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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rosinante Costacurta (ranked 1190 p4p, 152 weight class) and Julian Gniewek (ranked 2057 p4p, 248 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
16 - 8 - 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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julian Gniewek!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gniewek tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gniewek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Costacurta was well out of range. Poor timing from Gniewek.
Gniewek takes one on the button.
Costacurta looks to score with a jab to the body but Gniewek is just out of range.
Gniewek tries to counter with a clinch but Costacurta shakes him off and moves away.
Costacurta blocks a jab.
Gniewek tries to clinch there but Costacurta circles away.
Costacurta misses with a hook to the body
letting Gniewek counter with a right hand.
Gniewek fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Costacurta has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
An inside leg kick lands from Costacurta.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gniewek looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gniewek defending well as Costacurta loads up on a big left hand.
Costacurta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Costacurta.
Nice defenses there by Gniewek.
Gniewek tries to counter by closing the distance.
Costacurta throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gniewek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costacurta throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Costacurta tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gniewek wants to clinch.
Gniewek ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Costacurta throws a shot from downtown. Gniewek moves away and avoids it.
Gniewek gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Costacurta.
Costacurta misses with a wild body shot.
Gniewek walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gniewek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Costacurta was well out of range. Poor timing from Gniewek.
Nice shot by Costacurta.
Costacurta connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gniewek momentarily.
Gniewek lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costacurta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gniewek looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Costacurta is looking to chop away at Gniewek's legs.
Gniewek misses with a kick to the body.
Costacurta throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gniewek lands a nice looking kick to the body. Costacurta takes a step back to recover.
The crowd cheers as Costacurta lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gniewek doesn't seem phased though.
Costacurta drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gniewek has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Costacurta finds it's way round the side to connect with Gniewek's head.
Gniewek throws a hook to the side of Costacurta's head but Costacurta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gniewek tries to close the distance and clinch but Costacurta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Costacurta.
Gniewek scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costacurta feints and then cracks Gniewek's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gniewek down.
Costacurta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gniewek moves away.
Gniewek is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Costacurta throws a hook but Gniewek avoids it easily.
Costacurta throws a nice outside leg kick.
Costacurta misses with a right hand
enabling Gniewek to counter with a crisp jab.
That kick from Costacurta tenderised Gniewek's leg. Gniewek is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gniewek with a nice cross.
Gniewek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Costacurta misses with a hook
and Gniewek counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gniewek takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Costacurta listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gniewek clobbers Costacurta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costacurta misses with a wild body shot.
Gniewek displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Costacurta throws out the jab.
Gniewek steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Costacurta.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costacurta thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rosinante Costacurta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gniewek throws a jab when Costacurta was well out of range.
Costacurta is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gniewek misses with a straight left.
Costacurta misses with a lunging right hand
and Gniewek counters with a stiff right hand.
Gniewek lands with a straight right. Costacurta didn't see that one coming.
Costacurta swats away the attempt to clinch by Gniewek.
Costacurta feints and then cracks Gniewek's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gniewek down.
Costacurta fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Costacurta lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gniewek has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Costacurta.
An inside leg kick from Costacurta misses.
Gniewek looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rosinante Costacurta dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Costacurta cracks the inside of Gniewek's front leg.
Costacurta pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gniewek is out of range and Costacurta settles back down.
A little jabbing left from Gniewek on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Costacurta is looking to chop away at Gniewek's legs.
Costacurta lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta misses with a leg kick
and Gniewek counters by moving into the clinch.
Gniewek is looking to control Costacurta's arms but Costacurta gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gniewek has his back to the cage.
Costacurta wants to get back to striking at distance but Gniewek won't allow it.
Costacurta misses with a punch on the inside.
Costacurta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Costacurta lands a left hand.
Costacurta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good leg kick by Costacurta there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gniewek thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rosinante Costacurta is winning the standup battle so far.
Costacurta just misses with a punch to the body.
Gniewek's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Costacurta lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Costacurta lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gniewek tries to work over Costacurta's front leg with a kick but Costacurta checks it.
Costacurta slips a straight right by Gniewek.
Gniewek's coach down at mickeyharts the greatest was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Gniewek's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Gniewek rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Costacurta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Costacurta darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gniewek scores with a hook.
You can see that Gniewek has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Costacurta throws an overhand right that lands on Gniewek's shoulder, as Gniewek tries to avoid the shot.
Gniewek slips under a jab from Costacurta.
Gniewek throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
Costacurta throws a lazy uppercut
and Gniewek counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Costacurta misses with a looping left.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut. Gniewek saw that one coming.
Costacurta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gniewek can do to turn this around?
Gniewek slips a straight right by Costacurta.
Costacurta tried to score with a low kick but Gniewek checks it.
Costacurta takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gniewek scores with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gniewek uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costacurta.
Gniewek avoids a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Gniewek.
Gniewek slips a jab from Costacurta.
A nice side step and Gniewek releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gniewek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
Gniewek swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut. Gniewek saw that one coming.
Costacurta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Costacurta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gniewek throws a hook but Costacurta avoids it easily.
A big left from Costacurta misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gniewek lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gniewek ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Costacurta misses the jab.
Gniewek lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gniewek throws a hook but Costacurta avoids it easily.
Costacurta tries a low kick but Gniewek avoids it.
Costacurta is looking to score with low kicks.
It seemed like Gniewek was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gniewek misses with a low kick as Costacurta jumps back.
Costacurta scores with a nice right hand.
Gniewek lands with a straight right. Costacurta didn't see that one coming.
Gniewek on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Costacurta lands with a good body shot.
Gniewek slips under a jab from Costacurta.
A combination from Gniewek does no damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Costacurta misses the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costacurta lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Costacurta scores with a jab.
Gniewek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Costacurta was well out of range. Poor timing from Gniewek.
Gniewek moves out of range as Costacurta strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gniewek looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gniewek misses with a low kick.
Costacurta throws a nice outside leg kick.
Costacurta thows a body kick. Gniewek tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gniewek staying out of range there.
Gniewek with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Costacurta to score with a decent uppercut.
Costacurta throws a leg kick which misses Gniewek's front leg but catches the back leg as Gniewek tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rosinante Costacurta dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Costacurta misses with a kick to the body.
Gniewek steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Costacurta.
Gniewek slips under a jab from Costacurta.
A decent looking cross lands there for Costacurta.
Costacurta rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gniewek holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gniewek tries a knee to the head but Costacurta blocks it.
Costacurta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gniewek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Costacurta lands a jab to Gniewek's midsection.
Gniewek lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A left lands for Costacurta.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gniewek misses with a body shot.
Costacurta throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gniewek counters with a stiff right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Costacurta.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gniewek swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Costacurta.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gniewek pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Costacurta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gniewek walks into a left hand.
Costacurta feints and then cracks Gniewek's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gniewek down.
Gniewek tries to clinch up.
Costacurta half committed to a counter leg kick.
Costacurta with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gniewek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gniewek fails with an attempt to clinch.
Costacurta throws a looping overhand right but Gniewek ducks down to avoid it.
Costacurta lands a body shot.
Gniewek takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Costacurta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gniewek.
Gniewek throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gniewek takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta with a hook.
Rosinante Costacurta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Costacurta darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An inside leg kick lands from Costacurta.
Costacurta digs a good body shot into Gniewek's ribs.
Gniewek on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Costacurta slips under a jab.
Julian Gniewek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Costacurta.
Costacurta scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gniewek with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Costacurta to score with a decent uppercut.
Gniewek looks to land a left hand but Costacurta moved out of range nicely.
Gniewek looks to land a right hand but Costacurta moved out of range.
Costacurta throws a quick inside leg kick.
Costacurta scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A slow jab from Gniewek misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costacurta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Costacurta listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gniewek tries to clinch but Costacurta is having none of it.
Gniewek swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Costacurta counters with a stiff right hand.
Gniewek misses with a hook.
Costacurta throws a leg kick which misses Gniewek's front leg but catches the back leg as Gniewek tries to avoid it.
Gniewek takes the fight into the clinch.
Costacurta manages to break the clinch.
Gniewek has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Costacurta shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Costacurta pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gniewek is out of range and Costacurta settles back down.
A nice side step and Gniewek releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut.
Gniewek looks to clinch
and Costacurta counters with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Costacurta.
Gniewek darts in trying to clinch
and Costacurta counters with a nice uppercut.
Gniewek has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Costacurta.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gniewek swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta jabs Gniewek to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gniewek throws a looping overhand right but Costacurta ducks down to avoid it.
Gniewek tries to clinch there but Costacurta circles away.
Gniewek misses with a hook.
Costacurta swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gniewek.
Costacurta thumps Gniewek with a low kick.
Costacurta slips under a jab from Gniewek.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rosinante Costacurta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Costacurta, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rosinante Costacurta!
Rosinante Costacurta decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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