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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kyoto Costa (ranked 3720 p4p, 3483 weight class) and Alex Poatan (ranked 394 p4p, 380 weight class). Poatan has chosen The rock Hollywood theme as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kyoto Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex Poatan!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poatan moves into the clinch successfully.
Costa has Poatan pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Costa.
Costa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Poatan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Costa is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Poatan is defending well.
Poatan is trying to break the clinch but Costa is controlling him.
Poatan misses with a punch on the inside.
Costa leaning against his opponent.
Costa stalling the fight.
Costa is leaning against Poatan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Costa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poatan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Costa - that landed with a thud.
Poatan 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.
Costa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Costa scores with a nice short uppercut.
It looks like Alex Poatan has been cut.
Poatan takes a shot to the head.
Poatan landing knees to the body.
Poatan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costa's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costa.
Costa digs a right hand into Poatan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Poatan's gas tank.
Costa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costa is trying to break free.
Costa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Costa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Costa is working Poatan over against the cage.
Poatan misses with a punch on the inside.
Costa prevents a body shot from Poatan.
Costa manages to break the clinch.
Costa misses with a hook. Poatan ducked under it nicely.
Nice shot by Costa.
Kyoto Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costa missing with a left hand there. Poatan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alex Poatan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Costa wants to slow Poatan down by chopping away at his legs.
Costa lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Poatan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Costa.
Poatan moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa lands a nice shot to the body.
Costa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Poatan backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poatan misses with some punches.
Poatan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Poatan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Costa is struggling to control the position.
Costa lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Costa takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Poatan throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Poatan wants to get back to his feet.
Poatan taking some punishment here, with Costa in his half guard.
Poatan wants to get back to his feet.
Costa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Poatan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Poatan wants to get back to his feet.
Poatan is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa working the head and body with strikes.
Costa takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Costa stops Poatan from getting back to his feet.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Costa in particular looking to stall.
Poatan is looking to improve his position.
Costa is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nice strikes from Costa there.
Costa is taking a breather. Poatan says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Costa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Costa looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Poatan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poatan is trying to stand back up but Costa is controlling him
Costa controlling the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyoto Costa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Poatan's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Costa gets the takedown into side control.
Costa taking a breather here.
Costa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Poatan can do to turn this around?
Poatan takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Costa scores with a couple of short elbows.
You can see the frustration on Poatan's face as Costa controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costa has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Costa's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Kyoto Costa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Poatan struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa lands an elbow.
Poatan tries to buck Costa off but Costa is having none of it.
Costa cracks Poatan with a big right hand but Poatan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Poatan is pushing Costa's head away, looking to escape. Costa manages to hold on to the position though.
Costa is working Poatan over with some ground and pound from side control.
Costa is staying tight to Poatan's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Poatan tries to escape but Costa is in control.
Poatan is trying to get back to half guard.
Costa happy to just control the position for now.
Costa lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa controls the position.
Poatan is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Costa has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Costa controls the position.
Costa in side control lands a decent elbow.
Costa controlling the position.
Poatan is trying to improve his position.
Costa is staying tight to Poatan's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poatan tries to escape but Costa is in control.
Poatan is trying to control Costa's posture but Costa avoids it.
Poatan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A lull in the action here.
Poatan is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Costa has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Costa is staying tight to Poatan's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Costa working the ground and pound from side control.
Costa blocks the strikes from Poatan.
Costa is staying tight to Poatan's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Poatan wants to control but Costa postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Costa lands some shots froms side control.
The referee asks Costa politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Costa prefers to stall for the moment though.
Poatan is trying to get back to his feet.
Poatan trying to remain calm as Costa controls from the top position.
Costa in side control lands a decent elbow.
Costa landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Poatan keeps Costa under control for a moment.
Costa takes a little break here. Poatan wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Poatan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Costa working the body and head with strikes.
Poatan wants to get back to his feet but Costa drags him back down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kyoto Costa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Poatan's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Poatan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A low kick from Poatan is predictable there
and Costa counters with a straight right hand.
Costa throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Poatan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Costa cracks Poatan with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Costa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Poatan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Costa misses with a hook.
Costa swats away the attempt to clinch by Poatan.
Poatan misses with a double jab.
Costa lands with an uppercut that bounces Poatan off the cage and back into range.
Kyoto Costa is winning the standup battle so far.
Costa scores with a jab to the head.
Costa throws a body punch but Poatan moves out of range.
Costa throws an off balance right hand
and Poatan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poatan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Costa scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Poatan tries to kick Costa off but Costa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa stalling.
Costa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Costa content to control rather than advance.
Poatan tries to kick Costa off but Costa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Poatan taking some punishment here, with Costa in his half guard.
Costa slows the pace down in half guard.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Costa.
Costa seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Poatan for as long as he can get away with.
That's two 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.
Poatan regains full guard. Nicely done.
Costa seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Poatan wants to stand up but Costa is controlling him.
Costa engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Costa lands a couple of elbows.
Poatan being controlled here, momentarily.
Poatan wants to stand up but Costa is controlling him.
Costa is stalling in the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poatan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Costa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Costa misses with a two punch combination.
Poatan throws out a counter right but Costa avoids it with no problem.
Costa tried to score with a low kick but Poatan checks it.
Poatan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Poatan gets caught napping as Costa dives in and scores a takedown. Poatan manages to retain guard.
Costa is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Poatan controls Costa momentarily but Costa frees himself.
Poatan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Costa controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Poatan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Costa is looking to improve his position.
Poatan is keen to just control but Costa is a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Costa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Alex Poatan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Costa gets back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kyoto Costa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Costa 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyoto Costa!
The defeated Alex Poatan had this to say: 'It is what it is'.
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