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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Otello Mezzanotte (ranked 3991 p4p, 361 weight class) and Teller McCraw (ranked 3238 p4p, 319 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Otello Mezzanotte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Teller McCraw!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCraw swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Buoy Training in the buildup to the fight.
McCraw uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte lands a body shot.
McCraw on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mezzanotte with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Mezzanotte lands a right hook to the body.
Mezzanotte walks into a straight right hand from McCraw.
Mezzanotte looks to throw the jab but McCraw is out of range.
McCraw throws an overhand right that lands on Mezzanotte's shoulder, as Mezzanotte tries to avoid the shot.
Mezzanotte misses with a body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from McCraw misses.
Mezzanotte connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McCraw momentarily.
Mezzanotte thuds his right hand into McCraw's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McCraw throws a hook but Mezzanotte avoids it easily.
McCraw drives through and clinches with Mezzanotte against the cage.
Mezzanotte gets through McCraw's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mezzanotte swings wildly with an uppercut but McCraw uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCraw tries a body shot but Mezzanotte blocks it.
McCraw blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCraw misses with some punches.
Mezzanotte can't find room to land a body shot as McCraw controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mezzanotte misses with a hook to the ribs.
McCraw misses with a body punch.
Mezzanotte misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCraw.
Mezzanotte throws a punch but it's blocked by McCraw.
McCraw takes a shot to the head.
Mezzanotte lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McCraw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCraw misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mezzanotte.
McCraw can't find room to land a body shot as Mezzanotte controls the action.
McCraw has a couple of punches blocked by Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte takes a shot to the head.
Mezzanotte can't find room to land a body shot as McCraw controls the action.
McCraw misses with a punch on the inside.
Mezzanotte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McCraw lands with a short shot to the head.
McCraw has a couple of punches blocked by Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McCraw or not.
Mezzanotte misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from McCraw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte tries a body shot but McCraw blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mezzanotte.
McCraw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCraw swings wildly with an uppercut but Mezzanotte uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCraw misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McCraw lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mezzanotte backwards.
McCraw throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mezzanottes head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCraw.
Mezzanotte working aggressively here.
Mezzanotte misses with some punches.
Mezzanotte blocking some punches.
Mezzanotte prevents a body shot from McCraw.
Mezzanotte gets through McCraw's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from McCraw.
Mezzanotte throws a punch but it's blocked by McCraw.
McCraw tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mezzanotte creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mezzanotte misses with a body punch.
McCraw scores with a shoulder strike.
McCraw prevents a body shot from Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte struggles to land a body shot inside as McCraw controls his hands.
Mezzanotte blocks a body shot from McCraw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraw stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, McCraw scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mezzanotte stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Mezzanotte struggles to land a body shot inside as McCraw controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte digs a right hand underneath McCraw's ribcage. McCraw let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mezzanotte scores with a shoulder strike.
Mezzanotte misses with the head strike.
Mezzanotte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCraw tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCraw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from McCraw.
McCraw lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mezzanotte backwards.
McCraw working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McCraw is leaning against Mezzanotte and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mezzanotte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCraw swings wildly with an uppercut but Mezzanotte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mezzanotte goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mezzanotte blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mezzanotte.
McCraw struggles to land a body shot inside as Mezzanotte controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mezzanotte misses with the head strike.
McCraw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCraw blocking some punches.
Mezzanotte lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mezzanotte throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
McCraw struggles to land a body shot inside as Mezzanotte controls his hands.
McCraw swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mezzanotte blocks a body shot from McCraw.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mezzanotte.
McCraw tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mezzanotte's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for McCraw.
McCraw prevents a body shot from Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte has a couple of punches blocked by McCraw.
McCraw misses with some punches.
McCraw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mezzanotte working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCraw lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from McCraw as the two fighters clinch.
Mezzanotte misses with the head strike.
McCraw doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McCraw looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Mezzanotte lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McCraw.
McCraw tries to work over Mezzanotte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Teller McCraw will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
McCraw paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
McCraw steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by McCraw there.
A shot to the liver by Mezzanotte. Beautiful body shot.
Mezzanotte blocks a jab.
McCraw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mezzanotte.
McCraw lands a right hook to the body.
Mezzanotte scores with a punch to the head.
McCraw darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Mezzanotte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCraw moves away.
McCraw takes a swing at Mezzanotte's ribcage but misses.
Mezzanotte was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mezzanotte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCraw moves away.
McCraw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mezzanotte.
McCraw misses with a straight left.
Mezzanotte lands a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCraw throws a hook but Mezzanotte avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraw slips under a jab from Mezzanotte.
McCraw swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCraw throws a body shot but no joy.
McCraw jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McCraw with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mezzanotte to score with a decent uppercut.
Mezzanotte lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice straight punches there by Mezzanotte. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mezzanotte.
McCraw jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mezzanotte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCraw.
Otello Mezzanotte is winning the standup battle so far.
McCraw steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte cracks McCraw with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCraw. Mezzanotte does a little dance to reset his feet.
McCraw throws an off balance right hand
enabling Mezzanotte to counter with a crisp jab.
McCraw doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mezzanotte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mezzanotte is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
McCraw getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCraw tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mezzanotte was well out of range. Poor timing from McCraw.
A quick step to the side and Mezzanotte tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mezzanotte dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mezzanotte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraw was well out of range. Poor timing from Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mezzanotte slips a jab from McCraw.
Mezzanotte lands with a nice body punch.
McCraw gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mezzanotte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraw was well out of range. Poor timing from Mezzanotte.
McCraw throws a sloppy body shot
and Mezzanotte counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mezzanotte misses the shot to the body.
A jab lands there for McCraw.
McCraw throws a jab but it's blocked by Mezzanotte.
McCraw dips to his left and cracks Mezzanotte with an uppercut!
Mezzanotte misses with a body shot.
McCraw throws a body shot but no joy.
Mezzanotte fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McCraw on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCraw throws a body punch but Mezzanotte moves out of range.
McCraw takes a shot to the body in his stride.
McCraw uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte is looking to wear down McCraw with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
McCraw ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mezzanotte moves away.
Mezzanotte throws a body shot but no joy.
McCraw looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jab by Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McCraw stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jab by Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte throws a hook but McCraw blocks it.
McCraw scores with the left hand. Mezzanotte knows he should have avoided that one.
McCraw misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mezzanotte.
Mezzanotte lands a body shot.
Mezzanotte ducks under a wild hook from McCraw.
Mezzanotte tries to counter by moving into the clinch but McCraw manages to circle out of the way.
Mezzanotte avoids the body shot from McCraw.
Mezzanotte is looking to counter punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCraw throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCraw wants to clinch up but Mezzanotte keeps it at a distance.
McCraw moves into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McCraw.
McCraw tries to throw a body punch but Mezzanotte avoids it by throwing McCraw back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from McCraw fails to land.
McCraw lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mezzanotte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mezzanotte stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
McCraw misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCraw.
McCraw tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
McCraw tries to work over Mezzanotte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McCraw throws a punch but it's blocked by Mezzanotte.
McCraw tries to throw a body punch but Mezzanotte avoids it by throwing McCraw back against the cage.
McCraw lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mezzanotte backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mezzanotte misses with a punch to the body.
Mezzanotte throws a punch but it's blocked by McCraw.
Mezzanotte lands an uppercut.
Teller McCraw seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mezzanotte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mezzanotte makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McCraw blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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 Otello Mezzanotte will probably get the nod.
That's time! Mezzanotte's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
McCraw takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mezzanotte just misses with a punch to the body.
Mezzanotte looks to score with a jab to the body but McCraw is just out of range.
McCraw connects with a single shot there.
Mezzanotte scores with a crisp jab that stopped McCraw in his tracks.
A looping hook to the body misses from McCraw. Mezzanotte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mezzanotte misses with a wild body shot.
Mezzanotte takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McCraw circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCraw swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mezzanotte scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mezzanotte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mezzanotte takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McCraw lands a right hook to the body.
McCraw moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mezzanotte tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from McCraw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCraw lands a right hand.
Mezzanotte is rocked!
Mezzanotte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McCraw lands with a left to the head.
Oh Mezzanotte is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
McCraw tries to throw a body punch but Mezzanotte avoids it by throwing McCraw back against the cage.
McCraw has a couple of punches blocked by Mezzanotte.
A short right from McCraw.
McCraw misses with the head strike.
McCraw lands an uppercut.
Mezzanotte lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McCraw.
McCraw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCraw fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mezzanotte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Mezzanotte as the two fighters clinch.
McCraw takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McCraw misses with a short punch on the inside.
McCraw blocks an uppercut.
McCraw throws a punch but it's blocked by Mezzanotte.
McCraw tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McCraw lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from McCraw fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McCraw.
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!
Mezzanotte throws a punch but it's blocked by McCraw.
Mezzanotte tries to throw a body punch but McCraw avoids it by throwing Mezzanotte back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from McCraw as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from McCraw fails to land.
Mezzanotte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mezzanotte misses with a hook from the clinch.
McCraw scores with a shot to the side of Mezzanotte's head.
A right hand to the body from McCraw.
Mezzanotte struggles to land a body shot inside as McCraw controls his hands.
Mezzanotte lands with a short shot to the head.
Mezzanotte blocks an uppercut.
Mezzanotte gets through McCraw's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mezzanotte has a couple of punches blocked by McCraw.
McCraw misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mezzanotte misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraw tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mezzanotte's elbow.
Mezzanotte swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCraw lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
McCraw throws a head punch that misses.
Mezzanotte misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mezzanotte misses with a punch on the inside.
McCraw misses with a punch on the inside.
McCraw softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
McCraw lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mezzanotte backwards.
Mezzanotte blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mezzanotte blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mezzanotte blocks a body shot from McCraw.
McCraw misses with the head strike.
McCraw lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McCraw throws a big uppercut that drops Mezzanotte! More strikes from McCraw and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Mezzanotte lies dazed against the cage as McCraw celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Teller McCraw!
Teller McCraw decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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