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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keiji Mutou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Pavlovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Keiji Mutou had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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213 lbs
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227 lbs
16 - 6 - 1 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
28 - 14 - 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
16 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Anton Pavlovich!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pavlovich throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mutou counters with a left to the body.
The fighters circling - Pavlovich throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mutou closes the distance and clinches up with Pavlovich, looking for a takedown. Mutou pushes Pavlovich against the cage but Pavlovich circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pavlovich throws a lazy right hand but Mutou sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mutou keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pavlovich.
Pavlovich bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mutou's head backwards.
Pavlovich misses with a looping left.
Pavlovich misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mutou darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mutou gets a clinch.
Pavlovich is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Mutou is working for takedown but Pavlovich is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keiji Mutou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pavlovich.
Mutou stalls.
Mutou has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pavlovich is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Pavlovich has a couple of punches blocked by Mutou.
Mutou works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlovich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pavlovich stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mutou dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pavlovich has a couple of punches blocked by Mutou.
Mutou stalling.
Pavlovich swings wildly with an uppercut but Mutou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mutou has picked Pavlovich up - he's going for a ride! Mutou dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Mutou throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mutou with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Mutou sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pavlovich defending well though.
Mutou wants to take a breather but Pavlovich is having none of it.
Mutou not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pavlovich is pressing down on Mutou's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutou throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pavlovich works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mutou is looking to work some ground and pound but Pavlovich has wrist control.
Pavlovich tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mutou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mutou is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Pavlovich is adopting a defensive guard.
Mutou advances position into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mutou scores with punches from side control.
Pavlovich tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mutou scores with punches from side control.
Pavlovich really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mutou. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mutou trying to control the action but Pavlovich is working from the bottom.
Mutou scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pavlovich to see if he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pavlovich tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mutou wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pavlovich is not content to let Mutou control the position.
Pavlovich tries to buck Mutou off but Mutou is having none of it.
Pavlovich is trying to control Mutou's posture but Mutou avoids it.
The strikes coming from Mutou are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mutou is putting a hurting on Pavlovich here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mutou throws an elbow but Pavlovich slips to the side and avoids it well.
Mutou tries to score with some ground and pound. Pavlovich controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pavlovich avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mutou.
Mutou lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutou is looking to take a break and control but Pavlovich is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mutou working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Pavlovich is looking to regain half guard here but Mutou keeps moving and retains side control.
Mutou lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mutou is looking to take a break and control but Pavlovich is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mutou creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pavlovich sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Mutou looks up at the clock and then as Pavlovich takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mutou smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Pavlovich takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pavlovich throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mutou gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keiji Mutou dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pavlovich pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mutou walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mutou swings for the body but Pavlovich moves out of range.
Mutou looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pavlovich is fending him off so far but Mutou persists. Nope, Pavlovich circles away and we're back to standing.
Pavlovich takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pavlovich uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mutou rushes Pavlovich and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mutou tries to work over Pavlovich's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pavlovich misses with some punches.
Pavlovich misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pavlovich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pavlovich lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mutou lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Mutou's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Mutou throws a head punch that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Mutou.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mutou tries a body shot but Pavlovich blocks it.
Anton Pavlovich seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pavlovich misses with some punches.
Pavlovich tries to work over Mutou's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlovich lands a right hand.
Pavlovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Pavlovich fails to land.
Mutou lands a hook that snaps the head of Pavlovich backwards.
Pavlovich lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mutou backwards.
Mutou lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mutou pushes Pavlovich back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pavlovich prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right from Mutou.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mutou as Pavlovich tries to tie him up.
Pavlovich tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mutou makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mutou stalls.
Pavlovich tries a body shot but Mutou blocks it.
Pavlovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pavlovich blocks an uppercut.
Mutou is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Pavlovich pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keiji Mutou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Pavlovich is pressed up against the cage. Mutou has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Pavlovich down to the mat. Pavlovich avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pavlovich missing with a left hand there. Mutou was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An attempted straight right counter from Mutou misses the target.
Pavlovich throws an overhand right that lands on Mutou's shoulder, as Mutou tries to avoid the shot.
Mutou misses with a body shot.
Pavlovich stuffs the takedown attempt from Mutou. Mutou gets slowly back to his feet.
Pavlovich misses the shot to the body.
Mutou is looking to counter punch.
Mutou displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pavlovich throws out the jab.
A big right from Pavlovich misses.
Mutou steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pavlovich.
Pavlovich connects with a jab.
Pavlovich loads up on a big right hand but Mutou slips the punch.
Anton Pavlovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pavlovich looks to throw the jab but Mutou is out of range.
Mutou with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutou has managed to clinch.
Pavlovich has a couple of punches blocked by Mutou.
Pavlovich makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mutou tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mutou goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pavlovich prevents it.
Mutou lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pavlovich misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pavlovich pushes Mutou back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mutou softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mutou throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pavlovich trying to control the position but instead, Mutou has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pavlovich into the cage.
Mutou struggles to land a body shot inside as Pavlovich controls his hands.
Mutou is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Pavlovich is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pavlovich misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutou is leaning against Pavlovich and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pavlovich misses with a punch on the inside.
Mutou is leaning against Pavlovich and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pavlovich is breathing heavily.
Mutou effectively controlling the action here.
Mutou tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pavlovich's elbow.
Mutou has Pavlovich pushed against the cage.
Pavlovich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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 cracks Pavlovich with a nice body shot.
Mutou tries a body shot but Pavlovich blocks it.
Mutou works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Pavlovich wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Mutou manages to pass to side control.
Keiji Mutou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The fighters are battling for position here. Pavlovich manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Anton Pavlovich will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back 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.
Mutou dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mutou slips a jab from Pavlovich.
Pavlovich connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pavlovich just misses with a punch to the body.
Mutou is looking to wear down Pavlovich with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pavlovich is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mutou.
Pavlovich tries to sprawl but Mutou drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Pavlovich is staying active underneath Mutou, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Mutou scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Mutou trying to pass the guard but Pavlovich defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mutou missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mutou prevents Pavlovich from standing back up.
Mutou takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Pavlovich wants to control but Mutou is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Pavlovich is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Mutou is staying active.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pavlovich keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mutou prevents Pavlovich from standing back up.
Pavlovich tries to roll over but Mutou keeps him under control.
Pavlovich on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pavlovich tries to kick Mutou off but Mutou keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Mutou working the head and body with strikes.
Pavlovich is trying to stand up here but Mutou is controlling him well.
Mutou looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pavlovich with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Mutou throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mutou working the head and body with strikes.
Mutou is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Mutou working Pavlovich over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pavlovich tries to kick Mutou off in order to stand up. Mutou Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
The referee asks Mutou politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Mutou prefers to stall for the moment though.
Mutou lands a decent elbow from side control.
Pavlovich taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pavlovich is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pavlovich taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pavlovich wants to get back to his feet.
Mutou working the body and head with strikes.
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 in side control lands a decent elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mutou scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Pavlovich to see if he's OK.
Mutou scoring with punches and elbows.
Mutou throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mutou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pavlovich can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutou wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pavlovich keeps working.
Mutou lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mutou working the head and body with strikes.
Mutou misses with the ground and pound.
Pavlovich takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Mutou cracks Pavlovich with a big right hand but Pavlovich just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Mutou connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Pavlovich some visible discomfort.
Mutou staying calm.
Mutou cracks Pavlovich with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Pavlovich is rocked!
Mutou lands a nice forearm strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutou wants to control but Pavlovich is keeping him busy.
Mutou working away.
Mutou looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Pavlovich is avoiding damage well.
Mutou is looking to take a break and control but Pavlovich is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mutou landing strikes.
Mutou lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pavlovich down.
Pavlovich parries the strikes from Mutou easily there. Mutou is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Pavlovich to escape.
Mutou working the ground and pound but Pavlovich is defending the strikes.
Mutou cracks Pavlovich with a big right hand but Pavlovich just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pavlovich tries to improve position but can't.
Pavlovich taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pavlovich is not content to let Mutou control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keiji Mutou showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mutou has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keiji Mutou!
After the big win, Keiji Mutou made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors King of Fists and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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