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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Optimus Crime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costa comes to the cage accompanied by Stratovarius - Dreamweaver. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Optimus Crime!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa scores with a punch to the head.
Crime throws a head kick that misses.
Crime blocks a jab.
Crime scores with a head kick.
A shot to the body from Costa misses
and Crime counters with a straight right hand.
Costa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Costa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Crime walks into a left hand.
Crime misses with a leg kick
enabling Costa to counter with a crisp jab.
Costa has managed to clinch.
Crime escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crime throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crime throws a leg kick that is checked
and Costa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Costa throws a head kick that misses.
Costa scores with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Crime.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costa is trying hard to land a takedown here. Crime sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crime throws a low kick but it's checked well by Costa.
Costa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Crime has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Crime gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A lazy body kick from Crime
and Costa counters with a leg kick.
Costa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Crime takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Crime punishes Costa's body with a nice straight punch.
Costa lands with a shot to the body.
Costa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Crime misses with a shot to the body
and Costa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Crime ducks under a wild hook from Costa.
Costa throws a sloppy head kick and Crime moves out of range easily.
Costa lands a nice looking body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crime checks the leg kick nicely there.
Costa jabs at Crime's body.
Crime throws a leg kick that is checked
and Costa counters with a slapping leg kick.
Crime misses with a wild body shot.
Costa lands a glancing blow to the side of Crime's head.
Crime lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A low kick from Crime is predictable there
and Costa counters with a left to the body.
Costa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A low kick from Crime misses
and Costa counters with a low kick, right behind Crime 's knee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costa thows a body shot but no joy.
Crime stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crime uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costa.
Crime throws a leg kick that is checked
and Crime takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Costa throws a predictable looking body shot
and Crime makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Crime.
Crime blocks a head kick by Costa.
Crime throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Costa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crime misses with a wild body shot.
Crime misses with a looping left.
Costa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Crime avoids it really well and circles away.
Crime thows a leg kick but Costa checks it
and Costa counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Crime on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Crime slips under a jab from Costa.
Costa throws an overhand right that lands on Crime's shoulder, as Crime tries to avoid the shot.
Horrible takedown by Costa or perhaps it was just good defense by Crime which made him look bad.
Costa looks to land a body kick but Crime moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Crime sprawls well. Crime wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Costa gets slowly back to his feet.
Costa is breathing heavily.
Crime does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Costa decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Costa is trying to control. Crime wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Crime avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Costa.
Crime wants to get back to his feet.
Costa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Costa is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Crime is looking to get back to is feet but Costa passes into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Costa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Crime throws a low kick but it's checked well by Costa.
Costa throws a hook to the side of Crime's head but Crime sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Costa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Crime lands with a thumping leg kick.
Costa changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Crime tries to avoid it but Costa manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Crime to the ground. Crime escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Crime connects with a solid leg kick.
A left and a right from Costa both land. Nice combination.
Crime misses with a shot to the body
and Costa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crime is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Costa rather than just go for the knockout.
A low kick from Crime misses
and Costa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Costa throws an off balance right hand
and Crime counters with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Crime misses
and Costa counters with a head kick. That will keep Crime thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Costa pushes Crime away with a front kick.
Crime listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Crime misses with a body punch
and Costa counters with a single leg into guard. Crime didn't expect that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crime is looking to stand up but Costa isn't so interested in that idea.
Crime is looking to stand back up but Costa counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Crime.
Crime is breathing heavily.
Costa tries to pass to full mount but Crime defends it.
Crime tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Costa manages to move to mount!
You get the feeling that Crime really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Crime keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Costa controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Crime tries to get back to half guard but can't.
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.
Costa lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Costa in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Crime wants to get back to his feet.
Costa controlling from mount.
Crime is desperately trying to improve his position but Costa has a good base and remains in mount.
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 trying to control but Crime is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa throwing strikes here but Crime is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Crime blocking the ground and pound.
Costa misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Costa throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Crime is trying to stand up.
Crime in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Costa controlling from the full mount.
Costa landing strikes, looking to finish!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crime tries to buck Costa off but he can't manage it.
Costa avoids the attempt from Crime to control.
Crime is bucking up trying to escape but Costa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Costa lands a big shot to the head and Crime winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jose Costa!
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