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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio da Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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167 lbs
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195 cm
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170 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio da Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Shields!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
da Costa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Anthony Shields seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shields misses with a few strikes there.
Shields looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shields jabs at da Costa's body.
da Costa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shields has time to react.
da Costa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Shields sprawls well. Shields wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. da Costa gets slowly back to his feet.
Shields misses with an uppercut. da Costa saw that one coming.
Shields looks to land a combination but da Costa avoids it well.
Shields fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shields fakes high and swings low for a body shot but da Costa manages to avoid it.
Shields throws a series of punches but da Costa moves out of range.
Shields misses with a hook. da Costa ducked under it nicely.
da Costa takes the fight into the clinch.
da Costa is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Shields pulls him back up using the underhooks.
da Costa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Shields prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antonio da Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
da Costa is struggling to control the position.
da Costa crunches a lovely knee into Shields's ribcage.
da Costa tries to land knees in the clinch but Shields avoids the damage to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on da Costa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shields is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
da Costa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Antonio da Costa.
A combination from Shields does no damage.
Shields on the wrong end of a nice jab.
An inside leg kick lands from da Costa.
Shields slips under a jab.
Shields punishes da Costa's body with a nice straight punch.
Shields throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent da Costa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
da Costa is breathing heavily.
Shields connects with a single shot there.
Shields comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Shields swinging wilding here.
da Costa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shields.
Shields misses with an uppercut.
Shields throws a hook but da Costa blocks it.
A shot to de liver by Shields. Beautiful body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Costa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A combination from Shields does no damage.
Shields swinging wilding here.
Shields scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shields tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but da Costa was well out of range. Poor timing from Shields.
Shields paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
da Costa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
da Costa misses with a low kick.
Anthony Shields is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shields misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from da Costa.
da Costa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
No joy there for Shields, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
da Costa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shields throws out the jab.
Shields will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shields dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
da Costa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shields fails to land with a series of punches.
Shields ducks down and throws a hook to the body but da Costa moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Shields.
da Costa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shields.
da Costa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shields's sensitive parts.
Shields smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
da Costa throws a lazy right hand but Shields sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
da Costa throws a low kick but Shields avoids it.
Shields misses with a few strikes there.
Shields displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as da Costa throws out the jab.
Shields lands with an overhand left.
Shields is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Some wild striking there from Shields.
da Costa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shields's sensitive parts.
da Costa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
da Costa lands a front kick.
Shields misses with a body shot.
Shields looks to land a combination but da Costa avoids it well.
Shields looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
da Costa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shields. That did some damage!
Shields blocks a head kick by da Costa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
da Costa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
da Costa lands the left hand.
da Costa throws a sloppy head kick and Shields moves out of range easily.
da Costa lands a front kick.
da Costa is looking to slow Shields down with leg kicks.
da Costa throws a quick inside leg kick.
da Costa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shields's calf.
This has been an exciting period of action!
da Costa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Shields at a distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from da Costa, right into the meat.
da Costa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Shields if he has to take too many more of those.
da Costa has Shields up against the cage in a clinch.
da Costa is trying to drag Shields to the mat but Shields just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
da Costa manages to break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
da Costa looks to land a right hand but Shields moved out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from da Costa.
Shields throws a hook to the side of da Costa's head but da Costa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
da Costa scores with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio da Costa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A jab from da Costa does it's job there.
Shields throws a jab when da Costa was well out of range.
Shields misses with a two punch combination.
Shields looks to land a combination but da Costa avoids it well.
Shields showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from da Costa.
Shields throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
da Costa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shields is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by da Costa.
da Costa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Shields.
Shields throws a hook but da Costa blocks it.
da Costa scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Donk. Shields catches da Costa right on the button with a cross.
A nice inside leg kick there by da Costa. That's going to slow Shields down.
A solid leg kick lands there for da Costa.
Shields lands with an uppercut that bounces da Costa off the cage and back into rage.
Anthony Shields is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
da Costa changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shields looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
da Costa working away.
da Costa has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Shields is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. da Costa yanks on the arm and Shields is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by da Costa.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Antonio da Costa!
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hype
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