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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kendall Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kendall Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Costa!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Payne to the mat! Payne manages to get full guard.
Payne pushes Costa off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Payne tries to keep at a distance but Costa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Costa is looking to control Payne's arms but Payne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Costa has his back to the cage.
Payne tightens his grip and picks Costa up, before dumping him to the ground. Costa manages to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Payne throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Costa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Costa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Payne is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Payne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Costa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Payne scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Payne stopping the sweep attempt from Costa.
Costa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Payne scoring with some ground and pound.
Costa controls Payne momentarily but Payne frees himself.
Payne has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Payne is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Costa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Costa throws his legs up looking for a submission but Payne uses it to pass to side control.
Costa looks winded!
Payne misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Payne trying to control the action but Costa is working from the bottom.
Payne tries to score with some ground and pound. Costa controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Costa looks to move to half guard but instead Payne has passed into mount! Damn!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Payne looking to finish Costa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Costa!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa is looking to get to half guard.
Payne is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Payne!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kendall Payne!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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