Yeah, that clearly fucked with his head. You could see gears breaking.
It was fucking CroCop, in his prime. If that doesn't scare you you're a dumbshit. To do it to a mousey little dork like Mauro was brutal. Should have lasted, maybe, 30 seconds before the laughs. Little guy wasn't just thinking "I'm gonna get my ass kicked, just like in high-school" he was feeling his dream die in real time.