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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Sagat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Costanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costanza comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Do the Opposite kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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202 lbs
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World class MT
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, John Sagat!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Costanza!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sagat scores with a kick to the body.
Sagat scores with a punch to the head.
It looks like Daniel Costanza has been cut.
Sagat is looking to land body kicks.
Sagat throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Costanza pushes Sagat away with a front kick.
Costanza thows a left - swing and a miss!
Costanza is looking to slow Sagat down with leg kicks.
Costanza misses with a body shot
and Sagat connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Costanza looks to land a body kick but Sagat moved away.
Sagat feints a jab promting Costanza to slip. Sagat then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Costanza slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sagat checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sagat lands a really nice looking cross but Costanza seems unphased.
Sagat misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costanza moves into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Costanza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Sagat.
Costanza lands with a short shot to the head.
Costanza gets through Sagat's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Costanza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costanza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Costanza lands a shoulder strike.
Sagat stalling against the cage.
Sagat lands a shoulder strike.
Costanza looking to throw knees to the head but Sagat is blocking nicely.
Costanza trying to land knees to the body.
Sagat throws an elbow that misses.
Costanza blocks an elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costanza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costanza presses Sagat against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Costanza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sagat pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sagat misses with an elbow strike.
Sagat prevents a body shot from Costanza.
Still in the clinch, Costanza scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sagat.
A right hook to the body lands for Costanza.
Sagat misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sagat misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sagat gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Costanza can't find room to land a body shot as Sagat controls the action.
Sagat tries to throw a body punch but Costanza avoids it by throwing Sagat back against the cage.
Sagat tries to throw a body punch but Costanza avoids it by throwing Sagat back against the cage.
Costanza misses with a punch on the inside.
Sagat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Costanza.
A short left from Sagat.
Costanza blocks an uppercut.
Sagat creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sagat makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Costanza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costanza managing to block the knees to the body from Sagat.
Costanza tries a body shot but Sagat blocks it.
Sagat lands an elbow that stopped Costanza in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch on the inside from Costanza fails to land.
Sagat throws an elbow that misses.
Costanza throws a punch but it's blocked by Sagat.
Costanza lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sagat trying to land knees to the body.
Costanza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sagat misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sagat.
Sagat misses with some punches.
Sagat swings wildly with an uppercut but Costanza uses good head movement to avoid it.
A knee to the head by Sagat.
Sagat throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Costanza lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sagat backwards.
Sagat misses with a punch on the inside.
Sagat misses with the head strike.
Costanza is leaning against Sagat and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costanza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sagat misses with a knee to the head.
Costanza misses with a punch to the body.
Costanza pushes Sagat back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Costanza lands a hook that snaps the head of Sagat backwards.
Costanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costanza scores with a hook to the body.
Sagat blocks a body shot from Costanza.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Costanza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Costanza misses with some punches.
Costanza lands a left hand.
Costanza cracks Sagat with a nice body shot.
Sagat is breathing heavily.
Sagat blocks a body shot from Costanza.
A nice left hand lands by Costanza.
Costanza blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costanza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sagat creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Costanza avoiding damage as Sagat throws knees to the body.
Sagat's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Costanza pushes Sagat back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Costanza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Costanza's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Costanza fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sagat, pushing him back against the cage.
Sagat missing with knees to the body.
Costanza misses with a punch to the body.
Sagat missing with knees to the body.
Costanza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sagat.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the head but Costanza blocks with his arms.
Costanza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sagat backwards.
Costanza avoiding damage as Sagat throws knees to the body.
Costanza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sagat blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Costanza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Costanza tries to throw a body punch but Sagat avoids it by throwing Costanza back against the cage.
Costanza lands a body punch.
Sagat gets through Costanza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sagat misses with a hook from the clinch.
Costanza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costanza lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short uppercut from Costanza.
Costanza is working Sagat over against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costanza misses with the head strike.
Costanza throws a head punch that misses.
Costanza lands with a right to the head.
Sagat lands with a left to the head.
Sagat lands a nice shot to the body.
Sagat tries to land a knee to the head but Costanza blocks with his arms.
Costanza tries a knee to the head but Sagat blocks it.
Costanza takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Costanza.
Costanza throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Costanza.
Sagat tries a knee to the head but Costanza blocks it.
Costanza misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sagat.
Sagat misses with the head strike.
Costanza presses Sagat against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Costanza fails to land.
Sagat with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sagat trying to control the position but instead, Costanza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sagat into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like John Sagat has been cut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Costanza.
Costanza pushes Sagat back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sagat is rocked!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costanza obliges.
Oh Sagat is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Costanza stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Costanza throws a big uppercut that drops Sagat! More strikes from Costanza and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Sagat lies dazed against the cage as Costanza celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Costanza!
Daniel Costanza is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Daniel Costanza 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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