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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between RAFAEL DIAS (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matheus Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, RAFAEL DIAS!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matheus Costa!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DIAS scores with a crisp jab that stopped Costa in his tracks.
Costa looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Costa wants to clinch.
DIAS closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Costa to the mat! Costa manages to get full guard.
DIAS could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
DIAS slips nicely into half guard.
DIAS passes to full mount!
DIAS takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
DIAS has hold of Costa's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Costa manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
DIAS tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
DIAS has control of Costa's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Costa regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costa is bucking up trying to escape but DIAS cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DIAS looking for a guillotine from mount but Costa is having none of it.
DIAS fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Costa tries to lock up and control but DIAS gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
DIAS putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
DIAS takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
DIAS has hold of Costa's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Costa manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
DIAS fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
DIAS controlling his opponent.
Costa throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
DIAS controlling the pace for now.
Costa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with DIAS. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa is working to get back to half guard.
DIAS sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
DIAS landing strikes, looking to finish!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
DIAS controlling from mount.
The referee stands the fighters back up. RAFAEL DIAS just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
DIAS fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Costa sprawls well initially but DIAS persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DIAS decides to return to a standing position.
DIAS tries to close the distance and clinch up but Costa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Costa closes the distance and clinches up with DIAS, looking for a takedown. Costa pushes DIAS against the cage but DIAS circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Costa is looking to clinch.
DIAS punishes Costa's body with a nice straight punch.
DIAS shoots for a double leg takedown but Costa sprawls well. He's pushed DIAS's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
DIAS keeps the fight on the outside.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from DIAS. Costa shrugs it off though.
DIAS tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Costa swivels and escapes.
DIAS looks for a takedown but Costa sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for RAFAEL DIAS. That's going to take a lot out of him.
DIAS pushes Costa up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costa is pressed up against the cage. DIAS has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Costa down to the mat. Costa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
DIAS shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Costa as he jumps to the side.
Costa tries to clinch but fails miserably
and DIAS counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Costa's guard now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costa throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
RAFAEL DIAS dominated that round.
That's time! DIAS's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
No luck for DIAS with that takedown attempt.
Costa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
DIAS moves into the clinch successfully.
DIAS breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Costa tries to bum rush DIAS with a series of wild strikes but DIAS uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
DIAS decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
DIAS is figuring out what he wants to do next.
DIAS 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.
DIAS frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
DIAS looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa is in a horrible position here. DIAS smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Costa is in a horrible position here. DIAS smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Costa is looking to improve his position but DIAS isn't that keen on the idea.
DIAS content just to control the position here.
Costa is bucking up trying to escape but DIAS cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
DIAS controlling from the full mount.
DIAS blocks Costa's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
DIAS cracks Costa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
DIAS controlling the position easily from mount.
DIAS is standing up, even though he is in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DIAS instigates a clinch.
DIAS breaks from the clinch.
DIAS gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Costa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
DIAS pulls guard successfully.
Costa drops back looking for a leg! DIAS is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and DIAS manages to kick Costa off! Costa jumps back into DIAS's guard.
DIAS manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
DIAS tries to control but Costa wriggling away.
RAFAEL DIAS overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
DIAS breaks from Costa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
DIAS has hold of Costa's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Costa manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
DIAS pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
DIAS landing punches.
Costa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, DIAS cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Costa tries to hold on but DIAS pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
RAFAEL DIAS dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
DIAS turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Costa tries to keep at a distance but DIAS has taken the fight into the clinch.
DIAS manages to pull guard.
DIAS bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Costa's guard.
DIAS drops back looking for a leg! Costa is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Costa manages to kick DIAS off! DIAS jumps back into Costa's guard.
Costa throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
DIAS controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Costa trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
DIAS working some strikes from top position.
Costa doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Costa wants to stand up but DIAS is controlling him.
DIAS is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costa can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
DIAS avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
DIAS shoots and misses
and Costa counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Costa.
Costa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Costa throws and elbow that misses. DIAS uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Costa's guard. Nice move by DIAS!
Costa keeping moving, preventing DIAS from controlling successfully.
DIAS is really struggling to control Costa but he's trying to hold on to the position.
DIAS working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
DIAS decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Costa, up you get!
DIAS stuffs the takedown attempt from Costa. Costa gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa has his takedown stuffed
and DIAS moves into the clinch.
DIAS can't get the takedown.
Costa wants a takedown.
RAFAEL DIAS has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matheus Costa.
Costa is trying to drag DIAS to the mat but DIAS just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
DIAS decides to pull guard.
Costa works over DIAS with some ground and pound from guard.
Costa throws a big right hand that misses.
Costa drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and DIAS dives on top into guard.
DIAS wants to control from the top but Costa keeps moving.
DIAS is stalling in the full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costa wants to sweep here but DIAS controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
DIAS slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Costa.
Costa trying to control from the bottom.
DIAS is trying to control. Costa wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Costa wants to get back to full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
DIAS drives through and clinches with Costa against the cage.
DIAS breaks the clinch.
DIAS scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Costa parries the strikes from DIAS easily there. DIAS is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Costa to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa struggling a bit here.
Costa regains half guard there - taking advantage of DIAS's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
DIAS moves into full mount! Costa won't be happy about that!
Costa is looking to get to half guard.
Costa is squirming around, avoiding DIAS's attempts to control the action.
DIAS has control of Costa's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Costa regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Matheus Costa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
RAFAEL DIAS is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Costa regains half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
RAFAEL DIAS showed his dominance in that final round.
Well DIAS 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... RAFAEL DIAS!
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