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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Antonio da Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kal Too (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). da Costa comes to the cage accompanied by Da Boondocks. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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167 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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161 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio da Costa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kal Too!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Too misses with a takedown attempt
and da Costa counters by clinching up.
Too working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Too as the two fighters clinch.
Too gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, da Costa regains guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Too trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
da Costa looking to hit a scissor sweep but Too is one step ahead there.
Too wants to pass the guard but da Costa is keeping the position.
Too sitting in guard here, content to control.
da Costa keeping moving, preventing Too from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Kal Too.
Too darts in and clinches da Costa up against the cage.
da Costa is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
da Costa wants to get back to striking at distance but Too won't allow it.
da Costa goes for a takedown attempt but Too pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Kal Too seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Too closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Too is looking to take a break and control but da Costa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Too moves into full mount!
Too trying to control but da Costa is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Too is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Too looking to control and managing it successfully.
Too wants to control the pace but da Costa is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Too looking to control and managing it successfully.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Kal Too wasn't active enough on the ground.
Too shoots in and drives through. da Costa sprawls well.
Too fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Antonio da Costa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kal Too.
Too gets a takedown into half guard.
Too is keen to just control but da Costa is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Too wants to free his trapped foot but da Costa is holding on for dear life with his legs.
da Costa is defending against the submission attempts here by Too.
Too wants to lay and pray for a moment but da Costa keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
da Costa is trying to stand back up but Too is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kal Too dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Too scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Too trying to control the action but da Costa is working from the bottom.
Too stands up and beckons da Costa to his feet.
Too clinches up against the cage.
Too swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Too scores with a shot to the side of da Costa's head.
Too misses with some punches.
da Costa jumps guard.
Too gets to his feet - da Costa follows without any prompting.
Too doesn't manage to clinch there - da Costa circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Too there.
Antonio da Costa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Too shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says da Costa as he avoids it easily.
Too throws a left and a right that both miss
and da Costa counters with a nice body kick.
Too misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
da Costa tries to clinch there but Too circles away.
Too fails to land with a series of punches.
Too tries to clinch up.
Too fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
da Costa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Too swinging wildly here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Too.
Antonio da Costa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kal Too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Too avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
da Costa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Too paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Too tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. da Costa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Antonio da Costa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Too gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and da Costa counters with a nice body kick.
Too is looking to clinch but da Costa is avoiding it.
da Costa keeps the fight on the outside.
da Costa tries to clinch up but Too circles away and keeps his distance.
Too misses with a takedown attempt
and da Costa moves into the clinch.
da Costa jumps guard but Too stands there with da Costa around his waist. da Costa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
da Costa is looking to control Too's arms but Too gets an underhook and turns him. Now da Costa has his back to the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Too misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Too.
Too manages to break the clinch.
da Costa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
da Costa swats away the attempt to clinch by Too.
Too tries to clinch but da Costa is having none of it.
Too shoots in looking for a takedown but da Costa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Too's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Too gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and da Costa moves into the clinch.
da Costa jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Too walks away with a smile on his face. da Costa gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
da Costa avoids the head kick by Too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Too shoots in for a takedown but da Costa shows good takedown defense.
Too stalks da Costa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into da Costa's face. da Costa staggers backwards, shaken.
Too is breathing heavily.
Too throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Too tries for a takedown but da Costa sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
da Costa stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and da Costa wants it to stay on the feet.
Too misses with a low kick as da Costa jumps back.
Too closes the distance and lands a one-two.
da Costa throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice sprawl there from da Costa as Too shoots in.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
da Costa throws a right and a left that Too avoids nicely.
Too showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from da Costa.
da Costa throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kal Too showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Too gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Too pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
da Costa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
da Costa takes one to the chin there.
da Costa throws a sloppy head kick and Too moves out of range easily.
Too is looking to clinch.
Too scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Too closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming da Costa to the mat! da Costa manages to get full guard.
Too stays in close to da Costa's body and controls the position.
Too pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. da Costa is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Too gets to his feet - da Costa follows without any prompting.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Too shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with da Costa but da Costa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Too shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as da Costa sprawls well. da Costa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Too gets slowly back to his feet.
Too closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kal Too has got the better of the ground game so far.
Too is looking to take a break and control but da Costa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Too decides to stand back up. Too steps back and let's da Costa get back to his feet.
Too will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Too tries to clinch but da Costa moves out of range.
Too misses with a takedown attempt - da Costa sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Antonio da Costa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kal Too.
Too shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. da Costa defends it nicely.
Too misses with a hook. da Costa ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Too shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. da Costa is trying to defend but Too finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
da Costa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Too.
da Costa pushes Too off looking to stand but Too dives back in and keeps control.
da Costa is staying active underneath Too, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Too is looking for a kimura but da Costa is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Too to get the leverage.
da Costa is looking to control Too's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can da Costa avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Too tries to pass to full mount but da Costa defends it.
da Costa wants to get back to full guard.
Too wants to lay and pray for a moment but da Costa keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Too is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
da Costa is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kal Too really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
da Costa is looking to clinch.
Too throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around da Costa's waist but da Costa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Too off to one side.
da Costa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Too shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
da Costa closes the distance and clinches.
da Costa has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Too is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Too gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Too controlling from the top position.
da Costa manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Too tries to lock up and control but da Costa gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Costa can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Too is looking to escape.
Too sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
da Costa wants to control but Too is keeping him busy.
da Costa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Too defends it well.
Too kicks off da Costa and gets to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Too shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Too shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Antonio da Costa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kal Too.
da Costa keeps the fight on the outside.
Too shoots for a takedown but da Costa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
da Costa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Too paws at him with a jab and circles away.
da Costa avoids a punch combination nicely.
da Costa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Too manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Too is trying hard to land a takedown here. da Costa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Too tries for a takedown but da Costa circles away easily
and da Costa counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Costa wants to clinch.
Too misses with a two punch combination.
Too misses with a hook
and da Costa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Too keeps the fight on the outside.
Too scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Too.
Too keeps the fight on the outside.
da Costa tries to clinch up but Too circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Too shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. da Costa is trying to defend but Too finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
da Costa kicks Too off and gets back to his feet.
Too misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Too throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice takedown defense from da Costa. No joy for Too on that attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Too misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice sprawl there from da Costa as Too shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kal Too dominated that fourth round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
da Costa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Too fails with a takedown attempt.
Too has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Too shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and da Costa counters by moving into the clinch.
da Costa drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Too gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Too decides to pull guard.
Too looking for a sweep. Not yet Too, not yet.
da Costa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Too swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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.
Too trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Costa tries to free his leg and advance position but Too is retaining full guard.
Too pulls da Costa in close to his closed guard and prevents da Costa from doing any damage or advancing position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kal Too was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Too tries to score a power double leg takedown but da Costa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Too somewhat.
Antonio da Costa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kal Too.
da Costa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Too.
Antonio da Costa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Costa is trying to drag Too to the mat but Too just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
da Costa looking for a takedown.
da Costa is trying to drag Too to the mat but Too just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Too has dropped down and is working for a takedown. da Costa is trying to keep an underhook but Too manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Too throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Too escapes and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Too connects with a nice looking jab.
da Costa slaps away a takedown attempt from Too, before circling back to the center of the mat.
da Costa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from da Costa there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Too moves into the clinch successfully.
Too has da Costa pressed against the cage.
da Costa tries to score a body lock takedown but Too shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Too gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
da Costa wants to get back to his feet but Too is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Too stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Some wild striking there from Too.
Kal Too is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Too drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Too advances to half guard.
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!
Too works his way into side control.
Too controlling from side mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Too tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Too controlling the position from side mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kal Too comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Too has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kal Too!
Kal Too is the new lightweight champion!
Kal Too spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a big arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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