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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Domenico Mazziotti (ranked 48 p4p, 43 weight class) and Osiris Egyptian (ranked 8 p4p, 7 weight class). Mazziotti comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the party - Pop Smoke. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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188 cm 30 164 26 - 8 - 1 |
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185 cm 38 160 34 - 15 - 1 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler World class MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 26 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Domenico Mazziotti! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 34 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Osiris Egyptian! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mazziotti takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Egyptian lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mazziotti has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mazziotti and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Mazziotti is looking to counter punch. Egyptian closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Egyptian throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. A shot in the inside from Egyptian. Egyptian breaks the clinch.
Egyptian lands a jab to the head.
A solid body kick from Egyptian. Mazziotti looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Egyptian lands a nice looking body kick. We've been informed that Egyptian has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Mazziotti on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Egyptian wants to land a leg kick but Mazziotti is out of range. Egyptian throws a combination that misses letting Mazziotti counter with a right hand. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Mazziotti walks into a left hand. Egyptian throws a body kick that misses. Mazziotti throwing a counter right hand but Egyptian manages to avoid it. Egyptian throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mazziotti tries to keep at a distance but Egyptian has taken the fight into the clinch. A short left from Egyptian. Egyptian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mazziotti has him pressed against the cage. Egyptian connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mazziotti's face.
It looks like Domenico Mazziotti has been cut. Egyptian misses with a hook from the clinch. Egyptian makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Mazziotti swings wildly with an uppercut but Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid it. Mazziotti scores with an uppercut up the middle. A quick uppercut on the inside from Mazziotti. A short right from Mazziotti on the inside. Mazziotti fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mazziotti tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Mazziotti has a couple of punches blocked by Egyptian.
Egyptian lands a nice uppercut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Mazziotti lands a hook to the side of the head. Mazziotti blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mazziotti breaks from the clinch.
Egyptian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mazziotti is looking to counter punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Egyptian has Mazziotti up against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Egyptian. Egyptian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Egyptian lands with a right hand. Egyptian throws the left hand but Mazziotti avoids the punch easily. Mazziotti throwing a counter right hand but Egyptian manages to avoid it. Osiris Egyptian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Egyptian throws a leg kick and Mazziotti counters with a stiff right hand. Egyptian throws a leg kick that is checked and Mazziotti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Egyptian fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mazziotti. Egyptian is looking to slow Mazziotti down with leg kicks. A punch lands to the side of Mazziotti 's head but he takes it in his stride. Egyptian throws out a powerful jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Egyptian misses with a straight right. Egyptian misses with a leg kick and Mazziotti counters with a stiff right hand. Egyptian misses with a combination
and Mazziotti counters with a straight right hand.
Egyptian is rocked! Mazziotti really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Egyptian uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Mazziotti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Egyptian. Mazziotti swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Egyptian misses the shot to the body. As Egyptian looks to move away, Mazziotti throws a big counter combo but Egyptian just gets out of the way. A looping hook to the body misses from Egyptian. Mazziotti does a little dance to reset his feet. Egyptian ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Egyptian misses with a leg kick and Mazziotti counters with a nice uppercut. Egyptian connects with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Egyptian throws a leg kick but Mazziotti sees it coming and checks it nicely. Mazziotti was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Egyptian clinches. Egyptian misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Egyptian is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mazziotti is keeping busy. A bit of stalling here from Egyptian.
Mazziotti swings wildly with an uppercut but Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid it. Mazziotti misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Egyptian. Egyptian can't break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mazziotti as Egyptian tries to tie him up. Mazziotti lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Egyptian or not. Egyptian using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mazziotti has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Egyptian is trying to stall.
Egyptian breaks the clinch.
Mazziotti avoids the body shot from Egyptian.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mazziotti checks a leg kick. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Osiris Egyptian dominated that round. The cut man is working on Domenico Mazziotti's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Mazziotti shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Egyptian moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Egyptian is looking to score with low kicks. An attempted straight right counter from Mazziotti misses the target. Mazziotti has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Egyptian finds it's way round the side to connect with Mazziotti's head. Mazziotti moves out of range as Egyptian strikes. Egyptian tried to score with a low kick but Mazziotti checks it. A little feinted left hand from Mazziotti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Egyptian misses with a wild combination.
It looked like Mazziotti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jab, jab by Egyptian - just one landing. Egyptian lands a nice shot that snaps Mazziotti's head back.
Egyptian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round. Egyptian misses with a looping left. It looked like Mazziotti was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Egyptian. Egyptian goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Egyptian lands an overhand right. Mazziotti avoids the body shot from Egyptian.
Egyptian throws an off balance right hand
and Mazziotti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Egyptian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Egyptian connects with an inside leg kick. Egyptian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazziotti moves away. An attempted straight right counter from Mazziotti misses the target. Mazziotti looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Egyptian, as that shot connected.
Egyptian is looking to chop away at Mazziotti's legs. It looked like Mazziotti was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit. Mazziotti is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Egyptian lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. 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! Egyptian misses with a body punch
and Mazziotti counters with a straight right hand. Egyptian tries to clinch there but Mazziotti circles away.
Mazziotti swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Egyptian throws a poor cross that misses
and Egyptian takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Mazziotti on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Egyptian misses the body punch and Mazziotti counters with a crisp right hand that drops Egyptian! Mazziotti lets Egyptian back up to his feet, looking for a finish! Egyptian is still on wobbly legs! Can Mazziotti finish him? Egyptian rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mazziotti rattles Egyptian with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Egyptian tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Mazziotti dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Egyptian stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Domenico Mazziotti! A pretty intense looking Domenico Mazziotti took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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