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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Travis Odle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Odle comes to the cage accompanied by Let Go. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Travis Odle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, BJ Costa!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa misses with the combination.
Odle has Costa up against the cage in a clinch.
Costa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Odle content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Odle misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Odle.
It looks like BJ Costa has been cut.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Costa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Odle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Costa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Costa looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Odle with a knee to the head.
Odle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Odle lands an elbow that stopped Costa in his tracks for a moment.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Costa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Odle lands a knee to the head.
Odle lands an elbow just above Costa 's eye.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle effectively controlling the action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Odle obliges.
Odle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Costa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Odle effectively controlling the action here.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Odle lands a damaging elbow.
Odle lands a knee to the body.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle has Costa pressed against the cage, preventing Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Odle scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Odle.
Odle looking to throw knees to the head but Costa is blocking nicely.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Odle has the dominant position.
Costa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Odle has Costa pressed against the cage, preventing Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Odle lands a nice knee to the body.
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Odle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle tries a knee to the head but Costa blocks it.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Costa takes an elbow to the temple.
Odle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Odle scores with a knee to the head.
Odle keeps control of Costa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Odle stalling the fight.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Odle.
Odle misses with a knee strike.
Odle lands a good knee to the midsection. Costa won't want to take too many of those.
Odle misses with a knee to the head.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costa wants to get back to striking at distance but Odle won't allow it.
Odle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Costa's defenses.
Odle lands a damaging elbow.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
Odle has Costa pressed against the cage, preventing Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Odle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Costa avoids it.
Odle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Odle has the dominant position.
Odle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Odle.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but Costa blocks with his arms.
Odle prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
Odle keeps control of Costa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Odle lands a knee to the body.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Odle has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Odle has the dominant position.
Costa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Odle misses with a knee to the head.
Odle creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Odle lands a nice elbow.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Odle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Costa's face.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Odle leaning against his opponent.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
Odle landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Odle lands a knee to the body.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Odle slowing the pace effectively.
Odle throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Odle.
Odle prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Odle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Odle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Costa avoids it.
Costa managing to block the knees to the body from Odle.
Odle is trying to maintain a safe position but Costa gets an underhook and turns Odle into the cage.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Costa takes an elbow to the forehead.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Costa can't break the clinch.
Costa is trying to break free.
Odle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Costa blocks the elbow strike.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Odle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Costa tries to circle away but Odle has him pinned against the cage.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Odle lands an elbow inside that Costa shrugs off.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Odle.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Costa tries to circle away but Odle has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Odle dominated that round.
The cut man is working on BJ Costa's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Costa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jab by Costa.
Odle shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Costa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Odle.
Costa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Odle scores with a leg kick.
Odle buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Odle throws out a loose jab but Costa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costa avoids the head kick by Odle.
Costa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Odle misses with a wild combination.
Costa misses the jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Costa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Odle connects with a looping right hand.
Odle is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costa can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Odle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Odle connects with a nasty looking knee right to Costa's face.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Odle avoiding damage.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Odle lands an elbow inside.
Travis Odle has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nice elbow from Odle.
Costa can't break the clinch.
Odle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Costa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Odle scores with a knee to the head.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle keeps control of Costa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Odle landing knees to the body.
Odle tries a knee to the head but Costa blocks it.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Odle creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Costa's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but Costa blocks with his arms.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
Odle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Costa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Odle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but Costa blocks with his arms.
Odle throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
Odle lands an elbow just above Costa 's eye.
Odle pressing his opponent against the cage.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
Odle prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Odle lands a nice elbow.
Odle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Costa.
Odle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Odle takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Costa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Odle landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Costa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle lands an elbow inside.
Odle lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nice elbow from Odle.
Odle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Costa is defending well for now.
Odle prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
Odle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Costa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Costa wants to get back to striking at distance but Odle won't allow it.
Costa being controlled against the cage.
Odle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Costa has had enough of the clinch but Odle keeps him there for the moment.
Odle with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Odle keeps control of Costa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Odle.
Costa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Odle has Costa pressed against the cage, preventing Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Odle comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Costa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Odle obliges.
Odle landing knees to the head.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but Costa blocks with his arms.
Odle is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Costa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Odle with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Odle lands a knee to the body.
Odle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Travis Odle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on BJ Costa's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Costa throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Odle counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Odle.
Odle tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Odle lands a good knee to the midsection. Costa won't want to take too many of those.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Odle connects with a knee to the head.
Odle lands an elbow inside.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Odle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Costa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Odle pushes off an throws an elbow but Costa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Costa avoiding damage as Odle throws knees to the body.
Costa is looking to break free of the clinch but Odle has double underhooks.
Odle throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Odle throws an elbow but misses.
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa has had enough of the clinch but Odle keeps him there for the moment.
Odle utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Odle tries to land knees in the clinch but Costa avoids the damage to the body.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Odle working Costa over with knees to the body.
Odle scores a nice knee to the body.
Odle tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Costa avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa has had enough of the clinch but Odle keeps him there for the moment.
Costa takes an elbow to the temple.
Odle lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Odle connects with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Costa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Odle misses with a knee to the head.
Odle keeps control of Costa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Odle lands a damaging elbow.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Costa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Odle lands an elbow inside that Costa shrugs off.
Costa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice elbow from Odle.
Odle lands a damaging elbow.
Odle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Odle's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Costa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Costa avoiding damage as Odle throws knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Costa's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Costa tries to break free but Odle pushes him back against the cage.
Costa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Odle has Costa pressed against the cage, preventing Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Costa wants to get back to striking at distance but Odle won't allow it.
Odle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section. Costa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Odle takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Odle lands an elbow just above Costa 's eye.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Odle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Odle misses with a knee strike.
Costa tries to break the clinch but Odle is controlling the position.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Odle crunches a lovely knee into Costa's ribcage.
Costa can't break the clinch.
Odle misses with a knee to the head.
Odle lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Costa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle lands an elbow just above Costa 's eye.
Odle lands an elbow inside that Costa shrugs off.
Costa is trying to break free.
Odle lands a damaging elbow.
Odle tries to land knees in the clinch but Costa avoids the damage to the body.
Odle using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Costa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Odle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Costa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Odle obliges.
Travis Odle is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Costa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Odle tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Costa is trying to force a seperation but Odle has the dominant position.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Odle unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Odle lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Odle tries to land knees in the clinch but Costa avoids the damage to the body.
Odle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Costa's efforts to push away.
Costa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odle has him pressed against the cage.
Odle is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Costa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Costa wants to break free but Odle has control.
Costa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Odle throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
Odle prevents Costa from breaking the clinch.
Odle with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Costa tries to circle away but Odle has him pinned against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Costa working hard to break the clinch.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costa wants to get back to striking at distance but Odle won't allow it.
BJ Costa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knees to the body from Odle.
Odle slows down the pace here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Travis Odle showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Odle has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Travis Odle!
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