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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casey Silk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costa comes to the cage accompanied by Club Can't Handle Me ft. David Guetta-Flo Rida. Ryan Costa had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 cm
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160 lbs
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174 cm
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165 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Costa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Casey Silk! The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Silk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Costa looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this! Silk gets the takedown into side control. Silk creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Costa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Costa is trying to get back to half guard. Silk scoring with punches and elbows. Silk tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. 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! Silk working the ground and pound. Silk is trying to get an arm triangle but Costa is defending well. Silk remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while. Silk is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Costa looks calm but he's in trouble here. Silk gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Costa is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Silk lets go of the hold and Costa can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Casey Silk!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
73% |
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