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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Costa (ranked 463 p4p, 661 weight class) and Papa Moosh Dambullah (ranked 64 p4p, 89 weight class). Dambullah has chosen Boom Boom as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Santiago Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papa Moosh Dambullah!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa misses with a left hand
and Dambullah counters with a nice body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Costa as he connects with a hook.
Santiago Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the body from Costa misses
and Costa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dambullah throws a leg kick but Costa checks it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Costa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dambullah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dambullah looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costa wants to clinch.
Dambullah now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa throws a poor cross that misses
and Dambullah counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Costa thinking.
Dambullah is looking to land body kicks.
Costa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dambullah slips under a jab from Costa.
A jab from Costa finds it's way through Dambullah's defenses.
Dambullah throws a push kick but Costa slaps the foot to one side.
Dambullah buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Costa throws a poor cross that misses
and Dambullah counters with a low kick, right behind Costa 's knee.
Costa tries to bum rush Dambullah with a series of wild strikes but Dambullah uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Costa misses.
Costa checks a low kick from Dambullah.
Dambullah has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Costa throws an overhand right that lands on Dambullah's shoulder, as Dambullah tries to avoid the shot.
Costa closes the distance and pushes Dambullah back into the cage.
Dambullah tries a body shot but Costa blocks it.
Dambullah lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Costa swings wildly with an uppercut but Dambullah uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Dambullah on the inside.
Costa fails to pull guard.
Costa pulls guard.
Dambullah slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Costa seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Dambullah must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Dambullah has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Dambullah throws the kick towards the body but Costa avoids it.
Papa Moosh Dambullah is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Costa throws a lazy uppercut
and Dambullah counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Costa misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papa Moosh Dambullah dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Costa moves in looking to clinch but Dambullah pushes him off.
Dambullah thinks about the counter body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Costa. Dambullah does a little dance to reset his feet.
A countering left hand to the body from Dambullah misses.
Dambullah throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Papa Moosh Dambullah seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dambullah lands a right hook to the body.
Costa is trying hard to land a takedown here. Dambullah sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Dambullah lands a nice looking kick to the body. Costa takes a step back to recover.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dambullah pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dambullah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Costa throws an off balance right hand
and Dambullah counters with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dambullah scores with a nice head shot.
Dambullah slips a straight right by Costa.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dambullah! But no joy.
Costa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dambullah lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A slow jab from Costa misses its intended target.
Costa throws a hook but Dambullah blocks it.
A low kick lands for Dambullah.
Nice defenses there by Dambullah.
Nice defenses there by Dambullah.
Dambullah looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa scores with a hook.
Dambullah uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costa.
Dambullah is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Costa misses with a left hand
and Dambullah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costa swings widly with a right hand
and Dambullah counters with a left to the body.
Costa swings widly with a right hand
and Dambullah counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Costa is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Dambullah's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A telegraphed right hand from Costa misses the target.
Costa throws a hook but Dambullah blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa misses with an uppercut
and Costa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Costa dips to his left and cracks Dambullah with an uppercut!
Costa throws a sloppy body shot
and Dambullah counters with a thumping low kick.
Dambullah defending well as Costa loads up on a big left hand.
Costa connects with the punch.
Jab by Dambullah.
Dambullah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Costa throws a lazy right hand but Dambullah sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Costa lands the left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dambullah fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Costa misses the shot to the body.
Dambullah scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costa misses with a lunging right hand
and Dambullah counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Costa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dambullah.
Costa shoots in for a takedown but Dambullah shows good takedown defense.
Dambullah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Costa thuds his right hand into Dambullah's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papa Moosh Dambullah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Dambullah takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dambullah moves out of range of the strikes.
Dambullah looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dambullah throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Costa throws a right hand that misses
and Dambullah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dambullah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Costa connects with a crisp jab.
Costa thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costa misses with a straight right.
Dambullah tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Costa misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa throws a right hand that misses
and Dambullah counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dambullah takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dambullah blocks a jab.
Dambullah looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dambullah drops Costa with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Costa looks back up at him and smiles so Dambullah waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Costa is rocked!
Costa tries for a takedown but Dambullah circles away easily
and Dambullah counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Costa! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Papa Moosh Dambullah!
A very excited looking Papa Moosh Dambullah made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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