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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stan Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Rutten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stan Best!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bas Rutten!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rutten is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Best.
It looks like Bas Rutten has been cut.
Rutten looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Best has a takedown stuffed.
Rutten gets caught flat footed, as Best shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Best is in close to Rutten's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rutten can't keep his opponent in guard - Best advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Best wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rutten keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Best lands with a punch from half guard.
Best controlling the pace.
Rutten is defending against the submission attempts here by Best.
Best lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Best lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Best is controlling the pace.
Best is nestled in close to Rutten, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Best wants to control but Rutten is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Best working the head and body with strikes.
Rutten is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Best scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rutten is trying to stand up here but Best is controlling him well.
Best is looking for a kimura here.
Rutten is looking to escape.
Best is trying to control the action in half guard but Rutten is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutten is trying to stand up here but Best is controlling him well.
Rutten has hold of Best's hands but Best slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Best is keen to just control but Rutten is a slippery customer.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rutten tries to clinch up.
Best shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rutten sprawls well. Rutten wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Best gets slowly back to his feet.
Stan Best seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rutten misses with a wild combination.
Rutten throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Best.
Best shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rutten but Rutten pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stan Best. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four 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.
Rutten throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Best counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Best.
Best is looking to stand up but Rutten won't let him.
Best makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Best is looking to stand up but Rutten won't let him.
Best postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Best has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rutten escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Best gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rutten bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Best's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Best is looking to stand up but Rutten isn't so interested in that idea.
Rutten stands and throws Best's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stan Best dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bas Rutten's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rutten gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Best counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Rutten!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Best cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Best raining down shots from the mount!
Best pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Best cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Rutten working to try and regain half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Best in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rutten is desperately trying to improve his position but Best has a good base and remains in mount.
Best lands a nice shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Best connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rutten working to try and regain half guard.
Best fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Best lands a nice shot to the head.
Best is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rutten can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Rutten is in a horrible position here. Best smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Best goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Rutten turns into him and now he's in Best's guard.
Rutten gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Rutten as Best shoots in.
Best doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rutten counters by clinching up.
Best tries a knee to the head but Rutten blocks it.
Rutten stalling in the clinch but Best improves position.
Rutten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rutten moves in looking to clinch but Best pushes him off.
Best stuffs the takedown.
Best shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Best was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Best lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Best.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Best looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Best trying to control but Rutten is having none of it.
Best with shots to the head and body - Rutten looks very uncomfortable down there.
Best working Rutten over with strikes here.
Best goes for an armbar but Rutten turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Rutten.
Rutten advances position into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Best wants to get back to his feet.
Rutten tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Rutten working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stan Best dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bas Rutten's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Best fails with the takedown
and Rutten counters with a head kick.
Best is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Rutten's half guard.
Best is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rutten misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Best winds up and cracks Rutten with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Best is looking to take a break and control but Rutten is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Best content to control rather than advance.
Rutten kicks Best off and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutten wants to clinch
and Best counters with a left and a right that stings Rutten.
Stan Best is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Best doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rutten counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Best keeping full guard, as Rutten tries to pass.
Rutten gets to his feet - Best follows without any prompting.
Best keeps the fight on the outside.
Best swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rutten counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rutten.
Rutten prevents Best from breaking the clinch.
Rutten turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Rutten manages to end up in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rutten is trying to get an arm triangle but Best is defending well.
Best is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Best tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Best looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Best works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rutten stops Best from standing up.
Bas Rutten has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Best bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rutten's guard.
Best cracks Rutten with a solid left hand.
Best trying to control but Rutten is working from the bottom.
Rutten scores with a nice shot.
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.
Best controlling from the top position.
Best stops Rutten from standing up.
Best working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rutten's head.
Rutten has momentary wrist control but Best slips an elbow through the middle.
Rutten has momentary wrist control but Best slips an elbow through the middle.
Rutten working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Best.
Best is in close to Rutten's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Stan Best is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rutten striking off his back but it's not causing Best any problems.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bas Rutten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Best has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stan Best!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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