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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Hicks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costa's entrance music is His Own Highlight Video. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felipe Costa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dwayne Hicks!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hicks scores with a hook to the body. Costa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Costa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hicks swings for the body but Costa moves out of range.
Costa shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hicks is trying to defend but Costa finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Hicks keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Costa is looking to advance position but Hicks won't allow it.
Hicks is looking for a sweep. Costa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Costa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hicks tries to roll over but Costa keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks moves into full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hicks lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Costa!
A nice elbow there by Hicks.
Costa is working to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Hicks connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Costa manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Costa works his way to full guard. Good work.
Costa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Costa is working hard here to advance position.
Hicks passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hicks is trying to control the action in half guard but Costa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hicks is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Costa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hicks.
The fighters are battling for position here. Costa manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hicks lands a couple of elbows.
Hicks working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Costa's head.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Costa is on top in guard.
Costa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hicks is keeping the position for now.
Costa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Costa throws a strike but Hicks rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Costa is trying to keep Hicks in close.
Hicks must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hicks lands a couple of elbows.
Costa has momentary wrist control but Hicks slips an elbow through the middle.
Costa wants to sweep but no luck.
Costa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Costa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hicks manages to get himself to full guard.
Costa tries to free his leg and advance position but Hicks is retaining full guard.
Costa stops Hicks from standing up.
Hicks tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Costa works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Costa throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hicks is controlling Costa's position as best he can from this difficult position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa throwing shots but Hicks is blocking nicely.
Costa wants to advance to full mount but Hicks doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Hicks is pulling down on Costa's head. It's preventing any offense from Costa, at least for the moment.
Costa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hicks swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hicks tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Costa wants to pass the guard but Hicks is keeping the position.
Costa throwing strikes but missing.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hicks takes a swing at Costa's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dwayne Hicks dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hicks throws a right and a left that Costa avoids nicely.
Hicks tries to bum rush Costa with a series of wild strikes but Costa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hicks throws a combination. Costa tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Costa tries to move into range but Hicks moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hicks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Costa looks to throw the jab but Hicks is out of range.
Costa shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Hicks is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Costa's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Costa's back!
Hicks scores with strikes from the back.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Costa manages to reverse the position and now he's in Hicks's guard. Nice work there by Costa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hicks working a defensive guard here.
Hicks can't keep his opponent in guard - Costa advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Costa trying to mount his opponent but Hicks defends it.
Costa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Costa wants to take a breather but Hicks is having none of it.
Costa tries to pass to full mount but Hicks defends it.
Hicks is trying to stand back up but Costa is controlling him
Hicks is looking to improve his position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A left lands for Costa.
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.
Hicks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Costa.
Hicks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costa.
Hicks tries to clinch there but Costa circles away.
Costa slips a jab and a cross from Hicks.
Hicks throws a nice looking combination but Costa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Costa shoots in but no luck this time.
Dwayne Hicks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costa tries to close the distance and clinch but Hicks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Costa tries to clinch but Hicks is having none of it.
Hicks gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Hicks seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa wants to control from the top but Hicks keeps moving.
Hicks trying to keep a closed guard but Costa is proving a slippery customer.
Costa pushes down on Hicks's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Costa is looking to advance position but Hicks won't allow it.
Hicks taking some punishment here, with Costa in his half guard.
Hicks is looking for a sweep. Costa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Costa is trying to control the action in half guard but Hicks is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Costa wants to pass the guard but Hicks is defending well.
Costa wants to take a breather but Hicks is having none of it.
Costa is thwarting Hicks's attempts to control the position.
Costa works his way into side control.
Costa trying to control the position but Hicks is working away.
Costa creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Hicks sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Costa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hicks is fending him off so far but Costa persists. Nope, Hicks circles away and we're back to standing.
Hicks moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felipe Costa dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hicks throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Costa was covering up waiting for the punch and Hicks finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hicks advances to half guard.
Hicks sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Costa defending well though.
Costa is trying to get back to full guard.
Costa trying to control from the bottom.
Costa regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hicks trying to control the position from guard on top but Costa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Costa working a defensive guard here.
Costa 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 throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hicks does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Costa throws a strike but Hicks avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Costa tries to free his leg and advance position but Hicks is retaining full guard.
Hicks not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hicks wants to sweep here but Costa controlling him for the moment.
Costa landing with the ground and pound.
Felipe Costa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Costa looks to clinch
and Hicks counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Costa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hicks manages to avoid it.
Costa sizes up Hicks with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Hicks throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Costa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hicks. Costa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hicks moves forwards but Costa connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hicks connects with a body shot.
Hicks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hicks ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costa moves away.
Hicks throws a hook but Costa blocks it.
Hicks swats away the attempt to clinch by Costa.
Hicks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Costa tries to clinch but Hicks moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Costa counters with a right hand to the body.
Hicks misses with a body punch
and Costa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hicks misses with a few strikes there.
Hicks swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Costa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hicks lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Costa circles away quickly and effectively.
No luck for Costa with that takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Costa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hicks.
Hicks swings for the body but Costa moves out of range.
Hicks throws a left and a right that both miss
and Costa counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Costa.
Costa passes Hicks's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Costa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hicks knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hicks has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Costa is working away from the top position though.
Hicks is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Costa's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Costa's back!
Hicks missing with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Felipe Costa did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Costa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Costa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hicks!
Costa looking to ground and pound but Hicks is blocking nicely.
Costa with the ground and pound from mount.
Hicks tries to hold on but Costa pushes him away.
Costa sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hicks bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Hicks won't allow Costa to sweep him here.
Hicks throwing strikes from guard but Costa blocks nicely.
Costa wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hicks cracks Costa with a solid left hand.
Costa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hicks throwing strikes but missing.
Costa is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hicks scoring with punches to the head and body.
Costa looking for a sweep. Not yet Costa, not yet.
Hicks trying to control but Costa is working from the bottom.
Costa wants to sweep here but Hicks controlling him for the moment.
Hicks with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Costa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hicks misses with a wild combination.
Hicks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Costa counters with a nice uppercut.
Hicks throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hicks takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Costa shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hicks is trying to defend but Costa finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Costa not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hicks moves into full guard.
Costa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa postures up.
Hicks can't keep his opponent in guard - Costa advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hicks keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Costa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Costa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Costa wants to pass to mount but Hicks is defending the position.
Costa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Costa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Hicks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Costa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hicks.
Costa takes a swing at Hicks's ribcage but misses.
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.
Hicks misses with a series of wild punches.
Costa slips a jab from Hicks.
Costa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hicks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Costa tries to clinch but Hicks moves out of range.
Hicks throws a jab when Costa was well out of range.
Costa tries to clinch up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hicks feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Costa manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felipe Costa had his way with Dwayne Hicks in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hicks scores with a hook.
Costa is looking to clinch.
Hicks closes the distance and clinches.
Costa looking to slow down the pace here.
Hicks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Costa is working for takedown but Hicks is calmly controlling the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hicks misses with a short punch on the inside.
Costa takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Costa fails to land.
Hicks is working Costa over against the ropes.
Hicks pushes Costa back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hicks.
Hicks tries a body shot but Costa blocks it.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Hicks lands with a short shot to the head.
Hicks swings wildly with an uppercut but Costa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa goes for a takedown attempt but Hicks pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hicks misses with a combination
letting Costa counter with a right hand.
Hicks lunges at Costa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Costa's hand.
Hicks closes the distance looking to clinch
and Costa counters with a straight right hand.
Costa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hicks.
A jab lands there for Costa.
Dwayne Hicks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dwayne Hicks is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hicks tries to clinch up.
Hicks is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Costa rather than just go for the knockout.
Costa closes the distance and clinches.
Hicks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Hicks misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hicks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Costa goes for a takedown attempt but Hicks pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hicks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costa.
Hicks wants to clinch.
Hicks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Costa was well out of range. Poor timing from Hicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hicks fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Costa on the side of the head.
Hicks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costa manages to avoid it.
Costa rushes Hicks and presses him up against the ropes.
Costa lands with a right to the head.
Costa goes for a takedown attempt but Hicks pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Hicks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Costa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hicks misses with a looping left.
Hicks throws a looping overhand right but Costa ducks down to avoid it.
Hicks takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa slips a jab and a cross from Hicks.
Hicks takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hicks scores with a one two! Costa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hicks misses with a double jab.
Hicks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Costa connects with a right hand. Hicks shakes it off.
Nice sprawl there from Hicks as Costa shoots in.
Hicks throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Costa counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hicks won't be happy with that.
Costa looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hicks takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Felipe Costa showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Costa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 49:46
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 49:46
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Felipe Costa!
Felipe Costa is the new featherweight champion!
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