Fuschini missing with a left hand there. Wellington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fuschini scores with a punch to the head.
Wellington ducks under a wild hook from Fuschini.
Wellington blocks a jab.
Fuschini swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wellington scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fuschini doesn't seem bothered though.
Wellington misses with a head kick.
Fuschini cracks Wellington with a right hand to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Fuschini.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A bone on bone clash there as Fuschini blocks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuschini misses with a looping right.
Fuschini defending well as Wellington loads up on a big left hand.
Wellington thumps Fuschini with a low kick.
Fuschini throws a series of punches but Wellington moves out of range.
Wellington is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fuschini rather than just go for the knockout.
Fuschini paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fuschini misses with a wild combination.
Wellington throws a body punch but Fuschini moves out of range.
Wellington throws the kick towards the body but Fuschini avoids it.
Fuschini tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wellington was well out of range. Poor timing from Fuschini.
Fuschini pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wellington is out of range and Fuschini settles back down.
Alessio Fuschini is winning the standup battle so far.
Wellington lands a head kick!
Crunch! Wellington slams his shin into Fuschini's torso.
Alessio Fuschini seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuschini tries to work over Wellington's front leg with a kick but Wellington checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini misses with an uppercut. Wellington saw that one coming.
Fuschini looks to land a right hand but Wellington moved out of range.
Fuschini throws a sloppy head kick and Wellington moves out of range easily.
Wellington throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fuschini avoids the head kick by Wellington.
Fuschini misses with a body shot
and Wellington counters with a series of strikes. Fuschini will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fuschini looks to score with a jab to the body but Wellington is just out of range.
Fuschini blocks a head kick by Wellington.
Wellington stuns Fuschini with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wellington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fuschini.
Fuschini lands with a right hand.
Fuschini blocks a head kick by Wellington.
A jab lands there for Fuschini.
Wellington throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wellington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wellington throws a head kick that misses.
A combination from Wellington does no damage.
Wellington ducks under a wild hook from Fuschini.
Fuschini throws a hook to the side of Wellington's head but Wellington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wellington uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fuschini.
Wellington tries a head kick but it misses.
Wellington misses with a head kick.
Wellington uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fuschini.
Fuschini misses the jab.
No joy there for Wellington, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wellington moves in looking to clinch but Fuschini pushes him off.
Fuschini walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wellington checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Fuschini misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fuschini throws a hook to the side of Wellington's head but Wellington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fuschini throws a leg kick
and Wellington counters with a stiff right hand.
Fuschini throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fuschini scores with a sloppy right hand. Wellington should have avoided that one.
Wellington pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fuschini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Fuschini misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wellington.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wellington.
Fuschini jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wellington misses with the combination.
Fuschini throws the left hand but Wellington avoids the punch easily.
Wellington walks into a stiff left hand from Fuschini.
Fuschini scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Graham Wellington just about did enough to take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Fuschini tries to keep at a distance but Wellington has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wellington misses with a punch to the body.
Wellington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fuschini lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wellington backwards.
Wellington lands a shot to the body.
Fuschini crunches a lovely knee into Wellington's ribcage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Wellington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wellington trying to land knees to the body.
Wellington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fuschini tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fuschini throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wellington blocks it with crossed arms.
Fuschini throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Wellington.
Wellington lands a hook that snaps the head of Fuschini backwards.
Fuschini misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fuschini.
Graham Wellington seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Fuschini prevents a body shot from Wellington.
Fuschini tries to land knees in the clinch but Wellington avoids the damage to the body.
Fuschini tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wellington avoids it.
Fuschini blocks a body shot from Wellington.
Wellington misses with a body punch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Wellington misses with some punches.
Wellington working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wellington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fuschini avoids it.
A short uppercut from Fuschini.
Fuschini looking to slow down the pace here.
A right hand to the body from Fuschini.
Fuschini missing with knees to the body.
Wellington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fuschini blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wellington. Fuschini does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fuschini misses with a series of wild punches.
Wellington shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wellington misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wellington throws a head kick but Fuschini moves out of range.
Wellington walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fuschini cracks Wellington with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wellington ducks under a wild hook from Fuschini.
Wellington clinches up against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wellington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fuschini tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
Fuschini managing to block the knees to the body from Wellington.
Fuschini lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch on the inside from Wellington fails to land.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wellington tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fuschini displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wellington up against the ropes.
Fuschini tries to land a knee to the head but Wellington blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Wellington - that landed with a thud.
A hook to the body from Wellington.
Wellington has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wellington stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Wellington.
Wellington is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fuschini is defending well for now.
Fuschini on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fuschini prevents a body shot from Wellington.
Wellington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Fuschini.
Wellington avoiding damage as Fuschini throws knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Fuschini.
Fuschini looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuschini throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Fuschini scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wellington tries to work over Fuschini's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wellington can't find room to land a body shot as Fuschini controls the action.
Fuschini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wellington is defending well for now.
Wellington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fuschini blocks it with crossed arms.
Wellington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wellington tries a knee to the head but Fuschini blocks it.
Wellington throws a head punch that misses.
Fuschini with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fuschini looking to throw knees to the head but Wellington is blocking nicely.
Fuschini tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wellington avoids it.
Wellington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fuschini blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fuschini is leaning against Wellington and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fuschini is leaning against Wellington and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wellington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wellington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fuschini avoids it.
Fuschini stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fuschini working Wellington over with knees to the body.
Fuschini using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wellington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Still in the clinch, Wellington scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fuschini with a knee to the head.
Fuschini tries to work over Wellington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Wellington connects with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Wellington.
Good body shot from Fuschini.
Wellington struggles to land a body shot inside as Fuschini controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fuschini.
Fuschini tries to stall but Wellington uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fuschini misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wellington.
Wellington lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wellington with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fuschini lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wellington or not.
Fuschini misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wellington.
Fuschini takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fuschini wants to get back to striking at distance but Wellington won't allow it.
Wellington lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wellington is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fuschini is defending well for now.
Fuschini tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wellington avoids it.
Fuschini lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Wellington lands a hook that snaps the head of Fuschini backwards.
Fuschini lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wellington avoids the elbow strike from Fuschini, against the ropes.
Fuschini misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wellington tries to throw a body punch but Fuschini avoids it by throwing Wellington back against the cage.
Wellington misses with a punch on the inside.
Fuschini prevents a body shot from Wellington.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Alessio Fuschini will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Fuschini misses with a kick to the body
enabling Wellington to counter with a crisp jab.
Fuschini throws a combination that misses
and Wellington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Fuschini crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wellington - the referee stops the clock and Fuschini gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wellington. Fuschini manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Fuschini takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A head kick from Wellington lands but Fuschini takes it in his stride.
Wellington scores with a nice body kick.
Wellington plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wellington has closed the distance and engaged Fuschini in a clinch.
Wellington managing to block the knees to the body from Fuschini.
Fuschini tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wellington lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fuschini backwards.
Fuschini misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wellington.
Wellington scores with a shot to the side of Fuschini's head.
A right hand to the body from Wellington.
Wellington landing knees to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wellington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fuschini is trying to maintain a safe position but Wellington gets an underhook and turns Fuschini into the ropes.
Wellington lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fuschini or not.
Wellington lands a knee to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuschini tries to land knees in the clinch but Wellington avoids the damage to the body.
Wellington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fuschini blocks it with crossed arms.
Wellington tries to work over Fuschini's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fuschini misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wellington.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fuschini takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wellington avoiding damage as Fuschini throws knees to the body.
Wellington utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wellington has a couple of punches blocked by Fuschini.
Fuschini missing with knees to the body.
Fuschini is looking to control Wellington's arms but Wellington gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fuschini has his back to the ropes.
Fuschini seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Wellington is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Fuschini's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fuschini blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fuschini trying to land knees to the body.
Wellington digs a right hand underneath Fuschini's ribcage. Fuschini let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wellington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fuschini avoids it.
Knees to the body from Wellington.
Wellington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wellington lands a body punch.
Fuschini has a couple of punches blocked by Wellington.
Wellington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fuschini avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Fuschini tries to stall but Wellington uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fuschini prevents a body shot from Wellington.
Wellington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fuschini.
Fuschini landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wellington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fuschini stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Wellington lands with a light punch inside.
Alessio Fuschini has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wellington tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fuschini avoids it.
Fuschini is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Wellington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fuschini with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wellington is working Fuschini over against the ropes.
Wellington throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fuschini blocks it with crossed arms.
Fuschini lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wellington misses with a body punch.
Fuschini missing with knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wellington as Fuschini tries to tie him up.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wellington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wellington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Fuschini misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fuschini. Wellington does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fuschini jabs Wellington right on the nose. Wellington blinks but takes it well.
Wellington pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wellington swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fuschini counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fuschini tries a head kick but it misses.
Fuschini jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fuschini closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Graham Wellington is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fuschini misses with a two punch combination.
Wellington throws a head kick but Fuschini moves out of range.
Wellington fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fuschini throws a sloppy body shot
and Wellington counters with an outside leg kick.
Wellington pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wellington throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fuschini takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wellington delivers a nice body kick.
Fuschini uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Wellington checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wellington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fuschini throws a right and a left that Wellington avoids nicely.
Wellington is looking to slow Fuschini down with leg kicks.
Wellington misses with a head kick.
Wellington scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wellington scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick misses from Wellington.
Fuschini throws a leg kick that misses.
Fuschini takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fuschini is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wellington.
Wellington scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wellington lands a lovely overhand right.
And that's the end of the fight!
Graham Wellington comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wellington has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 46:50
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 47:48
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 47:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Graham Wellington! Graham Wellington retains his light heavyweight title!
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