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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roman Mazzuca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terrence Thornton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thornton comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pusha T - Exodus 23:1 kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Terrence Thornton has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roman Mazzuca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terrence Thornton!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mazzuca throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Thornton scores with a leg kick.
Good work by Thornton as he checks the leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Thornton.
Thornton staying out of range there.
Thornton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Thornton scores with a kick to the body.
Thornton just misses with a punch to the body.
Mazzuca takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thornton throws a sloppy head kick and Mazzuca moves out of range easily.
Mazzuca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thornton moves away.
Thornton fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both fighters circling a little - Thornton finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Thornton throws a head kick that half lands.
Thornton cracks the inside of Mazzuca's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mazzuca swings for the body but Thornton moves out of range.
Thornton connects with an inside leg kick.
Mazzuca throws an overhand right that lands on Thornton's shoulder, as Thornton tries to avoid the shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thornton.
Thornton throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Mazzuca is breathing heavily.
Mazzuca jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Terrence Thornton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thornton fakes the leg kick and cracks Mazzuca in the body.
Mazzuca seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Thornton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mazzuca wants to land a leg kick but Thornton is out of range.
Thornton scores with a shot to the body.
Mazzuca is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mazzuca on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Thornton buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thornton scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Thornton. That's going to slow Mazzuca down.
Thornton with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mazzuca has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Thornton.
Thornton explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Thornton connects with an inside leg kick.
Terrence Thornton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from Thornton.
Thornton throws a head kick that half lands.
Thornton scores with a nice body kick.
Mazzuca takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Thornton is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mazzuca rather than just go for the knockout.
Thornton throws a head kick that Mazzuca semi-blocks.
Mazzuca is rocked!
Thornton seems to be stalking Mazzuca here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Mazzuca drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Terrence Thornton!
Terrence Thornton decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
Roman Mazzuca was interviewed post fight and said '... I love you mom... please don't do this to me, not that guy! You can do much better, he's just an asshole! ... Sorry for the loss, what a shame...'.
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hype
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