PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rosinante Costacurta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Redfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Peter Redfield is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Costacurta
vs
Redfield

176 cm
23
164 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

172 cm
23
163 lbs
7 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rosinante Costacurta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Redfield!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redfield looks to land a left hand but Costacurta moved out of range nicely.
Costacurta lands with a nice body punch.
Costacurta misses with a body shot.
Costacurta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costacurta lands a nice looking body shot.
A head kick misses from Costacurta.
Costacurta drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Redfield has managed to clinch.
A short right from Redfield.
Costacurta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Redfields head.
Redfield wants to break the clinch but can't.
Redfield looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Redfield goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Costacurta.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Redfield misses with some punches.
Costacurta blocks an uppercut.
Redfield tries to break free but Costacurta pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Redfield fails to land.
Redfield misses with the head strike.
Costacurta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Redfield.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costacurta takes a shot to the head.
Costacurta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costacurta.
Costacurta lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Redfield working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Costacurta can't find room to land a body shot as Redfield controls the action.
A short uppercut from Redfield.
Redfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Costacurta has him pressed against the cage.
Costacurta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Redfield has a couple of punches blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Redfield looking to stall.
Costacurta has a couple of punches blocked by Redfield.
Redfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Redfield fails to land.
Redfield has a couple of punches blocked by Costacurta.
Redfield misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Costacurta.
Costacurta lands with a light punch inside.
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!
Redfield is trying to break the clinch but Costacurta has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costacurta prevents a body shot from Redfield.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Redfield.
Costacurta misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Costacurta - that landed with a thud.
Redfield has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Redfield wants to break the clinch but can't.
Costacurta misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Redfield.
Costacurta lands a hook that snaps the head of Redfield backwards.
Costacurta lands with a left to the head.
Costacurta scores with a shot to the side of Redfield's head.
Redfield wants to break free but Costacurta has control.
Costacurta blocks a body shot from Redfield.
Redfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Redfield is looking to control Costacurta's arms but Costacurta gets an underhook and turns him. Now Redfield has his back to the cage.
Redfield has a couple of punches blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Costacurta lands with a right to the head.
Redfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costacurta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Redfield throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Redfield.
Redfield misses with some punches.
Costacurta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Costacurta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Costacurta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Costacurta.
Redfield lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Redfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Costacurta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Redfield.
A slapping body kick lands there for Costacurta.
Costacurta takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Costacurta misses with a body punch
and Redfield counters with a thumping low kick.
Costacurta scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big right from Redfield misses.
Costacurta misses with a body shot.
A jab from Redfield misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costacurta throws a sloppy head kick and Redfield moves out of range easily.
Costacurta scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Redfield doesn't seem bothered though.
Costacurta fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Redfield throws a right hand that misses
letting Costacurta counter with a right hand.
Redfield needs to keep his hands up - Costacurta had a free shot at his head there.
Costacurta misses with a hook. Redfield ducked under it nicely.
Redfield appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Costacurta closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Redfield is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Redfield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Costacurta keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Redfield.
Costacurta is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Redfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
Costacurta is looking to wear down Redfield with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Redfield takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Costacurta throws out a powerful jab.
A head kick misses from Costacurta.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rosinante Costacurta 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.

Redfield throws a body shot but no joy.
Redfield feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Costacurtas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A jab lands there for Costacurta.
Redfield scores with a decent looking hook.
Costacurta jabs Redfield to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Costacurta misses with a body kick.
Costacurta slips under a jab from Redfield.
Costacurta moves away from the strike by Redfield.
Rosinante Costacurta is winning the standup battle so far.
Costacurta cracks Redfield with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Costacurta swats away the attempt to clinch by Redfield.
Redfield swings away with a body shot that misses
and Costacurta counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Redfield tries to keep at a distance but Costacurta has taken the fight into the clinch.
Costacurta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Redfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Redfield throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Costacurta is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Redfield.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costacurta scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Peter Redfield has been cut.
Redfield swings widly with a right hand
enabling Costacurta to counter with a crisp jab.
Redfield gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Redfield misses with an uppercut
and Costacurta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Costacurta darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Costacurta walks into a stiff left hand from Redfield.
Costacurta looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A looping hook to the body misses from Costacurta. Redfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Redfield takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Redfield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Costacurta clinches up against the cage.
Costacurta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Redfield tries to circle away but Costacurta has him pinned against the cage.
Redfield is looking to break free of the clinch but Costacurta has double underhooks.
Costacurta throws a punch but it's blocked by Redfield.
Redfield is working Costacurta over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redfield works on Costacurta's body with a couple of short punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Costacurta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Costacurta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A frustrated look appears on Redfield's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Redfield avoiding damage.
Redfield swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costacurta has Redfield pressed against the cage, preventing Redfield from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Redfield lands a body shot.
Redfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Costacurta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Redfield.
Costacurta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Costacurta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Redfield tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Redfield wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Costacurta has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costacurta.
Costacurta lands a hook that snaps the head of Redfield backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costacurta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Redfield blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Costacurta.
Redfield working aggressively here.
Redfield gets through Costacurta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Redfield fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costacurta pushes Redfield back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Redfield has a couple of punches blocked by Costacurta.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Costacurta.
Costacurta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Costacurta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Costacurta tries to work over Redfield's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costacurta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Redfield working aggressively here.
Redfield misses with a hook from the clinch.
Costacurta scores with a shot to the side of Redfield's head.
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!
Costacurta blocks an uppercut.

Redfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Costacurta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Redfield can do to turn this around?
Redfield is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costacurta.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redfield looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Redfield moves into range and clinches up with Costacurta.
I was talking to Costacurta's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Redfield throws a head punch that misses.

Redfield breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Redfield tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Costacurta stalks Redfield and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Redfield's face. Redfield staggers backwards, shaken.
Redfield doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Costacurta connects with a right hand. Redfield shakes it off.
Redfield looks to land a left hand but Costacurta moved out of range nicely.
Redfield takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Redfield misses with a left hand
enabling Costacurta to counter with a crisp jab.

Redfield is rocked!
Nice shot lands for Costacurta.
Redfield is still on wobbly legs! Can Costacurta finish him?
Redfield misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Redfield misses the target.
Redfield drops his hands momentarily and Costacurta needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Redfield just on the top of the head. Redfield drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Redfield - he's done!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rosinante Costacurta!
After winning the bout, Rosinante Costacurta thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.