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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dyllz Tahere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Puzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puzo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Speak Softly Love kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 lbs
16 - 10 - 1 |
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Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dyllz Tahere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mario Puzo!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puzo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tahere paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tahere walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Puzo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tahere looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Puzo looks for the body kick but Tahere saw that one coming.
Tahere lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Puzo misses with a body kick.
Puzo scores with a jab to the head.
Tahere connects with a leg kick. Puzo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A big right from Tahere misses.
Tahere cracks Puzo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tahere jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
An inside leg kick from Tahere misses.
Puzo's coach down at Touch Of Death Combat Academy was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Puzo's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tahere.
Puzo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Puzo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tahere digs a good hook to Puzo's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tahere throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tahere pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Puzo scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahere thows a left - swing and a miss!
Puzo just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tahere.
Tahere scores with the left hand. Puzo knows he should have avoided that one.
Puzo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Puzo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tahere fires out a quick counter leg kick but Puzo just manages to avoid it.
Dyllz Tahere seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tahere throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Puzo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tahere sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tahere connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tahere misses with a body kick.
Tahere lands the left hand.
Puzo lands a really nice looking cross but Tahere seems unphased.
Tahere tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Puzo throws a poor cross that misses
and Tahere counters with an outside leg kick.
Puzo slips a straight right by Tahere.
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!
Tahere throws a leg kick but Puzo sees it coming and moves out of range.
Puzo thinks about the counter body kick.
Puzo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puzo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tahere's calf.
Tahere looks to land a left hand but Puzo moved out of range nicely.
Tahere pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A punch combination from Puzo misses.
Tahere fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tahere misses with a looping left.
Tahere fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Puzo checks it well.
Puzo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Puzo throws a shot from downtown. Tahere moves away and avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Tahere.
Tahere lands a leg kick that knocks Puzo off balance momentarily.
Tahere is looking to land body kicks.
Tahere misses with a head kick.
Jab, jab by Puzo - just one landing.
A head kick misses from Puzo.
Tahere stuns Puzo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tahere scores with a hook.
Puzo moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tahere cracks the inside of Puzo's front leg.
Puzo misses with an uppercut. Tahere saw that one coming.
A head kick by Tahere misses
and Puzo counters with a stiff right hand.
Tahere connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tahere walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Puzo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Puzo walks into a straight right hand from Tahere.
Tahere pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tahere.
Tahere is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Puzo pushes Tahere up against the cage in a clinch.
Puzo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Puzo tries to work over Tahere's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Puzo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Puzo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tahere walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Puzo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A leg kick checked by Puzo.
Puzo closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Puzo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tahere lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Tahere.
Tahere goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tahere throws a head punch that misses.
Puzo throws a head punch that misses.
Tahere throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Puzos head.
Tahere struggles to land a body shot inside as Puzo controls his hands.
Tahere is working Puzo over against the cage.
Tahere struggles to land a body shot inside as Puzo controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Tahere.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tahere creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Puzo prevents a body shot from Tahere.
Puzo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tahere throws a lazy right hand but Puzo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Puzo throws a jab when Tahere was well out of range.
Puzo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tahere lands an overhand right.
Tahere ducks under a wild hook from Puzo.
Tahere is looking to slow Puzo down with leg kicks.
Tahere tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dyllz Tahere dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Tahere throws a body kick that misses.
Tahere connects with a single shot there.
Tahere misses with a head kick.
Puzo blocks a leg kick.
Puzo throws a shot from downtown. Tahere moves away and avoids it.
Tahere misses with a wild combination.
Puzo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Puzo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Tahere here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Tahere turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Puzo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puzo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tahere steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Puzo.
Tahere finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tahere misses with a looping left.
Dyllz Tahere is winning the standup battle so far.
Tahere misses with a hook
and Puzo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tahere lands a nice shot to the body.
Tahere misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tahere works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tahere tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Puzo's elbow.
Tahere digs a right hand into Puzo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Puzo's gas tank.
Tahere makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tahere struggles to land a body shot inside as Puzo controls his hands.
Puzo blocks a body shot from Tahere.
Tahere tries to throw a body punch but Puzo avoids it by throwing Tahere back against the cage.
Tahere doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tahere lands a right hand that snaps the head of Puzo backwards.
Tahere swings wildly with an uppercut but Puzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tahere swings wildly with an uppercut but Puzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tahere can't find room to land a body shot as Puzo controls the action.
Tahere tries to work over Puzo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Puzo prevents a body shot from Tahere.
Tahere lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Puzo backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puzo trying to control the position but instead, Tahere has worked for underhooks and has pushed Puzo into the cage.
Puzo tries a body shot but Tahere blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tahere.
Puzo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Puzo misses with some punches.
Tahere misses with the head strike.
Puzo can't find room to land a body shot as Tahere controls the action.
Tahere working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tahere misses with a punch to the body.
Puzo can't find room to land a body shot as Tahere controls the action.
Tahere prevents a body shot from Puzo.
Puzo breaks from the clinch.
Tahere feints and then cracks Puzo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Puzo down.
Tahere feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Puzos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Puzo tries to close the distance and clinch but Tahere swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Puzo lands a right hook to the body.
Puzo defending well as Tahere loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tahere slips under a jab from Puzo.
Puzo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Puzo moves forwards but Tahere connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Puzo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tahere in his tracks.
Tahere throws out a leg kick but Puzo moves out of range and Tahere only half commits.
Puzo throws a hook but Tahere avoids it easily.
Good exchange - Tahere coming out on top.
Puzo throws a hook but Tahere avoids it easily.
Tahere tries a low kick but Puzo avoids it.
Tahere misses with a low kick as Puzo jumps back.
Puzo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tahere swings widly with a right hand
and Puzo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Puzo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tahere misses the jab.
Tahere keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Puzo.
Puzo 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tahere misses with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tahere throws a poor cross that misses
and Puzo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Puzo looks to score with a jab to the body but Tahere is just out of range.
Tahere is looking to score with low kicks.
Tahere takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Puzo checks a leg kick.
Puzo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tahere under the eye.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tahere. That's going to slow Puzo down.
Puzo slips under a jab from Tahere.
Puzo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Puzo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Puzo looks to land a right hand but Tahere moved out of range.
Tahere throws a low kick but it's checked well by Puzo.
Tahere throws out a loose jab but Puzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puzo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tahere's head backwards.
A swing and a miss from Puzo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dyllz Tahere will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A punch combination from Tahere misses.
Tahere scores with a nice head shot.
Puzo takes a swing at Tahere's ribcage but misses.
Tahere looks for the body kick but Puzo saw that one coming.
Tahere throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tahere throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tahere slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Puzo throws a shot from downtown. Tahere moves away and avoids it.
Puzo defending well as Tahere loads up on a big left hand.
Puzo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Puzo throws a jab but it's blocked by Tahere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puzo avoids the head kick by Tahere.
Tahere feints and then cracks Puzo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Puzo down.
Puzo throws a head kick that misses.
Tahere tries to keep at a distance but Puzo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tahere swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puzo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puzo scores with a hook to the body.
Tahere misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Puzo.
Puzo scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Tahere.
Tahere fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tahere goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tahere misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tahere lands with a light punch inside.
Tahere misses with a body punch.
Puzo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Puzo pushes Tahere back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tahere tries to work over Puzo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tahere misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Puzo.
Puzo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tahere blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puzo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tahere or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puzo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tahere lands a nice uppercut.
Puzo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puzo prevents a body shot from Tahere.
Puzo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tahere digs a right hand into Puzo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Puzo's gas tank.
Tahere swings wildly with an uppercut but Puzo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puzo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Puzo lands an uppercut.
Puzo is working Tahere over against the cage.
Puzo tries a body shot but Tahere blocks it.
Puzo tries a body shot but Tahere blocks it.
Mario Puzo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tahere misses with a short punch on the inside.
Puzo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Puzo controlling the action here for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tahere scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tahere tries to work over Puzo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tahere lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Puzo backwards.
Puzo blocks a body shot from Tahere.
Puzo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tahere backwards.
Puzo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dyllz Tahere has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Puzo scores with a shot to the side of Tahere's head.
Tahere doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puzo breaks from the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Puzo.
Tahere throws an overhand right that lands on Puzo's shoulder, as Puzo tries to avoid the shot.
Puzo cracks Tahere with an open hand slap.
Tahere connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Tahere gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Puzo slowing the pace effectively.
Puzo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puzo tried to score with a low kick but Tahere checks it.
Puzo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tahere counters with a nice body kick.
Puzo lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tahere takes a step back to recover.
Tahere buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Puzo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tahere counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tahere is looking to slow Puzo down with leg kicks.
Puzo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tahere thumps Puzo with a low kick.
Puzo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tahere can pounce on him.
Tahere lands with a straight right. Puzo didn't see that one coming.
Tahere jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tahere clobbers Puzo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dyllz Tahere.
Well Tahere has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dyllz Tahere!
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