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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gauthier St. Georges (ranked 246 p4p, 36 weight class) and Rosinante Costacurta (ranked 460 p4p, 59 weight class). St. Georges comes to the cage accompanied by Jiu Jitsu. Rosinante Costacurta has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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162 lbs
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164 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
24 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Gauthier St. Georges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rosinante Costacurta!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costacurta moves out of range of the strikes.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
St. Georges throws a looping overhand right but Costacurta ducks down to avoid it.
St. Georges on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gauthier St. Georges seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St. Georges looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
St. Georges works the jab nicely.
St. Georges throws a leg kick but Costacurta checks it.
Costacurta replies with a solid counter kick to the body but St. Georges blocks it well.
Costacurta walks into a stiff left hand from St. Georges.
St. Georges scores with a nice body kick.
St. Georges does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
St. Georges lands a nice shot that snaps Costacurta's head back.
Costacurta gets tackled into the cage by St. Georges. St. Georges maintains the clinch.
Costacurta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, St. Georges scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St. Georges tries to throw a body punch but Costacurta avoids it by throwing St. Georges back against the cage.
St. Georges tries a body shot but Costacurta blocks it.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow.
St. Georges misses with a punch on the inside.
Costacurta has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.
A nice left hand lands by Costacurta.
St. Georges lands a hook that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
Costacurta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a leg kick that knocks Costacurta off balance momentarily.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
St. Georges takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
St. Georges connects with a crisp jab.
Costacurta tries to land a leg kick but St. Georges saw it coming and moves away.
Costacurta throws a leg kick but St. Georges moved away.
St. Georges has taken the fight to the clinch.
St. Georges softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Costacurta pushes St. Georges back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it's blocked.
St. Georges throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta blocks an uppercut.
St. Georges scores with a shot to the side of Costacurta's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costacurta wants to get back to striking at distance but St. Georges won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St. Georges.
Costacurta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St. Georges lands a hook that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
Costacurta swings wildly with an uppercut but St. Georges uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St. Georges just misses with a elbow thrown towards Costacurta's brow.
St. Georges lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
St. Georges blocks an uppercut.
Costacurta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St. Georges throws a looping overhand right but Costacurta ducks down to avoid it.
That kick from St. Georges tenderised Costacurta's leg. Costacurta is trying to keep his angry face on.
St. Georges lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
St. Georges looks to score with a jab to the body but Costacurta is just out of range.
Costacurta throws a hook but St. Georges avoids it easily.
St. Georges moves out of range as Costacurta strikes.
St. Georges throws a hook but Costacurta blocks it.
Costacurta was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Costacurta lands with a thumping leg kick.
St. Georges dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
St. Georges throws a low kick but it's checked well by Costacurta.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a nice jab.
St. Georges looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Costacurta gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Costacurta misses with a right hand
and St. Georges counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Costacurta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St. Georges.
Costacurta checks the leg kick.
St. Georges wants to land a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
St. Georges stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Costacurta.
St. Georges tries to land a leg kick but Costacurta saw it coming and moves away.
A low kick from St. Georges misses
and Costacurta counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
St. Georges tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St. Georges stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
St. Georges jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Costacurta stuns St. Georges with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St. Georges lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
St. Georges scores with a jab to the body.
St. Georges checks a low kick from Costacurta.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from St. Georges - that will leave a mark!
St. Georges fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range.
St. Georges's jab looks to have found its range, popping Costacurta under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St. Georges moves out of range as Costacurta strikes.
Costacurta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
St. Georges checks a low kick from Costacurta.
St. Georges throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Costacurta responds with a good body kick, but St. Georges manages to step out the way in time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costacurta throws a leg kick but St. Georges sees it coming and moves out of range.
Costacurta closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Costacurta checks the leg kick nicely there.
Costacurta scores with a nice right hand.
Costacurta avoids the body shot from St. Georges.
Costacurta wants to land a leg kick but St. Georges is out of range.
St. Georges doesn't manage to clinch there - Costacurta circles away.
St. Georges wants to land a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range.
St. Georges connects with a body shot.
Costacurta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Costacurta was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
St. Georges tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St. Georges uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
St. Georges swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St. Georges fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from St. Georges does it's job there.
St. Georges thuds his right hand into Costacurta's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
St. Georges scores with a body shot.
St. Georges lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gauthier St. Georges dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Costacurta throws a quick inside leg kick.
Costacurta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St. Georges's calf.
St. Georges walks into a stiff left hand from Costacurta.
St. Georges digs a good body shot into Costacurta's ribs.
Costacurta throws a quick inside leg kick.
St. Georges doesn't manage to clinch there - Costacurta circles away.
St. Georges explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
St. Georges is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costacurta can do to turn this around?
St. Georges misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costacurta.
St. Georges throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Costacurta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St. Georges tries to score with a low kick but Costacurta moves his leg out of the way.
Costacurta appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Costacurta lands with a good body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from St. Georges.
St. Georges displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Costacurta throws out the jab.
St. Georges thows a left - swing and a miss!
St. Georges throws a leg kick which misses Costacurta's front leg but catches the back leg as Costacurta tries to avoid it.
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!
St. Georges is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St. Georges uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
St. Georges takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from St. Georges.
St. Georges misses with a body kick.
Costacurta counters with a body kick.
Costacurta throws a hook to the side of St. Georges's head but St. Georges sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St. Georges throws a low kick but Costacurta avoids it.
Costacurta needs to keep his hands up - St. Georges had a free shot at his head there.
St. Georges misses with an attempted mid kick.
Costacurta feints a counter leg kick.
Costacurta scores with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Costacurta.
Costacurta tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and St. Georges is able to avoid easily.
Costacurta misses the jab.
St. Georges misses with a leg kick
and Costacurta counters with a body kick.
Gauthier St. Georges is winning the standup battle so far.
A leg kick checked by Costacurta.
Costacurta lands a jab.
Costacurta has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Costacurta there as he acknowledges the shot.
St. Georges scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St. Georges lands a jab to the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for St. Georges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges throws a low kick, looking for Costacurta's leg but Costacurta calmly moves out of range.
St. Georges dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Costacurta throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
St. Georges gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
St. Georges lands an elbow inside that Costacurta shrugs off.
Costacurta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gauthier St. Georges has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Costacurta.
Costacurta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
St. Georges wants to stall.
Costacurta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
St. Georges lands a left hand that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
St. Georges comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Costacurta misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Costacurta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Costacurta blocks an uppercut.
Costacurta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Costacurta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St. Georges lands a hook that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
St. Georges tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St. Georges pushes Costacurta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costacurta is trying to push St. Georges away but St. Georges has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
St. Georges lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Costacurta breaks from the clinch.
St. Georges lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
St. Georges throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A slow jab from St. Georges misses its intended target.
Costacurta slips a jab from St. Georges.
Costacurta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
St. Georges takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
St. Georges throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
St. Georges throws a chopping leg kick but Costacurta manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
St. Georges throws a leg kick which misses Costacurta's front leg but catches the back leg as Costacurta tries to avoid it.
St. Georges tries to work over Costacurta's front leg with a kick but Costacurta checks it.
St. Georges misses with a wild body shot.
St. Georges avoids a kick to the body.
Costacurta throws a shot from downtown. St. Georges moves away and avoids it.
St. Georges looking to land some kicks to the body here.
St. Georges is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Costacurta.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges throws a push kick but Costacurta slaps the foot to one side.
St. Georges bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Costacurta throws a hook to the side of St. Georges's head but St. Georges sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Costacurta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St. Georges sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St. Georges takes a shot to the body in his stride.
St. Georges takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
Costacurta flicks out a counter leg kick but St. Georges steps away.
Costacurta does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Costacurta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
St. Georges moves out of range of the leg kick from Costacurta.
St. Georges swings for the body but Costacurta moves out of range.
St. Georges slips a straight right by Costacurta.
St. Georges is looking to counter the offense by Costacurta and move into the clinch.
Costacurta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St. Georges moves away.
As Costacurta tries to get set, St. Georges tries to push him back and clinch up but Costacurta manages to avoid the attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by St. Georges.
St. Georges tries to clinch there but Costacurta circles away.
St. Georges fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
St. Georges is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costacurta.
A chopping leg kick lands by St. Georges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gauthier St. Georges dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're 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.
St. Georges uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costacurta.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Costacurta throws a shot from downtown. St. Georges moves away and avoids it.
St. Georges uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
St. Georges fires out a quick counter leg kick but Costacurta just manages to avoid it.
Costacurta tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St. Georges throws a body kick that misses.
Costacurta misses with a hook. St. Georges ducked under it nicely.
St. Georges clobbers Costacurta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
St. Georges fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Costacurta, pushing him back against the cage.
Costacurta lands a body shot.
Costacurta lands an uppercut.
Costacurta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Costacurta lands a shoulder strike.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it misses.
St. Georges blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Costacurta tries to work over St. Georges's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costacurta lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costacurta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St. Georges avoids the body shot from Costacurta.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from St. Georges lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Costacurta has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Costacurta and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Georges scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
St. Georges throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta lands with a thumping leg kick.
Costacurta feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits St. Georgess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Costacurta misses with an uppercut.
St. Georges has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Costacurta.
St. Georges throws a jab when Costacurta was well out of range.
St. Georges fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costacurta manages to avoid it.
Costacurta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
St. Georges lands with an uppercut that bounces Costacurta off the cage and back into range.
Costacurta throws a looping overhand right but St. Georges ducks down to avoid it.
St. Georges looks to land a right hand but Costacurta moved out of range.
Costacurta looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Costacurta tries a low kick but St. Georges avoids it.
Costacurta with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Costacurta.
St. Georges scores with a nice body kick.
St. Georges fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Costacurta, pushing him back against the cage.
Rosinante Costacurta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gauthier St. Georges is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges misses with the head strike.
St. Georges creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Costacurta's defenses.
Costacurta misses with a punch on the inside.
Costacurta working hard to break the clinch.
St. Georges can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
Costacurta manages to break the clinch.
Costacurta swings for the body but St. Georges moves out of range.
St. Georges darts in and clinches Costacurta up against the cage.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
St. Georges misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Costacurta.
Costacurta working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Costacurta fails to land.
Costacurta takes an elbow to the forehead.
St. Georges has a couple of punches blocked by Costacurta.
St. Georges swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St. Georges tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St. Georges pushes Costacurta back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Costacurta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by St. Georges.
Costacurta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St. Georges looks to score with a jab to the body but Costacurta is just out of range.
Costacurta ducks under a wild hook from St. Georges.
Costacurta appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
St. Georges fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Costacurta has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A swing and a miss from Costacurta.
St. Georges ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costacurta moves away.
St. Georges ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
St. Georges is looking to counter punch.
St. Georges takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Gauthier St. Georges has been cut.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from St. Georges. Costacurta does a little dance to reset his feet.
St. Georges defending well as Costacurta loads up on a big left hand.
Costacurta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St. Georges.
St. Georges scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from St. Georges, right into the meat.
Costacurta looks to land a left hand but St. Georges moved out of range nicely.
Costacurta walks into a stiff left hand from St. Georges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costacurta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St. Georges's calf.
St. Georges lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Costacurta at a distance.
St. Georges scores with a nice strike.
St. Georges tries to clinch but Costacurta moves out of range.
St. Georges thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Costacurta if he has to take too many more of those.
St. Georges throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
Costacurta throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St. Georges lands with a nice body punch.
St. Georges throws a leg kick that misses.
Costacurta throws a lazy right hand but St. Georges sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
St. Georges moves out of range of the body kick from Costacurta.
St. Georges defending well as Costacurta loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Decent striking displayed by Costacurta there.
St. Georges connects with a leg kick. Costacurta looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Costacurta throws a nice inside leg kick.
St. Georges walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Costacurta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
St. Georges throws a body shot but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gauthier St. Georges.
Well St. Georges 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gauthier St. Georges!
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