The 5-0 professional boxer was utterly dominated by the former Sumo champion in an extremely unique matchup.
Ever since MMA has become extremely popular, there have always been arguments amongst combat sports fans over which one is the most dominant.
And although boxing is always the one that is regarded to be the strongest, that argument has taken a slight hit this past weekend.
In a wild MMA showdown at Dogfight Wild Tournament 4 in Spain, former Sumo Wrestling champion Chiyotairyu Hidemasa took on 5-0 professional boxer, Jorge Menasalvas.
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Professional boxer gets dominated in MMA fight by Sumo Wrestler
Hidemasa, who weighs around 330lbs, took on the Spanish boxer who was significantly smaller than him in a crossover MMA bout with mixed rules.
This past weekend’s MMA offerings were dominated by influencers, as this event was run by Spanish content creator, Jordi Wild.
And Dana White‘s friend Adin Ross also rented out the META Apex, hosting his Brand Risk event which was commented by the likes of Sean Strickland and Arman Tsarukyan.
The event that took place in Spain was extremely reminiscent of the early days of the UFC where you would see stars from different combats taking each other on in a no-holds-barred style fight.
And that was fully embraced by the capacity crowd in the Palacio Vistalegre Arena in Madrid as they witnessed Hidemasa pick up the win in what was a hard fought five round fight.
Early in the clash it became extremely clear that the Japanese star wanted to just get a hold of the boxer, not allowing him to get any of his punches going.
And he successfully did that by taking him down multiple times and smothering him with heavy ground-and-pound attacks.
Although Menasalves is 5-0 in professional boxing, he is still building up his professional career in the sport, with all of his fights having only been four round fights against fellow Spaniards.
Hidemasa, on the other hand reached the peak of his sport after competing in it for over 11 years, and during that time, he achieved a championship in the second-highest rank possible, Juryo rank.
The unique ruleset for this matchup included only two minute rounds and no weight classes. As well as that, Chiyotairyu was only allowed to use techniques from his specifc sport’s ruleset, while the boxer was only allowed to throw punches, while kicks, elbows and knees were not allowed.
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