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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keiji Mutou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ambrogio Ballestrazzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ballestrazzi has chosen Foxes - Holding Onto Heaven as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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213 lbs
15 - 6 - 2 |
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220 lbs
22 - 13 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
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
15 - 6 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Keiji Mutou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ambrogio Ballestrazzi!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballestrazzi misses with a right hand
and Mutou decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ballestrazzi's guard.
Ballestrazzi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mutou trying to control but Ballestrazzi is working from the bottom.
Mutou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mutou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mutou trying to control but Ballestrazzi is working from the bottom.
Mutou postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ballestrazzi has momentary wrist control but Mutou slips an elbow through the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ballestrazzi throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ballestrazzi working a defensive guard but Mutou passes into half guard.
Mutou trying to pass the guard but Ballestrazzi defending well.
Ballestrazzi is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballestrazzi moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Mutou wants to control from the top but Ballestrazzi keeps moving.
Ballestrazzi looking for a sweep. Not yet Ballestrazzi, not yet.
Ballestrazzi trying to strike off his back.
Ballestrazzi wants to sweep here but Mutou controlling him for the moment.
Mutou throws a big right hand that misses.
Mutou trying to control but Ballestrazzi is working from the bottom.
Mutou keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ballestrazzi's head.
Ballestrazzi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mutou's guard.
Mutou is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballestrazzi wants to get back to full guard.
Mutou not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ballestrazzi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mutou.
Mutou thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
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 missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mutou wants to advance to full mount but Ballestrazzi doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Ballestrazzi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Mutou stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ballestrazzi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ballestrazzi has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Black Widow Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Ballestrazzi looking for a sweep. Not yet Ballestrazzi, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mutou throws a big right hand that misses.
Mutou won't allow Ballestrazzi to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutou forces his way into half guard.
Ballestrazzi is pressing down on Mutou's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ballestrazzi looking for a sweep. Not yet Ballestrazzi, not yet.
Ballestrazzi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mutou scoring with some ground and pound.
Mutou won't allow Ballestrazzi to sweep him here.
Mutou postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mutou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mutou missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mutou scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mutou with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mutou wants to pass the guard but Ballestrazzi is keeping the position.
Ballestrazzi looking for a sweep. Not yet Ballestrazzi, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutou is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ballestrazzi looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mutou puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ballestrazzi is not content to let Mutou control the position.
Mutou is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mutou missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ballestrazzi tries to roll over but Mutou keeps him under control.
Mutou landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ballestrazzi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Mutou scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ballestrazzi striking from half guard on the bottom.
Ballestrazzi is looking for a sweep. Mutou is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keiji Mutou dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ballestrazzi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mutou manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ballestrazzi just misses with a punch to the body.
Ballestrazzi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mutou's waist but Mutou gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ballestrazzi off to one side.
Mutou tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ballestrazzi swivels and escapes.
Good work by Mutou as he checks the leg kick.
Mutou takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ballestrazzi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mutou ducks under a wild hook from Ballestrazzi.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ballestrazzi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mutou sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ballestrazzi gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Mutou to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Ballestrazzi looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Mutou puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Mutou connects with a nice short shot to Ballestrazzi's temple.
Mutou lands with a punch from half guard.
Mutou working over Ballestrazzi with some ground and pound. Ballestrazzi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mutou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ballestrazzi can do to turn this around?
Ballestrazzi lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
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.
Ballestrazzi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mutou working the head and body with strikes.
Ballestrazzi wants to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Mutou there.
Mutou lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ballestrazzi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mutou wants to take a breather but Ballestrazzi is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballestrazzi wants to control but Mutou is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mutou prevents Ballestrazzi from improving his position.
Mutou takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mutou working the head and body with strikes.
Mutou lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ballestrazzi trying to control here.
Mutou prevents Ballestrazzi from improving his position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Ballestrazzi is in trouble now - Mutou has advanced to mount!
Mutou landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballestrazzi in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ballestrazzi is trying to escape the mount.
Mutou is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ballestrazzi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Mutou blocks Ballestrazzi's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Ballestrazzi is looking to improve his position but Mutou isn't that keen on the idea.
Mutou lands a heavy elbow.
Mutou raining down shots from the mount!
The referee warns Ballestrazzi that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Mutou looking to finish Ballestrazzi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ballestrazzi!
Keiji Mutou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ballestrazzi takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Mutou's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keiji Mutou!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Keiji Mutou waved his t-shirt featuring Namunamu Clothing 's logo in front of the cameras.
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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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