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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Lee (ranked 505 p4p, 574 weight class) and Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau (ranked 68 p4p, 77 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jimmy Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lee looks to land a right hand but Costeau moved out of range.
A head kick misses from Lee.
Lee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Costeau tries a head kick but it misses.
The fighters circling - Costeau throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Costeau ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Lee takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Costeau.
Costeau slips under a jab.
Lee looks to throw the jab but Costeau is out of range.
Lee takes a swing at Costeau's ribcage but misses.
Costeau misses with an uppercut. Lee saw that one coming.
Lee swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Costeau misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee misses the jab.
Costeau bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lee takes a swing at Costeau's ribcage but misses.
Lee has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Casa Steel in the buildup to the fight.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Costeau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Costeau connects with a looping right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee blocks the body kick.
Costeau blocks a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lee.
Lee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some bone on bone action there as Lee checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Costeau lands a lovely overhand right.
Costeau throws a shot from downtown. Lee moves away and avoids it.
Costeau darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lee moves in looking to clinch but Costeau pushes him off.
Lee lands with a nice body punch.
Lee throws the kick towards the body but Costeau avoids it.
Costeau slips under a jab.
Lee fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Costeau is out of range.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Costeau.
Costeau lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lee misses with a double jab.
A nice side step and Costeau releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Costeau misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Costeau throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Costeau.
Costeau lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Costeau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costeau tries to move into range but Lee moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lee connects with a solid leg kick.
Lee walks into a left hand.
Lee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Lee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costeau.
Costeau throws a leg kick which misses Lee's front leg but catches the back leg as Lee tries to avoid it.
Lee misses the jab.
Costeau lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lee's sensitive parts.
Costeau throws a big shot that misses.
Costeau misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Costeau ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Lee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Costeau has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Costeau.
Lee throws a right hand that misses
and Costeau makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lee swings for the body but Costeau moves out of range.
It seemed like Costeau was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Costeau's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lee connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Costeau scrambles back to his feet.
Costeau scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lee in his tracks.
Lee checks a leg kick.
Costeau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Costeau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Costeau scores with a nice head shot.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Costeau.
Lee lands with a nice body punch.
Costeau tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Costeau.
A bone on bone clash there as Costeau blocks the leg kick.
Costeau connects with a solid leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costeau lunges at Lee with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lee's hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee feints and then cracks Costeau's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Costeau down.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Costeau.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lee.
Lee moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Costeau misses the shot to the body.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costeau.
Costeau misses with a wild body shot.
Lee is looking to counter the offense by Costeau and move into the clinch.
Costeau moves away from the strike by Lee.
Costeau lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lee lands with a hook. Costeau tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costeau defending well as Lee loads up on a big left hand.
Lee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Costeau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lee.
Costeau lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Costeau tests Lee's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Costeau takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Costeau listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Costeau slips the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Costeau misses the target.
Costeau on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lee. Lee obviously looking to wear him down.
Costeau cracks Lee with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Costeau wants to land a leg kick but Lee is out of range.
Lee tries to counter by clinching up but Costeau breaks away and moves out of range.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
Lee catches Costeau with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lee throws the left hand but Costeau avoids the punch easily.
Lee swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee lands with a straight right. Costeau didn't see that one coming.
Nice defenses there by Costeau.
Lee throws an overhand right that lands on Costeau's shoulder, as Costeau tries to avoid the shot.
Lee lands with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costeau misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fighters circling - Costeau throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Costeau steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Costeau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab from Lee misses.
Costeau on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lee. Lee obviously looking to wear him down.
Lee tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lee connects with a body shot.
Lee lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Costeau throws a half hearted mid kick.
Costeau lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lee needs to keep his hands up - Costeau had a free shot at his head there.
Costeau misses with a wild body shot.
Costeau looks to throw the jab but Lee is out of range.
Lee finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Costeau. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Costeau.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costeau throws a leg kick but Lee checks it.
Costeau on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Costeau's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Costeau works Lee's body with a nice hook.
Costeau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Costeau misses with an uppercut.
Costeau moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Costeau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Costeau avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lee blocks a head kick by Costeau.
Costeau takes one on the button.
An inside leg kick from Lee misses.
Costeau misses with an uppercut.
Costeau throws a sloppy head kick and Lee moves out of range easily.
Lee is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Costeau.
A big right from Costeau misses.
Costeau missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Costeau chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lee can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee checks the leg kick nicely there.
Lee fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Costeau scores with a nice strike.
Costeau avoids the body shot from Lee.
Lee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Costeau moves out of range of the body kick.
Costeau appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lee lands a leg kick that knocks Costeau off balance momentarily.
Lee moves forwards but Costeau connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lee misses with a looping right.
Costeau misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lee throws a body shot but no joy.
Lee misses the jab.
Costeau lands a nice shot to the body.
Costeau throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lee appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Costeau slips the punch.
Costeau looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costeau dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Lee swings widly with a right hand
and Costeau counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costeau.
Costeau flicks out a counter leg kick but Lee steps away.
Lee throws a jab but it's blocked by Costeau.
Costeau throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Costeau fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lee checks it well.
Lee throws a leg kick but Costeau sees it coming and moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Costeau throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Costeau walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A good leg kick by Lee.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costeau swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lee.
Costeau goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Costeau tries a head kick but it misses.
Lee misses with a straight left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Costeau scores with a jab.
Costeau connects with the punch.
Lee punishes Costeau's body with a nice straight punch.
Lee looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lee looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A countering left hand to the body from Costeau misses.
Lee tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Costeau was well out of range. Poor timing from Lee.
Costeau misses with a wild body shot.
Lee misses with a hook to the body
letting Costeau counter with a right hand.
Costeau slips a straight right by Lee.
Lee throws the left hand but Costeau avoids the punch easily.
Costeau lands with a thumping leg kick.
Costeau avoids the head kick by Lee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costeau throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costeau ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Costeau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Costeau swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Costeau misses with a looping right.
Costeau looks for the body kick but Lee saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costeau keeps the fight on the outside.
Costeau throws a sloppy head kick and Lee moves out of range easily.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Costeau throws out the jab.
A quick step to the side and Lee tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costeau blocks a jab.
Costeau with a nice calf kick.
Lee throws a hook but Costeau avoids it easily.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costeau.
Lee just misses with a punch to the body.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
Lee misses with a head kick.
Costeau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lee.
Costeau ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lee moves away.
Costeau misses with a body shot.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Costeau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lee avoids the body shot from Costeau.
Lee is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Costeau.
Jimmy Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lee.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A big left from Lee misses.
Costeau missing with a left hand there. Lee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Costeau.
Lee throwing a counter right hand but Costeau manages to avoid it.
Lee takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Costeau throws a body shot but no joy.
Lee slips under a jab.
Costeau with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lee throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Costeau listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lee throws a head kick but Costeau moves out of range.
Costeau throws a right hand that misses
and Lee counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costeau.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Costeau misses.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costeau scores with a decent looking hook.
Lee shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Costeau moves out of range of the leg kick from Lee.
Lee on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Costeau lands with a kick to the temple. Lee shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Costeau misses with a body shot.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Costeau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lee throws a low kick but it's checked well by Costeau.
Lee lands with a straight right. Costeau didn't see that one coming.
Costeau scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Costeau dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lee connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lee looks to throw a body kick
and Costeau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Costeau with a nice calf kick.
A low kick lands for Costeau.
Costeau moves into range and connects with a jab.
A shot to the body from Lee misses
and Costeau counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice jab there from Costeau.
Costeau ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Costeau connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Lee throws the kick towards the body but Costeau avoids it.
Costeau sizes up Lee with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Lee might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Costeau uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lee has time to react.
Nice defenses there by Costeau.
Lee forces Costeau back against the cage and clinches.
Lee pushes Costeau back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Costeau winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau!
Our winner, Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau, 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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