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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maximo Costa (ranked 4881 p4p, 5363 weight class) and Johnny Morison (ranked 510 p4p, 537 weight class). The key to victory for Maximo Costa has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maximo Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Morison !
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Costa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa dodges an elbow strike from Morison .
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Costa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morison was well out of range. Poor timing from Costa.
Costa sets himself, and Morison steps forward looking for the clinch! Costa avoids it this time.
Costa scores with a body shot.
Costa scores with a decent looking hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Costa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morison looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morison plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Costa closes the distance and clinches.
Morison keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
Morison breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morison moves into the clinch.
Morison stops a takedown attempt from Costa.
I was talking to Costa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Costa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morison fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Morison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Costa cracks Morison with an open hand slap.
Good standup being displayed there by Costa as he connects with a hook.
Morison looks to land a combination but Costa avoids it well.
Costa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morison .
Costa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Costa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Morison momentarily.
Costa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morison tries to move into range but Costa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch lands to the side of Morison 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Donk. Costa catches Morison right on the button with a cross.
Morison is rocked!
Costa is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Costa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Costa lands a right hook to the body.
Costa misses with a wild body shot.
Costa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morison circles away quickly and effectively.
Morison replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Costa blocks it well.
Costa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Costa is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Costa stuffs the takedown.
Maximo Costa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Morison .
Morison takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Morison takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Maximo Costa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Costa jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Costa lands with a hook. Morison tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Morison is still on wobbly legs! Can Costa finish him?
Costa just misses with a punch to the body.
Morison seems to have recovered his senses.
Costa moves into range and clinches up with Morison .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morison has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Costa uses from the top position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Costa wants to control from the top but Morison keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Costa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morison can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Costa controls the pace.
Costa throws a big elbow that misses.
Costa got a little sloppy there for a moment and Morison has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Costa has managed to get both his arms back between Morison 's legs - danger averted.
Costa trying to control but Morison is working from the bottom.
Costa chips away with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa lands a couple of elbows.
Costa not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Costa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Costa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Costa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Costa won't allow Morison to sweep him here.
Costa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morison is trying to keep Costa in close.
Costa will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Costa scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Costa's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Costa postures up in Morison 's guard and throws a big left but Morison blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maximo Costa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Morison tries for a takedown but Costa circles away easily
enabling Costa to counter with a crisp jab.
Costa scores with a decent looking hook.
Costa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Morison has his takedown stuffed
and Costa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Costa throws out a powerful jab.
Maximo Costa is winning the standup battle so far.
Morison shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Morison drops his hands momentarily. Costa doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Morison staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Morison doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Maximo Costa!
Maximo Costa bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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hype
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