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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Godefroy Courtial (ranked 1541 p4p, 1497 weight class) and Count Dankula (ranked 171 p4p, 164 weight class). Godefroy Courtial had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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World class MT
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Godefroy Courtial!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Count Dankula!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dankula will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Courtial with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dankula drops his hands momentarily and Courtial takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dankula misses with a straight right.
Courtial misses with an uppercut. Dankula saw that one coming.
Dankula throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An inside leg kick lands from Courtial.
Courtial buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Courtial misses with a series of wild punches.
Courtial throws a one two combo.
Courtial has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Deathsquad in the buildup to the fight.
Courtial throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dankula.
Courtial throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Courtial tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dankula was well out of range. Poor timing from Courtial.
A lazy left from Dankula finds it's target.
It looks like Godefroy Courtial has been cut.
Dankula throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Courtial sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dankula steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Courtial. That one must have hurt.
Dankula throws a jab when Courtial was well out of range.
Dankula has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dankula misses the jab.
Nice straight punches there by Dankula. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dankula.
Dankula moves forwards but Courtial connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Courtial.
Dankula is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Courtial.
Courtial drives through and clinches with Dankula against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Courtial.
Courtial fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Courtial lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dankula or not.
Courtial tries to work over Dankula's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Courtial misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dankula tries to break free but Courtial pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Dankula fails to land.
Dankula is trying to break free.
Dankula tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Courtial's elbow.
Courtial's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Courtial is working Dankula over against the cage.
Courtial throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dankulas head.
A nice left hand lands by Dankula.
Dankula swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Courtial has a couple of punches blocked by Dankula.
Courtial has Dankula pressed against the cage, preventing Dankula from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dankula pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Courtial throws a combination. Dankula tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Courtial takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A shot to the liver by Courtial. Beautiful body shot.
Dankula looks to land a right hand but Courtial moved out of range.
Nice defenses there by Courtial.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Courtial cracks Dankula with a right hand to the side of the head.
Courtial moves out of range as Dankula throws a body kick.
Dankula throws a hook but Courtial blocks it.
Dankula takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Courtial misses with an uppercut. Dankula saw that one coming.
Dankula lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Courtial closes the distance and pushes Dankula back into the cage.
Courtial's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice shot by Courtial.
Dankula takes one on the button.
Dankula misses with an uppercut.
Courtial lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Courtial scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial misses with an uppercut. Dankula saw that one coming.
Dankula doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Courtial scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dankula on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Count Dankula seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dankula on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Courtial gets a clinch.
Courtial misses with a hook to the ribs.
Courtial doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Courtial swings wildly with an uppercut but Dankula uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dankula tries to work over Courtial's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Courtial lands a left hand.
Dankula working hard to break the clinch.
Courtial struggles to land a body shot inside as Dankula controls his hands.
Courtial can't find room to land a body shot as Dankula controls the action.
Dankula blocking some punches.
A short right from Dankula.
Dankula breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dankula throws the left hand but Courtial avoids the punch easily.
Courtial is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dankula throws the left hand but Courtial avoids the punch easily.
Dankula scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Courtial doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Courtial throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dankula stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Courtial with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dankula to score with a decent uppercut.
Courtial misses the shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Courtial.
Dankula might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Courtial sizes up Dankula with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Courtial throws a push kick but Dankula slaps the foot to one side.
Courtial connects with a nice looking jab.
Courtial misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Courtial digs a good body shot into Dankula's ribs.
Decent striking displayed by Dankula there.
Courtial misses with a hook to the body
and Dankula counters with a three punch combo that has Courtial backing up. Courtial nods at Dankula to acknowledge the strikes.
Courtial lands with an uppercut that bounces Dankula off the cage and back into range.
Dankula looks to land a right hand but Courtial moved out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Courtial uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dankula.
Dankula misses with an uppercut
and Courtial counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Courtial ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Courtial connects with a single shot there.
Courtial moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Godefroy Courtial dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Godefroy Courtial's cut.
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.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Courtial, as that shot connected.
Some wild striking there from Dankula.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Courtial.
Courtial lands with a good body shot.
Dankula connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Courtial lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Courtial scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dankula throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Courtial lands a glancing blow to the side of Dankula's head.
Courtial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Courtial ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Courtial ducks under a wild hook from Dankula.
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!
Dankula throws a nice looking combination but Courtial bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dankula throws a jab but it's blocked by Courtial.
Courtial throws out a powerful jab.
Courtial scores with a jab to the head.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Dankula takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dankula dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Courtial keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dankula.
Courtial moves out of range of the strikes.
Courtial punishes Dankula's body with a nice straight punch.
Courtial cracks Dankula with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Courtial misses with a body shot.
Courtial staying out of range there.
Courtial is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dankula can do to turn this around?
Dankula throws the left hand but Courtial avoids the punch easily.
Courtial just misses with a punch to the body.
Dankula misses with a double jab
and Courtial counters with an inside leg kick.
Courtial keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dankula jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Courtial connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dankula shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Courtial eats them both and turns towards Dankula to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Dankula has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dankula tries to bum rush Courtial with a series of wild strikes but Courtial uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dankula throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Courtial misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Courtial misses with a hook.
Courtial lands with an uppercut that bounces Dankula off the cage and back into range.
Courtial jabs Dankula to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Courtial lands a slapping body shot.
Dankula throws out a loose jab but Courtial uses good head movement to avoid it.
Courtial checks the leg kick.
Courtial blocks a jab.
Courtial just misses with a punch to the body.
Dankula on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dankula misses with a two punch combination.
Courtial lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Courtial lands a head kick!
Courtial misses with a looping right.
Dankula walks into a stiff left hand from Courtial.
Courtial misses with a wild body shot.
Courtial connects with the punch.
Courtial takes a swing at Dankula's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dankula doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dankula lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Dankula lands a jab-cross combination.
Dankula attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Dankula waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Courtial.
Courtial changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Courtial scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dankula ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Courtial moves away.
Courtial lunges at Dankula with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dankula's hand.
Dankula bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Courtial takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Courtial is rocked!
Godefroy Courtial is winning the standup battle so far.
Dankula lands a nice looking body shot.
Oh Courtial is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Courtial looks up at the clock. Bad move! Dankula lands a right hand from hell, dropping Courtial. Dankula pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Count Dankula!
Our winner, Count Dankula, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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