PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Delbert Mazzariello (ranked 936 p4p, 1174 weight class) and Marek Cervenka (ranked 130 p4p, 168 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Mazzariello
vs
Cervenka

180 cm
31
160
20 - 16 - 0

176 cm
27
152
11 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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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 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Delbert Mazzariello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marek Cervenka!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Ben Watson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cervenka misses with an uppercut. Mazzariello saw that one coming.
Cervenka swinging wildly here.
A jab from Cervenka misses.
Mazzariello went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Cervenka looks to land a left hand but Mazzariello moved out of range nicely.
Cervenka swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mazzariello counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marek Cervenka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cervenka staying out of range there.
Cervenka throws a lazy right hand but Mazzariello sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cervenka connects with a right hand. Mazzariello shakes it off.
An inside leg kick from Mazzariello misses.
Mazzariello defending well as Cervenka loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cervenka lands a jab to the head.
Cervenka lands an overhand right.
Cervenka misses with the combination.
Cervenka swings widly with a right hand
and Mazzariello counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Cervenka.
A shot to the liver by Mazzariello. Beautiful body shot.
Mazzariello looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mazzariello swats away the attempt to clinch by Cervenka.
Cervenka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Mazzariello on the side of the head.

Mazzariello gets tackled into the cage by Cervenka. Cervenka maintains the clinch.
Cervenka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mazzariello tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mazzariello lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cervenka backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mazzariello creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cervenka lands with a left to the head.
Mazzariello blocks an uppercut.
Mazzariello prevents a body shot from Cervenka.
Mazzariello throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzariello blocking some punches.
Cervenka lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mazzariello backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cervenka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mazzariello.
Cervenka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cervenka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cervenka working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mazzariello lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mazzariello swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cervenka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cervenka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cervenka tries a body shot but Mazzariello blocks it.
Cervenka lands an uppercut.
Cervenka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mazzariello blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mazzariello.
Cervenka tries to land a knee to the head but Mazzariello blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzariello on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cervenka looking to throw knees to the head but Mazzariello is blocking nicely.
Cervenka swings wildly with an uppercut but Mazzariello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cervenka crunches a lovely knee into Mazzariello's ribcage.
Mazzariello tries to throw a body punch but Cervenka avoids it by throwing Mazzariello back against the cage.
Mazzariello lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Mazzariello tries a body shot but Cervenka blocks it.
Cervenka throws a head punch that misses.
Mazzariello blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cervenka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cervenka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mazzariello misses with some punches.
Mazzariello blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cervenka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cervenka obliges.
Stalling in the clinch from Mazzariello.
Cervenka working aggressively here.
A short left from Mazzariello.
Cervenka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cervenka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cervenka misses with some punches.
Mazzariello lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cervenka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cervenka trying to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cervenka.
Mazzariello misses with some punches.
Cervenka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cervenka lands with a short shot to the head.
Cervenka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cervenka swings wildly with an uppercut but Mazzariello uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marek Cervenka dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cervenka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mazzariello lands with a cross.
Nice uppercut there from Mazzariello.
Mazzariello fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cervenka has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cervenka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazzariello moves away.
Mazzariello tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cervenka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mazzariello walks into a left hand.
Cervenka scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice jab there from Mazzariello.
Cervenka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Mazzariello misses the target.
Cervenka is looking to clinch but Mazzariello is avoiding it.
Cervenka misses with a straight right.
Mazzariello tried to counter with a leg kick but Cervenka avoided it.
Cervenka on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cervenka cracks Mazzariello with an open hand slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cervenka throws a hook but Mazzariello avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cervenka throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Mazzariello moves away from the strike by Cervenka.
Cervenka misses with a looping right.
Cervenka tries to clinch up but Mazzariello circles away and keeps his distance.
Marek Cervenka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cervenka takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cervenka looks to score with a jab to the body but Mazzariello is just out of range.
Mazzariello is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Cervenka as he connects with a hook.
Cervenka throws an overhand right that lands on Mazzariello's shoulder, as Mazzariello tries to avoid the shot.
Cervenka throws a series of punches but Mazzariello moves out of range.
Cervenka misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Cervenka misses.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cervenka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mazzariello slips under a jab from Cervenka.
A quick step to the side and Mazzariello tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mazzariello lands with a nice body punch.
No joy there for Cervenka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It looked like Mazzariello was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cervenka.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good standup being displayed there by Mazzariello as he connects with a hook.
Cervenka looks to clinch
and Cervenka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mazzariello takes a jab right on the kisser.
A slow jab from Mazzariello misses its intended target.
Cervenka swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cervenka misses with a looping left.
Nice defenses there by Mazzariello.

Cervenka has closed the distance and engaged Mazzariello in a clinch.
Cervenka misses with the head strike.
Cervenka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cervenka misses with some punches.
Cervenka misses with the head strike.
Cervenka misses with the head strike.
Cervenka throws a head punch that misses.
Mazzariello fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cervenka misses with a knee to the head.
Mazzariello has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzariello lands a hook that snaps the head of Cervenka backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cervenka.
Cervenka throws a punch but it's blocked by Mazzariello.
Mazzariello takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice left hand lands by Mazzariello.
A shot in the inside from Mazzariello.
Cervenka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mazzariello tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cervenka misses with a punch on the inside.
Mazzariello misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cervenka has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzariello.
Cervenka lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mazzariello backwards.
Cervenka is leaning against Mazzariello and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marek Cervenka seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mazzariello misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cervenka is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Cervenka fails to land.
Cervenka lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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!
Cervenka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mazzariello blocking some punches.
Cervenka swings wildly with an uppercut but Mazzariello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mazzariello lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cervenka backwards.
Cervenka misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cervenka.
Cervenka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mazzariello misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cervenka.
Cervenka fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cervenka lands a hook that snaps the head of Mazzariello backwards.
Cervenka tries a body shot but Mazzariello blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marek Cervenka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Cervenka tries to clinch there but Mazzariello circles away.
Mazzariello appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.

Mazzariello darts in and clinches Cervenka up against the cage.
Cervenka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mazzariello is working Cervenka over against the cage.
Cervenka dodges an elbow strike from Mazzariello.
Mazzariello throws a head punch that misses.
Cervenka missing with knees to the body.
Mazzariello blocking some punches.
Mazzariello lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Cervenka on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cervenka scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Mazzariello.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mazzariello.
Cervenka throws a punch but it's blocked by Mazzariello.
Mazzariello tries to work over Cervenka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cervenka has a couple of punches blocked by Mazzariello.
A head punch on the inside from Mazzariello fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cervenka.

Mazzariello is rocked!
Mazzariello tries to work over Cervenka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oh Mazzariello is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cervenka pushes Mazzariello against the cage. Cervenka is working some dirty boxing. Cervenka pushes off with a quick right hook! Mazzariello goes down! Mazzariello tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Cervenka moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marek Cervenka!