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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quentin Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dale Fernhart (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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215 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
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220 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Counter fighter
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Quentin Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dale Fernhart!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa misses with a wild combination.
Costa misses with a hook. Fernhart ducked under it nicely.
Costa looks to throw the jab but Fernhart is out of range.
Costa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fernhart.
Fernhart throws a lazy body kick
and Costa counters with a nice uppercut.
Fernhart takes one to the side of the head.
Fernhart throws a leg kick but Costa sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A jab from Costa does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fernhart under the eye.
Costa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fernhart is rocked!
Costa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fernhart sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Costa.
Fernhart doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fernhart.
Fernhart looks to score with a jab to the body but Costa is just out of range.
Costa looks to land a left hand but Fernhart moved out of range nicely.
Fernhart ducks under a wild hook from Costa.
Fernhart misses with the combination.
Quentin Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Costa misses.
Fernhart fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Costa stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Costa wants it to stay on the feet.
Nice defenses there by Costa.
Costa is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Fernhart displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Costa throws out the jab.
Fernhart blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernhart ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Costa lands with a right hand.
Costa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Costa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fernhart keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fernhart takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fernhart takes a swing at Costa's ribcage but misses.
Fernhart tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Costa drops Fernhart with a left and a right! Oh, Fernhart is hurt - Costa dives into side control looking to finish!
Fernhart is still in real trouble! Can Costa finish him?
Costa controls the position from side control.
Costa working away.
Fernhart seems to have recovered his senses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa in side control, throwing shots but Fernhart defends.
Fernhart tries to bench press Costa off him but Costa keeps the position.
Costa tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Costa sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Fernhart is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Fernhart is looking to regain half guard here but Costa keeps moving and retains side control.
Costa wants to stand but Fernhart has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
Costa won't allow Fernhart to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa distracts Fernhart with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fernhart wants to sweep but no luck.
Costa wants to stand but Fernhart is controlling his posture from full guard.
Costa throws a big elbow that misses.
Costa trying to control but Fernhart is working from the bottom.
Costa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costa trying to control but Fernhart is working from the bottom.
Costa throws a big right hand that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quentin Costa dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A swing and a miss from Costa.
Costa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fernhart moves away.
Costa throws a body punch but Fernhart moves out of range.
Costa misses with a looping right.
Costa thows a body shot but no joy.
Fernhart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fernhart shoots in looking for a takedown but Costa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fernhart's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Costa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fernhart shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Costa as he avoids it easily.
Fernhart misses with a few strikes there.
Quentin Costa is winning the standup battle so far.
Fernhart ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Costa throws a shot from downtown. Fernhart moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa misses with a body shot.
Costa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab lands there for Costa.
Fernhart slips under a jab.
Dale Fernhart is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Costa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Costa lands a jab to Fernhart's midsection.
Costa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fernhart counters with a right hand to the body.
Quentin Costa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Costa connects with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fernhart throws the kick towards the body but Costa avoids it.
Costa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fernhart's hands.
Fernhart steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Costa.
Fernhart is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Costa rather than just go for the knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernhart misses with a wild combination.
A lazy left from Costa finds it's target.
Fernhart takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Costa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Costa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fernhart. Fernhart circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Costa pounces like a tiger and cracks Fernhart with a vicious hook! Fernhart is down but not out! Costa follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Quentin Costa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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