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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Costinha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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130 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bryan Franklin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leo Costinha!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Costinha misses its intended target.
Costinha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Leo Costinha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costinha shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Costinha goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Franklin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Costinha fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costinha lands with a kick to the temple. Franklin shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Costinha is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costinha moves in looking to clinch but Franklin pushes him off.
Bryan Franklin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Costinha fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Franklin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Franklin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Costinha fails with an attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Costinha.
Franklin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Costinha.
Costinha tries to clinch up but Franklin circles away and keeps his distance.
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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Costinha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A low kick from Franklin misses
and Costinha counters with a body kick that stops Franklin in his tracks momentarily.
Costinha wants to clinch up but Franklin keeps it at a distance.
Some bone on bone action there as Franklin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Costinha scores with a jab to the body.
Costinha wants to clinch.
Costinha fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Costinha misses the target.
Franklin swats away the attempt to clinch by Costinha.
Franklin keeps the fight on the outside.
Costinha doesn't manage to clinch there - Franklin circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Costinha tries to clinch there but Franklin circles away.
Costinha tries to clinch but Franklin is having none of it.
Costinha tries to clinch up but Franklin circles away and keeps his distance.
Franklin throws a leg kick
and Costinha counters with a left and a right that stings Franklin.
Franklin throws a lazy head kick
and Costinha counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Costinha tries to clinch but Franklin is having none of it.
Costinha tries to close the distance and clinch but Franklin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leo Costinha dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Franklin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Costinha throws a leg kick but Franklin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Franklin looks to throw a body kick
and Costinha counters with a head kick.
Costinha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Franklin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Costinha throws a head kick that Franklin semi-blocks.
It looks like Bryan Franklin has been cut.
Costinha throws a leg kick that misses.
Franklin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin throws a lazy body kick
and Costinha counters with a two punch combo.
Franklin swats away the attempt to clinch by Costinha.
Franklin stuffs the takedown attempt from Costinha. Costinha gets slowly back to his feet.
Costinha on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Franklin. Franklin obviously looking to wear him down.
Franklin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Costinha checks it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costinha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costinha chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Franklin can pounce on him.
Nice sprawl there from Franklin as Costinha shoots in.
Costinha is breathing heavily.
Franklin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Costinha throws a leg kick
and Franklin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Costinha misses with a straight left.
Franklin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Costinha makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Franklin really felt that one!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costinha thows a leg kick but Franklin checks it
and Franklin counters with a nice kick to the body.
Franklin is looking to slow Costinha down with leg kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Franklin.
Franklin lands with a kick to the temple. Costinha shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Leo Costinha has been cut.
Bryan Franklin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Costinha tries to clinch but Franklin moves away
and Franklin counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Costinha is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Bryan Franklin is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Franklin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Franklin tries a head kick but it misses.
Franklin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Costinha avoids a kick to the body.
Costinha lets loose with a powerful body kick. Franklin will feel that in the morning.
Franklin could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Costinha misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franklin scores with a kick to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Franklin dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Franklin throws a sloppy head kick
and Costinha counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Costinha tries to land a body kick
and Franklin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Costinha closes the distance but Franklin moves to the side
and Franklin finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Franklin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Costinha closes the distance looking to clinch
and Franklin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Costinha takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Franklin throws a low kick, looking for Costinha's leg but Costinha calmly moves out of range.
Franklin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Costinha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Franklin.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Franklin, right into the meat.
Franklin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Franklin.
Franklin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Franklin scores with a push kick.
Franklin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Costinha finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Franklin misses with a kick to the body.
Franklin throws a sloppy head kick and Costinha moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin slips a jab and a cross from Costinha.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Franklin.
Franklin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Franklin misses with a low kick.
Costinha has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Franklin.
A slapping body kick lands there for Franklin.
Franklin scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costinha avoids the head kick by Franklin.
Costinha's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Franklin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Costinha looks to clinch
and Franklin counters with a head kick. That will keep Costinha thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Costinha lands a high kick!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Franklin misses with an attempted mid kick.
Costinha darts in trying to clinch
and Franklin counters with a solid body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Franklin clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Costinha looks to clinch
and Franklin counters with a thumping low kick.
Franklin throws a head kick that misses.
A lazy body kick from Costinha
and Franklin counters with a head kick.
Costinha wants to clinch but Franklin slips to the side
and Franklin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Franklin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Costinha is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Franklin thuds his shin into the meat of Costinha's side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Franklin.
Costinha throws a head kick that misses
and Franklin counters with a low kick, right behind Costinha 's knee.
Franklin cracks the inside of Costinha's front leg.
Franklin misses with the body kick
and Costinha counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Franklin lands a leg kick that knocks Costinha off balance momentarily.
Franklin avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franklin scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick misses from Franklin.
Costinha tries to work over Franklin's front leg with a kick but Franklin checks it.
Costinha clinches but Franklin breaks the clinch
and Franklin counters with a good low kick that Costinha was not able to check.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costinha moves out of range of the body kick from Franklin.
Costinha takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Costinha tries to clinch
and Franklin counters with a thumping low kick.
Costinha blocks a head kick by Franklin.
Franklin misses with a head kick.
Costinha throws a lazy body kick
and Franklin counters with an outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Costinha shoots in but no luck this time.
Franklin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Franklin scores with a leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Costinha might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Franklin has got the better of the exchanges.
Costinha moves out of range of the body kick from Franklin.
Franklin throws a head kick but Costinha moves out of range.
Franklin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Franklin had his way with Leo Costinha in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Costinha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Franklin.
Costinha gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Franklin counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Costinha looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Franklin is fending him off so far but Costinha persists. Nope, Franklin circles away and we're back to standing.
Costinha wants to clinch
and Franklin counters with a low kick, right behind Costinha 's knee.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Franklin.
Costinha is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costinha blocks the body kick.
Franklin throws a head kick but Costinha moves out of range.
Costinha has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Franklin.
Franklin misses with a low kick.
Franklin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Franklin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bryan Franklin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Costinha clinches but Franklin breaks the clinch
and Franklin counters with a head kick. That will keep Costinha thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Costinha has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Franklin.
Franklin throws a leg kick
and Costinha makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Franklin really felt that one!
Franklin moves away from the strike by Costinha.
Costinha darts in trying to clinch
and Franklin counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Franklin scores with a leg kick.
Franklin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Costinha shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Franklin but Franklin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Franklin throws a wild body kick that Costinha sees coming a mile off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Costinha has his takedown stuffed
and Franklin counters with a head kick.
That has opened up Leo Costinha's cut even more.
Bryan Franklin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo Costinha.
A nice inside leg kick there by Franklin. That's going to slow Costinha down.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Franklin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Leo Costinha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Franklin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Franklin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Franklin 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 49:46
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 49:45
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 49:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Franklin!
Bryan Franklin is the new bantamweight champion!
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