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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Mazzuca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam McGuiness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robert Mazzuca has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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198 lbs
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217 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Mazzuca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam McGuiness!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Ackerman and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mazzuca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McGuiness.
Mazzuca scores with a decent looking hook.
McGuiness misses with an uppercut.
Mazzuca tests McGuiness's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mazzuca tries to work over McGuiness's front leg with a kick but McGuiness checks it.
McGuiness misses with a straight right.
Mazzuca throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mazzuca misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mazzuca slips a straight right by McGuiness.
Liam McGuiness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McGuiness scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McGuiness throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mazzuca counters with a straight right hand.
McGuiness looks to land a right hand but Mazzuca moved out of range.
A leg kick checked by McGuiness.
McGuiness misses with an uppercut.
Mazzuca punishes McGuiness's body with a nice straight punch.
Mazzuca slips under a jab.
Mazzuca throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McGuiness has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mazzuca.
Mazzuca connects with a leg kick. McGuiness looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzuca throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
McGuiness misses with an uppercut. Mazzuca saw that one coming.
Mazzuca throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mazzuca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mazzuca throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mazzuca connects with an inside leg kick.
McGuiness looks winded!
Mazzuca throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
McGuiness stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
McGuiness might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Mazzuca throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McGuiness throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mazzuca lands with a cross.
Mazzuca attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
McGuiness throws a shot from downtown. Mazzuca moves away and avoids it.
McGuiness ducks under a wild hook from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mazzuca fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McGuiness.
Mazzuca fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and McGuiness has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McGuiness throws the left hand but Mazzuca avoids the punch easily.
McGuiness throws a lazy uppercut
and Mazzuca finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
McGuiness avoids a kick to the body.
Mazzuca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mazzuca ducks under a wild hook from McGuiness.
Mazzuca turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McGuiness throws a lazy uppercut
and Mazzuca counters with a low kick, right behind McGuiness 's knee.
Mazzuca lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mazzuca sizes up McGuiness with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
McGuiness misses with a hook. Mazzuca ducked under it nicely.
Mazzuca bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mazzuca. That's going to slow McGuiness down.
Mazzuca cracks McGuiness with a good jab.
McGuiness is rocked!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mazzuca.
McGuiness gets tackled into the cage by Mazzuca. Mazzuca maintains the clinch.
Mazzuca is pushing McGuiness up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mazzuca lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Come on Mazzuca - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A right hand to the body from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Mazzuca.
A short left from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca lands a right hand that snaps the head of McGuiness backwards.
Mazzuca stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Mazzuca on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazzuca lands a hook that snaps the head of McGuiness backwards.
McGuiness is still on wobbly legs! Can Mazzuca finish him?
Mazzuca pushes McGuiness back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McGuiness seems to have recovered his senses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mazzuca breaks from the clinch.
Mazzuca chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Mazzuca.
Mazzuca pushes McGuiness away with a front kick.
Mazzuca closes the distance and clinches.
McGuiness's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mazzuca lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McGuiness takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A solid body kick from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca lands a nice looking body kick.
Mazzuca bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Mazzuca dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mazzuca, right into the meat.
We've been told by Mazzuca's head coaches at Team Listerman that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mazzuca lets loose with a powerful body kick. McGuiness will feel that in the morning.
Mazzuca scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McGuiness doesn't seem bothered though.
McGuiness has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mazzuca scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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.
Mazzuca drops McGuiness onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! McGuiness is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
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!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mazzuca scores with a hook to the body.
Mazzuca manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mazzuca can't find room to land a body shot as McGuiness controls the action.
McGuiness looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mazzuca.
Mazzuca lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McGuiness.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mazzuca.
A short right from Mazzuca on the inside.
Mazzuca tries to throw a body punch but McGuiness avoids it by throwing Mazzuca back against the cage.
McGuiness takes a shot to the head.
Mazzuca breaks from the clinch.
McGuiness drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
McGuiness takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
McGuiness is breathing heavily.
Mazzuca lands an uppercut out of nowhere! McGuiness falls backwards - clearly groggy! Mazzuca dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Mazzuca!
In his post fight interview, Robert Mazzuca started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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