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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Lua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogerio Mazuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dave Lua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rogerio Mazuki!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mazuki tries to bum rush Lua with a series of wild strikes but Lua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mazuki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mazuki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lua clinches.
Mazuki wants to get back to striking at distance but Lua won't allow it.
Lua stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mazuki dodges an elbow strike from Lua.
Lua breaks from the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Lua.
Lua shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mazuki but Mazuki pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Horrible takedown by Lua or perhaps it was just good defense by Mazuki which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Lua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mazuki throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lua's head.
It looks like Dave Lua has been cut.
Lua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mazuki wants to clinch up but Lua keeps it at a distance.
Mazuki stuffs the takedown attempt from Lua. Lua gets slowly back to his feet.
Lua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mazuki.
Lua fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mazuki, pushing him back against the cage.
Lua lands a nice knee to the body.
Mazuki trying to stall but Lua improves his position.
Mazuki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lua shoots for a double leg takedown but Mazuki sprawls well. He's pushed Lua's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mazuki tries to clinch up but Lua circles away and keeps his distance.
Rogerio Mazuki is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazuki keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mazuki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lua looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mazuki is fending him off so far but Lua persists. Nope, Mazuki circles away and we're back to standing.
Lua is breathing heavily.
Lua clinches up against the cage.
Mazuki breaks the clinch.
Mazuki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick misses from Mazuki.
Mazuki throws a front kick that sends Lua stumbling back into the cage.
Lua closes the distance but Mazuki moves to the side
and Mazuki counters with a straight right hand.
Mazuki is looking to clinch.
Lua walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Lua moves into range and clinches up with Mazuki.
Mazuki connects with a knee to the head.
Mazuki can't break the clinch.
Mazuki tries to land a knee to the head but Lua blocks with his arms.
Mazuki is trying to break the clinch but Lua has him pressed against the cage.
Mazuki wants to break free but Lua has control.
Lua tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Mazuki smiles and moves away.
Mazuki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lua counters with an inside leg kick.
Mazuki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lua paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lua closes the distance and clinches.
Lua wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mazuki has him pressed against the cage.
Lua misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Lua.
Mazuki has had enough of the clinch but Lua keeps him there for the moment.
Mazuki wants to get back to striking at distance but Lua won't allow it.
Mazuki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lua has him pressed against the cage.
Lua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mazuki just leaning against Lua, taking a breather.
Mazuki prevents Lua from breaking the clinch.
Mazuki avoiding damage as Lua throws knees to the body.
Mazuki wants to break free but Lua has control.
Mazuki wants to stall.
Mazuki wants to break free but Lua has control.
Mazuki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mazuki pushes Lua up against the cage in a clinch.
Mazuki gets underhooks to prevent Lua's takedown attempt.
Mazuki keeps control of Lua as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mazuki taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lua makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lua clinches.
Lua breaks from the clinch.
Mazuki tries to clinch but Lua moves away
and Lua counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mazuki thinking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lua shoots for a takedown but Mazuki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lua drives through and clinches with Mazuki against the cage.
Mazuki tries to land a knee to the head but Lua blocks with his arms.
Mazuki throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lua blocks it with crossed arms.
Mazuki trying to stall but Lua improves his position.
Lua can't get the takedown.
Mazuki tries to land a knee to the head but Lua blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mazuki.
Mazuki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mazuki avoiding damage as Lua throws knees to the body.
Mazuki breaks the clinch.
Mazuki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lua counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lua checks the leg kick.
Mazuki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lua counters by moving into the clinch.
Lua works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mazuki misses with a knee strike.
Lua breaks from the clinch.
Lua has a takedown stuffed.
Lua closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mazuki circles away.
Lua is looking to clinch but Mazuki is avoiding it.
No joy there for Mazuki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lua shoots in looking for a takedown. Mazuki tries to sprawl out of it but Lua keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mazuki manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A head kick misses from Mazuki.
Mazuki tries to clinch up.
Mazuki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mazuki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lua swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lua throws a body punch but Mazuki moves out of range.
Mazuki throws a head kick but Lua moves out of range.
Mazuki doesn't manage to clinch there - Lua circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazuki goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mazuki throws a body kick the misses
and Lua counters by moving into the clinch.
Lua lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lua prevents Mazuki from breaking the clinch.
Mazuki looking to throw knees to the head but Lua is blocking nicely.
Lua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mazuki.
Lua tries for a takedown but Mazuki circles away easily
enabling Mazuki to counter with a crisp jab.
Mazuki keeps the fight on the outside.
Lua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mazuki falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lua holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lua tries to break the clinch but Mazuki is controlling the position.
Lua wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lua blocks the elbow strike.
Lua takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mazuki manages to break the clinch.
Mazuki darts in trying to clinch
and Lua counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lua.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mazuki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lua is keeping busy.
Mazuki wants to break free but Lua has control.
A bit of stalling here from Mazuki.
Mazuki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rogerio Mazuki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dave Lua's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Lua circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lua counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lua closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Lua not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mazuki is trying to stand.
Mazuki won't allow Lua to pass to mount.
Mazuki wants to get back to his feet.
Lua not doing much here.
Mazuki has hold of Lua's hands but Lua slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mazuki is defending against the submission attempts here by Lua.
Mazuki is trying to stand.
Mazuki is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lua rushes Mazuki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mazuki blocks the elbow strike.
Lua manages to break the clinch.
Lua closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mazuki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lua has him pressed against the cage.
Mazuki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lua breaks the clinch.
Lua pushes Mazuki up against the cage in a clinch.
Lua with a knee to the head.
It looks like Rogerio Mazuki has been cut.
Still in the clinch, Lua scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lua will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mazuki up against the cage.
Mazuki is trying to break the clinch but Lua has him pressed against the cage.
Mazuki looking to stall.
Lua lands a nice knee to the body.
Lua landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lua fails with a takedown attempt.
Mazuki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lua swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazuki lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mazuki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lua's calf.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lua tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Mazuki swivels and escapes.
Lua closes the distance and clinches up with Mazuki, looking for a takedown. Lua pushes Mazuki against the cage but Mazuki circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Lua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mazuki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lua has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lua there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mazuki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lua counters by moving into the clinch.
Mazuki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lua looking to stall.
Lua fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lua drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lua gets through Mazuki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mazuki tries to land a knee to the head but Lua blocks with his arms.
Mazuki wants to get back to striking at distance but Lua won't allow it.
Mazuki is trying to maintain a safe position but Lua gets an underhook and turns Mazuki into the cage.
Mazuki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mazuki is looking to control Lua's arms but Lua gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mazuki has his back to the cage.
Mazuki is trying to break the clinch but Lua has him pressed against the cage.
Lua breaks from the clinch.
Mazuki tries a head kick but it misses.
Lua drives through and clinches with Mazuki against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Lua.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lua breaks from the clinch.
Mazuki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lua shoots for a takedown but Mazuki saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lua tries for a takedown but Mazuki sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lua shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Mazuki as he avoids it easily.
Lua tries to clinch but Mazuki moves out of range.
Lua shoots in but Mazuki avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mazuki lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lua backs up against the cage.
Mazuki connects with a high kick.
Mazuki tries to clinch but Lua is having none of it.
Mazuki tries to clinch up but Lua circles away and keeps his distance.
Lua wants to clinch.
Mazuki connects with a crisp jab.
Mazuki circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mazuki counters with a two punch combo.
Lua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lua tries to keep at a distance but Mazuki has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mazuki stalling against the cage.
Mazuki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazuki tries to clinch up
and Lua counters with a series of strikes. Mazuki will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mazuki tries to clinch up.
Lua moves into range and clinches up with Mazuki.
Mazuki is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lua is keeping busy.
Mazuki is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Lua has denied him.
Mazuki wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mazuki is stalling here.
Lua prevents Mazuki from breaking the clinch.
Lua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mazuki has had enough of the clinch but Lua keeps him there for the moment.
Mazuki gets underhooks to prevent Lua's takedown attempt.
Mazuki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lua manages to break the clinch.
A head kick by Mazuki misses
and Lua counters with a series of strikes. Mazuki will be more careful next time no doubt.
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!
Mazuki moves in looking to clinch but Lua pushes him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mazuki tries to clinch there but Lua circles away.
Rogerio Mazuki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lua doesn't manage to clinch there - Mazuki circles away.
Lua stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mazuki.
Lua throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mazuki's waist but Mazuki gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lua off to one side.
Lua shoots in but no luck this time.
Mazuki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rogerio Mazuki will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Lua shoots in looking for a takedown. Mazuki tries to sprawl out of it but Lua keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mazuki manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lua shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lua showed some decent athleticism there.
Mazuki wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazuki is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mazuki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lua holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mazuki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mazuki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mazuki clinches but Lua breaks the clinch
and Lua counters with a shoot takedown. Mazuki fights it but they end up in guard.
Mazuki is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lua is controlling him.
Mazuki uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Mazuki tries to clinch up.
Lua throws a nice head kick!
Lua has managed to clinch.
Mazuki is trying to maintain a safe position but Lua gets an underhook and turns Mazuki into the cage.
Lua tries for a takedown. No joy.
Lua breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mazuki tries to clinch but Lua moves away
and Lua counters with a shoot takedown. Mazuki fights it but they end up in guard.
Lua lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lua decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Lua scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lua frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mazuki wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lua pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mazuki really wants to buck Lua off and get back to his feet.
Lua working for a submission but Mazuki is keeping him at bay.
Mazuki squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Lua lands a big elbow.
Lua won't let Mazuki get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Lua is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Mazuki is surviving well by controlling Lua's body position as best he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mazuki trying desperately to get to his feet.
Lua with the ground and pound from mount.
Mazuki is trying to stand.
Lua will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lua with a couple of short strikes.
Mazuki blocking the ground and pound.
Mazuki is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mazuki bucks Lua off and manages to get back to his feet!
Mazuki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lua keeps the fight on the outside.
Dave Lua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lua misses with a low kick.
Mazuki moves into the clinch successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Lua showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Mazuki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Rogerio Mazuki!
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RATING
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