PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Long Hung Dong (ranked 296 p4p, 332 weight class) and Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau (ranked 39 p4p, 42 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Dong
vs
Costeau

188 cm
37
175
28 - 19 - 1

181 cm
27
175
13 - 8 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Conquer

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Long Hung Dong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Ben Hemmingworth and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costeau checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dong takes one to the side of the head.
Dong scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice shot lands for Dong.
Dong takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters circling a little - Dong finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Costeau misses with a body kick.
Jab from Dong.
Dong will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Dong gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Costeau tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dong throws a low kick but Costeau moves out of range easily.
Costeau slips a straight right by Dong.
Dong throws a hook but Costeau avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costeau throws a nice head kick!
Long Hung Dong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costeau fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong misses with a left hand
and Costeau counters with a nice uppercut.
Costeau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Costeau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dong.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Costeau! But no joy.
Dong scores with a jab to the head.
Costeau jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dong misses with a left hand
and Costeau counters with a thumping low kick.
Costeau throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dong counters with a nice low kick that buckles Costeau's knee momentarily.
Costeau misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Dong on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Costeau wants to land a leg kick but Dong is out of range.
Dong throws a lazy uppercut
and Costeau counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dong fails to land with a series of punches.
Dong lands with a nice body kick.

Dong gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costeau's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Costeau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dong manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Costeau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dong blocks an uppercut.
Dong holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Costeau breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dong has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Costeau.
Dong tries to clinch up.
Dong moves forwards but Costeau connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Costeau. Those never looked like landing.
Costeau keeps the fight on the outside.
Dong tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Costeau is able to avoid easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Dong.
A slapping body kick lands there for Costeau.
Dong defending well as Costeau loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Costeau circles away quickly and effectively.
Dong backing away here, and Costeau unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Dong misses with a lunging right hand
and Costeau counters with a nice uppercut.
Dong misses with an uppercut
and Dong takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dong misses with a looping right.
Costeau lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice leg kick from Dong, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dong throws a hook but Costeau avoids it easily.
And Costeau responds with a good body kick, but Dong manages to step out the way in time.
Dong misses with a right hand
and Costeau counters with a straight right hand.
Dong ducks right into an uppercut from Costeau.
Dong throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Costeau counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dong tries to clinch up
and Dong takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dong throws a leg kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dong jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Costeau as he checks the leg kick.
Costeau walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dong scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Dong checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Dong pivots, looking for a leg kick but Costeau is out of range and Dong settles back down.
Dong throws a lazy uppercut
and Costeau counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dong throws a lazy uppercut
letting Costeau counter with a right hand.
Dong misses with a hook.
Costeau appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

Dong gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dong blocks a body shot from Costeau.
Dong blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Costeau manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dong misses with an uppercut
letting Costeau counter with a right hand.
Dong takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Costeau just misses with a punch to the body.
Dong throws a looping overhand right but Costeau ducks down to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Costeau stuns Dong with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Costeau waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dong.
Costeau lands a head shot.
Dong throws a right hand that misses
enabling Costeau to counter with a crisp jab.
Dong lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dong throws a shot from downtown. Costeau moves away and avoids it.
Costeau throws a counter combo.
Costeau fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Costeau.
Dong with a nice cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Dong does no damage.
A nice side step and Costeau releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Dong loads up on a big right hand but Costeau slips the punch.
Dong misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dong feints and then cracks Costeau's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Costeau down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dong throws a right hand that Costeau ducks under and follows up with a left that Costeau also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dong takes the fight into the clinch.
Costeau lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dong is trying to pull guard but Costeau turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dong.
Costeau lands with a right to the head.
Dong pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dong's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Costeaus head.
Long Hung Dong has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Costeau tries to work over Dong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costeau has a couple of punches blocked by Dong.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Costeau.
Costeau lands a body punch in the clinch.

Costeau breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dong misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Costeau connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Costeau.
Dong is looking to chop away at Costeau's legs.
A nice side step and Costeau releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Costeau displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dong throws out the jab.
Dong tries to land a body kick
and Costeau counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Costeau throws a right and a left that Dong avoids nicely.
Costeau uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dong.
Costeau only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Dong misses with a leg kick
and Costeau counters with a body kick.
Costeau feints and then cracks Dong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dong down.
Dong throws a jab but it's blocked by Costeau.
Costeau attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Dong looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Costeau pivots, looking for a leg kick but Dong is out of range and Costeau settles back down.
Costeau drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A good leg kick by Dong.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dong connects with the punch.
Costeau takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dong throws an off balance right hand
and Costeau counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dong throws out a loose jab but Costeau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dong takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Costeau looks to land a combination but Dong avoids it well.
Dong misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Dong.
Costeau ducks under a wild hook from Dong.
It seemed like Costeau was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Costeau missing with a left hand there. Dong was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dong tries to close the distance and clinch but Costeau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dong checks the leg kick.
Costeau scores with a jab. Dong acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dong throws a hook to the side of Costeau's head but Costeau sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Costeau misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costeau swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dong misses with a left hand
and Costeau counters with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costeau moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Costeau misses with a straight right.
Dong misses with an uppercut. Costeau saw that one coming.
Costeau is trying to counter with his kicks.
Dong misses with the body kick
and Costeau cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Dong misses.
Costeau with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Costeau misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dong throws a lazy right hand but Costeau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dong on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Costeau bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Costeau has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dong is looking to clinch but Costeau is avoiding it.
Dong takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Dong throws out a leg kick but Costeau moves out of range and Dong only half commits.
Costeau now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Costeau. Dong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costeau throws a hook but Dong avoids it easily.
Costeau moves away from the strike by Dong.
Dong lands with a cross.
Costeau uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dong.

Dong closes the distance and clinches.
Costeau lands a shoulder strike.
Dong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dong is pushing Costeau up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Costeau or not.
Costeau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costeau tries a body shot but Dong blocks it.
Costeau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costeau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Costeau.
Costeau blocks a body shot from Dong.
Costeau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dong struggles to land a body shot inside as Costeau controls his hands.
Dong tries to throw a body punch but Costeau avoids it by throwing Dong back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dong fails to land.
Costeau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costeau can't find room to land a body shot as Dong controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Dong as the two fighters clinch.
Costeau working hard to break the clinch.
Costeau wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costeau misses with a punch to the body.
Dong can't find room to land a body shot as Costeau controls the action.

Costeau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dong misses with a looping right.
Long Hung Dong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Costeau.
A telegraphed right hand from Dong misses the target.
Dong looks to land a left hand but Costeau moved out of range nicely.
Costeau scores with a hook to the body. Dong takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dong throws a combination that misses
and Costeau counters with a stiff right hand.
A swing and a miss from Dong.
Dong tries to clinch but Costeau is having none of it.
Costeau throws a jab when Dong was well out of range.
Costeau cracks Dong with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costeau misses with a wild body shot.
Costeau throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As Costeau looks to move away, Dong throws a big counter combo but Costeau just gets out of the way.
Dong throws a hook to the side of Costeau's head but Costeau sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dong lunges at Costeau with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Costeau's hand.
Costeau uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dong.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong misses with a left hand
and Costeau counters with a stiff right hand.
Costeau lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dong looks to clinch
and Costeau counters with a nice uppercut.
Costeau scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Some wild striking there from Dong.
Nice defenses there by Costeau.
Costeau checks a leg kick.
Dong misses with a right hand
and Costeau counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Costeau.
Dong has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Costeau.
A looping hook to the body misses from Costeau. Dong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costeau showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dong.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costeau throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costeau throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dong stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Costeau lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dong circles away quickly and effectively.
Costeau misses with a body shot.
Dong throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Costeau to counter with a crisp jab.
Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Costeau takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Costeau throws a nice head kick!
Dong throws a right hand that misses
and Costeau counters with a stiff right hand.
Dong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Costeau.
Costeau slips under a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Costeau has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau!
A relieved looking Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.