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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Flavio Lazzarini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heath Marcum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lazzarini comes to the cage accompanied by Goffredo Mameli - 'Il Canto degli Italiani'. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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201 lbs
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196 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Flavio Lazzarini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Heath Marcum!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lazzarini tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marcum was well out of range. Poor timing from Lazzarini.
Heath Marcum seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lazzarini ducks under a wild hook from Marcum.
Lazzarini bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lazzarini misses with a head kick.
Lazzarini tries to clinch there but Marcum circles away.
Marcum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lazzarini takes the fight into the clinch.
Marcum pulls guard successfully.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Marcum looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Lazzarini passes into side control.
Marcum is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lazzarini lands a few punches from side control.
Marcum is looking to reverse the position.
Marcum keeps trying to improve his position.
Lazzarini lands a nice forearm strike.
Lazzarini has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcum looks to move to half guard but instead Lazzarini has passed into mount! Damn!
Marcum is desperately trying to improve his position but Lazzarini has a good base and remains in mount.
Lazzarini pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lazzarini looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lazzarini lands a big elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marcum tries to reverse the position but Lazzarini maintains control.
Lazzarini postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Marcum out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Lazzarini goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Flavio Lazzarini!
After winning the bout, Flavio Lazzarini thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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