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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keiji Mutou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Rekis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rekis has chosen AC/DC - Thunderstruck as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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213 lbs
22 - 11 - 2 |
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210 lbs
17 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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
22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keiji Mutou!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Rekis!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mutou shoots for a double leg takedown but Rekis sprawls well. He's pushed Mutou's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Rekis misses.
Mutou looks for a takedown but Rekis sprawls well.
Mutou pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mutou has a takedown stuffed.
Rekis has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Mutou is landing a low percentage of strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keiji Mutou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mutou dives in for a single leg takedown but Rekis sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Rekis tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rekis shoots in but no luck this time.
Rekis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mutou circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mutou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mutou swings for the body but Rekis moves out of range.
Mutou changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rekis tries to avoid it but Mutou manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rekis to the ground. Rekis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rekis throws a sloppy body shot
and Mutou counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rekis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mutou manages to get himself to full guard.
Mutou working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rekis.
Mutou pulls Rekis in close to his closed guard and prevents Rekis from doing any damage or advancing position.
Rekis trying to control the position from guard on top but Mutou is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rekis throwing strikes but missing.
Rekis lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rekis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mutou is on top in guard.
Rekis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mutou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mutou trying to control the position from guard on top but Rekis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mutou postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rekis keeping moving, preventing Mutou from controlling successfully.
Mutou won't allow Rekis to sweep him here.
Mutou chips away with some ground and pound.
Mutou sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rekis wants to get back to his feet but Mutou is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mutou content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Mutou trying to control but Rekis is working from the bottom.
Mutou chips away with some ground and pound.
We've been hearing that Mutou has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mutou lands a couple of elbows.
Mutou trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Rekis manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Rekis connects with a couple of short punches.
Rekis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rekis must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rekis stopping the sweep attempt from Mutou.
Rekis is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rekis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rekis wants to control from the top but Mutou keeps moving.
Rekis looking to sit in guard and control but Mutou gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mutou wants to control from the top but Rekis keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keiji Mutou dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mutou just misses with a punch to the body.
Mutou shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rekis as he jumps to the side.
Rekis darts in looking for a takedown but Mutou gets double underhooks and turns Rekis into the cage.
John Rekis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rekis.
Mutou fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mutou loads up on a big right hand but Rekis slips the punch.
Rekis needs to keep his hands up - Mutou had a free shot at his head there.
Rekis moves out of range as Mutou strikes.
Mutou looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Rekis!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutou wants to control but Rekis is keeping him busy.
Rekis dodges the ground and pound from Mutou.
Mutou cracks Rekis with a big right hand but Rekis just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mutou scoring with punches and elbows.
Rekis manages to work his way to half guard, despite Mutou's best efforts.
Mutou prevents Rekis from improving his position.
Rekis wants to control but Mutou is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mutou not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mutou sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rekis defending well though.
Rekis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rekis regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutou postures up in Rekis's guard and throws a big left but Rekis blocks it.
Rekis is adopting a defensive guard.
Rekis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mutou's guard.
Rekis trying to control the position from guard on top but Mutou is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mutou has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mutou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rekis can do to turn this around?
Mutou lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Rekis trying to keep a closed guard but Mutou is proving a slippery customer.
Mutou wants to control from the top but Rekis keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rekis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mutou scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mutou pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rekis is keeping the position for now.
Mutou postures up and lands a big shot to Rekis's brow.
Rekis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mutou trying to control but Rekis is working from the bottom.
Rekis controls Mutou momentarily but Mutou frees himself.
Mutou throws a strike but Rekis rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rekis stopping the sweep attempt from Mutou.
Rekis working some strikes from top position.
Rekis throws a big right hand that misses.
Rekis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mutou has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Rekis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mutou is proving hard to escape from.
Mutou looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rekis landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keiji Mutou dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Mutou closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rekis quickly recovers to half guard.
Mutou scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rekis is trying to get back to full guard.
Rekis is trying to control but can't.
Mutou missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mutou stops Rekis from getting back to his feet.
Rekis taking some punishment here, with Mutou in his half guard.
Keiji Mutou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mutou is trying to control. Rekis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rekis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mutou working over Rekis with some ground and pound. Rekis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rekis has hold of Mutou's hands but Mutou slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mutou drops an elbow to the side of Rekis's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutou is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mutou thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rekis's head.
Rekis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rekis trying to control from the bottom.
Rekis has hold of Mutou's hands but Mutou slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mutou working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rekis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mutou seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rekis does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mutou is looking to advance position but Rekis won't allow it.
Rekis tries to get to full guard but Mutou has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutou working over Rekis with some ground and pound. Rekis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mutou throwing shots but Rekis is blocking nicely.
Rekis is looking to improve his position.
Rekis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mutou lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rekis trying to control from the bottom.
Mutou wants to control but Rekis is keeping him busy.
Mutou slips a nice elbow through Rekis's hands, connecting with Rekis's forehead.
Mutou missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rekis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mutou.
Rekis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mutou throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rekis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rekis taking some punishment here, with Mutou in his half guard.
Mutou takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mutou lands a nice short elbow.
Mutou lands with a punch from half guard.
Rekis is rocked!
Mutou working Rekis over with strikes.
Rekis is still in real trouble! Can Mutou finish him?
Mutou lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Rekis quite badly. Rekis pulls Mutou in close trying to recover. Mutou postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Rekis on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Rekis doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keiji Mutou!
Keiji Mutou retains his light heavyweight title!
Keiji Mutou very nearly forgot to thank Spartan Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
In defeat, John Rekis stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'll be back!!!'.
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hype
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