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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keijiro Maeda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Keijiro Maeda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dwayne Johnson!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maeda looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Johnson!
Johnson wants to control but Maeda postures up.
Maeda wants to stand but Johnson has his arm trapped.
Johnson is looking for a sweep.
Maeda wants to stand but Johnson is controlling his arm.
Johnson wants to control but Maeda postures up.
Johnson prevents Maeda from moving into mount.
Johnson is looking for a sweep.
Maeda will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Johnson dodges the ground and pound from Maeda.
Maeda trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson sneaks back into half guard.
Johnson trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson is staying active underneath Maeda, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Maeda winds up and cracks Johnson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Johnson won't allow Maeda to pass to mount.
Johnson looking for submissions off his back.
Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Johnson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Maeda pulls his head out easily.
Johnson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Maeda.
Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Maeda trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson looking for submissions off his back.
Johnson looks winded!
Maeda not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Maeda trying to control from half guard but Johnson is working away.
Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Johnson wants to get back to full guard but Maeda has passed into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maeda cracks Johnson with a big right hand but Johnson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Maeda postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Maeda trying to control the position but Johnson is working away.
Johnson struggling a bit here.
Maeda looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Johnson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Maeda wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Maeda is looking to take a break and control but Johnson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Johnson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Maeda wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda tries to advance to mount but can't.
You can see the frustration on Johnson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Johnson tries to buck Maeda off but Maeda is having none of it.
Maeda tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Maeda has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Johnson is looking to regain half guard here but Maeda keeps moving and retains side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maeda wants to control but Johnson is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keijiro Maeda dominated that round.
That's time! Maeda's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maeda decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Johnson moves into full guard.
Maeda wants to control from the top but Johnson keeps moving.
Maeda throws a big right hand that misses.
Johnson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Maeda trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Johnson pulls Maeda in close to his closed guard and prevents Maeda from doing any damage or advancing position.
Maeda looking to sit in guard and control but Johnson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Maeda controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson lands a couple of elbows.
Johnson preventing the sweep.
Johnson drops back looking for a leg! Maeda is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Maeda manages to kick Johnson off! Johnson jumps back into Maeda's guard.
Johnson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Johnson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Johnson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Johnson landing with the ground and pound.
Johnson is stalling in the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maeda looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Maeda keeps moving.
Johnson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Johnson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Maeda working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Johnson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Johnson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Johnson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've been informed that Johnson has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Johnson drops back looking for a leg! Maeda is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Maeda manages to kick Johnson off! Johnson jumps back into Maeda's guard.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Maeda being controlled here, momentarily.
Maeda striking off his back but it's not causing Johnson any problems.
Maeda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda trying to keep a closed guard but Johnson is proving a slippery customer.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Keijiro Maeda just wasn't active enough.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses
and Maeda counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Johnson tries to sprawl but Maeda drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Johnson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Maeda is keen to just control but Johnson is a slippery customer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Maeda wants to take a breather but Johnson is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Johnson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Keijiro Maeda will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Johnson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johnson throws a head kick that misses.
Maeda tries to close the distance and clinch up but Johnson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Johnson.
Maeda closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Johnson is trying to get back to half guard.
Johnson can't do much from the bottom here.
Johnson parries the strikes from Maeda easily there. Maeda is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Johnson to escape.
Johnson tries to improve position but can't.
The referee asks Maeda politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Maeda prefers to stall for the moment though.
Maeda wants to lay and pray for a moment but Johnson keeps working.
Johnson can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Johnson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Maeda wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Johnson strikes from the bottom but Maeda takes advantage and advances to full mount!
Maeda raining down shots from the mount!
Maeda lands a couple of good shots and Johnson has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Johnson trying to control but not successfully.
Maeda working for a choke but Johnson is defending well.
Maeda lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maeda lands punches and elbows.
Johnson covering up well under a series of strikes from Maeda.
Maeda is hanging on to Johnson's back as he tries to escape.
Johnson looking very determined here, making life difficult for Maeda.
Maeda looking for the RNC.
Johnson defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Johnson just trying to survive but Maeda is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maeda is trying to stick to Johnson's back but Johnson is turning into Maeda. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Maeda's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Johnson.
Johnson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Maeda working a defensive guard here.
Maeda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Maeda trying to control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Johnson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Johnson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Johnson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Maeda has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Johnson has managed to get both his arms back between Maeda's legs - danger averted.
Johnson controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maeda is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Maeda manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Johnson manages to get himself to full guard.
Johnson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Maeda gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dwayne Johnson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Johnson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Keijiro Maeda overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maeda has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Johnson is proving hard to escape from.
Johnson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Maeda can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keijiro Maeda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Maeda has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keijiro Maeda!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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