This is the UFC on FUEL 6 undercard live blog for the Franklin vs. Le event at the Cotai Arena in Macau, China.
There will be three fights on the undercard. Alex Caceres vs. Motonobu Tezuka, Yasuhiro Urushitani vs. John Lineker and Riki Fukuda vs. Tom DeBlass will be featured on the prelims.
Check out the live blog below.
Round 1: The arena is already full, and the crowd gives DeBlass and Fukuda a good ovation. Looks like Macau is really excited for their first UFC event. Nice kick by DeBlass, and answered by Fukuda. Riki shoots and immediately gets a takedown. The Japanese fighter lands a few short punches from the full guard. More GnP. Crowd starts chanting Riki, then DeBlass gets up. Riki with a nice right. DeBlass with a good counter as Riki comes in. Both guys land punches. Riki still pressing, but DeBlass lands some good counters. DeBlass complains about an eye poke, and was given time to recover. Back on now and Riki attempts a single leg. DeBlass defends and they separate. Crowd appreciates the sequence. Every time Riki attempts a jab, DeBlass effectively counters. Fukuda bleeding now, but lands 2 good kicks. High kick partially blocked for Deblass and Fukuda takes him down again. Close round, but I’m going with 10-9 DeBlass as he landed the more solid shots.
Round 2: Fukuda presses forward again. Clinches with DeBlass and lands a few good knees and dirty boxing by the fence. Riki with a high kick that’s partially blocked. DeBlass lands a few punches, then Fukuda answers with 2 body kicks. DeBlass with a big right hand that lands. Riki pushes him to the fence and lands good knees. Fukuda is doing much better this round, but DeBlass still able to land with a counter straight he’s been getting the whole fight. Fukuda clinches again and more dirty boxing. Both men exchange right hands. Front kicks by Riki and then they clinch and dirty box again. Front kick again from Riki. They’re brawling by the fence and Riki seems to get the better of it. They exchange rights as the round ends. 10-9 Fukuda.
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Round 3: Missed front kick from DeBlass. Both guys land big on the clinch, but now it’s Riki pushing him to the fence and landing big uppercuts. Takedown from a body lock by Riki Full guard and Riki is landing a few short punches. Not much action, but Riki maintains top position and lands the occasional punch. Riki passes to half guard briefly and DeBlass puts him back to full guard. Half guard again. Riki landing better shots now. Ref stands him up. DeBlass lands a counter left. Riki lands well on the clinch. Riki landing on the fence again and he’s winning the round handilly. They brawl till the final bell. It’s 10-9 Fukuda again, and it should earn him the decision.
Official Scores: Riki Fukuda def. Tom DeBlass by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 29-28 twice).
Yasuhiro Urushitani vs. John Lineker
Round 1: Good ovation for the flyweights. Lineker with a good kick early. Urushitani misses with 2 kicks. Leg kick followed by a high kick from Urushitani. They trade leg kicks. Lineker with a body punch. Another exchange of kicks. Both guys keep missing and they can’t seem to find the range early. Nice stiff jab from Lineker. Both men land right hands. Jab from Urushitani. Fakes a spin attack. and Linek lands 2 punches. Urushitani with 2 good knees that the crowd appreciates. Leg kick from Urushitani. The Japanese fighter is doing a good job of staying out of the range of lineker. Urushitani with a lead hook, then lineker counters and drops Urushitani. Lineker rushes, and Urushitani drops him with a right. Great finish to the round. It’s close, but 10-9 for Urushitani.
Round 2: Lineker landing good shots, and counters. Urushitani with a good jab and a headkick, but Lineker lands big shots to the body when they clinch. Crowd starts chanting “Brazil”. Lineker lands big punches to the body and now lands to the head. Urushitani just takes them, and doesn’t show signs of being hurt. Good lead hook from Lineker… and another. Leg kick from Lineker and a right hand to the body. Urushitani slips then gets poked in the eye. Crowd boos, but that looked like it hurt. Lineker with more power shots to the body. Nice straight left from Urushitani. Follows up with a leg kick and a right hand combination. Leg kick from Lineker, and then lands a good left. More kicks from Lineker. 10-9 Lineker, clearly.
Round 3: They exchange low kicks, then Lineker lands 2 big punches that drops Urushitani. Fake spin, then high kick by Urushitani that gets partially blocked. Leg kick from Urushitani. Big left hook from Lineker lands cleanly. Nice jab by Urushitani. Lineker andwers with a Jab and a right hand. Another big left hook from Lineker. Urushitani fakes a takedown. Lineker keeps landing that left hook over and over. Right hand lands after a failed flying knee attempt, and Urushitani is hurt. He wobbles around and survives, and now he seems to have recovered. Body kick from Urushitani, followed by a 1-2 from Lineker. They clinch, and Lineker presses him to the fence. They separate. Left hook lands again for the Brazilian. Another flying knee from Urushitani that gets him into trouble as Lineker keeps countering perfectly. Crowd goes wild as the bell ends. 10-9 for Lineker and it should earn him the decision.
Official Scores: John Lineker def. Yasuhiro Urushitani by Unanimous Decision (29-28 twice, 30-27)
Alex Caceres vs. Motonobu Tezuka
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