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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keiji Mutou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommy Price told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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213 lbs
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186 cm
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210 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keiji Mutou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Price!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Price misses the target.
Mutou takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mutou with a poor takedown
and Price counters with an outside leg kick.
Mutou misses with a takedown attempt - Price sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Price misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mutou moves away from the strike by Price.
Mutou displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Price throws out the jab.
Price slaps away a takedown attempt from Mutou, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keiji Mutou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mutou moves out of range as Price strikes.
Mutou avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mutou fails with a takedown attempt.
Mutou uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Price.
Price slaps away a takedown attempt from Mutou, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Mutou.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Mutou throwing shots but missing, from side control.
You can see the frustration on Price's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mutou tries to advance to mount but can't.
Price is looking to reverse the position.
Price takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Price avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mutou.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutou misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Mutou throwing shots but missing, from side control.
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 working the head and body with strikes.
Mutou landing a few strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mutou looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Price is avoiding damage well.
Mutou misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Price is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mutou off and has taken his back!
Mutou tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Mutou can't escape the position.
Mutou is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutou is desperately trying to improve his position but Price has a good base and remains in mount.
Mutou is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mutou gets back to half guard.
Mutou manages to get to full guard.
Mutou wants to sweep here but Price controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutou looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Price puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Mutou is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mutou moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Price is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Mutou tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mutou manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Price doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keiji Mutou dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Mutou tries for a takedown but Price sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Price lands a nice looking body shot.
Mutou looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Price!
Mutou in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Mutou working the head and body with strikes.
Price takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Check out the look on Mutou's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The ground and pound from Mutou seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Mutou throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mutou working the ground and pound but Price is defending the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutou misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Mutou working away.
Mutou looks up at the clock and then as Price takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mutou smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Price struggling a bit here.
Mutou works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mutou lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mutou working the ground and pound from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mutou sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Price is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Price is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Price wants to control but Mutou postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price parries the strikes from Mutou easily there. Mutou is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Price to escape.
The strikes coming from Mutou are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mutou working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Price tries to bench press Mutou off him but Mutou keeps the position.
Mutou lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Keiji Mutou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mutou working the head with strikes.
Mutou in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Mutou working the ground and pound but Price is defending the strikes.
Mutou throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Price works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Price blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mutou.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutou throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mutou thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mutou prevents Price from improving his position.
Mutou thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mutou throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mutou sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Price defending well though.
Price regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Mutou.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mutou's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutou trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mutou throwing strikes but missing.
Mutou cracks Price with a solid left hand.
Mutou works over Price with some ground and pound from guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mutou throws a big right hand that misses.
Mutou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Price can do to turn this around?
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mutou accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mutou trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mutou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mutou working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mutou accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keiji Mutou dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Mutou avoids the head kick by Price.
Mutou throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Price's waist but Price gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mutou off to one side.
Price lunges at Mutou with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mutou's hand.
Mutou shoots in for a double leg but Price sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Price misses with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Price.
Mutou will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keiji Mutou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Price.
Mutou avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Price lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Mutou shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mutou showed some decent athleticism there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mutou thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Price's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price is trying to maintain the position but Mutou is very close to passing his half guard.
Price is pressing down on Mutou's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Mutou cracks Price with a solid left hand.
Price preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Mutou throwing strikes from guard but Price blocks nicely.
Mutou trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Price holds on and takes a little breather.
Price trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutou wants to pass the guard but Price is keeping the position.
Mutou missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tommy Price has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mutou throws a big elbow that misses.
Mutou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mutou is working Price over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Price wants to sweep but no luck.
Mutou cracks Price with a solid left hand.
Mutou throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price keeping full guard, as Mutou tries to pass.
Mutou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Price has control of Mutou's left arm, preventing Mutou from doing any damage.
Price trying to control the position.
Mutou throws a big elbow that misses.
Mutou makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mutou throwing strikes but missing.
Mutou keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Price's head.
That's four 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 is working Price over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mutou stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Price swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Price utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mutou slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mutou scores with a couple of short elbows.
Check out the look on Mutou's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that's the end of the fight!
Keiji Mutou showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mutou, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keiji Mutou!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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