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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Costa De Andrade (ranked 299 p4p, 485 weight class) and BM Websphere (ranked 38 p4p, 65 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcelo Costa De Andrade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, BM Websphere!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by De Andrade.
De Andrade connects with a good right hand that stumbles Websphere. Websphere circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Websphere tries to clinch up.
Websphere throws a chopping leg kick but De Andrade manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Websphere takes one to the side of the head.
De Andrade fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Websphere, pushing him back against the cage.
Websphere blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Websphere.
Websphere gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Websphere blocking some punches.
Websphere looking to throw knees to the head but De Andrade is blocking nicely.
Still in the clinch, Websphere scores with a nice short uppercut.
De Andrade avoiding damage as Websphere throws knees to the body.
Websphere tries to land knees in the clinch but De Andrade avoids the damage to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from De Andrade.
De Andrade lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Websphere backwards.
De Andrade misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Andrade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Websphere tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Websphere misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Websphere.
Websphere goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Websphere misses with a short punch on the inside.
Websphere tries to throw a body punch but De Andrade avoids it by throwing Websphere back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Websphere lands an elbow just above De Andrade 's eye.
De Andrade lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short uppercut from De Andrade.
De Andrade breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De Andrade on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
De Andrade defending well as Websphere loads up on a big left hand.
Websphere cracks De Andrade with a right hand to the side of the head.
Websphere takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
De Andrade 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.
Marcelo Costa De Andrade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Websphere takes a jab right on the kisser.
De Andrade slips a jab from Websphere.
Websphere lands a front 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!
Donk. De Andrade catches Websphere right on the button with a cross.
De Andrade swinging wildly here.
Websphere tries a quick counter leg kick but De Andrade is wise to it.
Websphere is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Websphere moves out of range as De Andrade strikes.
Websphere dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on De Andrade. That did some damage!
A slow jab from Websphere misses its intended target.
Websphere is looking to land body kicks.
De Andrade was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De Andrade misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Websphere bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of De Andrade's head.
De Andrade jabs Websphere right on the nose. Websphere blinks but takes it well.
De Andrade throws a head kick that misses.
De Andrade displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Websphere throws out the jab.
A punch combination from De Andrade misses.
De Andrade thuds a left hand into Websphere's body.
De Andrade checks the leg kick nicely there.
De Andrade clinches up with Websphere and pushes him back against the cage.
A short left from Websphere.
Websphere goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Websphere lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of De Andrade backwards.
Websphere working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Websphere lands a body shot.
Websphere lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Andrade takes a shot to the head.
Websphere lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Andrade misses with a punch on the inside.
Websphere misses with a short punch on the inside.
Websphere scores with a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Andrade.
Websphere misses with a hook to the ribs.
Websphere fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Andrade lands a hook that snaps the head of Websphere backwards.
De Andrade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Andrade lands with a right to the head.
Websphere misses with a body punch.
Websphere connects with a knee to the head.
De Andrade lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from Websphere.
De Andrade tries to break free but Websphere pushes him back against the cage.
De Andrade blocks a body shot from Websphere.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Andrade.
De Andrade misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Andrade has a couple of punches blocked by Websphere.
Websphere lands with a right to the head.
Websphere blocks an uppercut.
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 short right from De Andrade.
Websphere lands a nice uppercut.
Websphere tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Andrade's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Websphere.
Websphere tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
De Andrade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Andrade presses Websphere against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Websphere throws a punch but it's blocked by De Andrade.
De Andrade misses with a body punch.
Websphere blocks a body shot from De Andrade.
Websphere scores with a hook to the body.
Websphere landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De Andrade working aggressively here.
Websphere goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Andrade misses with some punches.
Websphere lands a left hand.
Websphere working aggressively here.
Websphere blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Websphere prevents De Andrade from breaking the clinch.
De Andrade lands a body shot in the clinch.
Websphere can't find room to land a body shot as De Andrade controls the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Websphere lands a hook that snaps the head of De Andrade backwards.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
De Andrade is working Websphere over against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Websphere.
De Andrade working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
De Andrade swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but BM Websphere will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
De Andrade throws a lazy head kick
and Websphere counters with a nice uppercut.
De Andrade lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Websphere circles away quickly and effectively.
Marcelo Costa De Andrade is winning the standup battle so far.
Websphere fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Andrade fails to land with a series of punches.
De Andrade throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Websphere stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A telegraphed right hand from De Andrade misses the target.
Websphere listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Websphere lands a right hook to the body.
Websphere with the inside leg kick.
De Andrade rushes Websphere and presses him up against the cage.
Websphere misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Andrade.
De Andrade struggles to land a body shot inside as Websphere controls his hands.
Websphere lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Andrade backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Andrade doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
De Andrade lands a nice shot to the body.
Websphere tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Andrade misses with a punch to the body.
De Andrade blocks an elbow strike from Websphere.
Websphere throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Andrade lands a hook to the side of the head.
Websphere throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Andrade tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Websphere lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Websphere.
Websphere scores with a shoulder strike.
De Andrade breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De Andrade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
De Andrade wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Websphere gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Websphere prevents a body shot from De Andrade.
De Andrade misses with a punch to the body.
Websphere prevents a body shot from De Andrade.
De Andrade scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Websphere looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Websphere.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Websphere just misses with a elbow thrown towards De Andrade's brow.
Websphere misses with the head strike.
De Andrade makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Websphere pushes De Andrade back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Andrade misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade digs a right hand underneath Websphere's ribcage. Websphere let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Andrade.
De Andrade lands a nice shot to the body.
Websphere working aggressively here.
A short right from De Andrade on the inside.
De Andrade tries a body shot but Websphere blocks it.
De Andrade lands an uppercut.
Websphere throws an elbow that misses.
De Andrade lands a body shot in the clinch.
Websphere blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Andrade lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Websphere backwards.
BM Websphere seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
De Andrade scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Andrade tries to work over Websphere's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Andrade misses with a hook to the ribs.
Websphere lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Andrade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Websphere throws an elbow that misses.
Still in the clinch, De Andrade scores with a nice short uppercut.
Websphere misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Andrade softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Websphere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Websphere throws an elbow but misses.
Websphere tries a knee to the head but De Andrade blocks it.
De Andrade can't find room to land a body shot as Websphere controls the action.
De Andrade blocks an uppercut.
De Andrade blocks a body shot from Websphere.
De Andrade is working Websphere over against the cage.
A right hand to the body from De Andrade.
De Andrade avoiding damage as Websphere throws knees to the body.
Websphere is breathing heavily.
De Andrade swings wildly with an uppercut but Websphere uses good head movement to avoid it.
Websphere misses with some punches.
De Andrade lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Websphere swings wildly with an uppercut but De Andrade uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Websphere.
Websphere can't find room to land a body shot as De Andrade controls the action.
Websphere blocks a body shot from De Andrade.
De Andrade lands with a light punch inside.
De Andrade escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Websphere showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from De Andrade.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Andrade blocks a low kick nicely.
De Andrade appears to be looking for a big counter.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Andrade. Websphere does a little dance to reset his feet.
De Andrade moves into the clinch.
De Andrade goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Websphere fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Andrade tries a body shot but Websphere blocks it.
De Andrade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Websphere throws a quick inside leg kick.
Websphere swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Websphere moves in looking to clinch but De Andrade pushes him off.
De Andrade avoids the body shot from Websphere.
De Andrade has taken the fight to the clinch.
Websphere goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Websphere.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Websphere throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Websphere goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Websphere tries a body shot but De Andrade blocks it.
Websphere working aggressively here.
De Andrade takes a shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Marcelo Costa De Andrade will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
De Andrade takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Websphere scores with a nice strike.
A nice inside leg kick there by Websphere. That's going to slow De Andrade down.
Websphere has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Websphere there as he acknowledges the shot.
Websphere punishes De Andrade's body with a nice straight punch.
Websphere drives through and clinches with De Andrade against the cage.
De Andrade works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Websphere.
With the fighters up against the cage, Websphere throws an elbow but misses.
Websphere blocks an uppercut.
Websphere throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Andrade throws a punch but it's blocked by Websphere.
De Andrade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Andrade scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Websphere moves in looking to clinch but De Andrade pushes him off.
De Andrade throws a lazy uppercut
and Websphere counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheers as Websphere lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Andrade doesn't seem phased though.
De Andrade darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
De Andrade connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Andrade missing with a left hand there. Websphere was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Andrade scores with a punch to the head.
Websphere looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
De Andrade throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
De Andrade throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Websphere follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
De Andrade connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Andrade lands a two punch combo.
Websphere has closed the distance and engaged De Andrade in a clinch.
A short right from Websphere on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Websphere.
De Andrade misses with some punches.
De Andrade lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Andrade.
Nice elbow from Websphere.
De Andrade avoiding damage as Websphere throws knees to the body.
Websphere swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Andrade escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Websphere doesn't manage to clinch there - De Andrade circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Websphere checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Andrade throws a poor cross that misses
and Websphere counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice cross by Websphere.
Websphere bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A big right from De Andrade misses.
Websphere slips a jab from De Andrade.
De Andrade throws a head kick that misses
and Websphere counters with a good low kick that De Andrade was not able to check.
De Andrade lands a jab.
Websphere gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Websphere blocking some punches.
Websphere throws an elbow that misses.
Websphere misses with a body punch.
De Andrade tries a body shot but Websphere blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by De Andrade.
De Andrade scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Websphere misses with some punches.
Websphere swings wildly with an uppercut but De Andrade uses good head movement to avoid it.
Websphere lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Andrade.
Websphere scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Websphere lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Andrade backwards.
De Andrade lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Websphere.
De Andrade can't find room to land a body shot as Websphere controls the action.
De Andrade blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Andrade tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Websphere's elbow.
Websphere tries to land a knee to the head but De Andrade blocks with his arms.
De Andrade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Andrade gets through Websphere's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
De Andrade lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Andrade.
A right handed body shot lands from Websphere.
Websphere lands a right hand.
Websphere lands a nice elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Websphere tries a body shot but De Andrade blocks it.
Websphere fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Andrade lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Websphere tries to throw a body punch but De Andrade avoids it by throwing Websphere back against the cage.
De Andrade pushes Websphere back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Websphere lands an uppercut.
De Andrade fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Websphere throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Andrade on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Websphere scores with a hook to the body.
Websphere misses with an elbow strike.
De Andrade struggles to land a body shot inside as Websphere controls his hands.
De Andrade lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Andrade lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Websphere backwards.
Websphere throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Websphere is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. De Andrade is defending well for now.
Websphere misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice elbow from Websphere.
Websphere pushes off an throws an elbow but De Andrade leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
De Andrade has a couple of punches blocked by Websphere.
De Andrade blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Websphere throws a blind hook that connects with the side of De Andrades head.
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 Marcelo Costa De Andrade.
I think De Andrade has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Glass scores the fight 29:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Marcelo Costa De Andrade!
Marcelo Costa De Andrade gave a mention to Urban Fighter in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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