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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Da Costa (ranked 2111 p4p, 1567 weight class) and Horgen Stein (ranked 250 p4p, 175 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tiago Da Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Horgen Stein!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stein connects with a nice looking jab.
It looks like Tiago Da Costa has been cut.
Stein jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stein keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Stein misses with a straight right.
Stein rushes Da Costa and presses him up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Stein working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stein landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stein throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Da Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Stein scores with a knee to the head.
Tiago Da Costa's cut is getting worse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stein holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Stein stalling against the cage.
Stein is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Da Costa has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Stein after a bit of a struggle.
Da Costa wants to take the fight to the mat but Stein manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiago Da Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stein connects with a nasty looking knee right to Da Costa's face.
Da Costa is trying to pull guard but Stein turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Stein drops Da Costa with a big knee straight up the middle! Da Costa is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Da Costa is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stein cracks Da Costa with a hook to the temple - Da Costa is on wobbly legs here! Stein swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Da Costa falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Stein wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Horgen Stein!
In his post fight interview, Horgen Stein started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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