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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Punch Your (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miquel Costas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Punch Your!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miquel Costas!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Your closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Costas's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Your advances position into side control!
Costas wants to control but Your postures up.
Your really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Costas throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Costas can't do much from the bottom here.
Costas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Costas wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Your wants to control but Costas is keeping him busy.
Your advances nicely into full mount.
Costas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Your controlling from the full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Your prevents Costas from getting the reversal.
Costas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Costas is looking to get to half guard.
Your knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Costas on the ground.
Costas tries to hold on but Your postures up.
Your tries to control but Costas wriggling away.
Your controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costas tries to lock up and control but Your gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Your.
Your trying to control but Costas is having none of it.
Costas tries to hold on but Your postures up.
Your controlling the pace for now.
Your is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Costas has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costas holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Your tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Costas sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Costas trying to control from the bottom.
Your content to control rather than advance.
Costas has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Your is working away from the top position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Your is looking for a kimura but Costas is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Your to get the leverage.
Costas looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Costas trying to control but Your postures up.
Costas is refusing to be controlled, as Your sits in half guard.
Costas is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costas trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Punch Your will probably get the nod.
That's time! Your's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Your fails with a takedown attempt.
Your drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Your swings around for an armbar but Costas sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Your's guard.
Costas trying to control but Your is working from the bottom.
Your trying to keep a closed guard but Costas is proving a slippery customer.
Costas trying to control the position from guard on top but Your is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Costas looking to sit in guard and control but Your gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Miquel Costas hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Your tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Costas defends well and Your ends up having to push Costas into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Your gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Costas regains guard.
Costas looking to control.
Costas looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Punch Your overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Costas working for a triangle but Your defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Your trying to control the position from guard on top but Costas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Your works over Costas with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Your wants to stand but Costas has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Costas is trying to hold Your in close to prevent damage but Your has managed to pass into half guard.
Costas trying to hold on to Your's head to control him but Your postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Your trying to control from Costas's half guard. Costas has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Costas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Costas is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Costas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Costas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Your avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Your works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Your is stalling here. Costas is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Your seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Costas has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Your struggling a bit here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Your sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Your trying to hold on to Costas's head to control him but Costas postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miquel Costas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Your changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Costas looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Your decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Punch Your is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Your drives through with a takedown into guard.
Costas is trying to keep Your in close.
Costas preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Your throws a strike but Costas rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Costas has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Your is proving hard to escape from.
Your working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Your works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Costas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Your keeping moving, preventing Costas from controlling successfully.
Costas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Costas controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Miquel Costas was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Costas stalks Your and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Your's face. Your staggers backwards, shaken.
Costas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Costas moves in looking to clinch but Your pushes him off.
Costas punishes Your's body with a nice straight punch.
Your throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Your has taken the fight to the clinch.
Your tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Costas trying to stall but Your improves his position.
Costas makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Costas lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Your tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Costas just stands there and leans against the cage.
Costas is trying to stall.
Your has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Costas after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Punch Your. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Your fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Costas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Costas has had enough of the clinch but Your keeps him there for the moment.
Costas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Your escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Your moves out of range as Costas throws a body kick.
Costas moves to clinch but Your breaks away
and Your moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Your.
Your prevents Costas from breaking the clinch.
Costas wants to get back to striking at distance but Your won't allow it.
Your prevents Costas from breaking the clinch.
Your gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Costas is trying to stand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Costas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Your prevents Costas from standing back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Punch Your.
I think Your has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Miquel Costas!
Miquel Costas seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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