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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Miquel Costas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seiken Shirosaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Miquel Costas has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
7 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miquel Costas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Seiken Shirosaki!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Shirosaki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Costas misses with a straight left.
Shirosaki throws a right hand that Costas ducks under and follows up with a left that Costas also avoids with ease.
Shirosaki misses with a double jab
and Costas counters by clinching up.
Costas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Costas misses with a straight left.
Shirosaki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Costas tries to bum rush Shirosaki with a series of wild strikes but Shirosaki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shirosaki lands a jab to the nose.
A slow jab from Costas misses its intended target.
Shirosaki closes the distance but Costas moves to the side
and Costas counters with a big head kick but Shirosaki shrugs it off.
Seiken Shirosaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shirosaki drives through and clinches with Costas against the ropes.
Costas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Costas takes the fight into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shirosaki is trying to break the clinch but Costas is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shirosaki tries to break the clinch but Costas is controlling the position.
Shirosaki can't find room to land a body shot as Costas controls the action.
Costas prevents Shirosaki from breaking the clinch.
Shirosaki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Costas throws an elbow but it misses.
Shirosaki wants to break free but Costas has control.
Costas taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Shirosaki is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Costas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab from Costas.
Shirosaki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Costas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costas motions for Shirosaki to come forward. Costas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Costas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Shirosaki. Those never looked like landing.
Shirosaki misses with a body shot.
Shirosaki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Costas.
Costas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch combination from Shirosaki misses.
Shirosaki slips under a jab.
Costas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Costas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Costas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Shirosaki up against the ropes.
Costas lands an elbow just above Shirosaki 's eye.
I was talking to Costas's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shirosaki working hard to break the clinch.
Shirosaki is looking to break free of the clinch but Costas has double underhooks.
Costas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shirosaki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shirosaki tests Costas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shirosaki misses the shot to the body.
Costas takes a swing at Shirosaki's ribcage but misses.
Costas tries to close the distance and clinch but Shirosaki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Costas scores with a kick to the midsection.
Shirosaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No joy there for Costas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Costas is looking to clinch but Shirosaki is avoiding it.
Costas clinches up against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Costas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shirosaki backwards.
Costas manages to break the clinch.
We've been informed that Shirosaki has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Costas connects with the punch.
Shirosaki swinging wildly here.
Shirosaki looks to land a combination. Costas sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shirosaki tries to clinch there but Costas circles away.
Costas tries to clinch but Shirosaki moves away
and Shirosaki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Costas misses with a body shot.
Costas throws a leg kick but Shirosaki checks it.
Shirosaki misses with a few strikes there.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Costas scores with a push kick.
Costas looks to land a combination but Shirosaki avoids it well.
Shirosaki misses with a combination
and Costas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shirosaki thinking.
A cross from Shirosaki lands.
Shirosaki swings widly with a right hand
and Costas counters with a nice uppercut.
Shirosaki misses with a two punch combination.
Shirosaki looks winded!
Shirosaki steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Costas. That one must have hurt.
Shirosaki with a lazy takedown attempt
and Costas moves into the clinch.
Come on Costas - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Shirosaki is looking to break free of the clinch but Costas has double underhooks.
Costas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Costas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Costas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costas swats away the attempt to clinch by Shirosaki.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Costas as Shirosaki tries to tie him up.
Costas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shirosaki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Costas breaks from the clinch.
Costas lands a head kick!
Shirosaki blocks the body kick.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shirosaki swats away the attempt to clinch by Costas.
Costas lands a front kick.
Shirosaki swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Costas counters with an inside leg kick.
Shirosaki lands a jab-cross combination.
Shirosaki cracks Costas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Costas moves into the clinch.
Shirosaki working hard to break the clinch.
Costas taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Costas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Costas is looking to clinch.
Nice body punch from Costas.
A head kick misses from Costas.
A combination from Shirosaki does no damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shirosaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Costas is just out of range.
Costas takes the fight into the clinch.
Shirosaki can't break the clinch.
Costas manages to break the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costas lands with a kick to the temple. Shirosaki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
No joy there for Costas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Costas throws a right hand that Shirosaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Shirosaki also avoids with ease.
Costas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shirosaki moves away.
Shirosaki misses with a series of wild punches.
Shirosaki throws a right and a left that Costas avoids nicely.
Costas clinches up with Shirosaki and pushes him back against the ropes.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Costas.
Costas lands a nice knee to the body.
Costas has Shirosaki pressed against the ropes, preventing Shirosaki from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Costas breaks the clinch.
Costas tries to clinch but Shirosaki is having none of it.
Costas jabs at Shirosaki's body.
Shirosaki misses with a double jab.
Costas connects with a looping right hand.
Shirosaki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Costas lands with a kick to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Costas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Costas gets a takedown into half guard.
Costas lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miquel Costas dominated that 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.
A punch combination from Costas misses.
Shirosaki wants to clinch but Costas slips to the side
and Costas counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Shirosaki is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Shirosaki is rocked!
Costas misses with a head kick.
Shirosaki is still on wobbly legs! Can Costas finish him?
Shirosaki takes a swing at Costas's ribcage but misses.
Costas throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends Shirosaki stumbling backwards into the ropes! Shirosaki bounces back off the ropes towards Costas, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Costas lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Costas celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Miquel Costas!
During a confident post fight interview, Miquel Costas thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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