PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Mazzuca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Mazzuca
vs
Silver

188 cm
19
198 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

194 cm
18
222 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Fury Nutrition Inc.
Zipp Zapp

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Mazzuca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Silver!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mazzuca thows a body shot but no joy.
Robert Mazzuca seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mazzuca, as that shot connected.
Silver swinging wildly here.
Silver tried to score with a low kick but Mazzuca checks it.
Silver has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silver there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mazzuca misses with an uppercut. Silver saw that one coming.

Mazzuca closes the distance and pushes Silver back into the cage.
Silver is trying to stall.
Mazzuca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mazzuca.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mazzuca creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mazzuca lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silver.
Mazzuca lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver misses with a body punch.
Mazzuca working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mazzuca lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mazzuca is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Mazzuca lands a shoulder strike.
Mazzuca lands a hook that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Mazzuca.
Still in the clinch, Mazzuca scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mazzuca creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mazzuca will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silver up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Robert Mazzuca.
Mazzuca checks a leg kick nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mazzuca stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silver.
Mazzuca connects with a looping right hand.
Silver finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Mazzuca takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mazzuca looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mazzuca checks a low kick from Silver.
Mazzuca with a hook.
Silver on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mazzuca checks a leg kick nicely.
Mazzuca lands with a good body shot.
Mazzuca takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silver misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mazzuca looks to throw the jab but Silver is out of range.
Silver ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silver has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Silver connects with a solid leg kick.
Mazzuca slips under a jab.
Silver misses with a wild body shot.
Silver takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silver throws a lazy head kick
and Mazzuca counters with a left to the body.
Mazzuca connects with a body shot that sends Silver's belly button to the back.
Silver looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silver takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mazzuca scores with a jab to the body.
Mazzuca lands a lovely overhand right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazzuca lands with a good body shot.
Mazzuca scores with a one two! Silver had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mazzuca paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mazzuca moves out of range of the body kick from Silver.
Mazzuca goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silver checks a leg kick.
Silver closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silver tries a head kick but it misses.

Mazzuca instigates a clinch.
Mazzuca tries to land a knee to the head but Silver blocks with his arms.
Mazzuca working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mazzuca scores with a knee to the head.
Silver takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Mazzuca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Mazzuca dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A combination from Mazzuca does no damage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mazzuca. That's going to slow Silver down.
Silver throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Mazzuca throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silver takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mazzuca missing with a left hand there. Silver was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silver tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silver avoids the head kick by Mazzuca.
Mazzuca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silver.
Mazzuca lands with a cross.
Mazzuca thuds a left hand into Silver's body.
Silver misses with a hook
and Mazzuca makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mazzuca fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silver manages to avoid it.
Mazzuca listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silver swinging wildly here.
Silver is breathing heavily.
Silver sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mazzuca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silver can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzuca darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mazzuca fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fighters circling - Silver throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silver attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Silver moves out of range as Mazzuca throws a body kick.
Mazzuca misses with a head kick.
Mazzuca lands a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mazzuca. Silver does a little dance to reset his feet.

Mazzuca gets a clinch.
Mazzuca scores with a shoulder strike.
Mazzuca lands a body punch.
Mazzuca lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mazzuca scores with a shoulder strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzuca scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mazzuca digs a right hand underneath Silver's ribcage. Silver let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mazzuca scores with a hook to the body.
Mazzuca lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mazzuca scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mazzuca lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mazzuca scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mazzuca stalls.
Mazzuca lands a hook that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Mazzuca lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver stalling in the clinch but Mazzuca improves position.
Mazzuca stalling the fight.
Mazzuca lands a right hand.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca trying to land knees to the body.
Mazzuca scores with a shoulder strike.
Mazzuca effectively controlling the action here.

Mazzuca breaks the clinch.
Mazzuca jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mazzuca takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mazzuca is out of range and Silver settles back down.
Mazzuca jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
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!
Mazzuca lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silver at a distance.
Robert Mazzuca is winning the standup battle so far.
Silver misses with a low kick.
Silver wants to land a leg kick but Mazzuca is out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silver.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Mazzuca here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silver.
Silver looks to land a left hand but Mazzuca moved out of range nicely.
Donk. Mazzuca catches Silver right on the button with a cross.
Silver gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silver tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mazzuca is able to avoid easily.
Silver misses with an attempted mid kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silver throws an overhand right that lands on Mazzuca's shoulder, as Mazzuca tries to avoid the shot.
Silver fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mazzuca checks it well.
Mazzuca checks a low kick from Silver.
Mazzuca throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Mazzuca dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Mazzuca fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Silver swings for the body but Mazzuca moves out of range.
Silver misses with a double jab.
Mazzuca scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silver throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mazzuca fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silver on the side of the head.
Mazzuca has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silver.
Silver throws out a loose jab but Mazzuca uses good head movement to avoid it.

Mazzuca clinches up with Silver and pushes him back against the cage.
Mazzuca lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silver or not.
Mazzuca lands an uppercut.
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!

Mazzuca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Silver is rocked!
Silver takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mazzuca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mazzuca fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Silver to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Silver looks to clinch but Mazzuca throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Silver taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Robert Mazzuca!