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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Moraes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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191 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Big heart |
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Counter striker
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabricio Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Moraes!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moraes shoots in but no luck this time.
Costa is looking to clinch but Moraes is avoiding it.
Costa takes the fight into the clinch.
Costa scores a nice knee to the body.
Costa will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Moraes up against the cage.
Costa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Moraes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Costa manages to break the clinch.
Costa instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costa is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Costa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa can't find room to land a body shot as Moraes controls the action.
Costa crunches a lovely knee into Moraes's ribcage.
Come on Costa - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Costa lands a nice knee to the body.
Costa is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Costa lands a knee to the body.
Moraes looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costa is stalling here.
Costa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Costa taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fabricio Costa.
Moraes chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Costa can pounce on him.
Costa clinches with his opponent.
Costa lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa scores a nice knee to the body.
Costa leaning against his opponent.
Costa connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Daniel Moraes has been cut.
Costa breaks the clinch.
Costa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Costa instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Costa.
Costa with a knee to the head.
Costa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Moraes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
Costa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Moraes's face.
Costa is working Moraes over against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa lands a good knee to the midsection. Moraes won't want to take too many of those.
Costa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costa stalling.
Costa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Costa breaks from the clinch.
Costa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Moraes.
Costa clinches up against the cage.
Moraes takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Moraes up against the cage.
Costa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Moraes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabricio Costa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Moraes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Costa tries to clinch there but Moraes circles away.
Costa closes the distance and clinches.
Costa lands a knee to the body.
Costa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Costa stalling in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Costa.
Costa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costa working Moraes over with knees to the body.
Costa lands a nice shot to the body.
Costa crunches a lovely knee into Moraes's ribcage.
Costa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Moraes's face.
Moraes is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costa misses with an elbow over the top.
Costa scores with a knee to the head.
Costa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Moraes can do to turn this around?
Costa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Costa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Costa tries to clinch but Moraes is having none of it.
Moraes keeps the fight on the outside.
Costa fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Costa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Moraes in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costa obliges.
Costa leaning against his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costa gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Costa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Costa stalling the fight.
Costa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Costa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Costa for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fabricio Costa.
Costa tries to clinch up but Moraes circles away and keeps his distance.
Moraes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Costa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Costa doesn't manage to clinch there - Moraes circles away.
Costa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Moraes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Costa.
Stalling in the clinch from Costa.
Knees to the body from Costa.
Costa will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Moraes up against the cage.
Costa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Moraes up against the cage.
Costa working Moraes over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabricio Costa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Moraes's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Costa rushes Moraes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Costa lands a nice knee to the body.
Costa crunches a lovely knee into Moraes's ribcage.
Costa digs a right hand into Moraes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Moraes's gas tank.
Moraes dodges an elbow strike from Costa.
Costa effectively controlling the action here.
Costa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Moraes or not.
Moraes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costa landing knees to the head.
Costa just leaning against Moraes, taking a breather.
Costa lands a nice knee to the body.
Costa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moraes takes a knee to the side of the body.
Costa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Costa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Moraes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Costa lands a knee to the body.
Costa crunches a lovely knee into Moraes's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costa lands a knee to the body.
Costa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Costa is working Moraes over against the cage.
Costa landing knees to the body.
Costa is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Moraes is defending well.
Costa is pushing Moraes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa working Moraes over with knees to the body.
Costa landing knees to the body.
Costa stalling against the cage.
Costa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Costa taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Costa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Costa. That's going to slow Moraes down.
Costa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Moraes swats away the attempt to clinch by Costa.
Costa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Moraes, pushing him back against the cage.
The referee calls for Costa to work.
Costa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That has opened up Daniel Moraes's cut even more.
Costa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Moraes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costa lands a knee to the body.
Costa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The referee calls for Costa to work.
Costa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Moraes lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Costa working Moraes over with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costa landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costa obliges.
Daniel Moraes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fabricio Costa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Costa lands a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fabricio Costa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Costa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:24
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:24
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fabricio Costa!
Fabricio Costa decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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