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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tapater Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romulo Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rua comes to the cage accompanied by Hordes Of Chaos. Tapater Rua has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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140 lbs
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135 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tapater Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Romulo Costa!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa lunges at Rua with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rua's hand.
Rua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Costa throws a nice looking combination but Rua bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rua wants to clinch.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Costa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rua tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rua is defended easily by Costa.
Rua rushes Costa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Rua has double underhooks.
Costa struggles to land a body shot inside as Rua controls his hands.
Costa pushes Rua back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rua stalling the fight.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Costa tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Rua tries to stall but Costa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Costa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Costa is defending well for now.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Costa tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
Costa digs a right hand underneath Rua's ribcage. Rua let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Costa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Costa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rua is keeping busy.
Costa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Costa avoids the damage to the body.
Costa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rua.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua is breathing heavily.
Costa digs a right hand into Rua's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rua's gas tank.
Rua stalling in the clinch but Costa improves position.
Costa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Costa blocks with his arms.
Costa is leaning against Rua and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Costa tries to work over Rua's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nice body punch from Costa.
Rua keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
Costa wants to break free but Rua has control.
Rua being controlled against the cage.
Costa is leaning against Rua and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Costa looking to slow down the pace here.
Costa is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Rua prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
Costa has Rua pressed against the cage.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Costa tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Costa blocks it.
Costa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Costa trying to control the position but instead, Rua has worked for underhooks and has pushed Costa into the cage.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Rua has double underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Costa.
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Costa tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Costa.
Costa lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Costa trying to stall but Rua improves his position.
Costa tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Costa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Costa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Costa wants to break free but Rua has control.
Costa pushes Rua back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Costa has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Costa tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Costa can't break the clinch.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
A left hand lands to the body for Costa.
Costa struggles to land a body shot inside as Rua controls his hands.
Rua prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Costa takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Costa leaning against his opponent.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Costa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rua tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Costa avoids it.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Costa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Costa tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Costa avoids the damage to the body.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Costa blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Costa.
Costa lands a nice shot to the body.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Costa.
Costa wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Costa blocks it.
Costa can't break the clinch.
Costa lands a nice shot to the body.
Costa scores with a hook to the body.
Costa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romulo Costa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rua moves forwards but Costa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Costa throws a right hand that Rua ducks under and follows up with a left that Rua also avoids with ease.
A left and a right from Costa both land. Nice combination.
Rua looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Costa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rua.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Costa has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Rua off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Rua doesn't manage to clinch there - Costa circles away.
Rua drops his hands momentarily and Costa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Costa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Costa lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costa misses with a wild combination.
Rua tries to clinch but Costa moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Costa misses its intended target.
Rua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Costa.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Costa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Costa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Costa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rua.
Rua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Costa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rua wants to clinch.
Tapater Rua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Costa throws a series of punches but Rua avoids them all with ease.
Rua avoids the body shot from Costa.
Rua doesn't manage to clinch there - Costa circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rua tries to clinch there but Costa circles away.
Costa swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
Romulo Costa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Costa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rua shoots for a takedown but Costa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Costa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Costa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa misses with the combination.
Costa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rua manages to avoid it.
Costa throws a shot from downtown. Rua moves away and avoids it.
Tapater Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rua throws a head kick that half lands.
Rua is looking to clinch but Costa is avoiding it.
Rua shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Costa but Costa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rua instigates a clinch.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Costa looking to slow down the pace here.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Costa blocks with his arms.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rua tries a knee to the head but Costa blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Costa as Rua tries to tie him up.
Costa looking to slow down the pace here.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costa looking to slow down the pace here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Costa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Costa can't break the clinch.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Costa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costa misses with some punches.
Costa tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
Costa trying to stall but Rua improves his position.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Costa lands a nice shot to the body.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Costa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Costa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Costa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romulo Costa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Rua's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Costa tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Costa looks to land a right hand but Rua moved out of range.
Rua tries to clinch up.
Rua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A swing and a miss from Costa.
Rua slips under a jab from Costa.
Costa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rua.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Costa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Costa misses.
Costa swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch but Costa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Costa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Costa swinging wilding here.
Rua tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Costa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costa.
Costa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rua bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Costa manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Rua throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Rua pushes Costa off and gets back to his feet.
Costa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rua manages to avoid it.
Costa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rua.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa tries to bum rush Rua with a series of wild strikes but Rua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Costa lands with a nice combination. Rua backs away looking to recover.
Rua closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Costa's face.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Costa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Costa.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Costa wants to break free but Rua has control.
Costa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rua is keeping busy.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Costa trying to stall but Rua improves his position.
Rua working Costa over with knees to the body.
Costa lands a shot to the body.
Rua stalling in the clinch but Costa improves position.
A hook to the body from Costa.
Costa trying to control the position but instead, Rua has worked for underhooks and has pushed Costa into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but Costa blocks with his arms.
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa wants to stall.
Costa seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Romulo Costa.
Costa lands a two punch combo.
Rua closes the distance and pushes Costa back into the cage.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Rua trying to stall but Costa improves his position.
Costa is leaning against Rua and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rua has Costa pressed against the cage, preventing Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Costa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Costa digs a right hand underneath Rua's ribcage. Rua let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Costa lands a shot to the body.
Costa controlling the action here for a moment.
Costa misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Costa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Costa trying to control the position but instead, Rua has worked for underhooks and has pushed Costa into the cage.
Rua taking a breather.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Romulo Costa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
Tapater Rua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Costa is trying to stall.
Costa cracks Rua with a nice body shot.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Costa has Rua pushed against the cage.
Costa lands a body shot.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Costa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Romulo Costa.
I've got Costa winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romulo Costa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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