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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Costa (ranked 474 p4p, 699 weight class) and Serafim Lupei (ranked 67 p4p, 103 weight class). Santiago Costa is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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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 26 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santiago Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Serafim Lupei!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Costa duly obliges.
A looping hook to the body misses from Costa. Lupei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costa just misses with a punch to the body.
Lupei tries to move into range but Costa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Costa tries to clinch up.
Costa thuds his right hand into Lupei's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Costa avoids the body shot from Lupei.
Costa checks the leg kick.
Costa clinches up with Lupei and pushes him back against the cage.
Costa 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.
Good body shot from Lupei.
Costa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Costa misses with a hook
and Lupei counters with a nice leg 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!
Costa lands with a straight right. Lupei didn't see that one coming.
Lupei moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Costa moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice body punch from Lupei.
Nice shot by Lupei.
Lupei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costa slips a straight right by Lupei.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little jabbing left from Lupei on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Santiago Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Despite the aggression on Lupei's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Lupei blocks a jab.
Costa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lupei moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Costa connects with the punch.
Costa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lupei.
Costa takes a swing at Lupei's ribcage but misses.
Costa misses with a hook.
Costa misses with a wild combination.
Costa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lupei.
Costa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lupei.
Costa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lupei.
Costa moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Costa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lupei misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lupei takes the fight into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Lupei.
Lupei lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Costa or not.
Lupei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lupei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costa.
Lupei swings wildly with an uppercut but Costa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costa struggles to land a body shot inside as Lupei controls his hands.
Lupei throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Costas head.
Costa lands a left hand.
Costa scores with a hook to the body.
Lupei working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lupei tries to throw a body punch but Costa avoids it by throwing Lupei back against the cage.
Costa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Costa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Lupei on the inside.
Lupei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Costa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lupei working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lupei lands a nice shot to the body.
Costa is working Lupei over against the cage.
Costa lands a body shot.
Costa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice jab there from Costa.
Lupei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Costa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lupei finds it's way round the side to connect with Costa's head.
Lupei feints and then cracks Costa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Costa down.
Lupei fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Costa, pushing him back against the cage.
Lupei dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Costa fails to land.
Costa breaks from the clinch.
Lupei connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Costa throws a poor cross that misses
and Lupei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costa throws a hook to the side of Lupei's head but Lupei sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Costa tries to clinch
and Lupei counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Costa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Costa misses with an uppercut
and Lupei makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lupei throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Costa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Costa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lupei counters with a good low kick that Costa was not able to check.
Costa looks to score with a jab to the body but Lupei is just out of range.
Costa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lupei.
Costa throws a series of punches but Lupei avoids them all with ease.
Lupei unleashes a big counter combination but Costa bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Costa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lupei connects with a looping right hand.
Costa is rocked!
Lupei connects with a body shot.
Oh Costa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Costa is breathing heavily.
Lupei lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lupei is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Costa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Lupei throws an uppercut from hell that sends Costa clean off his feet! He's out cold! Lupei stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Serafim Lupei!
A relieved looking Serafim Lupei thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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
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