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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keiji Mutou (ranked 202 p4p, 27 weight class) and Stan Judea (ranked 285 p4p, 39 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Judea's choice of entrance music: I want to be a woman - Monty Python. Stan Judea 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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206 lbs
36 - 19 - 2 |
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213 lbs
21 - 10 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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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
36 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Keiji Mutou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stan Judea!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mutou misses with a looping left.
Mutou misses with a left hand
and Mutou takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Judea swinging wildly here.
Mutou shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mutou showed some decent athleticism there.
Mutou throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Mutou not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Judea slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judea can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mutou controls the pace.
Mutou preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutou trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mutou throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Judea works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Judea being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mutou won't allow Judea to sweep him here.
Mutou throwing strikes from guard but Judea blocks nicely.
Mutou lands a couple of elbows.
Mutou is working Judea over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Mutou works a leg free and moves into half guard.
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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mutou thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Judea's head.
Judea is not content to let Mutou control the position.
Mutou controlling the action here.
Mutou missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mutou definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Mutou throwing shots but Judea is blocking nicely.
Mutou passes to side control.
Mutou postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutou lands a decent elbow from side control.
Mutou is trying to ground and pound but Judea uses the momentary lack of control by Mutou to regain half guard.
Judea tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Mutou has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Mutou lands a big elbow.
Mutou raining down shots from the mount!
Mutou throws some wild stikes that Judea manages to avoid easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judea keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Mutou looking to ground and pound but Judea is blocking nicely.
Mutou cracks Judea with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mutou misses with a head shot.
Mutou throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mutou controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mutou is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keiji Mutou dominated that round.
That's time! Mutou's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Judea is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mutou.
Judea lands a nice looking body shot.
Mutou misses with a series of wild punches.
Mutou misses with a looping right.
Mutou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A good leg kick by Judea.
Mutou is trying hard to land a takedown here. Judea sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mutou tries to clinch but Judea moves out of range.
Judea flicks out a counter leg kick but Mutou steps away.
Judea throws a shot from downtown. Mutou moves away and avoids it.
Mutou on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Judea throws a right hand that misses
and Mutou connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mutou takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Judea misses the shot to the body.
Mutou appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Keiji Mutou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Judea slips under a jab from Mutou.
Mutou swings for the body but Judea moves out of range.
Judea moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Judea throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mutou tries to counter with a takedown but Judea is quick to defend against it.
Mutou slips a jab from Judea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutou shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Judea cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mutou shoots in looking for a takedown. Judea tries to sprawl out of it but Mutou keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Judea manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keiji Mutou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mutou shoots in but Judea avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Judea fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Mutou shoots in but Judea avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mutou takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Judea connects with a body shot that sends Mutou's belly button to the back.
Mutou throws a jab when Judea was well out of range.
Mutou takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Mutou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Judea thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judea scores with the left hand. Mutou knows he should have avoided that one.
Stan Judea is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
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 big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mutou misses with a lunging right hand
and Judea counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mutou's jab looks to have found its range, popping Judea under the eye.
Mutou loads up on a big right hand but Judea slips the punch.
Mutou fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mutou lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Judea circles away quickly and effectively.
A big right from Judea misses.
Mutou wants to clinch.
Mutou throws a right and a left that both miss.
Judea on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Judea lands with a right hand.
A slow jab from Judea misses its intended target.
Judea chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Judea connects with a looping right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Mutou blocks the leg kick.
Judea throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mutou has a takedown stuffed.
Judea uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mutou.
Judea throws a leg kick which misses Mutou's front leg but catches the back leg as Mutou tries to avoid it.
Judea lands a nice hook to Mutou's body. Mutou takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Judea swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Judea throws a shot from downtown. Mutou moves away and avoids it.
Judea uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mutou.
Judea connects with the punch.
Mutou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Judea.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Judea breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mutou misses with a series of wild punches.
Mutou misses with a double jab
and Judea counters with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mutou gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mutou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judea was well out of range. Poor timing from Mutou.
Mutou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Judea.
Mutou looks to land a combination but Judea avoids it well.
Mutou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Judea moves away.
Judea with a jab.
Mutou fails with a takedown attempt.
Stan Judea seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mutou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Judea looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Judea takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mutou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Judea.
Mutou will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mutou swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Judea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stan Judea showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Mutou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Judea paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Judea.
Mutou tries to counter with a takedown but Judea is quick to defend against it.
Mutou wants to clinch but Judea slips to the side
and Judea counters with a left to the body.
Judea keeps Mutou at a distance using the push kick.
Mutou just misses with a punch to the body.
Judea looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Judea lands a high kick!
Judea throws a head kick that misses
and Mutou counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Mutou does it's job there.
Mutou scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Judea punishes Mutou's body with a nice straight punch.
Mutou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Judea cracks Mutou with a good jab.
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 tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Judea was well out of range. Poor timing from Mutou.
Judea gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Mutou trying to control but Judea is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mutou postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mutou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mutou trying to control but Judea is working from the bottom.
Mutou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mutou lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Judea 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.
Mutou trying to control the position from guard on top but Judea is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mutou makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mutou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Keiji Mutou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Judea is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Mutou throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mutou wants to control from the top but Judea keeps moving.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Mutou shoots in for a takedown but Judea shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mutou fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Mutou. That snapped Judea's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mutou shoots in looking for a takedown. Judea tries to sprawl out of it but Mutou keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Judea manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keiji Mutou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mutou goes for a double leg but Judea avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Judea continues to drive forward.
Mutou shoots and misses
and Judea connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Judea just misses with a punch to the body.
Mutou throws an off balance right hand
and Judea counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Mutou takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Judea dodges the punch combination from Mutou.
Judea keeps Mutou at a distance using the push kick.
Mutou takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Judea throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mutou takes a swing at Judea's ribcage but misses.
Judea scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judea lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Judea attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mutou takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mutou throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mutou changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Judea tries to avoid it but Mutou manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Judea to the ground. Judea escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mutou misses with a body shot
and Judea counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Judea bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mutou's head backwards.
Judea lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice sprawl there from Judea as Mutou shoots in.
Judea feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mutous jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A slow jab from Judea misses its intended target.
Judea moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Judea avoids the body shot from Mutou.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Judea, right into the meat.
Judea throws a shot to the body.
Mutou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Judea manages to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stan Judea comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Judea has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stan Judea!
A very excited looking Stan Judea made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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