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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Delbert Mazzariello (ranked 2206 p4p, 2615 weight class) and Mohan Draxinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delbert Mazzariello could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mohan Draxinger's chin.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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 25 - 21 - 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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mohan Draxinger!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draxinger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Draxinger unleashes a big counter combination but Mazzariello bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Draxinger takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mazzariello jabs at Draxinger's body.
Draxinger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Draxinger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mazzariello blocks the body kick.
Draxinger looks to throw a body kick
and Mazzariello makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Draxinger swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Draxinger does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Mazzariello looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Draxinger. Mazzariello does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mazzariello is looking to score with low kicks.
A nice side step and Draxinger releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Draxinger throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Mazzariello clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draxinger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mazzariello lands a body punch.
Mazzariello lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mazzariello misses with a body punch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Draxinger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Draxinger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Draxinger wants to break the clinch but can't.
Draxinger wants to break free but Mazzariello has control.
Draxinger stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Draxinger is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mazzariello is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draxinger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mazzariello lands a right hand that snaps the head of Draxinger backwards.
Mazzariello lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Mazzariello lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Draxinger backwards.
Mazzariello misses with a hook from the clinch.
Draxinger throws an elbow that misses.
Mazzariello throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Draxinger breaks the clinch.
Nice shot by Mazzariello.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mazzariello darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzariello keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Mazzariello checks a leg kick.
Delbert Mazzariello seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Draxinger pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mazzariello uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Draxinger.
A head kick misses from Draxinger.
Mazzariello has managed to clinch.
Draxinger with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Draxinger trying to stall but Mazzariello improves his position.
Mazzariello blocks an elbow strike.
We've been informed that Draxinger has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Draxinger tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Draxinger tries to circle away but Mazzariello has him pinned against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazzariello fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mazzariello keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Draxinger's efforts to push away.
Draxinger trying to control the position but instead, Mazzariello has worked for underhooks and has pushed Draxinger into the cage.
Mazzariello tries to throw a body punch but Draxinger avoids it by throwing Mazzariello back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mazzariello as Draxinger tries to tie him up.
A right hand to the body from Mazzariello.
Draxinger putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mazzariello in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Draxinger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Delbert Mazzariello dominated that round.
That's time! Mazzariello's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Mazzariello cracks Draxinger with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Draxinger stalling.
Draxinger looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mazzariello lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Draxinger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Draxinger wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mazzariello has Draxinger pushed against the cage.
Draxinger tries to stall but Mazzariello uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draxinger takes a shot to the head.
Mazzariello lands a right hand that snaps the head of Draxinger backwards.
Mazzariello keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Draxinger's efforts to push away.
A left hand lands to the body for Mazzariello.
Draxinger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Delbert Mazzariello is winning the standup battle so far.
Draxinger tries to clinch up
and Mazzariello counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mazzariello throws a leg kick that misses.
Mazzariello lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzariello lands a right hook to the body.
Draxinger misses with a looping right.
Draxinger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Draxinger throws a low kick but Mazzariello moves out of range easily.
Mazzariello tries to counter with a takedown but Draxinger is quick to defend against it.
Draxinger misses with a low kick.
Draxinger takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Draxinger looks for the body kick but Mazzariello saw that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Draxinger pivots, looking for a leg kick but Mazzariello is out of range and Draxinger settles back down.
A punch combination from Draxinger misses.
Draxinger is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Mazzariello.
Draxinger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Draxinger jabs Mazzariello right on the nose. Mazzariello blinks but takes it well.
Draxinger looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draxinger takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mazzariello lands a nice looking body shot.
Mazzariello throws a low kick but Draxinger avoids it.
Draxinger throws out a counter right but Mazzariello avoids it with no problem.
Some bone on bone action there as Draxinger checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Mazzariello works Draxinger's body with a nice hook.
Mazzariello uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Draxinger.
Mazzariello cracks a nice hook into Draxinger's ribs.
Mazzariello tries to score with a low kick but Draxinger moves his leg out of the way.
Draxinger is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A head kick misses from Draxinger.
Mazzariello shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Draxinger manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Draxinger is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazzariello is stalling in the full guard.
Mazzariello tries to free his leg and advance position but Draxinger is retaining full guard.
Draxinger looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mazzariello is one step ahead there.
Draxinger pulls Mazzariello in close to his closed guard and prevents Mazzariello from doing any damage or advancing position.
Mazzariello landing with the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Delbert Mazzariello dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
An inside leg kick from Draxinger misses.
Mazzariello feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Draxinger misses with a head kick.
Mazzariello throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Draxinger on the side of the head.
Mazzariello fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Draxinger is out of range.
Mazzariello moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromDraxinger.
Draxinger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mazzariello closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Mazzariello is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Draxinger can do to turn this around?
Mazzariello staying calm.
Mazzariello has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Draxinger!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mazzariello controlling from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzariello fails to move to back control.
Mazzariello scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mazzariello landing punches.
Draxinger is desperately trying to improve his position but Mazzariello has a good base and remains in mount.
Mazzariello controlling the position easily from mount.
Draxinger tries to hold on but Mazzariello postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzariello controlling from mount.
Draxinger is desperately trying to improve his position but Mazzariello has a good base and remains in mount.
Mazzariello pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Mazzariello controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draxinger wants to control but Mazzariello is having none of it.
Mazzariello takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Draxinger wants to control but Mazzariello is having none of it.
Delbert Mazzariello is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Draxinger is in all sorts of trouble here.
Mohan Draxinger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Draxinger tries to lock up and control but Mazzariello gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Mazzariello content just to control the position here.
Mazzariello looking to finish with strikes here!
Mazzariello sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
BOOM! Mazzariello connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that's the end of the fight!
Delbert Mazzariello showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mazzariello 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Delbert Mazzariello!
A very excited looking Delbert Mazzariello rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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