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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau (ranked 545 p4p, 378 weight class) and Marcus Greene (ranked 77 p4p, 57 weight class). Greene has chosen Tokyo Drifting - Glass Animals & Denzel Curry as his entrance music. Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Greene!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Ben Hemmingworth and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Costeau misses.
Greene throws a jab but it's blocked by Costeau.
Costeau is looking to counter punch.
A shot to the liver by Costeau. Beautiful body shot.
Greene looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Greene takes a kick to the side of the head.
Costeau defending well as Greene loads up on a big left hand.
Costeau is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Greene lands with an overhand left.
Greene lands a glancing blow to the side of Costeau's head.
Costeau throws a body shot but no joy.
A punch lands to the side of Costeau 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Costeau throws out a loose jab but Greene uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costeau takes a jab right on the kisser.
Costeau looks to land a right hand but Greene moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Greene.
Greene thuds his right hand into Costeau's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Costeau has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Champion Gym in the buildup to the fight.
The fighters circling - Greene throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little feinted left hand from Costeau on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Costeau swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene misses with a straight right.
Costeau was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Costeau scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Greene doesn't seem bothered though.
Greene will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Greene swings for the body but Costeau moves out of range.
Costeau ducks under a wild hook from Greene.
Greene throws a sloppy body shot
and Costeau counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Greene throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marcus Greene seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Greene cracks Costeau with a good jab.
Costeau dodges the punch combination from Greene.
Greene throws a right hand that Costeau ducks under and follows up with a left that Costeau also avoids with ease.
Greene throws a poor cross that misses
and Costeau counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Greene misses with an uppercut
and Costeau makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Greene looks to land a combination but Costeau avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Greene throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Costeau on the side of the head.
Costeau bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costeau throws out a loose jab but Greene uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costeau throws a body punch but Greene moves out of range.
Greene takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Costeau fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Greene on the side of the head.
Costeau lands a nice looking body shot.
Greene lands a two punch combo.
A nice inside leg kick there by Costeau. That's going to slow Greene down.
A punch lands to the side of Greene 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Costeau takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Costeau misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Greene avoids the head kick by Costeau.
Costeau is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Greene.
Costeau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Greene on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Greene throws out a loose jab but Costeau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costeau slips under a jab from Greene.
Costeau takes a jab right on the kisser.
Costeau gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costeau working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Greene misses with a short punch on the inside.
Greene misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Costeau.
Costeau blocks a body shot from Greene.
Costeau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Costeau misses with a body punch.
Costeau lands with a light punch inside.
Greene misses with a body punch.
Greene misses with the head strike.
Greene misses with a hook to the ribs.
Greene doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Greene tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Greene as Costeau tries to tie him up.
Costeau lands a left hand that snaps the head of Greene backwards.
Costeau has Greene pressed against the cage.
Costeau has Greene pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costeau tries to throw a body punch but Greene avoids it by throwing Costeau back against the cage.
Greene has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Costeau seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Greene can turn it around.
Costeau blocks a body shot from Greene.
Costeau's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Costeau misses with the head strike.
Greene goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Greene.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costeau pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Costeau misses with a jab to the body
and Greene counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Greene is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Costeau had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Greene walks into a left hand.
Greene scores with a body shot.
Greene keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good work by Greene as he checks the leg kick.
Costeau tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Greene is able to avoid easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Greene connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Costeau momentarily.
Greene slips a jab and a cross from Costeau.
Costeau lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Greene swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Costeau misses with a body shot
and Greene counters with a nice uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Costeau.
Greene throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Greene throws a predictable looking body shot
and Costeau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Greene uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costeau.
Costeau with the inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Costeau.
Costeau lands a really nice looking cross but Greene seems unphased.
Greene misses with a hook
and Costeau counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Costeau misses with a body kick.
Greene connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Costeau momentarily.
Costeau tries to work over Greene's front leg with a kick but Greene checks it.
Costeau feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Greenes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greene lands a jab to Costeau's midsection.
Costeau takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Greene throws the left hand but Costeau avoids the punch easily.
Greene rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Costeau moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters circling - Greene throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Greene pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Costeau lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A jab from Greene does it's job there.
Costeau throws a jab but it's blocked by Greene.
Costeau takes one on the button.
Costeau tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Greene throws the left hand but Costeau avoids the punch easily.
Greene misses with a looping right.
Costeau throws a body punch but Greene moves out of range.
Costeau connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab from Greene misses.
Greene keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Costeau slips under a jab.
And Costeau counters with a quick kick to the body but Greene blocks it.
Greene might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A jab lands there for Greene.
A left lands for Greene.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costeau drops his hands momentarily and Greene takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costeau misses with a head kick.
Greene cracks Costeau with an open hand slap.
Costeau misses with a kick to the body.
Greene pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Greene missing with a left hand there. Costeau was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A quick step to the side and Costeau tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Greene rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Costeau counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Costeau. Beautiful body shot.
Costeau misses with a looping left.
Costeau feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Greenes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Greene missing with a left hand there. Costeau was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A shot to the body from Greene misses
and Costeau counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Costeau lands with a nice body punch.
Greene throws a hook but Costeau avoids it easily.
Costeau tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab, jab by Greene - just one landing.
Costeau misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene lands with a shot to the body.
Greene wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Costeau buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Greene throws a right hand that misses
and Costeau counters with a right hand to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Greene. Those never looked like landing.
Nice cross by Greene.
Greene throws a jab when Costeau was well out of range.
Greene just misses with a punch to the body.
Greene misses the shot to the body.
Greene misses with a few strikes there.
Greene connects with a body shot.
Costeau clinches up against the cage.
Costeau has Greene pressed against the cage.
Costeau lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Greene can't find room to land a body shot as Costeau controls the action.
Greene tries to work over Costeau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Greene misses with a hook from the clinch.
Greene is trying to break the clinch but Costeau has him pressed against the cage.
Greene lands a body shot in the clinch.
Costeau breaks from the clinch.
A big right from Costeau misses.
Greene goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Greene misses the shot to the body.
Costeau slips under a jab from Greene.
Costeau connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marcus Greene seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Greene gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Costeau.
Nice body punch from Greene.
Costeau takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costeau misses the jab.
Greene misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circling - Costeau throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sloppy strikes from Greene. Those never looked like landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Marcus Greene will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Costeau throws a hook but Greene blocks it.
Costeau misses with a jab to the body
and Greene counters with a nice uppercut.
Costeau ducks under a wild hook from Greene.
Greene lands a slapping body shot.
Costeau throws a jab when Greene was well out of range.
Greene throws a hook to the side of Costeau's head but Costeau sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Costeau swings widly with a right hand
enabling Greene to counter with a crisp jab.
Costeau throws a head kick that misses.
Greene now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Good exchange - Greene coming out on top.
Costeau connects with the punch.
Costeau dodges the punch combination from Greene.
Costeau appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Greene looks to land a right hand but Costeau moved out of range.
Costeau throws a low kick, looking for Greene's leg but Greene calmly moves out of range.
Costeau throws a low kick but Greene avoids it.
Costeau takes a swing at Greene's ribcage but misses.
Greene swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costeau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Greene throws a right and a left that Costeau avoids nicely.
Costeau swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Costeau drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A bone on bone clash there as Greene blocks the leg kick.
Greene misses the jab.
Costeau scores with a hook to the body. Greene takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Greene scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Costeau looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Costeau has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fighters circling - Greene throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Costeau swings for the body but Greene moves out of range.
Costeau throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Greene sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Greene throws out a counter right but Costeau avoids it with no problem.
Costeau connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costeau throws a jab but it's blocked by Greene.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costeau throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Greene stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jab, jab by Costeau - just one landing.
Costeau staying out of range there.
Costeau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Greene throws a lazy right hand but Costeau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It appears Costeau was looking to counter with a kick there.
Greene throws a body punch but Costeau moves out of range.
Costeau forces Greene back against the cage and clinches.
Costeau breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Greene misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Costeau. Greene shrugs it off though.
Greene connects with a good right hand that stumbles Costeau. Costeau circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Costeau tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Greene on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Greene throws a hook but Costeau blocks it.
Greene misses with an uppercut.
Greene throws a right hand that Costeau ducks under and follows up with a left that Costeau also avoids with ease.
Costeau fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costeau takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Costeau moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Costeau throws a predictable looking body shot
and Costeau takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Costeau takes the fight into the clinch.
Costeau escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Costeau misses with a low kick as Greene jumps back.
Costeau throws a jab when Greene was well out of range.
Greene ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costeau moves away.
Costeau chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Greene misses with the combination.
A leg kick checked by Greene.
Greene throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Costeau slips under a jab.
Greene fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costeau avoids a punch combination nicely.
Greene's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Costeau connects with an inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costeau throws a hook to the side of Greene's head but Greene sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Greene! But no joy.
Greene slips under a jab from Costeau.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Greene, as that shot connected.
Greene lands with a hook. Costeau tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Greene blocks a leg kick.
Costeau throws a series of punches but Greene moves out of range.
Costeau scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Greene scores with a jab. Costeau acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Greene misses with a series of wild punches.
Greene is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costeau.
It looked like Costeau wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marcus Greene.
I think Greene has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 28:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Greene!
A very excited looking Marcus Greene made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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