PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Do Who Tsoi (ranked 302 p4p, 40 weight class) and Rosinante Costacurta (ranked 757 p4p, 92 weight class). Tsoi comes to the cage accompanied by !!!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Who Tsoi
vs
Costacurta

181 cm
32
161 lbs
23 - 10 - 1

176 cm
29
164 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Do Who Tsoi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rosinante Costacurta!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsoi blocks a low kick nicely.
Tsoi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Costacurta throws a nice outside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Tsoi.
Tsoi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tsoi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Costacurta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tsoi thumps Costacurta with a low kick.
Costacurta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tsoi. That did some damage!
A slapping leg kick lands for Tsoi.
Tsoi misses with a hook.
Tsoi misses with a hook. Costacurta ducked under it nicely.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Tsoi scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costacurta has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Costacurta there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tsoi misses with a straight right.
Tsoi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Costacurta looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tsoi connects with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costacurta loads up on a big right hand but Tsoi slips the punch.
Tsoi wants to clinch.
Costacurta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tsoi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Crunch! Tsoi slams his shin into Costacurta's torso.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Do Who Tsoi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A cross from Tsoi lands.
Tsoi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tsoi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta throws a wild body kick that Tsoi sees coming a mile off.

Tsoi has taken the fight to the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Costacurta.
Costacurta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tsoi lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!

Costacurta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tsoi scores with a jab to the head.
Tsoi connects with an inside leg kick.
Tsoi lands a leg kick that knocks Costacurta off balance momentarily.
Tsoi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tsoi moves out of range of the leg kick from Costacurta.
Tsoi swings widly with a right hand
and Costacurta counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Costacurta takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tsoi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costacurta moves away.
Tsoi throws a sloppy body shot
letting Costacurta counter with a right hand.
Tsoi 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.
Good leg kick by Tsoi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tsoi throws a chopping leg kick but Costacurta manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tsoi swings widly with a right hand
and Costacurta counters with a low kick, right behind Tsoi 's knee.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick from Tsoi.
Tsoi throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
Tsoi misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Costacurta tries to land a leg kick but Tsoi saw it coming and moves away.
Costacurta looks to land a left hand but Tsoi moved out of range nicely.
Tsoi throws a leg kick
and Costacurta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tsoi checks a leg kick.
Tsoi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tsoi checks a leg kick nicely.
Tsoi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costacurta.
Costacurta rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tsoi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tsoi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tsoi 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.
Costacurta throws a nice inside leg kick.
Costacurta steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tsoi. That one must have hurt.
Tsoi misses with a leg kick.
Costacurta throws an off balance right hand
and Tsoi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tsoi throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Costacurta to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costacurta throws a leg kick but Tsoi checks it.
Tsoi tried to counter with a leg kick but Costacurta avoided it.
Tsoi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costacurta slips under a jab from Tsoi.
Tsoi throws the kick towards the body but Costacurta avoids it.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tsoi avoids the body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tsoi.
Costacurta defending well as Tsoi loads up on a big left hand.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Tsoi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tsoi.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tsoi. That's going to slow Costacurta down.
Costacurta blocks the body kick.
Tsoi checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costacurta throws the kick towards the body but Tsoi avoids it.
Tsoi cracks Costacurta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tsoi scores with a body shot.
Costacurta throws a hook but Tsoi avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Do Who Tsoi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Tsoi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Costacurta's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tsoi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Tsoi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Costacurta jabs at Tsoi's body.
Costacurta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tsoi was well out of range. Poor timing from Costacurta.
Costacurta connects with the punch.
Tsoi misses the shot to the body.
Costacurta keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Costacurta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice cross by Tsoi.
Good shot there by Tsoi.
Costacurta doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tsoi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costacurta can do to turn this around?
Costacurta thumps Tsoi with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costacurta takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Costacurta avoids the body shot from Tsoi.
Tsoi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tsoi slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsoi checks the leg kick.
Tsoi slips under a jab.
Tsoi takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
Tsoi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tsoi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tsoi throws a big shot that misses.
Tsoi tries to clinch but Costacurta moves out of range.
Tsoi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Costacurta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tsoi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tsoi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Costacurta loads up on a big right hand but Tsoi slips the punch.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tsoi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tsoi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Costacurta 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 Tsoi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tsoi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A leg kick checked by Costacurta.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi misses with a low kick.
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!
Costacurta on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tsoi throws a push kick but Costacurta slaps the foot to one side.
Tsoi lands a jab to the head.
Tsoi looks to land a right hand but Costacurta moved out of range.
Tsoi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Costacurta steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tsoi. That one must have hurt.
Costacurta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tsoi. That did some damage!
Costacurta has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tsoi.
Tsoi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Costacurta catches Tsoi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Costacurta throws a hook but Tsoi blocks it.
Tsoi misses with a looping left.
A leg kick checked by Tsoi.
Costacurta throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tsoi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Costacurta moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Do Who Tsoi is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tsoi with a hook.
Costacurta slips a straight right by Tsoi.
Costacurta uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tsoi has time to react.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tsoi slips a jab from Costacurta.
Costacurta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tsoi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Costacurta scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tsoi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costacurta manages to avoid it.
Tsoi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Costacurta throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tsoi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsoi throws the kick towards the body but Costacurta avoids it.
Tsoi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Costacurta throws a leg kick but Tsoi sees it coming and moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costacurta has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tsoi finds it's way round the side to connect with Costacurta's head.
Costacurta ducks under a wild hook from Tsoi.
Costacurta is looking to slow Tsoi down with leg kicks.
Tsoi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Costacurta.
Costacurta takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tsoi checks the leg kick.
Costacurta tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tsoi checks a leg kick.
Tsoi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A slow jab from Costacurta misses its intended target.
Costacurta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Costacurta misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsoi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tsoi doesn't manage to clinch there - Costacurta circles away.
A jab from Tsoi finds it's way through Costacurta's defenses.
Costacurta lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Do Who Tsoi dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tsoi connects with a jab.
A low kick from Tsoi is predictable there
and Costacurta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tsoi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tsoi looks to land a body kick but Costacurta moved away.
Costacurta only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Costacurta motions for Tsoi to come forward. Costacurta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tsoi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tsoi is looking to score with low kicks.

Tsoi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Costacurta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tsoi misses with a looping right.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Tsoi misses.
Costacurta is looking to slow Tsoi down with leg kicks.
Tsoi checks a low kick from Costacurta.
Costacurta connects with a body shot.
Costacurta keeps the fight on the outside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tsoi jabs at Costacurta's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costacurta throws a push kick but Tsoi slaps the foot to one side.
Costacurta scores with a nice body kick.
Costacurta misses with a wild body shot.
Costacurta takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tsoi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheers as Costacurta lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tsoi doesn't seem phased though.
Tsoi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Tsoi blocks the leg kick.
Tsoi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tsoi connects with a leg kick. Costacurta looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Costacurta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Costacurta has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Costacurta there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tsoi looks to throw a body kick
and Costacurta counters with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tsoi misses with a hook.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut.
Rosinante Costacurta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Do Who Tsoi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costacurta attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta misses the shot to the body.
Costacurta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tsoi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Costacurta counters with a left to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tsoi.
Tsoi ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Tsoi scores with a jab to the body.
Tsoi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That kick from Costacurta tenderised Tsoi's leg. Tsoi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good work by Tsoi as he checks the leg kick.
Tsoi ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Tsoi throws a sloppy body shot
and Costacurta counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Do Who Tsoi has been cut.
Tsoi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costacurta.
It looked like Tsoi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tsoi lands with a nice body punch.
Costacurta motions for Tsoi to come forward. Costacurta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoi lands with a right hand.
Tsoi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tsoi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jab from Tsoi.
Tsoi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tsoi throws a push kick but Costacurta slaps the foot to one side.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tsoi.
Tsoi moves away from the strike by Costacurta.
Tsoi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tsoi misses the shot to the body.
Costacurta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tsoi.
Costacurta throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tsoi counters with a thumping low kick.
Tsoi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tsoi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tsoi moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Tsoi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tsoi looks to throw a body kick
and Costacurta counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costacurta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tsoi's calf.
Costacurta fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Costacurta moves forwards but Tsoi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tsoi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Costacurta.
Tsoi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice straight punches there by Tsoi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tsoi.
Tsoi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costacurta.
Costacurta now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tsoi misses with a body punch
letting Costacurta counter with a right hand.
Costacurta misses the shot to the body.
Tsoi with a nice cross.
Tsoi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costacurta drops his hands momentarily and Tsoi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tsoi just misses with a punch to the body.
Tsoi swings for the body but Costacurta moves out of range.
Tsoi looks to score with a jab to the body but Costacurta is just out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Do Who Tsoi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tsoi 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Do Who Tsoi!
Do Who Tsoi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.