Bas Rutten's Career MMA Fight #19 vs. Guy Mezger

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This video is Fight #19 vs. Guy Mezger from Bas Rutten's MMA Career DVD previously only available for purchase.
As a professional fighter, one of his favorite tactics was the liver shot (both punch and kick), and he popularized its use in MMA.Rutten is known for his charisma and has capitalized on his celebrity status since retiring from fighting in 1999. He workes as a color commentator in MMA organization WSOF, and every Friday at IMMA at AX.tv , he has appeared in numerous television shows, movies, and video games. He also coaches MMA and has authored several instructional materials.
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[@grahamnelson203]

Oh how much I love Bas commenting on Bas fights.

[@johnparr347yrsand2]

It's actually Amazing!

[@TheArtofGuitar]

Love how Bas is honest and unbiased in his commentary. A true warrior.

[@Rickunslaved]

Totally agree 👍

[@ricehasnolife]

Its almost eerie how quiet the arena is compared to how UFC is.

[@FlechFisher]

+ricehasnolife japanese audiences are very respectable

[@Guy-cs8yj]

It's s almost like breakfast at Wimbledon

[@muggzy1733]

ricehasnolife it's called respect and actual interest. Ufc is just a thing people want to be seen at. Most don't give two shits about the actual fights.

[@manicmute9440]

@@muggzy1733 - Idiot.

[@overlord7512]

The crowd is the fight in ufc.. this on the other hands is real fighting... Every ufc fight turns into a basic brawl.

[@TheStupidNerdz]

“We had a gentleman’s agreement not to knee the head” So you try to snap his leg instead? 😂😂 your the best bas, true OG

[@ChaosDave2]

I don’t think Guy Mezger gets enough credit for the early days of MMA. He gets overshadowed by a lot of other guys (the Shamrocks, Bas, Royce, Severn, Tank) but I think Guy, as well as a few others, get overlooked a lot.

[@bryanfrombuffalo7685]

Absolutely

[@banmadabon]

The most over hyped fighter to me is oyce Gracie (I know his name is Royce but I'm poking fun at the adepts of the Gracie cult who parrot the Brazilian pronunciation...) Yesterday I was watching the quite sad Fedor's last fight, but when all the legends of the sport came on the octagon to honor Fedor and pay respect it was quite a moment and I'm sure to have seen a picogram of emotion on Fedor's granite face. oyce camel face with that oversize denture trying to intrude in every framing of the show was the apex of bad taste and creepiness. It was hard to watch. You could clearly see the "true" legends of the sport ashamed for him. oyce is maybe the first artificially hyped "athlete" of combat sports history. Certainly Lawyer Gracie (oiron) and his minions have made a great job (a Brazilian job, but they were more than eleven for sure).

[@coachjonjiujitsu]

I saw him walking around at a NAGA tournament in Dallas. Prob 10 years ago. Still a stud.

[@eminboztepe]

@@coachjonjiujitsu He was then, and still is, a dork.

[@fuchboi872]

Every fight until now has been "take Bas down" solid game plan because Bas has the takedown defense of Royce Gracie.

[@kilokilo14]

Lath Law hahahahahaha

[@onpsxmember]

I know nothing about MMA or wrestling. The commentary giving your intentions, showing problems and possibilities make it a lot more enjoyable for me. The silence makes it relaxing, no distractions. 12 Fights left. Thank you. Those leg locks and the possible damage...had my ankle once at 90° swollen up like a football. I feel that. I don't even want to know about the knee.

[@brized]

I love how in all these fights Bas is always like, "I hope he tries to submit me so I can escape". Awesome!

[@alexshelton6148]

Yeah not sure what kind of special move Bas thought invented to get out of a locked in ArmBar before his elbow got dislocated

[@kylecoulombe2755]

@@alexshelton6148 rope grab would break the submission and reset to standing up at the cost of a point in pancrase

[@puerrodios8013]

@@alexshelton6148 shut up alex

[@hypnoticskull6342]

​@@alexshelton6148 It's really common in grappling. Baiting a submission so you can reverse it and get into a better position. You can defend against any submission if you know it's coming

[@silverclaw4]

Guy is in agony and Bas is jumping and bouncing the ring. Ouch

[@neo7566]

No he wasn't. He shook his head knowing he busted his knee.

[@Mike383HK]

yeah, Guy had real issue before I met him in 06. He told me he had two strokes from the ANSAID he was prescribed. I forget which one it was. He looked and sounded fine but he was fully retired from fighting and working for Chuck Norris. He took care of my licensing for me. I just thought he was a great guy. but he was in great pain from injuries.

[@Iz0pen]

Pain pills cause pain. You will have less TOTAL pain over time if you tell your doctor to shove them up his prison wallet. All that shit is poison.

[@smakepeacebcplca]

I never get tired of watching bas fight or to listen to him speak, smart and funny. No wonder he is so popular among fans and other fighters.

[@FetamWoW]

Everytime Bas gets hit her admits it. "Good left hook from guy. Good body shot from guy" He announces that it was a good shot and that's what I love about Bas he is truly a hero for the sport.

[@Plugge85]

Love it how Bas uses Dutch sayings, translated to English. 3:46 'But Guy was not born yesterday... hahaha Brilliant! Bas, je bent een topper

[@rightuppercut1426]

Bud P In English the saying is exactly the same. Just saying

[@Roo986]

@@rightuppercut1426 I wonder how "pissing on someone's chips" translates?

[@nathanbruce1992]

@jake or "who pissed in your cereal this morning"

[@Zeylo89]

>wer hat dir ins frühstück geschissen in german

[@TheJoker3334]

Bas seems impressed with Bas performance

[@minyjackass8421]

19:43 “and i felt really bad about It” proceeds to jump like a lil dutchboy with a pocket full of strudel in his lederhosen pocket

[@MsTankrat]

dutch dont wear lederhosen sir. in tirol they do.

[@sektempfang1793]

MsTankrat with a pocket full of Bitterballen..

[@PaxBisonica89]

Strudel and lederhosen are German you dork

[@anonony9081]

Bas stays so cool and collected. He doesn't throw volume at all, every strike is deliberate. It makes his body shots especially deadly. Also his conditioning was amazing. You can see Mezger slow down within 5 minutes or so but Bas stays strong the whole way.

[@jacobwright4653]

8:00 the way Bas catches Guy’s foot with a back hand was amazing!

[@petriukas20]

Very enjoyable fight! I LIKE WATCHING YOUR FIGHTS SO MUCH! My dream is to visit you in America once Bas. :))

[@BallJuiceOfZeus]

Yo dudes that take shirtless pics of themselves are really cool. Thanks for doing us a favor and showing us.

[@ChippyPippy]

fantana no one likes insecure bitches.

[@pinkmullet4]

***** Yeah I know, how insecure do you have to be to take a photo of yourself without a shirt on and use it as your avatar? it's like "Please accept me!"

[@ChippyPippy]

pinkmullet4 lol talk about insecure.

[@pinkmullet4]

***** I know eh! I'm glad you agree with me

[@mantovannni]

It's like 2:15 a.m. and I can't stop watching. Ill have to leave it after this or my wife will kill me.

[@dwoolaver1549]

lol me too, im hooked.

[@frankyboy7596]

lmao I feel your struggle , gotta go to school tomorow morning but these videos are amazing

[@DedicatedSpartan]

mantovannni it's 2:03 am here, watching for the second time.

[@gabrytekno]

2:04 here lmao

[@es8559]

Is it the Male on Male contact that concerns your wife? Lol

[@MrJayOkane]

Man, I feel like I felt that at the end. Really good fight.

[@chrislawson7983]

The audience is paying attention to the fight. Nice and quiet. Thanks Bas.

[@bigdeal39]

Two GREAT competitors !! Love em both !!

[@timstrickland8774]

Love how the Japanese fans are quite and very attentive . great match.

[@aswtx75]

Me and Guy had the same bjj instructor at this time, and he tells us a story about them all hanging out in Japan, I think at this fight, and Bas sneaking up behind him and getting him into a RNChoke, all in good fun, lol. Said Bas was crazy. Surprised at how ineffective Guy was on the ground. Always assumed he was a little more advanced, but I guess he was way more of a striker and wrestler.

[@tylerkeller8869]

Not fair enough that they're both talented fighters. They both have to be talk, stacked and handsome as well.

[@FetamWoW]

at 8:00 is so underrated. He blocked that knee hit him with that liver shot. That's amazing.

[@wingate35]

Best one so far IMO.

[@dtc8249]

10:35 BACON!

[@sektempfang1793]

hahahaha

[@damirpilic4632]

great fighter,cheers from croatia

[@Ragewalk]

Nice swings. Fresh to see those.

[@treydoriety9927]

Bas: Guy was a good friend of mine. I felt really bad about it. Also Bas: 19:45

[@kosmander]

These are so awesome with bas commentary. I watched these before without :)

[@GentlemansCombatives]

omg that ankle lock

[@zombiegeorge749]

Wow, Glad you are able to put these up Bas!

[@OwenDW]

Opponent: ‘Takes Bas down’ Bas: “So you have chosen death”

[@davidbrandt6925]

Guy entered the ring with B R, props to Guy.

[@Fredtarbosso]

I would love to meet him such a humble person

[@aaronbrandes7456]

Bas is a true sportsman.

[@tribunation]

Crazy how grappling (jiu-jitsu) has elevated since this time.

[@motokokoto]

no shots to the body... understand we are good friends... *gets reverse mounted* lord Bas you're too fn funny man love ya.. People have told me pancrase is sissy slapping well thats their loss, ive never seen a mma match go without breaks for 20 minutes. Insane stuff..

[@erichaggerty7395]

Love you in a manly way Bas

[@fwblok836]

No sure what that means , if gay men love each other its not manly or is manly love gay Lot of people here afraid of being called gay it seems. Shows lot of insecurity

[@seanbobier1204]

Dang.! You're the Man Bas.!

[@lordofhowell7158]

Some funny commentary 😂 Brilliant video 💪🏻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@tylerkeller8869]

Bas was fighting like a modern MMA fighter, 10 years before the rest.

[@duffyscourt]

well done, you were a submission artist/beast, sub after sub after sub, with zero grappling ability whatsoever!!!I

[@TheSpeedle305]

7:40 HE’S SMOKING 😂😂 He knew it’s coming

[@ace4mma]

ahh! man that heel lock! i grabbed my knee when i saw that lol my MCL popped from a heel hook and it brought back memories. amazing fight Basito!

[@Levi_Skardsen]

Wow, even I felt that front kick at the start.

[@0987slipknot]

I wanna see your fights bata the ufc Bas please upload them

[@danieltv7282]

7:59 for my future self

[@olafbratzgo3406]

and what an nice finish.....

[@beveik]

Bas could win this fight much faster by messing Mezgers hair up. You can see how he constantly tries to fix the damage:)

[@FlechFisher]

well, he had it in a super ponytail type thing so ..yeah... wouldnt budge much...

[@shanequigley7552]

Jasus, that looked funking painful :-)

[@williamcornell5001]

6:56 - LOL! - Never change, Bas!

[@romanoonamor7690]

Oh god that must hurt so bad. But didn't you say heel hooks aren't allowed? That's kind of a heel hook

[@reinhardo4118]

not allowed anymore

[@FlechFisher]

they are in mma at least, i think in some bjj competitions is were they stopped it,and in pancrase

[@skrut1725]

@BasRuttenMMA Thanks for the tips and tricks, great inspiration. Tough times. Nice voice too, do you have the commentator voice in ufc 3 to ps3?

[@chuckhawes7519]

Love your videos .

[@doorsurfer506]

8:56 he he he "he pulled out easy "😉

[@gabriel84511]

Great fight

[@hiicantthinkofaname]

That scream.. :(

[@drinktillwerefunny]

what a nice man

[@influentialgurning]

3:37 His look says, "What happened to the gentleman's agreement?"

[@jesusgustavocornejomendoza8880]

bas rutten the best forever🖒🖒🖒

[@deadarmd]

At like 14:50 bas says goshdarn it in Dutch.

[@peanut9194]

Guy: takedown 9/10 Striking 6/10 Bas: takedown 1/10 Striking 10000000/10

[@brandonquenneville7330]

both could have ended the fight early*

[@onthebench3606]

Bas you rule!

[@510wn]

How’s that not a heel hook? It’s essentially a modification, you figure foured in a toe type hold instead of using your armpit to hold and crank...

[@jglitch0]

You could tell at 3:30 he was like if I take anymore punches or kicks I'll be down and dead I need to get him to the ground lol

[@goednieuwskrantje-nl]

Nice fight. But then again, i like all of the fights.But this one is especially good. ;)

[@kolaas2006]

Sometimes I study what happens at 0.25 speed. Bas' commentary at that speed sounds terrible :D

[@drdellorama]

the crowd is so quiet, you can hear the camera shutter

[@topgopnik]

I am just forwarding the ground game lol this is so ancient

[@davidspin5353]

Bas should be a commentator for boxing !

[@toneloke6959]

wtf ..... so quite you here the camera shutter .....

[@christsrevenge8030]

11:55. Both good friends!!

[@ccink3931]

I love how Japan refs end fights "give up.....? GIVE UP! DING DING DING" 😂

[@calom4823]

Im amaze there not a lot of finger in the eye with the open hand to the face .

[@dwoolaver1549]

makes you wonder why jon jones seems to do it 1 to 3 times a fight.

[@calom4823]

dana woolaver That is a good one ! I wonder why the commission still let him put is finger all those time .

[@samholden5758]

Bobilator Realitywall Because unless you're trying to poke the eyesit just doesn't happen usually happen.

[@mikegike7273]

Owwie. That hurtz .

[@tnwodisciple42069]

we need to get bas rutten vs mike tyson sometime soon

[@DrummerRF]

Eddie Cummings needs to do a more widespread lesson on how to heel hook properly without destroying someones knee

[@o.ko.k7550]

mezger is very powerfull he take down so easy !wow and this is bas rutten its not a anyone !

[@William1st]

No raining down of elbows?

[@johnparr347yrsand2]

7 minutes in, best ever about old Kung Fu Style! Lol

[@TheTaoofEternalWar]

I am always kinda amazed how Bas would basically let his opponents take him down and then let them mount him. I think it was part of his game though, he was a good counter grappler.

[@davdhortaramirez7635]

Eres excelente con las patadas y los puños amigo pero tienes que aprender lucha y judo. 👍

[@AngelEyes-bt6qp]

12:57 I thought these were Pro wrestling type rules? should constitute a rope break, they're both in the ropes

[@Everything-Street-Outlaws-NPK]

Man you have cardio for days!! He was breathing so hard and you were still on idle!

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

These are great (commentating on your own fights). Unique in the world of MMA? Maybe. You were a "complete" fighter in your skill set and competency. Really amazing ground game/ defense (among the best I've ever seen). I guess during these days (or in this league) the rules were no closed fist punches to the face/ head? Nowadays fights seem to end to early because someone gets in a vulnerable position, and then they are met with a barrage of face/ head strikes and the ref ends the fight.

[@olafbratzgo3406]

the german reporter say..... ^^was machen wir nun^^ eng: what we do now

[@Fredtarbosso]

You should have a field goal kicker he could have kicked field goals and never left home

[@es8559]

BRUCE LEE, CHUCK NORRIS, BAS RUTTAN. MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MARTIAL ARTISTS OF ALL TIME!

[@alexshelton6148]

If they weren't allowed to strike while in top control then I'm not sure why Mezger wanted to keep getting that position. It is almost impossible to submit someone from guard/half-guard/mount. Mezger was handicapping himself in available finishing options

[@comface]

Bas, how do you think you would have done if strikes on the ground were used all the time? The amount that you get taken down in these fights makes me wonder if you would have won many fights at all!

[@BallJuiceOfZeus]

He submits alot from the bottom. If strikes on the ground were used I bet he would have done alot of tdd

[@PastFailure]

He mentions in one of his fights (I'm paraphrasing) that he would have really liked to strike on the ground, but then there were many times where he would have been at a disadvantage as well, in which case he'd change up his strategy. Long story short, he would adjust his technique to adapt to ground-and-pound.

[@man61x]

.... he was slick on the ground as time came by.... he didnt need TDD cause he was confident about his ground game.... Condit fights the same way and strikes are allowed in Unified Rules... and just imagine if Bas was on top lol DANGADADANGADADANG BING POW GODSPEED AND PARTY ON!!

[@pocketfullofstones]

He would of done badly. By how bad his wrestling is on the feet it looks like he just trained ground and striking. However it worked for him because there was no ground and pound. I'm sure if the rules were different he would of had to train differently.

[@MansMan42069]

There was a sort of gentleman's agreement that no one would strike the other on the ground. Of course, if either initiates, the other is well within the rules to retaliate.

[@anon2034]

Was the submission a toe hold?

[@ChrischrosBelgium]

Strange to see that Bas hits less on the head when he is on his back; I saw him do it in a lot of fight, yet Ive just watched 10 of his fights and saw it only a cople of times. Why so little hitting on the ear for exemple?

[@jeroenkoning7614]

+ChrischrosBelgium He said it was a gentlemens' agreement to not do it to eachother and the japanese public did not like it

[@guybrushthreepwood3054]

- Don't do that to me - Why not? hahahaha!

[@tenhayolcu2872]

Rutton Vvolf❤

[@MMA_Ruskie]

Why do they wear shin guards but not even hand wraps

[@mr00dito]

So when your on the ground you can only submit the person is that the way this fighting is

[@gbrazzers5632]

I believe it was just frowned upon by the crowd to hit the opponent on the ground, but not exactly illegal. As per rule-list on Pancrase page on Wiki.

[@o.ko.k7550]

mezger take down amazing powerfull but dont punch in this moment, its not allowed to punch ? i dont understand he only wrrestling this takes energy.