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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robert Mazzuca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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198 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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186 cm
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189 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Mazzuca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Owen Williams!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mazzuca doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Mazzuca scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Williams needs to keep his hands up - Mazzuca had a free shot at his head there.
A swing and a miss from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Williams goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Mazzuca stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mazzuca.
Williams finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Williams throws a predictable looking body shot
and Mazzuca counters with a body kick that stops Williams in his tracks momentarily.
Mazzuca scores with the left hand. Williams knows he should have avoided that one.
Mazzuca pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Williams checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mazzuca lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams lands with a slapping head kick.
Mazzuca sizes up Williams with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
Williams attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mazzuca lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Mazzuca throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
Mazzuca scores with a nice head shot.
Williams fakes the leg kick and cracks Mazzuca in the body.
Williams scores with a body shot.
Williams swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mazzuca moves into the clinch.
Williams blocking some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mazzuca content to slow the pace in the clinch.
I was talking to Mazzuca's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Williams softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mazzuca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mazzuca dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Williams. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mazzuca thows a leg kick but Williams checks it
and Williams counters with a nice kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mazzuca.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Mazzuca sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mazzuca connects with a right hand. Williams shakes it off.
Williams jabs Mazzuca to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Williams walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mazzuca.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mazzuca. That's going to slow Williams down.
Mazzuca tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mazzuca scoring well with a low kick there.
Williams jabs at Mazzuca's body.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams scores with a jab. Mazzuca acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Williams darts in looking for a takedown but Mazzuca gets double underhooks and turns Williams into the cage.
Mazzuca lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzuca lands a hook to the side of the head.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
Mazzuca softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Williams fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mazzuca lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Williams tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mazzuca slows down the pace here.
Williams tries to work over Mazzuca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Mazzuca.
Williams tries to circle away but Mazzuca has him pinned against the cage.
Williams breaks from the clinch.
Mazzuca throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Williams lands a head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Williams darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mazzuca rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mazzuca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mazzuca digs a right hand underneath Williams's ribcage. Williams let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mazzuca goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Williams has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mazzuca seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Williams can turn it around.
Williams gets through Mazzuca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Williams misses with a body punch.
Mazzuca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick by Williams misses
and Mazzuca counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mazzuca tries to clinch up.
Mazzuca moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
A head kick by Williams misses
and Mazzuca counters by clinching up.
Mazzuca lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Mazzuca dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Williams's corner calls for a 1-2. Williams obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mazzuca!
Mazzuca fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Mazzuca.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mazzuca avoids the body shot from Williams.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mazzuca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Robert Mazzuca is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mazzuca.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Mazzuca.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Williams throws a solid leg kick but Mazzuca takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Williams.
Mazzuca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mazzuca throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mazzuca scores with a head kick.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mazzuca sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams lands with a shot to the body.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazzuca moves away.
Mazzuca lands a slapping body shot.
Mazzuca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mazzuca rather than just go for the knockout.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Williams.
A slapping body kick lands there for Mazzuca.
Mazzuca gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Williams struggles to land a body shot inside as Mazzuca controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Mazzuca fails to land.
Mazzuca is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Mazzuca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williams's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzuca lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mazzuca working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mazzuca misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mazzuca creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mazzuca is looking to land body kicks.
Mazzuca throws a quick inside leg kick.
Williams's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mazzuca shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Williams misses with a jab to the body
and Mazzuca counters with a body kick.
Mazzuca fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Williams at a distance.
Williams has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mazzuca.
Mazzuca misses with a low kick.
Mazzuca moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Williams throws a leg kick but Mazzuca checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzuca dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Williams. That did some damage!
Mazzuca jabs Williams right on the nose. Williams blinks but takes it well.
Mazzuca avoids the head kick by Williams.
Mazzuca throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Williams attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mazzuca lands a head kick. Williams smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Williams.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Williams avoids the head kick by Mazzuca.
Mazzuca tries to clinch up.
Mazzuca blocks the body kick.
Nice body kick there by Mazzuca.
Mazzuca with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mazzuca feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Williamss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A shot to the body from Williams misses
and Mazzuca counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Williams goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Mazzuca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mazzuca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Mazzuca feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Williams's calf.
Mazzuca lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams is looking to land body kicks.
Mazzuca scores with a sloppy right hand. Williams should have avoided that one.
Williams throws a hook but Mazzuca avoids it easily.
Mazzuca's jab looks to have found its range, popping Williams under the eye.
A jab from Mazzuca does it's job there.
Mazzuca wants to clinch.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Mazzuca dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Mazzuca misses with a right hand
and Williams counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Mazzuca throws a nice outside leg kick.
Williams wants to slow Mazzuca down by chopping away at his legs.
Williams lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
An inside leg kick from Mazzuca misses.
Mazzuca moves out of range of the body kick.
Mazzuca blocks the body kick.
Williams misses with a right hand
and Mazzuca counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mazzuca blocks a jab.
Williams misses with a body kick.
Mazzuca throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mazzuca.
Mazzuca tries to clinch up.
Mazzuca looks for the body kick but Williams saw that one coming.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Mazzuca's shoulder, as Mazzuca tries to avoid the shot.
Williams jabs at Mazzuca's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Mazzuca avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mazzuca sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams avoids a kick to the body.
Mazzuca moves out of range of the body kick.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mazzuca moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jab by Mazzuca.
Williams lands a nice looking body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Williams checks a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Mazzuca.
A bone on bone clash there as Williams blocks the leg kick.
Williams's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mazzuca connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Williams scrambles back to his feet.
Mazzuca drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Williams trying to control the position but instead, Mazzuca has worked for underhooks and has pushed Williams into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mazzuca avoiding damage.
Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams checks the leg kick.
Williams throws a push kick but Mazzuca slaps the foot to one side.
A solid body kick from Mazzuca.
Williams looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mazzuca tries a low kick but Williams avoids it.
Mazzuca throws a leg kick but Williams sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Mazzuca scoring well with a low kick there.
Williams looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mazzuca fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mazzuca throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Williams lands the left hand.
Williams throws a wild body kick that Mazzuca sees coming a mile off.
Williams throws a nice head kick!
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mazzuca moves away.
Mazzuca thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Williams if he has to take too many more of those.
Owen Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams avoids the head kick by Mazzuca.
Williams moves out of range of the leg kick from Mazzuca.
Good standup being displayed there by Mazzuca as he connects with a hook.
Mazzuca is looking to clinch.
Mazzuca thumps Williams with a low kick.
Williams throws a leg kick but Mazzuca sees it coming and checks it nicely.
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.
Williams attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams throws a leg kick but Mazzuca moved away.
Mazzuca takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Williams throws a leg kick
and Mazzuca makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mazzuca moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Williams throws a lazy body kick
and Mazzuca counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mazzuca takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mazzuca gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Mazzuca lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Mazzuca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mazzuca.
Williams is looking to slow Mazzuca down with leg kicks.
Williams scores with a decent looking hook.
Mazzuca dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Williams. That did some damage!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Robert Mazzuca.
Well Mazzuca 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Mazzuca!
Robert Mazzuca bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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