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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jana Iii Sobieskiego (ranked 634 p4p, 1307 weight class) and Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau (ranked 91 p4p, 177 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Jana Iii Sobieskiego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobieskiego tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Costeau scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costeau stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sobieskiego throws a shot from downtown. Costeau moves away and avoids it.
Costeau gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Costeau tries a body shot but Sobieskiego blocks it.
Nice body punch from Sobieskiego.
Costeau lands a right hand.
Sobieskiego misses with a shot to the kidneys.
I was talking to Sobieskiego's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Costeau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Costeau misses with a punch on the inside.
Costeau can't find room to land a body shot as Sobieskiego controls the action.
Sobieskiego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sobieskiego lands a hook to the side of the head.
Costeau lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sobieskiego misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costeau works on Sobieskiego's body with a couple of short punches.
Sobieskiego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sobieskiego works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sobieskiego working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sobieskiego misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costeau blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costeau.
Costeau scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sobieskiego is leaning against Costeau and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Costeau misses with the head strike.
Sobieskiego can't find room to land a body shot as Costeau controls the action.
Sobieskiego swings wildly with an uppercut but Costeau uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Costeau.
A head punch on the inside from Sobieskiego fails to land.
Costeau blocking some punches.
Sobieskiego throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Sobieskiego scores with a nice short uppercut.
Costeau misses with a body punch.
Costeau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sobieskiego working aggressively here.
Sobieskiego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sobieskiego throws a punch but it's blocked by Costeau.
Costeau's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sobieskiego throws a punch but it's blocked by Costeau.
Costeau scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sobieskiego scores with a shoulder strike.
Costeau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sobieskiego stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sobieskiego working aggressively here.
Costeau takes a shot to the head.
Sobieskiego misses with some punches.
Sobieskiego letting Costeau take a breather here.
Sobieskiego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Costeau.
Costeau tries to throw a body punch but Sobieskiego avoids it by throwing Costeau back against the cage.
Sobieskiego throws a head punch that misses.
Costeau lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sobieskiego.
Sobieskiego throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Sobieskiego fails to land.
Costeau digs a right hand underneath Sobieskiego's ribcage. Sobieskiego let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sobieskiego blocks a body shot from Costeau.
Sobieskiego has a couple of punches blocked by Costeau.
Costeau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sobieskiego throws a punch but it's blocked by Costeau.
Costeau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobieskiego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Costeau misses with a body punch.
A short left from Sobieskiego.
Sobieskiego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sobieskiego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Costeau backwards.
Sobieskiego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costeau is leaning against Sobieskiego and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short body shot lands from Costeau as the two fighters clinch.
Sobieskiego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costeau presses Sobieskiego against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sobieskiego is breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from Costeau.
Costeau digs a right hand into Sobieskiego's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sobieskiego's gas tank.
Costeau misses with some punches.
Sobieskiego tries to work over Costeau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Costeau.
Costeau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costeau blocks an uppercut.
Sobieskiego throws a punch but it's blocked by Costeau.
Costeau lands a body punch in the clinch.
Costeau tries a body shot but Sobieskiego blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costeau lands a hook that snaps the head of Sobieskiego backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costeau misses with a body punch.
Costeau misses with the head strike.
Sobieskiego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Costeau backwards.
Costeau has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sobieskiego seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Costeau can turn it around.
Costeau misses with a punch to the body.
Costeau lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Costeau lands a body shot.
Costeau lands with a short shot to the head.
Sobieskiego is leaning against Costeau and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sobieskiego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sobieskiego lands an uppercut.
Costeau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Costeau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sobieskiego has a couple of punches blocked by Costeau.
Costeau has a couple of punches blocked by Sobieskiego.
Costeau prevents a body shot from Sobieskiego.
Costeau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costeau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sobieskiego doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costeau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sobieskiego lands with a short shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jana Iii Sobieskiego will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Costeau throws a good cross that connects.
Costeau scores with a hook to the body. Sobieskiego takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Costeau misses with a wild combination.
Costeau lands a two punch combo.
Costeau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Costeau just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSobieskiego.
Jab by Costeau.
Costeau fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sobieskiego, pushing him back against the cage.
Jana Iii Sobieskiego has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Costeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sobieskiego working aggressively here.
A short right from Costeau.
Sobieskiego tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sobieskiego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sobieskiego has a couple of punches blocked by Costeau.
Sobieskiego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sobieskiego blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costeau blocks an uppercut.
Costeau blocking some punches.
Costeau misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Sobieskiego fails to land.
Sobieskiego prevents a body shot from Costeau.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costeau.
Sobieskiego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Costeau lands a body shot.
Sobieskiego misses with a punch to the body.
Costeau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Costeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Sobieskiego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sobieskiego misses with the head strike.
Sobieskiego scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Costeau presses Sobieskiego against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A hook to the body from Costeau.
Costeau scores with a hook to the body.
Sobieskiego lands a shoulder strike.
Sobieskiego tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Costeau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Costeau digs a right hand underneath Sobieskiego's ribcage. Sobieskiego let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costeau lands a hook that snaps the head of Sobieskiego backwards.
Costeau lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sobieskiego backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costeau looking to slow down the pace here.
Costeau lands an uppercut.
Costeau blocking some punches.
Costeau tries a body shot but Sobieskiego blocks it.
Costeau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Costeau.
Costeau lands with a short shot to the head.
The referee calls for Costeau to work.
A short uppercut from Costeau.
A nice left hand lands by Costeau.
Sobieskiego prevents a body shot from Costeau.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sobieskiego.
Costeau gets through Sobieskiego's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Costeau lands a nice shot to the body.
Costeau lands a shot to the body.
Costeau lands a shoulder strike.
Costeau tries a body shot but Sobieskiego blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costeau lands with a light punch inside.
Costeau lands with a short shot to the head.
Costeau lands a body punch.
Costeau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sobieskiego misses with the head strike.
Costeau working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Costeau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Costeau has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Costeau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sobieskiego's elbow.
Sobieskiego swings wildly with an uppercut but Costeau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Costeau cracks Sobieskiego with a nice body shot.
Costeau works on Sobieskiego's body with a couple of short punches.
Costeau scores with a shoulder strike.
Costeau works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Costeau struggles to land a body shot inside as Sobieskiego controls his hands.
Costeau lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Costeau.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sobieskiego tries a body shot but Costeau blocks it.
Sobieskiego blocks a body shot from Costeau.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobieskiego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Costeau scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sobieskiego misses with a punch to the body.
Costeau misses with a body punch.
Costeau working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sobieskiego misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Costeau.
Costeau cracks Sobieskiego with a nice body shot.
Costeau tries to work over Sobieskiego's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costeau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Costeau.
Costeau throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sobieskiegos head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Costeau.
Costeau misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sobieskiego tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costeau has Sobieskiego pushed against the cage.
Costeau can't find room to land a body shot as Sobieskiego controls the action.
Sobieskiego misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sobieskiego blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Costeau just misses with a punch to the body.
Sobieskiego tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sobieskiego closes the distance and clinches.
Costeau misses with some punches.
Costeau lands a left hand.
Costeau working aggressively here.
Sobieskiego blocks a body shot from Costeau.
Sobieskiego misses with some punches.
Costeau blocks an uppercut.
Costeau lands a right hand.
Costeau struggles to land a body shot inside as Sobieskiego controls his hands.
Costeau gets through Sobieskiego's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sobieskiego lands a left hand that snaps the head of Costeau backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costeau is working Sobieskiego over against the cage.
Costeau pushes Sobieskiego back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sobieskiego blocks an uppercut.
Sobieskiego can't find room to land a body shot as Costeau controls the action.
Costeau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costeau pushes Sobieskiego back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sobieskiego prevents a body shot from Costeau.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costeau blocks a body shot from Sobieskiego.
Costeau gets through Sobieskiego's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Costeau struggles to land a body shot inside as Sobieskiego controls his hands.
Costeau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costeau lands a left hand.
A short left from Costeau.
Sobieskiego has a couple of punches blocked by Costeau.
Costeau misses with some punches.
Costeau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sobieskiego swings wildly with an uppercut but Costeau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costeau takes a shot to the head.
Costeau gets through Sobieskiego's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Costeau makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sobieskiego tries to throw a body punch but Costeau avoids it by throwing Sobieskiego back against the cage.
Costeau lands with a light punch inside.
Sobieskiego misses with the head strike.
Costeau swings wildly with an uppercut but Sobieskiego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sobieskiego throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costeau throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sobieskiegos head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Costeau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sobieskiego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sobieskiego misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Costeau on the inside.
Costeau lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Costeau working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sobieskiego working aggressively here.
Sobieskiego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Costeau.
Sobieskiego is rocked!
Costeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oh Sobieskiego is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Costeau is looking to control Sobieskiego's arms but Sobieskiego gets an underhook and turns him. Now Costeau has his back to the cage.
Costeau tries a body shot but Sobieskiego blocks it.
Sobieskiego blocks an uppercut.
Sobieskiego seems to have got his legs back now.
A right handed body shot lands from Costeau.
Sobieskiego letting Costeau take a breather here.
Sobieskiego works on Costeau's body with a couple of short punches.
Sobieskiego misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costeau blocking some punches.
Sobieskiego misses with a body punch.
Costeau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Costeau tries to work over Sobieskiego's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Costeau blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Costeau - that landed with a thud.
Costeau blocking some punches.
Costeau wants to stall.
Costeau blocks an uppercut.
Costeau leaning against his opponent.
Sobieskiego working aggressively here.
Sobieskiego misses with a body punch.
Costeau lands a hook that snaps the head of Sobieskiego backwards.
Sobieskiego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sobieskiego blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sobieskiego prevents a body shot from Costeau.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobieskiego lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Costeau backwards.
Costeau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Costeau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sobieskiego takes a shot to the head.
Costeau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sobieskiego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Costeau creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Costeau lands a right hand.
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 hand to the side of the head by Costeau.
Costeau lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sobieskiego backwards.
Sobieskiego has a couple of punches blocked by Costeau.
Costeau is struggling to control the position.
Costeau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sobieskiego's elbow.
Costeau lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Costeau lands with a right to the head.
Costeau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sobieskiego fails to land.
Sobieskiego blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Costeau has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau!
An out of breath Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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