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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Costanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ting Yan Wang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costanza comes to the cage accompanied by Do the Opposite. Wang has chosen Minority - Green Day as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Costanza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ting Yan Wang!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costanza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wang.
Costanza misses with a hook
and Wang makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice body punch from Wang.
Wang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costanza avoids the body shot from Wang.
Costanza throws a push kick but Wang slaps the foot to one side.
Wang misses with a wild body shot.
Wang cracks Costanza with a good jab.
Wang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costanza manages to avoid it.
Costanza just misses with a punch to the body.
Wang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Costanza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wang fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Costanza doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Costanza misses with a leg kick.
Wang avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costanza tests Wang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wang missing with a left hand there. Costanza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Costanza throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Wang counters with a stiff right hand.
Costanza avoids the body shot from Wang.
Costanza swings for the body but Wang moves out of range.
Costanza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Costanza takes a swing at Wang's ribcage but misses.
Wang throws a sloppy body shot
and Costanza counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Costanza misses with a hook.
Wang misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Wang misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Wang backs up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Costanza rushes Wang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wang tries for a takedown but Costanza manages to get underhooks.
Costanza throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Costanza takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Costanza closes the distance and clinches.
Wang drags the fight down to the ground.
Wang is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Costanza controlling from the top position.
Costanza has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Costanza wants to control from the top but Wang keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Daniel Costanza just wasn't active enough.
Costanza with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wang to score with a decent uppercut.
Wang punishes Costanza's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wang. Costanza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costanza checks a low kick from Wang.
Costanza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Costanza throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Wang counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab by Costanza.
Costanza keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wang.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wang. Costanza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costanza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wang attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Costanza swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Costanza staying out of range there.
Wang pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wang throws the left hand but Costanza avoids the punch easily.
Wang takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
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!
Wang ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Costanza takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wang throws a hook but Costanza blocks it.
Wang chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Costanza can pounce on him.
Wang throws a head kick that misses
and Costanza counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ting Yan Wang will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wang lands with an overhand left.
Costanza throws a lazy right hand but Wang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Costanza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wang.
Wang throws a lazy right hand but Costanza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Costanza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Costanza tries to score with a low kick but Wang moves his leg out of the way.
Costanza throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Costanza looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wang misses with a lunging right hand
and Costanza counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wang's knee momentarily.
The fighters circling - Wang throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Costanza misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ting Yan Wang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Costanza swings for the body but Wang moves out of range.
Costanza moves in looking to clinch but Wang pushes him off.
Wang steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Costanza.
Costanza ducks right into an uppercut from Wang.
A slapping body kick lands there for Costanza.
Costanza tries to clinch but Wang is having none of it.
Wang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costanza.
Costanza swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Costanza tries a head kick but it misses.
Costanza moves to clinch but Wang breaks away
and Wang counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang misses with a looping left.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Costanza.
Costanza attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A good leg kick by Costanza.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costanza throws a series of punches but Wang avoids them all with ease.
Costanza moves in looking to clinch but Wang pushes him off.
Wang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Costanza.
Wang falls off balance throwing a combination
and Costanza counters with a head kick. That will keep Wang thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Wang ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wang throws a lazy right hand but Costanza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costanza slips under a jab from Wang.
Costanza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A jab lands there for Wang.
Costanza slips under a jab.
Donk. Costanza catches Wang right on the button with a cross.
Costanza misses with a low kick.
Wang misses with a straight right.
Costanza tries to score with a low kick but Wang moves his leg out of the way.
Wang looks to throw the jab but Costanza is out of range.
Costanza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Costanza misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costanza connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wang dips to his left and cracks Costanza with an uppercut!
Wang lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jab by Wang.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costanza jabs Wang right on the nose. Wang blinks but takes it well.
Nice defenses there by Wang.
Costanza checks the leg kick nicely there.
Costanza misses with an attempted mid kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wang takes one on the button.
Costanza wants to land a leg kick but Wang is out of range.
Wang checks a low kick from Costanza.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Costanza dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Costanza loads up on a big right hand but Wang slips the punch.
Costanza throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Costanza lands an overhand right.
Costanza fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wang is out of range.
Wang on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wang lands a slapping body shot.
Wang looks to land a left hand but Costanza moved out of range nicely.
A low kick from Costanza misses
and Wang counters with a right hand to the body.
Wang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costanza throws a leg kick but Wang moved away.
Costanza moves away from the strike by Wang.
Wang misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costanza looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wang lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Costanza.
Costanza throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wang counters with a stiff right hand.
Costanza scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wang lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Costanza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Costanza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Costanza misses with a looping right.
Costanza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Costanza misses with a body kick.
Costanza checks a low kick from Wang.
Wang fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wang just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza tries to clinch there but Wang circles away.
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!
A slapping leg kick lands for Costanza.
Costanza will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Costanza dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wang. That did some damage!
Wang's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Wang takes a swing at Costanza's ribcage but misses.
Wang ducks right into an uppercut from Costanza.
Costanza throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Costanza checks the leg kick nicely there.
Costanza pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Costanza lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wang swats away the attempt to clinch by Costanza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang throws a hook but Costanza avoids it easily.
Wang just misses with a punch to the body.
Costanza connects with an inside leg kick.
Wang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wang throws a leg kick
and Costanza counters with a nice uppercut.
Costanza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wang.
Wang lands a slapping body shot.
Wang throws a jab but it's blocked by Costanza.
Costanza slips a straight right by Wang.
Wang's corner calls for a 1-2. Wang obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang throws a poor cross that misses
and Costanza counters with a good, hard body kick but Wang shrugs it off.
Wang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Costanza lands with a nice body punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costanza works over Wang's head and body with a nice combination.
Costanza swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wang misses the jab.
Costanza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wang blocks the body kick.
Costanza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Costanza misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wang thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good leg kick by Costanza there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Costanza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Costanza 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Costanza!
A victorious Daniel Costanza thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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