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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabricio Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fabricio Costa 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabricio Costa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Costa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Costa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Costa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gracie slips a jab and a cross from Costa.
Costa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Costa tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gracie throws a hook to the side of Costa's head but Costa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Costa tries a head kick but it misses.
Gracie tries to bum rush Costa with a series of wild strikes but Costa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gracie misses with a double jab.
Costa defending well as Gracie loads up on a big left hand.
Costa tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Gracie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gracie throws a nice looking combination but Costa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Costa tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Gracie lands with a good body shot.
Costa tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costa manages to avoid it.
Costa is looking to score with low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Costa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Gracie.
Costa has closed the distance and engaged Gracie in a clinch.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
Costa misses with a knee strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costa.
Costa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gracie content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gracie tries to stall but Costa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gracie.
Costa throws an elbow that misses.
Gracie stalling in the clinch but Costa improves position.
The referee calls for Gracie to work.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marcus Gracie.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Costa moves out of range.
Gracie misses with a right hand
and Costa counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Costa misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gracie looks to land a combination but Costa avoids it well.
Gracie misses with a double jab.
Gracie avoids the head kick by Costa.
Costa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gracie.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Costa.
Gracie moves out of range of the leg kick from Costa.
Gracie misses with a double jab.
Costa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marcus Gracie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie throws a series of punches but Costa moves out of range.
A big head kick from Costa and Gracie is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Gracie is rocked!
Gracie is breathing heavily.
Gracie looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Costa puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Oh Gracie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Costa is looking for a kimura but Gracie is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Costa to get the leverage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Costa trying to control the action but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie wants to get back to full guard.
Costa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gracie with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gracie tries to get to full guard but Costa has control of the leg.
Costa passes to full mount!
Costa get's back to his feet.
Gracie seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gracie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costa.
Gracie misses with a series of wild punches.
Costa tries to clinch up but Gracie circles away and keeps his distance.
Costa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Costa tries to clinch but Gracie is having none of it.
Costa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gracie misses with a body shot.
Costa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gracie misses with a two punch combination.
Costa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Costa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Costa misses with a low kick.
Costa is looking to clinch.
Costa wants to clinch up but Gracie keeps it at a distance.
Costa instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gracie is trying to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Costa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Costa.
Costa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Costa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Costa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costa is trying to stall.
Gracie tries to work over Costa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Costa crunches a lovely knee into Gracie's ribcage.
Costa connects with a knee to the head.
Gracie blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gracie blocks a body shot from Costa.
Costa tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
Costa blocks an uppercut.
Costa trying to control the position but instead, Gracie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Costa into the cage.
Costa with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabricio Costa dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gracie checks a low kick from Costa.
Gracie looks to score with a jab to the body but Costa is just out of range.
A punch combination from Gracie misses.
Costa tries to close the distance and clinch but Gracie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Gracie does no damage.
Costa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gracie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gracie throws a nice looking combination but Costa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracie throws out a loose jab but Costa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie swats away the attempt to clinch by Costa.
Gracie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gracie swinging wildly here.
Costa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gracie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Costa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gracie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to bum rush Costa with a series of wild strikes but Costa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Costa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gracie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Costa tries to land a leg kick but Gracie saw it coming and moves away.
Costa throws a leg kick that misses.
Costa pushes Gracie up against the cage in a clinch.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Costa misses with a knee strike.
Costa pushes off an throws an elbow but Gracie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Costa drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Costa can't find room to land a body shot as Gracie controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Costa is trying to maintain a safe position but Gracie gets an underhook and turns Costa into the cage.
Gracie trying to stall but Costa improves his position.
Gracie leaning his opponent against the cage.
Costa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Costa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie works on Costa's body with a couple of short punches.
Costa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gracie effectively controlling the action here.
Gracie cracks Costa with a nice body shot.
Costa blocks a body shot from Gracie.
Gracie stalls.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie.
Costa swings wildly with an uppercut but Gracie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Gracie on the inside.
Gracie tries a body shot but Costa blocks it.
Costa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Costa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie lands a body punch.
Fabricio Costa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Costa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gracie trying to control the position but instead, Costa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gracie into the cage.
Costa stalling in the clinch but Gracie improves position.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Costa.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gracie seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Costa is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Costa misses with a knee to the head.
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costa's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gracie.
Costa tries to land a knee to the head but Gracie blocks with his arms.
Still in the clinch, Gracie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gracie just leaning against Costa, taking a breather.
Costa taking a breather.
Costa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Costa prevents a body shot from Gracie.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gracie as Costa tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Costa avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Costa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie pressing his opponent against the cage.
Gracie prevents a body shot from Costa.
The referee is keeping an eye on Gracie - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Costa blocks a body shot from Gracie.
Costa connects with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Costa tries to stall but Gracie uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gracie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Costa is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marcus Gracie.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Costa moves in looking to clinch but Gracie pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Marcus Gracie will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Costa is looking to clinch but Gracie is avoiding it.
Gracie takes a swing at Costa's ribcage but misses.
Gracie is looking to wear down Costa with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gracie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie throws a hook but Costa avoids it easily.
A jab from Gracie does it's job there.
Gracie throws a body punch but Costa moves out of range.
Costa scoring well with a low kick there.
Gracie misses with a few strikes there.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Costa darts in and clinches Gracie up against the cage.
Gracie dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gracie taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Costa.
Gracie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Costa is looking to take this one to the mat.
Gracie is trying to maintain a safe position but Costa gets an underhook and turns Gracie into the cage.
Gracie takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Costa.
Costa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gracies head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa throws an elbow but it misses.
Costa wants to stall.
Costa scores with a knee to the head.
Costa landing knees to the body.
Costa tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Costa.
Costa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gracie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Costa scores with a knee to the head.
Costa is trying to maintain a safe position but Gracie gets an underhook and turns Costa into the cage.
Costa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Costa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Costa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gracie blocks the elbow strike.
Costa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gracie struggles to land a body shot inside as Costa controls his hands.
Costa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gracie blocks it with crossed arms.
Costa tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
Costa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Costa tries to land knees in the clinch but Gracie avoids the damage to the body.
Costa is trying to stall.
Gracie misses with a hook to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costa's elbow.
Gracie is trying to stall.
Gracie tries to throw a body punch but Costa avoids it by throwing Gracie back against the cage.
Costa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Gracie.
Gracie is working Costa over against the cage.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Costa.
Gracie is struggling to control the position.
Gracie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gracie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Costa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
Costa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Costa connects with a knee to the head.
Costa has a couple of punches blocked by Gracie.
Costa working Gracie over with knees to the body.
Costa tries a knee to the head but Gracie blocks it.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Gracie tries to stall but Costa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Costa misses with a knee to the head.
Costa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Costa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gracie's face.
Costa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Costa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gracie wants to stall.
Costa wants to stall.
Costa misses with a knee to the head.
Costa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gracie is keeping busy.
Gracie looking to slow down the pace here.
Costa lands with a left to the head.
Gracie misses with some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costa missing with knees to the body.
Gracie's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Costa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gracies head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fabricio Costa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Costa 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fabricio Costa!
Fabricio Costa gave a mention to Outkast Clothing Line in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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