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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Razor De Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Blanchard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Costa comes to the cage accompanied by Synphony of Destruction by Megadeth. Blanchard has chosen "Bull's on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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270 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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275 lbs
7 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Razor De Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adrian Blanchard!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanchard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
De Costa circles away from the clinch attempt.
De Costa lands a left and a right that sends Blanchard crashing to the canvas! De Costa dives into mount looking to finish!
It looks like Adrian Blanchard has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Costa working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
De Costa is working for a guillotine from mount but Blanchard frees his head quite easily.
Blanchard in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Costa wants to control the pace but Blanchard is squirming around nicely.
Blanchard wants to hold on but De Costa pushes him away.
De Costa has hold of Blanchard's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Blanchard manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, De Costa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Blanchard tries to hold on but De Costa postures up.
You get the feeling that Blanchard really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanchard is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Costa can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Blanchard is looking to escape.
De Costa is working for a guillotine from mount but Blanchard frees his head quite easily.
De Costa working for a guillotine from mount but Blanchard is in no mood to give up.
Blanchard tries to reverse the position but De Costa maintains control.
Blanchard is bucking up trying to escape but De Costa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Blanchard is in all sorts of trouble here.
Blanchard looks gassed!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, De Costa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
De Costa looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Costa looking to control but Blanchard is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Blanchard is trying to escape the mount.
De Costa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
De Costa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Blanchard really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
De Costa lands a big elbow.
De Costa working for a submission but Blanchard is keeping him at bay.
Blanchard is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
De Costa is working for a guillotine from mount but Blanchard frees his head quite easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Costa looking to secure an arm triangle but Blanchard defends it well.
Blanchard is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
De Costa with good strikes from the mount here!
De Costa wants to control the pace but Blanchard is squirming around nicely.
De Costa is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Blanchard has managed to escape the submission attempt.
De Costa thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Blanchard is desperately trying to improve his position but De Costa has a good base and remains in mount.
De Costa quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for De Costa but it's paid off an Blanchard is forced to tap! Nice work by De Costa.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Razor De Costa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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