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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Fuller (ranked 3556 p4p, 5826 weight class) and DJ Costune (ranked 426 p4p, 583 weight class). Costune has chosen God Save The Queen as his entrance music. John Fuller has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Powerful takedowns
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Fuller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, DJ Costune!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fuller misses with a straight right.
Costune throws a body punch but Fuller moves out of range.
Fuller connects with a good right hand that stumbles Costune. Costune circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Costune slips a jab from Fuller.
Fuller is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
We've been informed that Costune has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Costune does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fuller pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Costune throws a right and a left that Fuller avoids nicely.
Fuller dips to his left and cracks Costune with an uppercut!
Costune moves out of range as Fuller throws a body kick.
Costune displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fuller throws out the jab.
As Fuller backs off Costune throws a huge counter combo but Fuller manages to avoid it all.
Costune moves out of range as Fuller strikes.
Costune misses with a leg kick
and Costune takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fuller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costune.
Fuller turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Fuller throws a shot from downtown. Costune moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice jab there from Fuller.
Costune ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fuller throws a looping overhand right but Costune ducks down to avoid it.
Costune throws a front kick aimed at Fuller's knee but Fuller avoids it well.
Fuller throwing a counter right hand but Costune manages to avoid it.
Costune misses with a two punch combination.
Fuller swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuller misses with a hook.
Costune throws a counter combo.
Costune takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Costune throws a series of punches but Fuller avoids them all with ease.
John Fuller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick from Fuller misses.
Costune rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fuller moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fuller dodges the punch combination from Costune.
Fuller missing with a left hand there. Costune was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A countering left hand to the body from Costune misses.
Fuller throws a hook to the side of Costune's head but Costune sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Despite the aggression on Costune's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Costune throws a right hand that Fuller ducks under and follows up with a left that Fuller also avoids with ease.
Costune uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fuller.
Fuller tries to land a leg kick but Costune saw it coming and moves away.
Costune misses with a wild combination.
Costune avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Costune throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costune throws a series of punches but Fuller avoids them all with ease.
Costune throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Costune throws a low kick but Fuller moves out of range easily.
Costune stuffs the takedown.
Costune lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fuller tries to close the distance and clinch up but Costune swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fuller throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Costune lands a nice shot that snaps Fuller's head back.
Fuller misses with a kick to the body.
Costune throws a chopping leg kick but Fuller manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fuller dodges the punch combination from Costune.
Costune avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fuller scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That kick from Costune tenderised Fuller's leg. Fuller is trying to keep his angry face on.
Costune throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fuller throws a hook but Costune blocks it.
Costune throws a series of punches but Fuller avoids them all with ease.
Fuller appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Costune moves away from the strike by Fuller.
Fuller scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Costune will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fuller scores with a hook.
A big left from Costune misses.
Fuller drops down looking for a counter takedown but Costune sprawls and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costune tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Costune.
Costune throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fuller.
Costune throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fuller.
Costune fails to land with a series of punches.
Costune wants to land a leg kick but Fuller is out of range.
Costune ducks under a wild hook from Fuller.
Costune slips under a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Fuller. That snapped Costune's head back.
Costune bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fuller looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Costune falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fuller cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Costune scores with a three punch combo!
Fuller is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costune.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuller misses with an uppercut. Costune saw that one coming.
Costune throws a right and a left that Fuller avoids nicely.
Costune stalks Fuller and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fuller's face. Fuller staggers backwards, shaken.
Costune misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Costune does no damage.
Costune misses with a double jab.
Costune will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fuller tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Costune, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A shot to the liver by Fuller. Beautiful body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Costune. Those never looked like landing.
Costune throws a body punch but Fuller moves out of range.
Fuller bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Costune's head backwards.
Costune swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Fuller misses with a body shot.
Costune misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes from Costune. Those never looked like landing.
DJ Costune is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fuller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Costune is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Costune throws a right hand that Fuller ducks under and follows up with a left that Fuller also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Costune.
Fuller thinks about countering with a head kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but DJ Costune will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A combination from Costune does no damage.
Fuller scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Costune takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Fuller creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Costune sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Costune gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Fuller unloading with bombs!
Fuller landing strikes from the mount and Costune is in trouble!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fuller controlling from mount.
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!
Fuller dominating with strikes here.
Fuller putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Costune is rocked!
A big strike lands for Fuller! That's really hurt Costune and he's turned his back - Fuller keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Fuller jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Fuller!
A very excited looking John Fuller rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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