PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maximo Costa (ranked 2790 p4p, 2788 weight class) and Brian Dean (ranked 394 p4p, 392 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Costa
vs
Dean

195 cm
21
198
5 - 2 - 0

183 cm
20
185
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Gatoroids

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maximo Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Dean!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dean. Dean circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Costa closes the distance and clinches.

Dean manages to break the clinch.
Costa misses with a double jab.
Maximo Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dean throws a body punch but Costa moves out of range.
Costa moves in looking to clinch but Dean pushes him off.
Dean looks to score with a jab to the body but Costa is just out of range.
Costa doesn't manage to clinch there - Dean circles away.
Costa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dean connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Costa momentarily.
A jab from Dean misses.
Nice defenses there by Dean.
Dean looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Costa blocks a jab.
Costa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Costa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dean misses with a body shot.
Costa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Dean swats away the attempt to clinch by Costa.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dean throws out a leg kick but Costa moves out of range and Dean only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Dean lands.
Dean has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Dean connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Costa's hands.
Costa looks to score with a jab to the body but Dean is just out of range.
Costa cracks Dean with a right hand to the side of the head.
Donk. Costa catches Dean right on the button with a cross.
A jab lands there for Costa.
Dean throws out a loose jab but Costa uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Dean misses.

Costa drives through and clinches with Dean against the cage.

Costa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Costa lands a jab.
Costa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dean.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dean fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costa manages to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Dean - just one landing.
A big right from Dean misses.
Dean fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costa manages to avoid it.
Costa looks to land a right hand but Dean moved out of range.
Dean throws a looping overhand right but Costa ducks down to avoid it.
Costa feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Dean gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Costa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dean to score with a decent uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dean.
Dean is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Costa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dean blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Costa breaks from the clinch.
Dean uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costa.
Costa scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Dean does it's job there.
Dean connects with a right hand. Costa shakes it off.

Costa is rocked!
Dean steps in with a hook that catches Costa right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Dean follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Costa looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Dean!
Our winner, Brian Dean, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.