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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juan Marfaker (ranked 232 p4p, 36 weight class) and Keiji Mutou (ranked 480 p4p, 68 weight class). Juan Marfaker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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209 lbs
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206 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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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
19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Juan Marfaker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Keiji Mutou!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mutou throws an off balance right hand
and Marfaker counters with a straight right hand.
Marfaker misses with a wild body shot.
Keiji Mutou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A low kick from Marfaker misses
and Mutou counters with a takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mutou advances to mount.
Marfaker blocking the ground and pound.
Marfaker is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Mutou scoring with strikes but Marfaker is staying in there.
Mutou with good strikes from the mount here!
Marfaker really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mutou thowing shots but they're missing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mutou in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Marfaker wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mutou.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutou trying to control but Marfaker is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mutou throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Marfaker because Mutou loaded up on that one.
Mutou scoring with strikes but Marfaker is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Mutou.
Mutou looking to ground and pound but Marfaker is blocking nicely.
Mutou pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mutou looking to finish Marfaker with some ground and pound. This is bad for Marfaker!
Marfaker is in a horrible position here. Mutou smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
It looks like Juan Marfaker has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutou dominating with strikes here.
Mutou lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Mutou misses with a head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mutou tries to control but Marfaker wriggling away.
Mutou raining down shots from the mount!
Mutou unloads with some shots from mount but Marfaker bucks and avoids them well.
Mutou tries to control but Marfaker wriggling away.
Marfaker in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutou lands a couple of good shots and Marfaker has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Marfaker is rocked!
Marfaker covers up after that shot from Mutou.
Oh Marfaker is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marfaker covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Mutou scores with punches and elbows.
Mutou lands a series of strikes from the back and Marfaker goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keiji Mutou!
Keiji Mutou really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Aspire Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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