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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rebel Smith (ranked 2617 p4p, 1537 weight class) and Delbert Mazzariello (ranked 321 p4p, 209 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rebel Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Delbert Mazzariello!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mazzariello closes the distance and clinches.
Smith working aggressively here.
Mazzariello misses with a body punch.
Mazzariello goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Mazzariello controls his hands.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzariello.
Mazzariello blocks an uppercut.
Mazzariello tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Smith smiles and moves away.
Smith misses with a shot to the body
and Mazzariello counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Smith lands a glancing blow to the side of Mazzariello's head.
Smith takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Smith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mazzariello tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith thuds a left hand into Mazzariello's body.
Smith looks to throw the jab but Mazzariello is out of range.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Mazzariello slips the punch.
Mazzariello avoids the body shot from Smith.
Mazzariello tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Smith comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mazzariello.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Mazzariello moved out of range.
Mazzariello looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Smith moves out of range as Mazzariello strikes.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Mazzariello walks into a stiff left hand from Smith.
Mazzariello displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Mazzariello thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Mazzariello keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzariello uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Smith avoids the body shot from Mazzariello.
A big right from Smith misses.
Mazzariello now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Mazzariello with a hook.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
Rebel Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mazzariello misses with a wild body shot.
Mazzariello moves out of range as Smith strikes.
A slow jab from Smith misses its intended target.
Mazzariello blocks a jab.
Mazzariello tries to counter by closing the distance.
Mazzariello catches Smith with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws a hook but Mazzariello avoids it easily.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Smith takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Good standup being displayed there by Smith as he connects with a hook.
Smith throws the left hand but Mazzariello avoids the punch easily.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mazzariello was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
and Mazzariello counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith throws a jab when Mazzariello was well out of range.
Smith checks the leg kick nicely there.
Smith lands a right hook to the body.
Smith takes a swing at Mazzariello's ribcage but misses.
Mazzariello is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Mazzariello swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith lands a jab to the head.
Mazzariello throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mazzariello misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith takes a swing at Mazzariello's ribcage but misses.
Rebel Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mazzariello misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Mazzariello's shoulder, as Mazzariello tries to avoid the shot.
Smith has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Smith there as he acknowledges the shot.
Smith looks to throw the jab but Mazzariello is out of range.
Jab from Mazzariello.
Smith throws a body punch but Mazzariello moves out of range.
Mazzariello is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Smith had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Smith misses with a right hand
and Mazzariello counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mazzariello lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Smith at a distance.
Mazzariello misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Smith misses.
Mazzariello looks to score with a jab to the body but Smith is just out of range.
Smith jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mazzariello keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith avoids the body shot from Mazzariello.
Mazzariello swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mazzariello sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith throws a nice looking combination but Mazzariello bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Mazzariello ducks down to avoid it.
Mazzariello will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith takes a swing at Mazzariello's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Mazzariello was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've been informed that Mazzariello has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Mazzariello throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
A countering left hand to the body from Mazzariello misses.
Smith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Smith swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mazzariello counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith avoids the body shot from Mazzariello.
Mazzariello uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Mazzariello misses with a wild body shot.
Mazzariello throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Smith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Smith is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mazzariello.
Mazzariello uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Mazzariello looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Smith connects with a crisp jab.
Smith misses with a hook to the body
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rebel Smith will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mazzariello comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Smith throws a hook but Mazzariello avoids it easily.
Mazzariello throws a body shot but no joy.
Smith misses with an uppercut.
Smith blocks a jab.
Smith takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mazzariello is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Smith rather than just go for the knockout.
Smith lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Smith scores with a punch to the head.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
Mazzariello let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mazzariello misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mazzariello manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mazzariello jabs at Smith's body.
Mazzariello slips a jab from Smith.
Mazzariello keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mazzariello looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Smith scores with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mazzariello slips under a jab.
Mazzariello needs to keep his hands up - Smith had a free shot at his head there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mazzariello was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Mazzariello connects with a right hand. Smith shakes it off.
Smith moves out of range as Mazzariello strikes.
Mazzariello scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
Mazzariello fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Smith manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Mazzariello.
Smith misses the body punch
and Mazzariello connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A shot to the liver by Mazzariello. Beautiful body shot.
Smith throws a series of punches but Mazzariello avoids them all with ease.
Smith waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mazzariello.
Mazzariello wants to counter the offense by Smith and move into the clinch position.
Mazzariello fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rebel Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mazzariello! But no joy.
Mazzariello blocks a jab.
Mazzariello defending well as Smith loads up on a big left hand.
Smith looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mazzariello misses the shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mazzariello swings for the body but Smith moves out of range.
Smith is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazzariello moves away.
Mazzariello throws a body punch but Smith moves out of range.
Smith swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Smith throws an overhand right that lands on Mazzariello's shoulder, as Mazzariello tries to avoid the shot.
Mazzariello lands a head shot.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Mazzariello is just out of range.
Mazzariello connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Smith momentarily.
Mazzariello misses with a straight left.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Smith scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Smith misses with a shot to the body
and Mazzariello counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Smith blocks a body shot from Mazzariello.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Smith misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mazzariello scores with a nice hook to the head.
I was talking to Smith's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Smith lands a right hand.
Mazzariello stalling in the clinch but Smith improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Smith.
Mazzariello blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mazzariello controlling the action here for a moment.
Smith working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mazzariello misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mazzariello blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Mazzariello controls his hands.
Smith lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Smith is working Mazzariello over against the ropes.
Mazzariello working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Smith makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Smith tries a body shot but Mazzariello blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a punch to the body.
Mazzariello lands a body shot in the clinch.
Smith tries to throw a body punch but Mazzariello avoids it by throwing Smith back against the ropes.
Mazzariello taking a breather.
Mazzariello takes a shot to the head.
Mazzariello blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mazzariello tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Smith just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Mazzariello blocks a body shot from Smith.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Mazzariello is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Mazzariello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mazzariello is still on wobbly legs! Can Smith finish him?
Mazzariello blocking some punches.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Smith misses with some punches.
Mazzariello blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith is leaning against Mazzariello and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mazzariello.
Mazzariello blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Smith.
Smith working aggressively here.
Mazzariello looking to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rebel Smith dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Mazzariello displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Nice jab there from Mazzariello.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mazzariello was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mazzariello tries to counter by closing the distance.
Mazzariello staying out of range there.
Mazzariello lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mazzariello.
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Mazzariello does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mazzariello displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Smith throws out the jab.
Mazzariello slips a jab from Smith.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazzariello moves away.
Mazzariello shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Smith defends it nicely.
Mazzariello throws a series of punches but Smith avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzariello lands with a nice body punch.
Smith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazzariello moves away.
Mazzariello seems to have recovered his senses.
Mazzariello wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith avoids the body shot from Mazzariello.
An attempted straight right counter from Smith misses the target.
Smith misses with a hook
and Mazzariello counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Smith feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mazzariellos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mazzariello thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
Mazzariello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Mazzariello jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Mazzariello moves away and avoids it.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Mazzariello is just out of range.
Mazzariello lands with a shot to the body.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Mazzariello moved out of range nicely.
Mazzariello keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith throws a body punch but Mazzariello moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Mazzariello manages to break the clinch.
Mazzariello wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mazzariello scores with a nice right hand.
Smith avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Delbert Mazzariello has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mazzariello lands a nice shot that snaps Smith's head back.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Mazzariello sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith swings for the body but Mazzariello moves out of range.
Smith throws a right hand that Mazzariello ducks under and follows up with a left that Mazzariello also avoids with ease.
Mazzariello uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Mazzariello lands a nice looking body shot.
Mazzariello moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Mazzariello was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Smith avoids the body shot from Mazzariello.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Mazzariello staying out of range there.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Mazzariello is just out of range.
Smith staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick from Mazzariello misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Mazzariello misses the target.
Smith takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Smith lands a nice hook to Mazzariello's body. Mazzariello takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mazzariello misses with a looping left.
Smith uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A swing and a miss from Mazzariello.
Nice uppercut there from Smith.
Mazzariello smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mazzariello manages to avoid it.
A big right from Smith misses.
Smith looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Smith fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Smith throws a sloppy body shot
and Mazzariello counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Smith has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Smith misses with a lunging right hand
and Mazzariello cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Smith misses with a hook
and Mazzariello counters with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mazzariello dodges the punch combination from Smith.
Rebel Smith is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mazzariello clobbers Smith with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Smith misses with a body shot.
Mazzariello takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mazzariello gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Mazzariello tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Smith is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Mazzariello buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Mazzariello!! Mazzariello is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Smith throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rebel Smith!
A victorious Rebel Smith thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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