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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Solomona Faaiuaso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kosi Mazaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faaiuaso comes to the cage accompanied by Mysterious Girl - Peter Andre. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 cm
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185 lbs
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185 cm
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196 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very confident |
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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 Sydney, Solomona Faaiuaso! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kosi Mazaki! The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Faaiuaso looks to land a body kick but Mazaki moved away. Mazaki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Faaiuaso takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Mazaki takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Faaiuaso moves into the clinch. Faaiuaso working hard to break the clinch. Mazaki lands a shoulder strike. A short left from Mazaki. Mazaki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Faaiuaso backwards. Faaiuaso is pressed up against the cage. Mazaki has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Faaiuaso down to the mat. Faaiuaso avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Faaiuaso lands a nice looking kick to the body. Mazaki takes a step back to recover. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A decent looking cross lands there for Faaiuaso. Faaiuaso throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Faaiuaso rushes Mazaki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Mazaki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Faaiuaso backwards. Mazaki misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Faaiuaso gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Mazaki.
Faaiuaso stops a takedown attempt from Mazaki.
Solomona Faaiuaso has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kosi Mazaki. Faaiuaso breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Faaiuaso throws a sloppy head kick and Mazaki moves out of range easily. Faaiuaso fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mazaki, pushing him back against the cage. Mazaki lands a shoulder strike. Faaiuaso blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mazaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. Faaiuaso pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Faaiuaso goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Mazaki tries to clinch up. Faaiuaso closes the distance and clinches. Mazaki lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mazaki wants to take the fight to the mat but Faaiuaso manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch. Mazaki looks winded! Mazaki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Faaiuaso working hard to break the clinch. Mazaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Faaiuaso controls his hands.
Faaiuaso has picked Mazaki up - he's going for a ride! Faaiuaso dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Mazaki is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Faaiuaso pulls his head out easily. Faaiuaso throwing shots but Mazaki is blocking nicely. Faaiuaso knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Mazaki on the ground. Mazaki is looking to improve his position.
Mazaki holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now. Faaiuaso is looking for a kimura here.
Mazaki gets back to full guard.
Faaiuaso lands a couple of digs. Faaiuaso will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Faaiuaso avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Faaiuaso has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Mazaki looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Faaiuaso passes into side control.
Faaiuaso lands a nice forearm strike. Faaiuaso stands up and we're back to a striking position. Faaiuaso throws a body kick that misses. Faaiuaso clinches up against the cage. Mazaki throws a head punch that misses. Mazaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mazaki misses with a punch to the body.
Faaiuaso tries to break the clinch but Mazaki is controlling the position. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Mazaki misses with some punches.
Faaiuaso blocks an uppercut.
Mazaki is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. Faaiuaso is pressed up against the cage. Mazaki has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Faaiuaso down to the mat. Faaiuaso avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Faaiuaso scores with a shot to the body.
Faaiuaso lands a jab. Faaiuaso looks to land a combination but Mazaki avoids it well. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Faaiuaso misses with a double jab
and Mazaki holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Mazaki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Solomona Faaiuaso dominated that round. That's time! Faaiuaso's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Faaiuaso throws a nice looking combination but Mazaki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Mazaki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Faaiuaso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mazaki darts in and clinches Faaiuaso up against the cage. Mazaki tries to pull guard but Faaiuaso holds him up against the cage and eventually Mazaki drops back down to his feet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mazaki. Mazaki tries a body shot but Faaiuaso blocks it.
Faaiuaso wants to get back to striking at distance but Mazaki won't allow it.
Mazaki scores with a shot to the side of Faaiuaso's head. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Faaiuaso wants the takedown. Mazaki is fighting it off but Faaiuaso persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Mazaki's guard against the cage. Faaiuaso working some strikes from top position. Faaiuaso loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Mazaki controlling Faaiuaso's posture. Mazaki lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Faaiuaso!
That's one minute gone in the round. Mazaki lands with some strikes. Solomona Faaiuaso overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Mazaki trying to control but Faaiuaso is having none of it. Mazaki lands a heavy elbow. Faaiuaso is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Mazaki in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mazaki with a couple of short strikes. Faaiuaso throwing hammer fists to the chest of Mazaki. What's that going to do exactly? Faaiuaso tries to hold on but Mazaki postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Faaiuaso taking shots to the head. Mazaki with a couple of short strikes. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Mazaki landing shots from mount. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Mazaki working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Mazaki cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Faaiuaso really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Mazaki trying to control but he's not successful this time. Mazaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Mazaki working away from the top, dropping strikes. Faaiuaso defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Mazaki. Mazaki cracks Faaiuaso with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Faaiuaso is bucking up trying to escape but Mazaki cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Faaiuaso is working to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Mazaki connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Faaiuaso has left one of his arms exposed and Mazaki doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Faaiuaso screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kosi Mazaki!
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hype
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RATING
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