PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alistair Ubereem (ranked 1173 p4p, 1243 weight class) and Tiago Da Costa (ranked 24 p4p, 61 weight class). Alistair Ubereem is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Ubereem
vs
Da Costa

190 cm
21
260
7 - 1 - 0

199 cm
28
270
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Hardcore Nutrition 160Q
Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alistair Ubereem !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tiago Da Costa!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ubereem looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Costa is just out of range.
Da Costa is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Da Costa tries for a takedown but Ubereem circles away easily
and Ubereem counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Da Costa is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Da Costa fails with the takedown
and Ubereem counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ubereem scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ubereem waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Da Costa.
Ubereem lands a jab to the head.

It looks like Tiago Da Costa has been cut.
Ubereem has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Alistair Ubereem seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ubereem comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Da Costa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ubereem lands with a right hand.
Da Costa fails with the takedown
and Ubereem counters with a stiff right hand.
Alistair Ubereem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiago Da Costa.
Ubereem throws out a powerful jab.
Ubereem stuns Da Costa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ubereem lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ubereem fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Da Costa on the side of the head.

That has opened up Tiago Da Costa's cut even more.
Da Costa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ubereem 's waist but Ubereem gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Da Costa off to one side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ubereem jabs at Da Costa's body.
Nice jab there from Ubereem .
Ubereem lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd cheers as Ubereem lands an impressive looking overhand right. Da Costa doesn't seem phased though.

The cut above Tiago Da Costa's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ubereem scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Da Costa is rocked!
Ubereem looks to score with a jab to the body but Da Costa is just out of range.
Da Costa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ubereem connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ubereem swings for the body but Da Costa moves out of range.
Ubereem misses with a body kick.
Da Costa misses with a takedown attempt - Ubereem sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ubereem jabs at Da Costa's body.
Da Costa needs to keep his hands up - Ubereem had a free shot at his head there.
A slow jab from Ubereem misses its intended target.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ubereem . Da Costa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Da Costa tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Da Costa with a poor takedown
and Ubereem counters with a straight right hand.

Tiago Da Costa's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Da Costa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ubereem .
Da Costa is looking for the big counter here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alistair Ubereem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tiago Da Costa's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Da Costa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ubereem jabs at Da Costa's body.
Decent striking displayed by Ubereem there.
Nice takedown defense from Ubereem . No joy for Da Costa on that attempt.
Da Costa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Costa shoots for a double leg takedown but Ubereem sprawls well. He's pushed Da Costa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Da Costa takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ubereem lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tiago Da Costa's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alistair Ubereem !
During a confident post fight interview, Alistair Ubereem thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.