Sumo wrestler faces undefeated pro boxer in MMA fight and there was a clear winner

A bizarre new crossover fight pitted a sumo wrestler against an undefeated professional boxer, and the result was certainly interesting.

Following the rise in popularity of influencer boxing, many combat sports organisations have been staging less conventional crossover fights in order to bring in viewers who are curious

In one of the most notable examples, former world's strongest man Eddie Hall knocked out the Neffati Brothers, who collectively weighed under 300lbs (136kg), in a bizarre 2v1 MMA fight last year.

Meanwhile, just last weekend, two-time undisputed heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk faced Dutch kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven during a historic event in front of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.

But Usyk v Verhoeven wasn't the only crossover event taking place over the weekend, as Spanish promotion Dogfight Wild Tournament held their fourth event, Tokyo Blood, in Madrid, Spain.

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According to their official website, their events provide "an experience where the fight breaks all traditional formats and each match takes the spectacle to the next level."

As part of the recent card, sumo wrestler Chiyotairyu Hidemasa faced off against 5-0 professional boxer Jorge Menasalvas in an MMA fight that demonstrated exactly why weight classes are vital in combat sports.

Hidemasa, whose real name is Hidemasa Meigetsuin, arrived to the fight following an 11-year career in sumo that saw him achieve a championship in the Juryo rank, the second-highest division in professional sumo.

Meanwhile, Menasalvas has put together an unbeaten record since his first professional bout in November 2024.

Although both men arrived in the octagon standing at 6'0", there was almost 130lbs (59kg) in weight difference between the pair, and it proved to be decisive in the result.

Within seconds of the fight starting, it became clear that the sumo star's plan was simple: use his superior grappling ability and weight advantage to bully his opponent up against the cage and on the floor.

Throughout the bout, Hidemasa was able to chase down and completely overwhelm the boxer, slamming him to the floor and hitting him with several hammer-fists.

After the full five rounds, the bout went to the scorecards with Hidemasa unsurprisingly picking up a comfortable unanimous decision victory.

Girlfriend saves boyfriend during 2v2 tag-team fight

Elsewhere on the card, there was a five-way last-man-standing fight, the first-ever rap battle that led to a fight and, in the main event, a tag-team war between two couples.

Alejandra De Benito and boyfriend Alejandro Mena faced Alba Castro and her partner Jan Baran, with rules dictating that the MMA fighters could tag their partners in at any moment of the fight.

When the fight started, it didn't take long for Baran to establish dominance over his opponent with a series of brutal leg kicks that forced Mena to run and tag in his girlfriend to take over.

And that's when De Benito decided to take things up another level, as within just seconds, she was able to end the fight by taking Castro down and submitting her with a rear-naked choke in less than a minute.