Play by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary

Event: Openweight KT Tourney, R2
Date: Oct 10, 2018

#R1#
A telegraphed right hand from Soshnyanin misses the target.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut.
Costacurta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Soshnyanin loads up on a big right hand but Costacurta slips the punch.
Soshnyanin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costacurta manages to avoid it.
Costacurta moves out of range as Soshnyanin strikes.
Costacurta fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Soshnyanin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Costacurta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Soshnyanin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Soshnyanin throws a sloppy head kick
and Costacurta counters with a low kick, right behind Soshnyanin 's knee.
Soshnyanin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Costacurta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Soshnyanin lands a head shot.
Costacurta throws a wild body kick that Soshnyanin sees coming a mile off.
Soshnyanin was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Costacurta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Soshnyanin.
Soshnyanin throws a lazy uppercut
letting Costacurta counter with a right hand. #CUT2#
It looks like Viktor Soshnyanin has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta misses with a right hand
and Soshnyanin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Soshnyanin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Costacurta doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice uppercut there from Soshnyanin.
Soshnyanin tests Costacurta's chin there with a solid looking shot.#T1#
A jab from Costacurta finds it's way through Soshnyanin's defenses.
Soshnyanin scores with a jab to the jaw.
Soshnyanin throws a head kick but Costacurta moves out of range.
Costacurta misses with a body kick.
Soshnyanin defending well as Costacurta loads up on a big left hand.
Soshnyanin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Costacurta looks to land a left hand but Soshnyanin moved out of range nicely.
Costacurta scores with a jab to the body.
Costacurta throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Soshnyanin counters with a low kick, right behind Costacurta 's knee.
Costacurta on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Costacurta throws a leg kick
and Soshnyanin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Soshnyanin lands a nice shot that snaps Costacurta's head back.
Costacurta swats away the attempt to clinch by Soshnyanin.
Soshnyanin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Costacurta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Soshnyanin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A good leg kick by Costacurta.
Nice defenses there by Soshnyanin.#T2#
Costacurta 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.
Soshnyanin jabs Costacurta right on the nose. Costacurta blinks but takes it well.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Costacurta thumps Soshnyanin with a low kick.
Costacurta slips a straight right by Soshnyanin.
Soshnyanin tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Costacurta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Soshnyanin lands with an overhand left.
Soshnyanin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Costacurta. That did some damage!
Soshnyanin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Costacurta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Soshnyanin misses the jab.
Costacurta lands a lovely overhand right.
Soshnyanin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Soshnyanin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Costacurtas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Costacurta throws a lazy uppercut
and Soshnyanin counters with a straight right hand.
Costacurta lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Soshnyanin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.#T3#
Costacurta ducks under a wild hook from Soshnyanin.
Soshnyanin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Costacurta makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A swing and a miss from Soshnyanin.
Soshnyanin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Soshnyanin throws a hook but Costacurta blocks it.
Costacurta was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Costacurta fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Soshnyanin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Soshnyanin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costacurta.
Costacurta throws out a counter right but Soshnyanin avoids it with no problem.
Soshnyanin swings widly with a right hand
and Costacurta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Soshnyanin throws a right hand that Costacurta ducks under and follows up with a left that Costacurta also avoids with ease.
Costacurta scores with a jab to the head.
Costacurta throws a low kick but Soshnyanin moves out of range easily.
Costacurta misses the jab.
Soshnyanin throws a combination. Costacurta tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costacurta takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Soshnyanin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Soshnyanin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Costacurta connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Soshnyanin scrambles back to his feet.
Soshnyanin connects with a body shot.#T4#
A big left from Costacurta misses.
Costacurta looks to score with a jab to the body but Soshnyanin is just out of range.#CL#
Soshnyanin forces Costacurta back against the ropes and clinches.
Costacurta can't find room to land a body shot as Soshnyanin controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Soshnyanin.
Soshnyanin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Costacurtas head.
Costacurta can't find room to land a body shot as Soshnyanin controls the action.
Soshnyanin throws a head punch that misses.
Soshnyanin throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Soshnyanin. #BC2#
Costacurta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Soshnyanin misses.
Costacurta swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Costacurta moves away from the strike by Soshnyanin.
Soshnyanin thuds a left hand into Costacurta's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An inside leg kick lands from Soshnyanin. #CL#
Soshnyanin moves into range and clinches up with Costacurta.
Costacurta gets through Soshnyanin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.#BC2#
Costacurta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Viktor Soshnyanin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Viktor Soshnyanin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
A low kick from Soshnyanin is predictable there
and Costacurta counters with a stiff right hand.
Soshnyanin throws a leg kick but Costacurta moved away.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Soshnyanin wants to clinch up but Costacurta keeps it at a distance.
Costacurta appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Soshnyanin lands with a right hand.
Soshnyanin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Costacurta throws out a powerful jab.#ROC2#
Soshnyanin is rocked!
A decent looking cross lands there for Soshnyanin.
Costacurta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soshnyanin moves away.
Soshnyanin lands a nice shot to the body.
Soshnyanin throws a jab when Costacurta was well out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Costacurta! But no joy.
Costacurta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soshnyanin swings widly with a right hand
and Costacurta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oh Soshnyanin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A good leg kick by Costacurta.
Costacurta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Soshnyanin manages to avoid it.
Costacurta cracks Soshnyanin with a perfect right hand that drops him to the mat! Soshnyanin is sitting up but I can't see if he's OK from my position. The referee's count has reached 5,6,7 and Soshnyanin is still not up. Can he make it? 8,9,10! He's out! Soshnyanin could not beat the count!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Rosinante Costacurta!
Rosinante Costacurta seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: Openweight KT Tournament, R1
Date: Sep 26, 2018

#R1#
Costacurta takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mamoru feints a jab promting Costacurta to slip. Mamoru then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Costacurta slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Costacurta tries to score with a low kick but Mamoru moves his leg out of the way.
Mamoru was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mamoru lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mamoru looks to land a left hand but Costacurta moved out of range nicely.
Costacurta scores with a hook to the body. Mamoru takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Mamoru lands a jab.
Costacurta tries to work over Mamoru's front leg with a kick but Mamoru checks it.
It looked like Mamoru wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Mamoru throws a jab but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costacurta moves out of range as Mamoru throws a body kick.
Mamoru rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Costacurta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Costacurta changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mamoru connects with an inside leg kick.
Costacurta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mamoru.
Mamoru gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mamoru takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Mamoru tries to land a front kick but Costacurta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mamoru lands a jab-cross combination.
Costacurta walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mamoru checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. #T1#
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Costacurta checks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Mamoru.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Costacurta throws the left hand but Mamoru avoids the punch easily.
Costacurta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Costacurta checks a leg kick nicely.
Costacurta has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mamoru finds it's way round the side to connect with Costacurta's head.
Mamoru throws a right hand that Costacurta ducks under and follows up with a left that Costacurta also avoids with ease.
Costacurta throws a looping overhand right but Mamoru ducks down to avoid it.
Mamoru misses with a low kick.
Costacurta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Costacurta.
Mamoru throws a sloppy head kick and Costacurta moves out of range easily.
Costacurta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mamoru misses with the combination.
Mamoru tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mamoru throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Costacurta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Costacurta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Costacurta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big right from Costacurta misses.
Mamoru is looking to counter with a body kick.#T2#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta motions for Mamoru to come forward. Costacurta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mamoru fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mamoru is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Costacurta gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mamoru pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice side step and Costacurta releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Costacurta scores with a decent looking hook.
Costacurta moves away from the strike by Mamoru.
Costacurta tries to land a leg kick but Mamoru saw it coming and moves away.
Mamoru chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A left and a right from Mamoru both land. Nice combination.
Mamoru slips a jab from Costacurta.
Mamoru looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Costacurta walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mamoru.
Mamoru scores with a nice body kick.
Costacurta stuns Mamoru with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mamoru swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Costacurta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mamoru. That did some damage!
Takamura Mamoru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mamoru connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Costacurta's hands.
A jab from Costacurta finds it's way through Mamoru's defenses.
Costacurta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mamoru throws out the jab. #T3#
Mamoru slips under a jab.
Mamoru uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Costacurta has time to react.
Costacurta takes one to the chin there.
Costacurta swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It looks like Mamoru has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Mamoru staying out of range there.
Mamoru is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Mamoru moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Costacurta throws a solid leg kick but Mamoru takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Costacurta.
Costacurta walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mamoru is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Costacurta takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Mamoru will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Costacurta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mamoru looks to land a combination but Costacurta avoids it well.
Mamoru blocks a low kick nicely.
Costacurta misses with a looping right.
Mamoru throwing a counter right hand but Costacurta manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mamoru lunges at Costacurta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Costacurta's hand.
Mamoru displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Costacurta throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Mamoru on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.#T4#
Mamoru ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Mamoru was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Costacurta throws an overhand right that lands on Mamoru's shoulder, as Mamoru tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Mamoru misses.
Costacurta lands with a kick to the ribs.
Costacurta throws a hook to the side of Mamoru's head but Mamoru sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Costacurta fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Costacurta fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mamoru checks it well.
Mamoru misses with a hook. Costacurta ducked under it nicely.
Mamoru pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Costacurta gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mamoru.
Costacurta ducks under a wild hook from Mamoru.
Mamoru connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mamoru throws a leg kick that is checked
and Costacurta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mamoru scores with a jab to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Costacurta misses the target.
Costacurta has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Mamoru scores with a nice strike.
Mamoru misses with a hook. Costacurta ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takamura Mamoru 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.
#R2#
Mamoru looks to land a right hand but Costacurta moved out of range.
Mamoru scores with a head kick.
Mamoru is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costacurta can do to turn this around?
Good work by Mamoru as he checks the leg kick.
Mamoru throws a poor cross that misses
and Costacurta counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mamoru thinking.
Mamoru misses the jab.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut. Mamoru saw that one coming.
Good leg kick by Mamoru there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Costacurta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mamoru manages to avoid it.
Costacurta lands a jab to Mamoru's midsection.
A telegraphed right hand from Costacurta misses the target.
Costacurta swings for the body but Mamoru moves out of range.
Costacurta connects with an inside leg kick.
Mamoru throws the left hand but Costacurta avoids the punch easily.
Takamura Mamoru is winning the standup battle so far.
Mamoru is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costacurta.
Mamoru takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mamoru throws the kick towards the body but Costacurta avoids it.
Costacurta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Costacurta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.#T1#
Mamoru tries to score with a low kick but Costacurta moves his leg out of the way.
Costacurta looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Costacurta blocks a head kick by Mamoru.
Costacurta only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Mamoru keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costacurta throws a shot from downtown. Mamoru moves away and avoids it.
Mamoru takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mamoru shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Costacurta takes one on the button.
Costacurta ducks right into an uppercut from Mamoru.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mamoru.
Costacurta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Decent striking displayed by Costacurta there.#ROC2#
Mamoru is rocked!
Mamoru lands a jab to the nose.
Oh Mamoru is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mamoru throws a head kick that misses.
Mamoru misses with a low kick.
Costacurta swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mamoru lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Costacurta backs up against the ropes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Costacurta closes the distance and catches Mamoru with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Mamoru is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Mamoru is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Mamoru is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Costacurta takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Rosinante Costacurta!
A victorious Rosinante Costacurta thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Takamura Mamoru spoke after the fight, saying 'you win or you learn.'.

Event: DFN#53 Noye vs Laiho
Date: Sep 08, 2018

#R1#
Cole scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cole throws a leg kick which misses Costacurta's front leg but catches the back leg as Costacurta tries to avoid it.
Cole moves to clinch but Costacurta breaks away
and Costacurta counters with a low kick, right behind Cole 's knee.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut. Cole saw that one coming.
Cole flicks out a counter leg kick but Costacurta steps away.
Cole tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cole looks to land a right hand but Costacurta moved out of range.
Cole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costacurta.
Cole throws the left hand but Costacurta avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Costacurta misses.
Cole throws a looping overhand right but Costacurta ducks down to avoid it.
Cole wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cole misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cole chopping away at his opponent's legs. #CL2#
Cole has Costacurta up against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cole.
Still in the clinch, Costacurta scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#BC2#
Cole breaks from the clinch.
Cole is looking to slow Costacurta down with leg kicks. #T1#
Costacurta wants to land a leg kick but Cole is out of range.
Costacurta lands a lovely overhand right.
Good work by Cole as he checks the leg kick.
Costacurta throws an overhand right that lands on Cole's shoulder, as Cole tries to avoid the shot.
Cole is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Costacurta throws a shot from downtown. Cole moves away and avoids it.
Cole moves out of range of the leg kick from Costacurta.
Cole pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cole clobbers Costacurta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rico Cole seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costacurta fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cole looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Costacurta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cole cracks Costacurta with a right hand to the side of the head.
Costacurta lands with a thumping leg kick. #CL2#
Cole has Costacurta up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#BC#
Costacurta breaks from the clinch.
Cole lands the left hand.
Costacurta tries to land a front kick but Cole steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cole now looks to counter with a shot at the body.#T2#
Cole throws a nice head kick!
A telegraphed right hand from Costacurta misses the target.
Cole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cole lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cole tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cole scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Costacurta throws a nice outside leg kick.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut.
Cole thinks about the counter body kick.
Costacurta throws a nice outside leg kick.
A lazy left from Cole finds it's target.
Cole with a nice cross.
A low kick from Costacurta misses
and Cole counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cole takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cole scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cole tries a head kick but it misses.
Costacurta feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Costacurta throws a body shot but no joy.
Cole blocks a leg kick.
Cole is looking to clinch. #T3#
Costacurta connects with a leg kick. Cole looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Costacurta swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cole.
Cole plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cole scores with a leg kick.
Cole checks the leg kick nicely there.
Costacurta avoids the head kick by Cole.
Costacurta tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.#CL2#
Cole takes the fight into the clinch.
Cole throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Costacurtas head.
A nice left hand lands by Costacurta.
Cole pushes Costacurta back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. #BC2#
Cole manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costacurta throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cole throws a right and a left that Costacurta avoids nicely.
Cole throws out a leg kick but Costacurta moves out of range and Cole only half commits.
Cole lands a nice hook to Costacurta's body. Costacurta takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cole tries to clinch up.#T4#
Costacurta tries to move into range but Cole moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cole throws a head kick that half lands.
Costacurta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cole bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Cole on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#CL2#
Cole gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cole scores with a nice hook to the head.
Costacurta swings wildly with an uppercut but Cole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cole lands a right hand that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cole.
Cole lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #BC2#
Cole pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cole bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Costacurta's head backwards.
Cole throws a chopping leg kick but Costacurta manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cole blocks a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Donk. Cole catches Costacurta right on the button with a cross.
Costacurta shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cole raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cole swings for the body but Costacurta moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Cole.
Costacurta misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rico Cole dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Cole throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cole turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cole thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cole tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Costacurta is able to avoid easily.
Costacurta walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A shot to the body from Cole misses
and Costacurta counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cole's knee momentarily.
Costacurta scores with a jab to the head. #CL2#
Cole closes the distance and pushes Costacurta back into the cage.#BC2#
Cole breaks the clinch.
Cole tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cole tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Costacurta misses the target.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Cole tries a quick counter leg kick but Costacurta is wise to it.
Cole misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cole.
Costacurta lands a leg kick that knocks Cole off balance momentarily.
Costacurta ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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 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 scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Costacurta misses with a hook. Cole ducked under it nicely. #T1#
Cole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Costacurta needs to keep his hands up - Cole had a free shot at his head there.#CL2#
Cole closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #BC2#
Cole pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cole throws a jab but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta tried to counter with a leg kick but Cole avoided it.
Cole moves out of range of the strikes.
Cole moves away from the strike by Costacurta.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cole! But no joy.
Cole pivots, looking for a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range and Cole settles back down.
Cole throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
Costacurta tried to score with a low kick but Cole checks it.
Costacurta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cole misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cole takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Cole clobbers Costacurta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cole misses with a low kick.
Costacurta wants to land a leg kick but Cole is out of range.
Cole throws a front kick that sends Costacurta stumbling back into the cage.
Costacurta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect. #T2#
Cole lands a lovely overhand right.
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 on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cole scores with a hook to the body. Costacurta takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A good leg kick by Costacurta.
Costacurta throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cole's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.#CL2#
Cole moves into range and clinches up with Costacurta.
Costacurta scores with an uppercut up the middle.#BC#
Costacurta manages to break the clinch.
Cole misses with a low kick.
Cole stuns Costacurta with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cole misses with a two punch combination.
Cole looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. #CL2#
Cole moves into the clinch.
A short uppercut from Cole.
Cole tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #BC#
Costacurta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cole swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Costacurta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.#T3#
Cole takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Costacurta throws a right hand that misses
and Cole connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cole looks to land a body kick but Costacurta moved away.
Cole ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Cole lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cole fails to land with a series of punches.
Cole misses with a left hand
and Costacurta counters with a nice kick to the body.
Costacurta throws a body punch but Cole moves out of range.
Costacurta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cole.
Cole has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Costacurta was well out of range. Poor timing from Cole.
Rico Cole seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cole takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Costacurta misses with a hook. Cole ducked under it nicely.
Cole is looking to chop away at Costacurta's legs.
Costacurta throwing a counter right hand but Cole manages to avoid it.
Cole plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cole throws a sloppy head kick
and Costacurta counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costacurta throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cole moves out of range as Costacurta strikes.#T4#
Cole misses with a straight left.
Costacurta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cole is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costacurta.
Cole misses with a shot to the body
and Costacurta counters with a stiff right hand.
Cole takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cole misses with a hook. Costacurta ducked under it nicely.
Cole looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Costacurta was well out of range. Poor timing from Cole.
Costacurta throws a body punch but Cole moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cole.
Cole moves out of range of the strikes.
Cole misses with a jab to the body
and Costacurta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Costacurta moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costacurta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cole moves away.
Cole swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cole thows a body kick. Costacurta tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nice uppercut lands for Cole. That snapped Costacurta's head back.
Costacurta lands a nice hook to Cole's body. Cole takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rico Cole will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Costacurta's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
#R3#
Costacurta swings widly with a right hand
and Cole counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Costacurta misses with a straight right.
Costacurta moves out of range as Cole strikes.
Costacurta misses with a hook
and Cole counters with a straight right hand.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Cole.
Costacurta bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Costacurta drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick from Cole.
Costacurta scores with a body shot.
Costacurta misses with a low kick as Cole jumps back.
Cole throws a hook but Costacurta blocks it.
Costacurta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cole swinging wildly here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costacurta throws a leg kick that misses.
Cole uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Costacurta.
Costacurta moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromCole.#T1#
Costacurta tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cole is able to avoid easily.
Cole misses with a looping left.
Cole throws a lazy right hand but Costacurta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cole lands a nice hook to Costacurta's body. Costacurta takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Costacurta tries to work over Cole's front leg with a kick but Cole checks it.
Cole throws the left hand but Costacurta avoids the punch easily.
Cole throws a series of punches but Costacurta avoids them all with ease.
Costacurta lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cole looks to land a left hand but Costacurta moved out of range nicely.
Cole scores with a decent looking hook.
Cole connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Costacurta's hands.
Cole avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Costacurta looks to throw the jab but Cole is out of range.
Cole throws a shot from downtown. Costacurta moves away and avoids it.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Costacurta takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Costacurta scores with a push kick.
Rosinante Costacurta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cole just misses with a punch to the body.
Cole misses with a hook.
Costacurta cracks Cole with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cole throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Costacurta tried to score with a low kick but Cole checks it.
Costacurta throws out a loose jab but Cole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Costacurta fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cole is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Costacurta. Cole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costacurta slips a straight right by Cole.
Costacurta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cole's calf.
Cole's corner calls for a 1-2. Cole obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cole scores with a hook.
Cole takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut. Cole saw that one coming.
Cole checks the leg kick.
Costacurta fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cole tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. #T3#
Costacurta moves out of range as Cole strikes.
Costacurta cracks Cole with a good jab.
Cole is looking to land body kicks.
Donk. Cole catches Costacurta right on the button with a cross.
Costacurta throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Costacurta misses with a body shot.
Cole misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costacurta.
Cole throws an overhand right that lands on Costacurta's shoulder, as Costacurta tries to avoid the shot.
Cole checks a low kick from Costacurta.
Cole tries a quick counter leg kick but Costacurta is wise to it.
Costacurta misses with a looping left.
Cole connects with an inside leg kick.
Cole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
Costacurta misses the jab.#CL2#
Cole closes the distance and pushes Costacurta back into the cage.
Cole gets through Costacurta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cole misses with some punches. #T4#
Costacurta misses with a short punch on the inside. #BC2#
Cole breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Costacurta throws a hook but Cole blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cole misses with a combination
and Cole takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cole tries to close the distance and clinch but Costacurta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Costacurta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cole connects with a high kick.
Cole tries a head kick but it misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cole looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rico Cole is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cole swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cole throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cole takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Costacurta looks to score with a jab to the body but Cole is just out of range.
Cole takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cole feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Costacurta's calf.
Cole moves out of range of the body kick.
Good work by Cole as he checks the leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rico Cole.
Well Cole has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rico Cole!
Rico Cole thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: Syn 583
Date: Jun 23, 2018

#R1#
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. #T1#
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.#T2#
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.#T3#
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.#T4#
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.
#R2#
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 #CL2#
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. #BC#
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. #T1#
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. #T2#
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. #T3#
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. #T4#
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!
#R3#
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 #CL2#
and Gniewek holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gniewek tries a knee to the head but Costacurta blocks it. #BC#
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.#T1#
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.#T2#
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. #T3#
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. #CL2#
Gniewek takes the fight into the clinch. #BC#
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. #T4#
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.

Event: Syn 578 - Burning Bright
Date: May 19, 2018

#R1#
Tsoi blocks a low kick nicely.
Tsoi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Costacurta throws a nice outside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Tsoi.
Tsoi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tsoi throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Costacurta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tsoi thumps Costacurta with a low kick.
Costacurta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tsoi. That did some damage!
A slapping leg kick lands for Tsoi.
Tsoi misses with a hook.
Tsoi misses with a hook. Costacurta ducked under it nicely.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Tsoi scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costacurta has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Costacurta there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tsoi misses with a straight right.
Tsoi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Costacurta looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tsoi connects with a body shot.#T1#
Costacurta loads up on a big right hand but Tsoi slips the punch.
Tsoi wants to clinch.
Costacurta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tsoi wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Crunch! Tsoi slams his shin into Costacurta's torso.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Do Who Tsoi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A cross from Tsoi lands.
Tsoi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tsoi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta throws a wild body kick that Tsoi sees coming a mile off.#CL#
Tsoi has taken the fight to the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Costacurta.
Costacurta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tsoi lands with a short head shot on the inside. #T2#
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!#BC2#
Costacurta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tsoi scores with a jab to the head.
Tsoi connects with an inside leg kick.
Tsoi lands a leg kick that knocks Costacurta off balance momentarily.
Tsoi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tsoi moves out of range of the leg kick from Costacurta.
Tsoi swings widly with a right hand
and Costacurta counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Costacurta takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tsoi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costacurta moves away.
Tsoi throws a sloppy body shot
letting Costacurta counter with a right hand.
Tsoi 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.
Good leg kick by Tsoi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tsoi throws a chopping leg kick but Costacurta manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Tsoi swings widly with a right hand
and Costacurta counters with a low kick, right behind Tsoi 's knee.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick from Tsoi.
Tsoi throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
Tsoi misses with a looping right.#T3#
Tsoi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Costacurta tries to land a leg kick but Tsoi saw it coming and moves away.
Costacurta looks to land a left hand but Tsoi moved out of range nicely.
Tsoi throws a leg kick
and Costacurta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tsoi checks a leg kick.
Tsoi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tsoi checks a leg kick nicely.
Tsoi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costacurta.
Costacurta rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tsoi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tsoi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tsoi 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 throws a nice inside leg kick.
Costacurta steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tsoi. That one must have hurt.
Tsoi misses with a leg kick.
Costacurta throws an off balance right hand
and Tsoi counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tsoi throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Costacurta to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costacurta throws a leg kick but Tsoi checks it.
Tsoi tried to counter with a leg kick but Costacurta avoided it.
Tsoi is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.#T4#
Costacurta slips under a jab from Tsoi.
Tsoi throws the kick towards the body but Costacurta avoids it.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tsoi avoids the body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tsoi.
Costacurta defending well as Tsoi loads up on a big left hand.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Tsoi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tsoi.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tsoi. That's going to slow Costacurta down.
Costacurta blocks the body kick.
Tsoi checks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costacurta throws the kick towards the body but Tsoi avoids it.
Tsoi cracks Costacurta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tsoi scores with a body shot.
Costacurta throws a hook but Tsoi avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Do Who Tsoi dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Tsoi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Costacurta's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tsoi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Tsoi checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Costacurta jabs at Tsoi's body.
Costacurta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tsoi was well out of range. Poor timing from Costacurta.
Costacurta connects with the punch.
Tsoi misses the shot to the body.
Costacurta keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Costacurta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice cross by Tsoi.
Good shot there by Tsoi.
Costacurta doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tsoi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costacurta can do to turn this around?
Costacurta thumps Tsoi with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costacurta takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Costacurta avoids the body shot from Tsoi.
Tsoi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tsoi slips under a jab.#T1#
Tsoi checks the leg kick.
Tsoi slips under a jab.
Tsoi takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
Tsoi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tsoi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tsoi throws a big shot that misses.
Tsoi tries to clinch but Costacurta moves out of range.
Tsoi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Costacurta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tsoi fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tsoi attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Costacurta loads up on a big right hand but Tsoi slips the punch.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tsoi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tsoi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Costacurta lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tsoi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tsoi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A leg kick checked by Costacurta.#T2#
Tsoi misses with a low kick.
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 on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tsoi throws a push kick but Costacurta slaps the foot to one side.
Tsoi lands a jab to the head.
Tsoi looks to land a right hand but Costacurta moved out of range.
Tsoi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Costacurta steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tsoi. That one must have hurt.
Costacurta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tsoi. That did some damage!
Costacurta has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tsoi.
Tsoi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Costacurta catches Tsoi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Costacurta throws a hook but Tsoi blocks it.
Tsoi misses with a looping left.
A leg kick checked by Tsoi.
Costacurta throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tsoi changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Costacurta moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Do Who Tsoi is winning the standup battle so far.#T3#
Tsoi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tsoi with a hook.
Costacurta slips a straight right by Tsoi.
Costacurta uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tsoi has time to react.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tsoi slips a jab from Costacurta.
Costacurta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tsoi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Costacurta scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tsoi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costacurta manages to avoid it.
Tsoi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Costacurta throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tsoi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tsoi throws the kick towards the body but Costacurta avoids it.
Tsoi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Costacurta throws a leg kick but Tsoi sees it coming and moves out of range. #T4#
Costacurta has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tsoi finds it's way round the side to connect with Costacurta's head.
Costacurta ducks under a wild hook from Tsoi.
Costacurta is looking to slow Tsoi down with leg kicks.
Tsoi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Costacurta.
Costacurta takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tsoi checks the leg kick.
Costacurta tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tsoi checks a leg kick.
Tsoi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A slow jab from Costacurta misses its intended target.
Costacurta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Costacurta misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tsoi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Tsoi doesn't manage to clinch there - Costacurta circles away.
A jab from Tsoi finds it's way through Costacurta's defenses.
Costacurta lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Do Who Tsoi dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Tsoi connects with a jab.
A low kick from Tsoi is predictable there
and Costacurta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tsoi scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tsoi looks to land a body kick but Costacurta moved away.
Costacurta only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Costacurta motions for Tsoi to come forward. Costacurta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tsoi scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tsoi is looking to score with low kicks.#CL#
Tsoi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.#BC2#
Costacurta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tsoi misses with a looping right.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Tsoi misses.
Costacurta is looking to slow Tsoi down with leg kicks.
Tsoi checks a low kick from Costacurta.
Costacurta connects with a body shot.
Costacurta keeps the fight on the outside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tsoi jabs at Costacurta's body.#T1#
Costacurta throws a push kick but Tsoi slaps the foot to one side.
Costacurta scores with a nice body kick.
Costacurta misses with a wild body shot.
Costacurta takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tsoi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd cheers as Costacurta lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tsoi doesn't seem phased though.
Tsoi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Tsoi blocks the leg kick.
Tsoi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tsoi connects with a leg kick. Costacurta looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Costacurta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Costacurta has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Costacurta there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tsoi looks to throw a body kick
and Costacurta counters with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tsoi misses with a hook.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut.
Rosinante Costacurta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Do Who Tsoi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#T2#
Costacurta attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta misses the shot to the body.
Costacurta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tsoi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Costacurta counters with a left to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tsoi.
Tsoi ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Tsoi scores with a jab to the body.
Tsoi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That kick from Costacurta tenderised Tsoi's leg. Tsoi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Good work by Tsoi as he checks the leg kick.
Tsoi ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Tsoi throws a sloppy body shot
and Costacurta counters with a straight right hand.#CUT2#
It looks like Do Who Tsoi has been cut.
Tsoi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costacurta.
It looked like Tsoi wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tsoi lands with a nice body punch.
Costacurta motions for Tsoi to come forward. Costacurta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. #T3#
Tsoi lands with a right hand.
Tsoi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tsoi scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jab from Tsoi.
Tsoi turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tsoi throws a push kick but Costacurta slaps the foot to one side.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tsoi.
Tsoi moves away from the strike by Costacurta.
Tsoi swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tsoi misses the shot to the body.
Costacurta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tsoi.
Costacurta throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tsoi counters with a thumping low kick.
Tsoi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tsoi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tsoi moves out of range of the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Tsoi on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tsoi looks to throw a body kick
and Costacurta counters with a straight punch to the midsection.#T4#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costacurta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tsoi's calf.
Costacurta fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Costacurta moves forwards but Tsoi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tsoi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Costacurta.
Tsoi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice straight punches there by Tsoi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tsoi.
Tsoi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costacurta.
Costacurta now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tsoi misses with a body punch
letting Costacurta counter with a right hand.
Costacurta misses the shot to the body.
Tsoi with a nice cross.
Tsoi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costacurta drops his hands momentarily and Tsoi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tsoi just misses with a punch to the body.
Tsoi swings for the body but Costacurta moves out of range.
Tsoi looks to score with a jab to the body but Costacurta is just out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Do Who Tsoi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tsoi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Do Who Tsoi!
Do Who Tsoi decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: Syn 574 - Dominance
Date: Apr 21, 2018

#R1#
Costacurta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Vegas was well out of range. Poor timing from Costacurta.
Rosinante Costacurta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vegas ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Vegas misses with a wild body shot.
Costacurta misses with a hook
and Vegas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Costacurta fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Costacurta scores with a jab.#CUT#
It looks like Johnny Vegas has been cut.
Vegas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Costacurta was well out of range. Poor timing from Vegas.
Costacurta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Costacurta moves out of range as Vegas strikes.
Costacurta is looking to counter with a body kick.
Vegas tries to clinch there but Costacurta circles away.
Vegas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Costacurta is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vegas scores with a nice right hand.
Vegas misses with a lunging right hand
and Costacurta counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costacurta throws a big shot that misses.
Vegas lands a jab.
Good leg kick by Costacurta there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud. #T1#
Vegas throws a leg kick but Costacurta sees it coming and moves out of range.
Costacurta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Costacurta.
Costacurta scores with a leg kick.
Costacurta tries a low kick but Vegas avoids it.
Costacurta will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice defenses there by Costacurta.
Vegas tries to bum rush Costacurta with a series of wild strikes but Costacurta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vegas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Costacurta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vegas checks a leg kick.
Costacurta looks to land a body kick but Vegas moved away.
Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vegas.
Costacurta scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.#T2#
Vegas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Costacurta was well out of range. Poor timing from Vegas.
Vegas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Costacurta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta works Vegas's body with a nice hook.
Vegas throws a looping overhand right but Costacurta ducks down to avoid it.
Costacurta throws a hook but Vegas blocks it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Costacurta.
Vegas is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Costacurta chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vegas can pounce on him.
The crowd cheers as Vegas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Costacurta doesn't seem phased though.
Costacurta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Vegas.
Nice cross by Costacurta.#ROC#
Vegas is rocked!
Costacurta just misses with a punch to the body.
Costacurta takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Costacurta throws an off balance right hand
letting Vegas counter with a right hand. #T3#
Costacurta moves out of range of the leg kick from Vegas.
Costacurta misses with a left hand
and Vegas counters with a good low kick that Costacurta was not able to check.
Vegas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Costacurta has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Vegas.
Vegas lands a nice looking body shot.
Vegas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Costacurta.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vegas.
Vegas tries to clinch up but Costacurta circles away and keeps his distance.
Costacurta swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Costacurta misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vegas! But no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Vegas lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Costacurta has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Costacurta and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Costacurta takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vegas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A counter left hand to the body from Costacurta misses its target.
A big right from Costacurta misses.
Costacurta blocks a head kick by Vegas. #T4#
Costacurta tests Vegas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costacurta throws a poor cross that misses
letting Vegas counter with a right hand.
Costacurta throws a leg kick that misses.
Costacurta staying out of range there.#KD#
Costacurta cracks Vegas with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Costacurta has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Vegas to stand back up!
Vegas is still on wobbly legs! Can Costacurta finish him?
Vegas throws a sloppy body shot
and Costacurta rattles Vegas with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Vegas tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Costacurta dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Vegas stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rosinante Costacurta!
Rosinante Costacurta seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: Syn 567 - Ecstasy of Gold
Date: Mar 03, 2018

#R1#
Costacurta moves out of range of the strikes.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
St. Georges throws a looping overhand right but Costacurta ducks down to avoid it.
St. Georges 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.
Gauthier St. Georges seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St. Georges looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
St. Georges works the jab nicely.
St. Georges throws a leg kick but Costacurta checks it.
Costacurta replies with a solid counter kick to the body but St. Georges blocks it well.
Costacurta walks into a stiff left hand from St. Georges.
St. Georges scores with a nice body kick.
St. Georges does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
St. Georges lands a nice shot that snaps Costacurta's head back. #CL#
Costacurta gets tackled into the cage by St. Georges. St. Georges maintains the clinch.
Costacurta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, St. Georges scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St. Georges tries to throw a body punch but Costacurta avoids it by throwing St. Georges back against the cage.
St. Georges tries a body shot but Costacurta blocks it.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow.
St. Georges misses with a punch on the inside.
Costacurta has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.
A nice left hand lands by Costacurta.
St. Georges lands a hook that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards. #BC2#
Costacurta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking. #T1#
Nice jab there from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a leg kick that knocks Costacurta off balance momentarily.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
St. Georges takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
St. Georges connects with a crisp jab.
Costacurta tries to land a leg kick but St. Georges saw it coming and moves away.
Costacurta throws a leg kick but St. Georges moved away.#CL#
St. Georges has taken the fight to the clinch.
St. Georges softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Costacurta pushes St. Georges back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it's blocked.
St. Georges throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta blocks an uppercut.
St. Georges scores with a shot to the side of Costacurta's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costacurta wants to get back to striking at distance but St. Georges won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St. Georges.
Costacurta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St. Georges lands a hook that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
Costacurta swings wildly with an uppercut but St. Georges uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head. #T2#
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St. Georges just misses with a elbow thrown towards Costacurta's brow.
St. Georges lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
St. Georges blocks an uppercut. #BC2#
Costacurta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St. Georges throws a looping overhand right but Costacurta ducks down to avoid it.
That kick from St. Georges tenderised Costacurta's leg. Costacurta is trying to keep his angry face on.
St. Georges lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
St. Georges looks to score with a jab to the body but Costacurta is just out of range.
Costacurta throws a hook but St. Georges avoids it easily.
St. Georges moves out of range as Costacurta strikes.
St. Georges throws a hook but Costacurta blocks it.
Costacurta was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Costacurta lands with a thumping leg kick.
St. Georges dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
St. Georges throws a low kick but it's checked well by Costacurta.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a nice jab.
St. Georges looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Costacurta gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Costacurta misses with a right hand
and St. Georges counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Costacurta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St. Georges.
Costacurta checks the leg kick.
St. Georges wants to land a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range. #T3#
St. Georges finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
St. Georges stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Costacurta.
St. Georges tries to land a leg kick but Costacurta saw it coming and moves away.
A low kick from St. Georges misses
and Costacurta counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
St. Georges tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St. Georges stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
St. Georges jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Costacurta stuns St. Georges with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
St. Georges lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
St. Georges scores with a jab to the body.
St. Georges checks a low kick from Costacurta.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from St. Georges - that will leave a mark!
St. Georges fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range.
St. Georges's jab looks to have found its range, popping Costacurta under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St. Georges moves out of range as Costacurta strikes.
Costacurta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
St. Georges checks a low kick from Costacurta.
St. Georges throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And Costacurta responds with a good body kick, but St. Georges manages to step out the way in time.#T4#
Costacurta throws a leg kick but St. Georges sees it coming and moves out of range.
Costacurta closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Costacurta checks the leg kick nicely there.
Costacurta scores with a nice right hand.
Costacurta avoids the body shot from St. Georges.
Costacurta wants to land a leg kick but St. Georges is out of range.
St. Georges doesn't manage to clinch there - Costacurta circles away.
St. Georges wants to land a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range.
St. Georges connects with a body shot.
Costacurta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Costacurta was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
St. Georges tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St. Georges uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
St. Georges swings and misses with a hook to the body.
St. Georges fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from St. Georges does it's job there.
St. Georges thuds his right hand into Costacurta's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
St. Georges scores with a body shot.
St. Georges lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gauthier St. Georges 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.
#R2#
Costacurta throws a quick inside leg kick.
Costacurta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St. Georges's calf.
St. Georges walks into a stiff left hand from Costacurta.
St. Georges digs a good body shot into Costacurta's ribs.
Costacurta throws a quick inside leg kick.
St. Georges doesn't manage to clinch there - Costacurta circles away.
St. Georges explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
St. Georges is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Costacurta can do to turn this around?
St. Georges misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costacurta.
St. Georges throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Costacurta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St. Georges tries to score with a low kick but Costacurta moves his leg out of the way.
Costacurta appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Costacurta lands with a good body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from St. Georges.
St. Georges displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Costacurta throws out the jab.
St. Georges thows a left - swing and a miss!
St. Georges throws a leg kick which misses Costacurta's front leg but catches the back leg as Costacurta tries to avoid it.
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!
St. Georges is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St. Georges uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
St. Georges takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses. #T1#
Nice uppercut there from St. Georges.
St. Georges misses with a body kick.
Costacurta counters with a body kick.
Costacurta throws a hook to the side of St. Georges's head but St. Georges sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St. Georges throws a low kick but Costacurta avoids it.
Costacurta needs to keep his hands up - St. Georges had a free shot at his head there.
St. Georges misses with an attempted mid kick.
Costacurta feints a counter leg kick.
Costacurta scores with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by Costacurta.
Costacurta tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and St. Georges is able to avoid easily.
Costacurta misses the jab.
St. Georges misses with a leg kick
and Costacurta counters with a body kick.
Gauthier St. Georges is winning the standup battle so far.
A leg kick checked by Costacurta.
Costacurta lands a jab.
Costacurta has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Costacurta there as he acknowledges the shot.
St. Georges scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St. Georges lands a jab to the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for St. Georges.#T2#
St. Georges throws a low kick, looking for Costacurta's leg but Costacurta calmly moves out of range.
St. Georges dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Costacurta throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range. #CL#
St. Georges gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
St. Georges lands an elbow inside that Costacurta shrugs off.
Costacurta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gauthier St. Georges has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Costacurta.
Costacurta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
St. Georges wants to stall.
Costacurta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
St. Georges lands a left hand that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
St. Georges comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Costacurta misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Costacurta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Costacurta blocks an uppercut.
Costacurta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Costacurta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
St. Georges lands a hook that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
St. Georges tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St. Georges pushes Costacurta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#T3#
Costacurta is trying to push St. Georges away but St. Georges has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
St. Georges lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #BC2#
Costacurta breaks from the clinch.
St. Georges lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
St. Georges throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A slow jab from St. Georges misses its intended target.
Costacurta slips a jab from St. Georges.
Costacurta has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
St. Georges takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
St. Georges throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
St. Georges throws a chopping leg kick but Costacurta manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
St. Georges throws a leg kick which misses Costacurta's front leg but catches the back leg as Costacurta tries to avoid it.
St. Georges tries to work over Costacurta's front leg with a kick but Costacurta checks it.
St. Georges misses with a wild body shot.
St. Georges avoids a kick to the body.
Costacurta throws a shot from downtown. St. Georges moves away and avoids it.
St. Georges looking to land some kicks to the body here.
St. Georges is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Costacurta. #T4#
St. Georges throws a push kick but Costacurta slaps the foot to one side.
St. Georges bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Costacurta throws a hook to the side of St. Georges's head but St. Georges sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Costacurta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St. Georges sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St. Georges takes a shot to the body in his stride.
St. Georges takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
Costacurta flicks out a counter leg kick but St. Georges steps away.
Costacurta does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Costacurta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
St. Georges moves out of range of the leg kick from Costacurta.
St. Georges swings for the body but Costacurta moves out of range.
St. Georges slips a straight right by Costacurta.
St. Georges is looking to counter the offense by Costacurta and move into the clinch.
Costacurta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but St. Georges moves away.
As Costacurta tries to get set, St. Georges tries to push him back and clinch up but Costacurta manages to avoid the attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by St. Georges.
St. Georges tries to clinch there but Costacurta circles away.
St. Georges fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
St. Georges is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costacurta.
A chopping leg kick lands by St. Georges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gauthier St. Georges dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
#R3#
St. Georges uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costacurta.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Costacurta throws a shot from downtown. St. Georges moves away and avoids it.
St. Georges uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
St. Georges fires out a quick counter leg kick but Costacurta just manages to avoid it.
Costacurta tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St. Georges throws a body kick that misses.
Costacurta misses with a hook. St. Georges ducked under it nicely.
St. Georges clobbers Costacurta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. #CL#
St. Georges fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Costacurta, pushing him back against the cage.
Costacurta lands a body shot.
Costacurta lands an uppercut.
Costacurta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Costacurta lands a shoulder strike.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it misses.
St. Georges blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Costacurta tries to work over St. Georges's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costacurta lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#BC2#
Costacurta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St. Georges avoids the body shot from Costacurta.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from St. Georges lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Costacurta has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Costacurta and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.#T1#
St. Georges scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
St. Georges throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta lands with a thumping leg kick.
Costacurta feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits St. Georgess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Costacurta misses with an uppercut.
St. Georges has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Costacurta.
St. Georges throws a jab when Costacurta was well out of range.
St. Georges fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costacurta manages to avoid it.
Costacurta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
St. Georges lands with an uppercut that bounces Costacurta off the cage and back into range.
Costacurta throws a looping overhand right but St. Georges ducks down to avoid it.
St. Georges looks to land a right hand but Costacurta moved out of range.
Costacurta looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Costacurta tries a low kick but St. Georges avoids it.
Costacurta with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Costacurta.
St. Georges scores with a nice body kick. #CL#
St. Georges fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Costacurta, pushing him back against the cage.
Rosinante Costacurta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gauthier St. Georges is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#T2#
St. Georges misses with the head strike.
St. Georges creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Costacurta's defenses.
Costacurta misses with a punch on the inside.
Costacurta working hard to break the clinch.
St. Georges can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action. #BC2#
Costacurta manages to break the clinch.
Costacurta swings for the body but St. Georges moves out of range. #CL#
St. Georges darts in and clinches Costacurta up against the cage.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
St. Georges misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Costacurta.
Costacurta working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Costacurta fails to land.
Costacurta takes an elbow to the forehead.
St. Georges has a couple of punches blocked by Costacurta.
St. Georges swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St. Georges tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St. Georges pushes Costacurta back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Costacurta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #T3#
A nice left hand lands by St. Georges. #BC2#
Costacurta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St. Georges looks to score with a jab to the body but Costacurta is just out of range.
Costacurta ducks under a wild hook from St. Georges.
Costacurta appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
St. Georges 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.
A swing and a miss from Costacurta.
St. Georges ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costacurta moves away.
St. Georges ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
St. Georges is looking to counter punch.
St. Georges takes one on the chin but seems OK. #CUT2#
It looks like Gauthier St. Georges has been cut.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A looping hook to the body misses from St. Georges. Costacurta does a little dance to reset his feet.
St. Georges defending well as Costacurta loads up on a big left hand.
Costacurta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St. Georges.
St. Georges scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from St. Georges, right into the meat.
Costacurta looks to land a left hand but St. Georges moved out of range nicely.
Costacurta walks into a stiff left hand from St. Georges.#T4#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costacurta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to St. Georges's calf.
St. Georges lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Costacurta at a distance.
St. Georges scores with a nice strike.
St. Georges tries to clinch but Costacurta moves out of range.
St. Georges thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Costacurta if he has to take too many more of those.
St. Georges throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
Costacurta throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St. Georges lands with a nice body punch.
St. Georges throws a leg kick that misses.
Costacurta throws a lazy right hand but St. Georges sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
St. Georges moves out of range of the body kick from Costacurta.
St. Georges defending well as Costacurta loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Decent striking displayed by Costacurta there.
St. Georges connects with a leg kick. Costacurta looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Costacurta throws a nice inside leg kick.
St. Georges walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Costacurta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
St. Georges throws a body shot but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gauthier St. Georges.
Well St. Georges has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gauthier St. Georges!

Event: Aspire 96: Bosch vs. Jones
Date: Dec 31, 2017

#R1#
Costacurta scores with a nice body kick.
A slow jab from Darkk misses its intended target.
Darkk takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Darkk lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Costacurta at a distance.
Darkk connects with a solid leg kick.
Darkk walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Costacurta.
A telegraphed right hand from Costacurta misses the target.
Darkk connects with a leg kick. Costacurta looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Costacurta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darkk.
Darkk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costacurta throws a right hand that misses
and Darkk makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Costacurta lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Darkk has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Darkk and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta tries to score with a low kick but Darkk moves his leg out of the way.
Darkk misses with a looping left.
Darkk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Darkk lands a head kick. Costacurta smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Darkk tries to work over Costacurta's front leg with a kick but Costacurta checks it.
A bone on bone clash there as Darkk blocks the leg kick. #T1#
Darkk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Costacurta.
Darkk walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Costacurta misses with a lunging right hand
and Darkk counters with a nice uppercut.
Darkk connects with an inside leg kick.
Darkk misses with a straight left.
Darkk moves out of range as Costacurta strikes.
Costacurta 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.
Darkk keeps Costacurta at a distance using the push kick.
Darkk walks into a left hand.
Darkk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darkk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Costacurta scores with the left hand. Darkk knows he should have avoided that one.
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!
Darkk takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Jab, jab by Darkk - just one landing.
Costacurta ducks under a wild hook from Darkk.
Costacurta takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.#T2#
Darkk throws a lazy right hand but Costacurta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darkk slips a jab from Costacurta.
Costacurta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darkk.
Costacurta throws a lazy right hand but Darkk sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Costacurta chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darkk lands with a straight right. Costacurta didn't see that one coming.
Darkk is looking to score with low kicks.
Darkk missing with a left hand there. Costacurta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Costacurta swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Costacurta fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Darkk checks it well.
Costacurta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darkk.
Costacurta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Darkk connects with an inside leg kick.
Darkk throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Costacurta appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Darkk slips a jab from Costacurta.
Costacurta tries to score with a low kick but Darkk moves his leg out of the way.
Ebeneezer Darkk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Costacurta with a jab.#T3#
Darkk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Costacurta.
Darkk checks a low kick from Costacurta.
Darkk throws a nice head kick!
Costacurta swings widly with a right hand
and Darkk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Costacurta checks a leg kick.
Darkk throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Costacurta counters with a nice body shot.
Darkk takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Costacurta takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Darkk throws the kick towards the body but Costacurta avoids it.
Good standup being displayed there by Costacurta as he connects with a hook.
Darkk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darkk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costacurta swings for the body but Darkk moves out of range.
Costacurta misses with a hook. Darkk ducked under it nicely.
Darkk throws a looping overhand right but Costacurta ducks down to avoid it. #T4#
Costacurta motions for Darkk to come forward. Costacurta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Darkk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Darkk moves out of range as Costacurta strikes.
Costacurta checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Costacurta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Darkk.
Darkk thumps Costacurta with a low kick.
Darkk slips under a jab from Costacurta.
Costacurta throws a leg kick but Darkk checks it.
Costacurta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darkk.
Costacurta lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A good leg kick by Darkk.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darkk fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Costacurta checks it well.
Darkk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Darkk blocks the low kick.
Costacurta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Darkk's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ebeneezer Darkk will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Darkk throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Costacurta appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Darkk takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Darkk.
A good leg kick by Darkk.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darkk.
Darkk throws a shot from downtown. Costacurta moves away and avoids it.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut
and Costacurta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darkk looks to throw the jab but Costacurta is out of range.
Costacurta connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Darkk wants to land a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range.
Darkk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Costacurta throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costacurta takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Darkk connects with a solid leg kick.
Darkk tries to land a leg kick but Costacurta saw it coming and moves away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Darkk.
Costacurta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darkk connects with a solid leg kick. #T1#
Darkk throws a sloppy head kick and Costacurta moves out of range easily.
Costacurta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darkk.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Costacurta might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Darkk throws an overhand right that lands on Costacurta's shoulder, as Costacurta tries to avoid the shot.
Darkk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darkk is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Darkk 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.
Darkk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Costacurta.
A big right from Costacurta misses.
Costacurta looks to land a right hand but Darkk moved out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Darkk misses.
Costacurta throws a wild body kick that Darkk sees coming a mile off.
Darkk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Darkk misses with a looping left.
Darkk fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range.
Costacurta swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A leg kick checked by Darkk.
Darkk throws a lazy right hand but Costacurta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Costacurta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Darkk moves out of range of the leg kick from Costacurta.
Darkk throws a counter combo.
Darkk plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!#T2#
Darkk misses with a left hand
and Costacurta counters with a slapping leg kick.
Costacurta scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left lands for Costacurta.
Darkk lands with a thumping leg kick.
Costacurta swings for the body but Darkk moves out of range.
Darkk looks to land a body kick but Costacurta moved away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Costacurta lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Darkk has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Darkk and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Darkk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darkk defending well as Costacurta loads up on a big left hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Darkk.
Darkk does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Darkk finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Darkk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costacurta manages to avoid it.
Costacurta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Darkk swings widly with a right hand
and Costacurta counters with a low kick, right behind Darkk 's knee. #T3#
Costacurta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Darkk looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Decent striking displayed by Costacurta there.
Costacurta checks a low kick from Darkk.
A good leg kick by Costacurta.
Darkk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Costacurta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darkk.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick from Darkk.
Costacurta staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Costacurta.
The fighters circle momentarily. Darkk darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Costacurta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Darkk.
Ebeneezer Darkk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Darkk lands with a slapping head kick.
Costacurta checks the leg kick nicely there.
Darkk connects with a good right hand that stumbles Costacurta. Costacurta circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Darkk throws a shot to the body. #T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darkk cracks the inside of Costacurta's front leg.
Darkk connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Costacurta momentarily.
Costacurta blocks the body kick.
Darkk lands a leg kick that knocks Costacurta off balance momentarily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Darkk, right into the meat.
Darkk throws a leg kick but Costacurta moved away.
Both fighters circling a little - Darkk finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Darkk thows a leg kick but Costacurta checks it
and Costacurta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Costacurta lands a right hook to the body.
A jab from Costacurta misses.
Darkk throws a hook but Costacurta blocks it.
Darkk walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Costacurta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Costacurta misses with an attempted mid kick.
Costacurta fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Darkk has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Costacurta throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Darkk scores with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ebeneezer Darkk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R3#
Darkk is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Costacurta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Darkk is out of range.
Costacurta throws a right hand that misses
and Darkk counters with a leg kick.
Darkk throws a quick inside leg kick.
Costacurta misses with a right hand
and Darkk counters with a good low kick that Costacurta was not able to check.
Costacurta is looking to land body kicks.
Costacurta 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.
Darkk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Costacurta chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darkk throws a nice inside leg kick.
Darkk ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costacurta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darkk is looking to chop away at Costacurta's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Darkk.
Darkk fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Costacurta looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Darkk lands with a thumping leg kick. #T1#
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Darkk. Costacurta shrugs it off though.
Darkk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Darkk.
Darkk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Darkk turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A big right from Darkk misses.
Costacurta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Darkk blocks a jab.
Darkk misses with a kick to the body.
Costacurta dodges the punch combination from Darkk.
Costacurta half committed to a counter leg kick.
Darkk throws a quick inside leg kick.
Darkk fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range.
Darkk looks to score with a jab to the body but Costacurta is just out of range.#T2#
Nice defenses there by Darkk.
Darkk throws a leg kick but Costacurta moved away.
Costacurta fires out a quick counter leg kick but Darkk just manages to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Costacurta blocks the leg kick.
Costacurta misses with a right hand
and Darkk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Costacurta fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Darkk.
Costacurta throws a wild body kick that Darkk sees coming a mile off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costacurta throws a poor cross that misses
and Darkk finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Costacurta looks to land a body kick but Darkk moved away.
Darkk looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Costacurta scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice defenses there by Costacurta.
Darkk tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Costacurta was well out of range. Poor timing from Darkk.
Costacurta with a jab.
Costacurta slips a straight right by Darkk.
Darkk walks into a stiff left hand from Costacurta.
Costacurta ducks under a wild hook from Darkk.#T3#
Jab from Darkk.
Darkk throws a leg kick
and Costacurta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Darkk checks the leg kick.
Darkk connects with a solid leg kick.
Costacurta checks a low kick from Darkk.
Darkk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Costacurta.
Darkk fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Costacurta.
Darkk shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Darkk throws the left hand but Costacurta avoids the punch easily.
Costacurta throws a nice outside leg kick.
Darkk tries a head kick but it misses.
Darkk sizes up Costacurta with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Darkk's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Costacurta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Darkk.
Costacurta fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Darkk.
Darkk throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range. #T4#
Darkk avoids the body shot from Costacurta.
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 throws an off balance right hand
and Darkk counters with a leg kick.
Darkk throws a jab when Costacurta was well out of range.
Darkk misses with a leg kick.
Costacurta feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Costacurta tries to work over Darkk's front leg with a kick but Darkk checks it.
Costacurta defending well as Darkk loads up on a big left hand.
Costacurta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Darkk.
Darkk throws a leg kick but Costacurta sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Costacurta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Darkk misses
and Costacurta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Costacurta throws a poor cross that misses
and Darkk counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Costacurta takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Darkk is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costacurta.
Costacurta looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Costacurta blocks a low kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ebeneezer Darkk really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R4#
Darkk connects with a leg kick. Costacurta looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Darkk tries to bum rush Costacurta with a series of wild strikes but Costacurta uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An attempted straight right counter from Costacurta misses the target.
Costacurta scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick from Darkk.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Good work by Costacurta as he checks the leg kick.
Costacurta takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Darkk thumps Costacurta with a low kick.
Costacurta looks to land a left hand but Darkk moved out of range nicely.
Costacurta ducks right into an uppercut from Darkk.
Costacurta throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Darkk, right into the meat.
A big left from Costacurta misses.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick from Darkk.
Darkk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Darkk misses with an attempted mid kick. #T1#
Darkk moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Costacurta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Darkk moves away.
Costacurta misses the jab.
Costacurta moves out of range of the leg kick from Darkk.
Costacurta throws a looping overhand right but Darkk ducks down to avoid it.
Darkk uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Costacurta has time to react.
Darkk throws a lazy right hand but Costacurta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Darkk throws a wild body kick that Costacurta sees coming a mile off.
Darkk lands with an overhand left.
Good standup being displayed there by Costacurta as he connects with a hook.
Costacurta wants to land a leg kick but Darkk is out of range.
A slow jab from Costacurta misses its intended target.
Darkk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
Darkk misses with a leg kick
and Costacurta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#T2#
Costacurta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Costacurta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darkk checks a low kick from Costacurta.
Costacurta dodges the punch combination from Darkk.
Costacurta looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Costacurta.
Darkk throws a front kick aimed at Costacurta's knee but Costacurta avoids it well.
Costacurta lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta throws a looping overhand right but Darkk ducks down to avoid it.
Darkk checks the leg kick nicely there.
Darkk was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Costacurta checks a leg kick.
Darkk scores with a crisp jab that stopped Costacurta in his tracks.
Darkk pivots, looking for a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range and Darkk settles back down.
Darkk avoids a kick to the body. #T3#
Costacurta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Darkk only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Costacurta motions for Darkk to come forward. Costacurta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Darkk. Costacurta shrugs it off though.
Darkk avoids the body shot from Costacurta.
A clash of legs there as Costacurta blocks the low kick.
As Darkk backs away, Costacurta returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Darkk checks a leg kick.
Darkk feints a counter leg kick.
Costacurta checks a leg kick.
Costacurta throws a looping overhand right but Darkk ducks down to avoid it.
Darkk now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Costacurta checks a leg kick.
Darkk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Costacurta. Costacurta obviously looking to wear him down.
Darkk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut. Darkk saw that one coming.
Darkk misses with a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Costacurta on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
You can see that Darkk has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Darkk lands a leg kick that knocks Costacurta off balance momentarily.#T4#
Darkk slips a straight right by Costacurta.
Darkk misses with a body kick.
Costacurta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Darkk throws a lazy right hand but Costacurta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Costacurta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Darkk.
Good shot there by Darkk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darkk moves out of range of the strikes.
Darkk scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Costacurta throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Costacurta checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Darkk doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Darkk lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Darkk stuns Costacurta with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ebeneezer Darkk dominated that fourth 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. This is the final round!
#R5#
Costacurta fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Costacurta throws a solid leg kick but Darkk takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Costacurta.
A jab from Costacurta misses.
An inside leg kick from Darkk misses.
Costacurta misses with a body shot.
A jab from Costacurta misses.
Costacurta will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Darkk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Darkk looks to throw the jab but Costacurta is out of range.
Darkk goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Darkk throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping body kick lands there for Darkk.
Costacurta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Darkk lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Darkk throws a nice inside leg kick.
Darkk 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.#T1#
Costacurta scores with a nice head shot.
Darkk scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Costacurta doesn't seem bothered though.
Darkk uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Costacurta.
Costacurta tried to score with a low kick but Darkk checks it.
Darkk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Costacurta misses the shot to the body.
Darkk misses with a low kick.
Costacurta lands a jab to the nose.
Darkk throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Darkk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darkk is trying to counter with his kicks.
Darkk lands with a cross.
Costacurta checks a leg kick.
Costacurta cracks Darkk with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Darkk throws a low kick but it's checked well by Costacurta.
Rosinante Costacurta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Darkk is looking to slow Costacurta down with leg kicks.
Costacurta looks to score with a jab to the body but Darkk is just out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costacurta staying out of range there.
Costacurta looks to score with a jab to the body but Darkk is just out of range.
Costacurta attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Darkk ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Costacurta is looking to chop away at Darkk's legs.
Darkk uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Costacurta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darkk staying out of range there.
Darkk connects with a nice looking jab.
Darkk tries a head kick but it misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Costacurta checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Darkk ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Ebeneezer Darkk is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T3#
Darkk misses with a straight right.
Costacurta blocks a low kick nicely.
Costacurta was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Darkk throws a quick inside leg kick.
Darkk lands a jab to the head.
Darkk lands with an overhand left.
Darkk moves out of range of the body kick from Costacurta.
Darkk steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Costacurta.
Darkk thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Costacurta if he has to take too many more of those.
Darkk misses the jab.
A good leg kick by Darkk.
Costacurta throws a low kick but Darkk avoids it.
Darkk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Costacurta misses with a low kick as Darkk jumps back.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Darkk - that will leave a mark!
Costacurta chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Darkk can pounce on him. #T4#
Darkk buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Darkk throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Darkk blocks the leg kick.
Darkk cracks the inside of Costacurta's front leg.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costacurta with a nice cross.
Darkk misses the jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Darkk checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Darkk lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Darkk checks it well.
Darkk is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Costacurta with a body shot.
Costacurta scoring well with a low kick there.
Darkk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Costacurta.
Darkk throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Costacurta counters with a nice uppercut.
Costacurta lands a nice hook to Darkk's body. Darkk takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Costacurta takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ebeneezer Darkk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Darkk has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 45:50
Judge James Glass scores the fight 45:50
Judge William Gold scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ebeneezer Darkk!
Ebeneezer Darkk is the new lightweight champion!

Event: Aspire 91: Green v Lee
Date: Nov 26, 2017

#R1#
Sarkisyan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sarkisyan looks to score with a jab to the body but Costacurta is just out of range.
A lazy left from Costacurta finds it's target.
Costacurta connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Costacurta blocks a head kick by Sarkisyan.
Costacurta circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Sarkisyan to the canvas! Sarkisyan doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Costacurta keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rosinante Costacurta!
Rosinante Costacurta is the new lightweight champion!
Rosinante Costacurta decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: Aspire 88: Savkov v Gracie
Date: Nov 08, 2017

#R1#
Costacurta slaps away a takedown attempt from Shipman, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Shipman misses with a takedown
and Shipman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #CUT2#
It looks like Harold Shipman has been cut.
Costacurta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shipman misses with a straight right.
Costacurta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shipman misses with a wild combination.
Shipman fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harold Shipman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shipman shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Costacurta throws a body shot but no joy.
Shipman tries to clinch up but Costacurta circles away and keeps his distance.#CL#
Shipman has Costacurta up against the cage in a clinch. #BC2#
Costacurta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#T1#
Shipman defending well as Costacurta loads up on a big left hand.
Shipman misses with a right hand
and Costacurta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Costacurta fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Shipman to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Shipman looks to clinch but Costacurta throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Shipman taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rosinante Costacurta!
Rosinante Costacurta decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: Aspire 84: McGee v Yamaguchi
Date: Oct 18, 2017

#R1#
A nice leg kick lands there from Darkk.
Darkk thumps Costacurta with a low kick.
Darkk thumps Costacurta with a low kick.
Costacurta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darkk! But no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Darkk misses the target.
Costacurta misses with a kick to the body.
Darkk just misses with a punch to the body.
Costacurta chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Darkk can pounce on him.
A punch lands to the side of Darkk 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A chopping leg kick lands by Costacurta.
Costacurta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Darkk.
Darkk thows a left - swing and a miss!
Darkk misses with a straight left.
Costacurta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Darkk takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Darkk misses the shot to the body.
Costacurta throws a leg kick which misses Darkk's front leg but catches the back leg as Darkk tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#CL2#
Darkk fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Costacurta, pushing him back against the cage.
Darkk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darkk.
Darkk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Costacurta misses with a punch on the inside. #T1#
Darkk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costacurta can't find room to land a body shot as Darkk controls the action.
Costacurta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Darkk blocking some punches.
Costacurta has a couple of punches blocked by Darkk.
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Darkk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Costacurta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Darkk backwards.
Darkk is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Costacurta is keeping busy.
Darkk blocking some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Darkk - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Darkk blocks an uppercut.
Costacurta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costacurta.
Costacurta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Darkk scores with a nice hook to the head.
Darkk blocks a body shot from Costacurta.
A short left from Costacurta.
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!
Darkk misses with a hook to the ribs.
Darkk misses with a punch on the inside. #T2#
Darkk misses with a body punch.
Darkk tries to work over Costacurta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darkk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
Costacurta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Darkk backwards.
Darkk misses with some punches.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Costacurta.
Costacurta throws a punch but it's blocked by Darkk.
Costacurta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costacurta can't find room to land a body shot as Darkk controls the action.
A short uppercut from Darkk.
Costacurta misses with the head strike.
Darkk blocking some punches.
Costacurta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Darkk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Darkk throws a head punch that misses.
Darkk takes a shot to the head.
Costacurta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Darkk misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darkk.
Darkk prevents a body shot from Costacurta.
Darkk throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta scores with a shoulder strike. #T3#
Darkk pushes Costacurta back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Darkk prevents a body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta blocks a body shot from Darkk.
Costacurta blocks an uppercut.
Darkk taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Darkk working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darkk.
Darkk misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darkk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Costacurta lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Darkk.
Darkk lands with a right to the head.
Costacurta blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Costacurta on the inside.
Costacurta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Costacurta lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Costacurta throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Darkk.
Costacurta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darkk lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Costacurta. #T4#
Costacurta tries to work over Darkk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Darkk goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Costacurta swings wildly with an uppercut but Darkk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta lands with a short shot to the head.
Darkk throws a head punch that misses.
Costacurta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Costacurta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Costacurta lands a hook that snaps the head of Darkk backwards.
Costacurta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Costacurta takes a shot to the head.
Costacurta throws a punch but it's blocked by Darkk.
Darkk's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Costacurta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Costacurta.
Darkk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Darkk tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darkk is trying to stall.
Costacurta is working Darkk over against the cage.
Costacurta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Darkk looks winded!
Costacurta has a couple of punches blocked by Darkk.
Costacurta has a couple of punches blocked by Darkk.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rosinante Costacurta dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Darkk misses with a looping left.
Costacurta scores with a jab.
Darkk misses with a straight left.
Costacurta blocks a head kick by Darkk.
Darkk lands with a straight right. Costacurta didn't see that one coming.
Darkk's jab looks to have found its range, popping Costacurta under the eye.
Darkk throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
Costacurta checks a low kick from Darkk.
Costacurta misses the jab.
Darkk 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.
A swing and a miss from Costacurta.
Darkk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Darkk throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Costacurta counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Costacurta missing with a left hand there. Darkk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Darkk looks to land a body kick but Costacurta moved away.
Costacurta misses with a body kick.
Costacurta is looking to score with low kicks.
Costacurta lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good exchange - Darkk coming out on top.#T1#
Darkk staying out of range there.
Jab by Costacurta.
Darkk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice body punch from Darkk.
Costacurta slips a jab from Darkk.
Costacurta fires out a quick counter leg kick but Darkk just manages to avoid it.
Costacurta throws an off balance right hand
and Costacurta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Darkk throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut.
Rosinante Costacurta is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Darkk misses the target.
Costacurta's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Darkk connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Costacurta scrambles back to his feet.
Costacurta misses the shot to the body.
Darkk avoids the body shot from Costacurta.
Darkk tries to close the distance and clinch but Costacurta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Costacurta walks forward, straight into a front kick from Darkk.
An inside leg kick lands from Darkk.
Darkk avoids the body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Darkk. #T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some bone on bone action there as Darkk checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Darkk scores with a kick to the body.
Darkk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Costacurta blocks a jab.
A big right from Darkk misses.
Darkk misses with a wild body shot.
Costacurta swings for the body but Darkk moves out of range.
Costacurta throws a hook but Darkk avoids it easily.
Darkk misses with a body shot.
Costacurta catches Darkk with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Darkk throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Costacurta counters with a straight right hand.#ROC#
Darkk is rocked!
Costacurta scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Darkk is still on wobbly legs! Can Costacurta finish him?
Costacurta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Darkk drops his hands momentarily. Costacurta doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Darkk staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Darkk doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rosinante Costacurta!
Rosinante Costacurta seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: Aspire 78: McGee v Gabagool
Date: Sep 27, 2017

#R1#
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Costacurta, right into the meat.
Costacurta missing with a left hand there. Hamed was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hamed misses with an uppercut.
Hamed throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hamed misses with an attempted mid kick.
Costacurta connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hamed momentarily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Costacurta, as that shot connected.
Hamed connects with a crisp jab.
Hamed misses with a hook.
Costacurta dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hamed. That did some damage!
Hamed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hamed looks to land a combination but Costacurta avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Costacurta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Hamed misses.
Hamed scoring well with a low kick there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Costacurta. Hamed shrugs it off though.
Costacurta defending well as Hamed loads up on a big left hand.
Hamed fakes the leg kick and cracks Costacurta in the body.
Costacurta moves out of range as Hamed throws a body kick. #T1#
Hamed lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hamed goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Costacurta tries to clinch up but Hamed circles away and keeps his distance.
Costacurta throws a wild body kick that Hamed sees coming a mile off.
Hamed throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hamed blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by Hamed.
Costacurta walks into a straight right hand from Hamed.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick from Hamed.
Costacurta throws a big shot that misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Hamed scores with a four punch combination!
Costacurta pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hamed is out of range and Costacurta settles back down.
Costacurta misses with the body kick
and Hamed counters with a solid body kick.
Costacurta swings for the body but Hamed moves out of range.
Costacurta throws the kick towards the body but Hamed avoids it.
Costacurta ducks under a wild hook from Hamed.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Costacurta.#T2#
Costacurta has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hamed.
Costacurta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hamed moves away.
A clash of legs there as Hamed blocks the low kick.
Hamed throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hamed checks a low kick from Costacurta.
Hamed thinks about the counter body kick.
Hamed bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hamed looks to throw the jab but Costacurta is out of range.
Costacurta tries to close the distance and clinch but Hamed swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Costacurta is looking to clinch but Hamed is avoiding it.
A little jabbing left from Hamed on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Costacurta lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hamed has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hamed and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hamed throws a low kick, looking for Costacurta's leg but Costacurta calmly moves out of range.
And Costacurta counters with a quick kick to the body but Hamed blocks it.
Costacurta checks a leg kick nicely.
Hamed digs a good body shot into Costacurta's ribs.
Costacurta lands a leg kick that knocks Hamed off balance momentarily.
Hamed dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Costacurta. That did some damage!
Costacurta misses with a leg kick. #T3#
Hamed waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Costacurta.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut. Hamed saw that one coming.
Hamed throws out a leg kick but Costacurta moves out of range and Hamed only half commits.
Costacurta tries to clinch there but Hamed circles away.
Hamed swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rosinante Costacurta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hamed throws a body shot but no joy.
Hamed lands a nice looking body kick.
Hamed throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Costacurta.
Hamed throws a lazy right hand but Costacurta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Costacurta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hamed throws a leg kick
and Costacurta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hamed looks to score with a jab to the body but Costacurta is just out of range.
Costacurta with a nice cross.
Hamed throws a low kick but Costacurta avoids it.
Hamed buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good shot there by Costacurta.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamed scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.#T4#
Costacurta lands a lovely overhand right.
Costacurta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hamed. #CL#
Costacurta gets a clinch.
Hamed blocks a body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.#BC2#
Hamed breaks the clinch.
Costacurta checks a leg kick.
Costacurta lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hamed.
Nice body kick from Hamed.
The fighters circling - Costacurta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hamed.
Hamed waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Costacurta.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hamed looks to land a body kick but Costacurta moved away.
Hamed tries to land a front kick but Costacurta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hamed is looking to land body kicks.
Costacurta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Costacurta smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ahsan Hamed dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Hamed throws a body kick that misses.
Hamed looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Costacurta throws a hook to the side of Hamed's head but Hamed sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hamed throws a head kick but Costacurta moves out of range.
A lazy body kick from Hamed
and Costacurta counters with a good, hard body kick but Hamed shrugs it off.
Hamed does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A head kick from Hamed lands but Costacurta takes it in his stride.
Costacurta scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hamed in his tracks.
Costacurta throws a front kick aimed at Hamed's knee but Hamed avoids it well.
Hamed moves out of range of the strikes.
Costacurta bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costacurta tries to work over Hamed's front leg with a kick but Hamed checks it.
Ahsan Hamed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab by Hamed.
A solid body kick from Costacurta.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costacurta keeps Hamed at a distance using the push kick.
Hamed gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Costacurta looks to throw the jab but Hamed is out of range. #T1#
Costacurta lands with a shot to the body.
A left lands for Costacurta.
Hamed throws a hook to the side of Costacurta's head but Costacurta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hamed swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Costacurta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hamed misses with a low kick as Costacurta jumps back.
Hamed walks forward, straight into a front kick from Costacurta.
Costacurta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hamed.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hamed.
Hamed misses with a low kick as Costacurta jumps back.
A low kick from Hamed misses
and Hamed takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Costacurta throws a leg kick which misses Hamed's front leg but catches the back leg as Hamed tries to avoid it.
A combination from Hamed does no damage.
Hamed throws a sloppy body shot #CL#
and Costacurta counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Costacurta.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hamed struggles to land a body shot inside as Costacurta controls his hands.
Hamed tries to break the clinch but Costacurta is controlling the position.
Costacurta fails to land with a short punch on the inside. #T2##BC2#
Hamed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Costacurta moves in looking to clinch but Hamed pushes him off.
Hamed throws a sloppy head kick
and Costacurta counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hamed misses with a kick to the body.
Costacurta connects with a jab.
Costacurta connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hamed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hamed throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Costacurta lands with a thumping leg kick.
Costacurta scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hamed scores with a nice right hand.
Hamed dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Costacurta. That did some damage!
A swing and a miss from Hamed.
Costacurta thows a body kick. Hamed tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hamed throws a body kick that misses
letting Costacurta counter with a right hand.
Hamed moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.#T3#
A slow jab from Hamed misses its intended target.
Hamed misses with a head kick.
Costacurta scores with a leg kick.
Costacurta is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Costacurta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Costacurta looks to land a right hand but Hamed moved out of range.
Hamed checks a low kick from Costacurta.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A shot to the body from Costacurta misses
and Hamed counters with a head kick.
Hamed blocks a jab.
Costacurta swings for the body but Hamed moves out of range.
Costacurta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice side step and Hamed releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Costacurta is looking to slow Hamed down with leg kicks.
Hamed loads up on a big right hand but Costacurta slips the punch.
Costacurta wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Hamed misses with a wild body shot. #CL#
Costacurta gets in close and instigates a clinch. #T4#
Costacurta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Costacurta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costacurta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Costacurta misses with a body punch. #BC2#
Hamed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hamed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hamed looks for the body kick but Costacurta saw that one coming.
Good leg kick by Costacurta there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Costacurta doesn't manage to clinch there - Hamed circles away.
Hamed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
Costacurta throws a looping overhand right but Hamed ducks down to avoid it.
Hamed throws a body kick that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Costacurta misses the target.
Hamed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hamed misses with a series of wild punches.
Costacurta is looking to counter punch.
A jab from Hamed misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rosinante Costacurta dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
A nice inside leg kick there by Costacurta. That's going to slow Hamed down.
Costacurta moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hamed misses with a body kick.
Costacurta with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hamed connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Costacurta's hands.
Costacurta connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hamed throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hamed cracks Costacurta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hamed clobbers Costacurta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hamed scores with a sloppy right hand. Costacurta should have avoided that one.
Costacurta lands with an overhand left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hamed uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Costacurta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Costacurta avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hamed throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hamed throws a hook but Costacurta avoids it easily.#T1##CL#
Costacurta gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hamed throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta lands a shot to the body.
Hamed misses with a punch on the inside.
Hamed misses with some punches.
Hamed tries to break the clinch but Costacurta is controlling the position.
Costacurta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hamed.
Hamed throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hamed swings wildly with an uppercut but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Hamed fails to land.
Hamed blocks a body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta can't find room to land a body shot as Hamed controls the action.
Hamed misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Costacurta as Hamed tries to tie him up. #BC2#
Hamed manages to break the clinch. #T2#
Hamed throws a push kick but Costacurta slaps the foot to one side.
Hamed misses with an uppercut.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut
and Hamed counters with a good, hard body kick but Costacurta shrugs it off.
Hamed walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Costacurta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Costacurta connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hamed momentarily.
Hamed listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Costacurta connects with a body shot that sends Hamed's belly button to the back.
Hamed misses with a hook. Costacurta ducked under it nicely.
Hamed ducks under a wild hook from Costacurta.
Costacurta gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hamed misses with a body kick.
Costacurta misses with a hook
and Hamed counters with a nice body kick.
Costacurta takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Costacurta with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hamed defending well as Costacurta loads up on a big left hand. #T3#
Costacurta lands a leg kick that knocks Hamed off balance momentarily.
Costacurta throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Costacurta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Costacurta lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hamed scores with a nice strike.
Costacurta misses with a body shot.
Hamed misses the jab.
Hamed uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costacurta.
Hamed throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hamed attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta staying out of range there.
Hamed is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costacurta.
Costacurta is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hamed on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hamed has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Costacurta.
Hamed keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Hamed. #T4#
Costacurta scores with a hook to the body. Hamed takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#CL#
Costacurta clinches up against the cage.
Costacurta misses with a punch to the body.
Hamed blocks a body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costacurta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hamed misses with the head strike.
Hamed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costacurta lands with a right to the head.
Costacurta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamed's elbow.
Costacurta lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hamed takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Costacurta is working Hamed over against the cage.
Rosinante Costacurta has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hamed lands a right hand.
Costacurta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Costacurta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Costacurta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamed's elbow.
Hamed has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Costacurta misses with a punch to the body.
Hamed prevents a body shot from Costacurta.
Hamed tries to stall but Costacurta uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rosinante Costacurta.
I think Costacurta has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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.

Event: Aspire 71: McGee v Ibu
Date: Sep 03, 2017

#R1#
Costacurta swings away with a body shot that misses
and Al Ahwei counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Costacurta tries to bum rush Al Ahwei with a series of wild strikes but Al Ahwei uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Al Ahwei looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Al Ahwei throws out a loose jab but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al Ahwei shoots in looking for a takedown but Costacurta manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Al Ahwei's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Costacurta half committed to a counter leg kick.
Costacurta throws a good cross that connects.
Al Ahwei loads up on a big right hand but Costacurta slips the punch.
Rosinante Costacurta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Al Ahwei checks the leg kick nicely there.
Al Ahwei doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.#CL#
Al Ahwei gets tackled into the cage by Costacurta. Costacurta maintains the clinch.
Al Ahwei goes for a takedown attempt but Costacurta pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
A decent looking cross lands there for Costacurta.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Ahwei throws a jab but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Al Ahwei fails with an attempt to clinch. #T1#
Al Ahwei scores with a hook to the body. Costacurta takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Costacurta misses with a low kick as Al Ahwei jumps back.
Costacurta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta misses with a head kick.
Al Ahwei tries a quick counter leg kick but Costacurta is wise to it.
Nice body kick from Al Ahwei.
Jab, jab by Costacurta - just one landing.
Costacurta throws a jab but it's blocked by Al Ahwei.
Costacurta throws a body kick that misses #TD2#
and Al Ahwei counters with a nice double leg into side control. Costacurta won't be happy with that.
Costacurta bucks up and tries to throw Al Ahwei off but instead Al Ahwei has got his back!
Costacurta is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Ryōzanpaku Dojo, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!#SUB2#
Al Ahwei looking for the choke but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Good control from Al Ahwei.#T2#
Al Ahwei trying to control.#T3#
What can Costacurta do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight! #SUB2#
Al Ahwei looking for the RNC. #SUB2#
Al Ahwei looking for the RNC.
Costacurta wants to escape the position.
Well, with Al Ahwei on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Costacurta is tapping out... Can he escape the position?#SUB2#
Al Ahwei is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Costacurta is defending well though. Al Ahwei let's go of the attempt for now.#SUB2#
Al Ahwei is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Costacurta defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined. #T4##SUB2#
Al Ahwei tightening his grip on Costacurta, looking for the choke.
Costacurta is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Farouk Al Ahwei dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
Costacurta slips a jab from Al Ahwei.
Al Ahwei takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nice straight punches there by Al Ahwei. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Al Ahwei.
Al Ahwei takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Costacurta moves out of range of the strikes.
Costacurta missing with a left hand there. Al Ahwei was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Costacurta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Some wild striking there from Costacurta.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL#
Costacurta moves into the clinch.
Al Ahwei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costacurta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al Ahwei lands on the inside with an uppercut. #T1#
Costacurta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Al Ahwei lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Costacurta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Al Ahwei fails to land.
Al Ahwei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Costacurta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Al Ahweis head.
Al Ahwei digs a right hand underneath Costacurta's ribcage. Costacurta let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Costacurta scores with a shot to the side of Al Ahwei's head.
Al Ahwei has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Costacurta after a bit of a struggle.
Costacurta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Al Ahwei lands a body punch in the clinch.
Al Ahwei struggles to land a body shot inside as Costacurta controls his hands.
Al Ahwei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Al Ahwei takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Costacurta - that landed with a thud.
A nice left hand lands by Costacurta.
Al Ahwei lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Ahwei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costacurta throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Ahwei. #T2#
Costacurta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Al Ahwei backwards.
Al Ahwei swings wildly with an uppercut but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Al Ahwei goes for a takedown in the clinch but Costacurta prevents it.
Costacurta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Al Ahwei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costacurta's elbow.
Al Ahwei lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Costacurta working aggressively here.
Al Ahwei lands a hook that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Al Ahwei creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Al Ahwei doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Costacurta.
Costacurta is working Al Ahwei over against the cage.
Costacurta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Al Ahwei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Al Ahwei working aggressively here.
Costacurta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rosinante Costacurta has scored more points in the clinch so far.#T3#
Al Ahwei misses with a hook to the ribs.
Costacurta blocking some punches.
Costacurta throws a punch but it's blocked by Al Ahwei.
Costacurta has a couple of punches blocked by Al Ahwei.
Al Ahwei tries to work over Costacurta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Al Ahwei is working for takedown but Costacurta is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rosinante Costacurta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Farouk Al Ahwei.
Al Ahwei digs a right hand into Costacurta's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Costacurta's gas tank.
Al Ahwei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Al Ahwei has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Costacurta avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A short right from Costacurta.
Costacurta throws a head punch that misses.
Al Ahwei lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Al Ahwei. #TD2#
Al Ahwei has hold of one of Costacurta's legs. Costacurta is fighting the takedown attempt but Al Ahwei gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Costacurta keeping full guard, as Al Ahwei tries to pass.
Al Ahwei controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #T4#
Let's hope that Al Ahwei 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.
Al Ahwei wants to control from the top but Costacurta keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Farouk Al Ahwei will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
#R3##CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Costacurta scores with a hook to the body.
Costacurta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Costacurta.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costacurta.
Costacurta lands a shot to the body.
Costacurta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Al Ahwei swings wildly with an uppercut but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta blocks a body shot from Al Ahwei.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Ahwei goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Al Ahwei misses with some punches.
Costacurta lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.#TD2#
Al Ahwei jumps into guard, dragging Costacurta to the mat.
Al Ahwei controls Costacurta momentarily but Costacurta frees himself. #T1#
Al Ahwei is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Costacurta trying to control but Al Ahwei is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Al Ahwei working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Costacurta doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Costacurta manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Our spies down at at Convicted Fight Club inform us that Al Ahwei has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?#SUB2#
Al Ahwei is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Al Ahwei is on top in guard. #REVB#
Rosinante Costacurta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Costacurta holds on and takes a little breather.
Al Ahwei trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Costacurta can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Al Ahwei controls the pace.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Al Ahwei.#T3#
Costacurta is trying to keep Al Ahwei in close.
Costacurta managing to control the position.
Costacurta has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Costacurta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Al Ahwei was well out of range. Poor timing from Costacurta.
Costacurta misses with a hook
and Al Ahwei counters with a stiff right hand.
Costacurta misses with a leg kick
and Al Ahwei counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#T4#
Costacurta throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Al Ahwei counters with a nice leg kick.
Costacurta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Costacurta throws a body shot but no joy.
A countering left hand to the body from Al Ahwei misses.
Costacurta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Al Ahwei fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Costacurta on the side of the head.
Al Ahwei avoids the head kick by Costacurta.
Al Ahwei lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Al Ahwei changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Costacurta tries to avoid it but Al Ahwei manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Costacurta to the ground. Costacurta escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Al Ahwei misses with a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - Al Ahwei throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Costacurta with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Al Ahwei to score with a decent uppercut.
Costacurta wants to land a leg kick but Al Ahwei is out of range.
Costacurta misses with a lunging right hand
and Al Ahwei counters with a straight right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Farouk Al Ahwei comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Al Ahwei winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Farouk Al Ahwei!
Farouk Al Ahwei decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: Aspire 66: Casper vs Mazzini
Date: Aug 13, 2017

#R1#
Beattie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Beattie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Costacurta at a distance.
Costacurta thuds his shin into the meat of Beattie's side.
A cross from Costacurta lands.
Costacurta scores with a body shot.
Beattie misses with a hook to the body
and Costacurta counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Costacurta lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beattie circles away quickly and effectively.
Costacurta misses with a kick to the body
and Beattie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Costacurta throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costacurta throws a head kick that half lands.
Beattie throws a looping overhand right but Costacurta ducks down to avoid it.
Beattie wants to clinch up but Costacurta keeps it at a distance.
Costacurta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Beattie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Costacurta throws a head kick that misses.
Costacurta throws a head kick that half lands.
Beattie moves in looking to clinch but Costacurta pushes him off.
Steaphan Beattie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beattie lands with an overhand left.#T1#
Beattie avoids a kick to the body.
Beattie digs a good body shot into Costacurta's ribs.
Beattie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Costacurta sees it coming and avoids it easily.#CL2#
Beattie moves into range and clinches up with Costacurta.
Costacurta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Beattie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beattie lands a right hand.
Costacurta lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costacurta.
Beattie swings wildly with an uppercut but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Beattie lands a body shot.
Beattie lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
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.
Costacurta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beattie misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Beattie. #T2#
Costacurta working aggressively here.
Costacurta's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Costacurta lands a nice uppercut.
Beattie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costacurta blocking some punches.
Beattie is leaning against Costacurta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Beattie tries to throw a body punch but Costacurta avoids it by throwing Beattie back against the cage.
Beattie throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Beattie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costacurta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Costacurta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beattie blocking some punches.
Costacurta misses with a punch on the inside.
Beattie misses with the head strike.
Costacurta lands a hook that snaps the head of Beattie backwards.
Beattie cracks Costacurta with a nice body shot.
Beattie blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costacurta. #T3#
Costacurta throws a punch but it's blocked by Beattie.
Beattie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beattie can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Beattie fails to land.
Beattie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Costacurta gets through Beattie's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Costacurta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beattie backwards.
Beattie misses with the head strike.
Beattie throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta throws a head punch that misses.
Beattie can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
Beattie working aggressively here.
Costacurta is leaning against Beattie and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Beattie tries a body shot but Costacurta blocks it.
Beattie swings wildly with an uppercut but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beattie lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Beattie throws a head punch that misses.
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head. #T4#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Costacurta.
A hook to the body from Costacurta.
Costacurta swings wildly with an uppercut but Beattie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beattie swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costacurta lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Beattie.
Beattie swings wildly with an uppercut but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beattie misses with the head strike.
Beattie has a couple of punches blocked by Costacurta.
Beattie misses with some punches.
Costacurta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Beattie fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Costacurta.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Costacurta fails to land.
Beattie has a couple of punches blocked by Costacurta.
A short uppercut from Beattie.
Beattie lands a body punch in the clinch.
Costacurta misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rosinante Costacurta will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
A slapping leg kick lands for Costacurta.
Beattie fails in his attempt to clinch.
Costacurta uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Costacurta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Beattie crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Costacurta - the referee stops the clock and Beattie gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Costacurta. Beattie manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Costacurta scores with a hook.
Costacurta throws a low kick but it's checked well by Beattie.
A telegraphed right hand from Beattie misses the target.
A lazy left from Costacurta finds it's target.
Costacurta scores with a shot to the body.
Costacurta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Beattie.
It appears Costacurta was looking to counter with a kick there.
A head kick misses from Costacurta.
Costacurta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Beattie tries to clinch up
letting Costacurta counter with a right hand. #T1#
Beattie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Beattie tries to clinch but Costacurta is having none of it.
Costacurta throws a push kick but Beattie slaps the foot to one side.
Beattie moves out of range of the leg kick from Costacurta.#CL2#
Beattie rushes Costacurta and presses him up against the cage.
Costacurta working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costacurta.
Costacurta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beattie can do to turn this around?
Costacurta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Beattie.
Costacurta has a couple of punches blocked by Beattie.
Costacurta lands a left hand.
Costacurta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Beattie lands a nice shot to the body.
Costacurta works on Beattie's body with a couple of short punches.
Beattie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Costacurtas head.
Beattie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costacurta lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beattie doesn't land with the attempted body shot. #T2#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beattie.
Beattie lands a shoulder strike.
Costacurta lands a shot to the body.
Beattie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costacurta is working Beattie over against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costacurta. #BC#
Costacurta manages to break the clinch.
Nice body kick from Costacurta.
A jab from Costacurta misses.
Costacurta staying out of range there.
Beattie throws a head kick that misses.
Costacurta thinks about countering with a body kick.
Costacurta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta throws a body shot but no joy.
Costacurta keeps the fight on the outside.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Costacurta moves out of range of the strikes.#T3#
Costacurta closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Beattie moves out of range as Costacurta throws a body kick.
Beattie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Costacurta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And Costacurta counters with a quick kick to the body but Beattie blocks it.
Costacurta moves forwards but Beattie connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Beattie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beattie moves in looking to clinch but Costacurta pushes him off.
Costacurta throws a nice head kick!
Beattie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Costacurta checks it well.
Beattie tries to clinch but Costacurta moves away
and Beattie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #ROC#
Beattie is rocked!
Costacurta drops Beattie with a naaaaasty hook - Beattie is in real trouble here! Costacurta dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rosinante Costacurta!
A victorious Rosinante Costacurta thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: Aspire 50: McGee vs Gracie
Date: Jul 08, 2017

#R1#
Costacurta stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yamaguchi looks to throw a body kick
and Costacurta counters with a thumping low kick.
Costacurta scores with a sloppy right hand. Yamaguchi should have avoided that one.
Costacurta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yamaguchi scores with a hook.
Costacurta takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Costacurta avoids the body shot from Yamaguchi.
Costacurta fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Yamaguchi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yamaguchi is looking to chop away at Costacurta's legs.
Yamaguchi listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yamaguchi closes the distance looking to clinch
and Costacurta counters with a good low kick that Yamaguchi was not able to check.
A slapping body kick lands there for Yamaguchi.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yamaguchi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Costacurta scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Yamaguchi checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Yamaguchi looks to land a left hand but Costacurta moved out of range nicely.
Costacurta tried to counter with a leg kick but Yamaguchi avoided it.
Yamaguchi keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Costacurta throws a series of punches but Yamaguchi avoids them all with ease. #T1#
Yamaguchi moves out of range of the strikes.
Yamaguchi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Yamaguchi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costacurta manages to avoid it.
Costacurta fires out a quick counter leg kick but Yamaguchi just manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Yamaguchi misses the target.
Costacurta throws an overhand right that lands on Yamaguchi's shoulder, as Yamaguchi tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circling - Yamaguchi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Costacurta looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An inside leg kick from Costacurta misses.
Yamaguchi throws out a loose jab but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi 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.
Yamaguchi tries to work over Costacurta's front leg with a kick but Costacurta checks it.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook
and Costacurta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut
and Yamaguchi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Costacurta checks a leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Costacurta.
Yamaguchi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Costacurta slips a straight right by Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi throws a jab but it's blocked by Costacurta. #T2#
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot.
Costacurta slips under a jab.
Yamaguchi's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Costacurta connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Yamaguchi scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costacurta throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Costacurta throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yamaguchi misses with a body shot.
As Yamaguchi backs away, Costacurta returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Yamaguchi tries to land a front kick but Costacurta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yamaguchi thuds a left hand into Costacurta's body.
Costacurta misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice side step and Yamaguchi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Costacurta goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamaguchi with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Yamaguchi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costacurta moves away.
Costacurta takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Yamaguchi misses with an uppercut
and Costacurta makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Yamaguchi takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Costacurta checks a low kick from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi throws a nice looking combination but Costacurta bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.#T3#
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick.
Costacurta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Costacurta tries to clinch there but Yamaguchi circles away.
Yamaguchi counters with a body kick.
Yamaguchi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yamaguchi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Costacurta to score with a decent uppercut.
Yamaguchi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Costacurta steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Yamaguchi. That one must have hurt.
Costacurta avoids the body shot from Yamaguchi.
Costacurta was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yamaguchi misses with a low kick as Costacurta jumps back.
Yamaguchi looks to land a left hand but Costacurta moved out of range nicely.
Yamaguchi misses the shot to the body.
Costacurta on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yamaguchi throws the left hand but Costacurta avoids the punch easily.
Costacurta's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yamaguchi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Costacurta scrambles back to his feet.
Costacurta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yamaguchi misses the shot to the body.
Costacurta lands a leg kick that knocks Yamaguchi off balance momentarily.#T4#
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!
Yamaguchi misses with a head kick.
Yamaguchi throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yamaguchi throws a low kick, looking for Costacurta's leg but Costacurta calmly moves out of range.
Yamaguchi throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
Yamaguchi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Costacurta appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Yamaguchi throws a leg kick but Costacurta moved away.
Yamaguchi throws a lazy uppercut
and Costacurta counters with an outside leg kick.
Yamaguchi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Costacurta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Costacurta defending well as Yamaguchi loads up on a big left hand.
Costacurta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fighters circling - Yamaguchi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Costacurta scores with a kick to the body. #CL#
Costacurta moves into the clinch.
Costacurta blocking some punches.
Yamaguchi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costacurta's elbow.
Costacurta tries to throw a body punch but Yamaguchi avoids it by throwing Costacurta back against the cage.
Yamaguchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kai Yamaguchi 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.
#R2#
Costacurta lands with a nice body kick.
Costacurta looks for the body kick but Yamaguchi saw that one coming.
Costacurta ducks under a wild hook from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Costacurta lands with a thumping leg kick.
Costacurta lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Costacurta.
Kai Yamaguchi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good shot there by Costacurta.
Yamaguchi lands a nice shot to the body.
Yamaguchi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Yamaguchi throws a hook to the side of Costacurta's head but Costacurta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yamaguchi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Costacurta throws a body punch but Yamaguchi moves out of range.
Costacurta throws a shot from downtown. Yamaguchi moves away and avoids it.
Costacurta lands a nice hook to Yamaguchi's body. Yamaguchi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#CL#
Costacurta moves into range and clinches up with Yamaguchi.
Costacurta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yamaguchi backwards.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Yamaguchi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!#T1#
Yamaguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with an uppercut but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yamaguchi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costacurta blocks a body shot from Yamaguchi.
Costacurta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yamaguchi backwards.
Yamaguchi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Costacurta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yamaguchi backwards.
Costacurta misses with a body punch.
Costacurta misses with the head strike.
Yamaguchi doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costacurta tries to throw a body punch but Yamaguchi avoids it by throwing Costacurta back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Yamaguchi fails to land.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with an uppercut but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Costacurta.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yamaguchi.
Costacurta tries to throw a body punch but Yamaguchi avoids it by throwing Costacurta back against the cage. #T2#
A hook to the body from Yamaguchi.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yamaguchi lands a hook that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
Yamaguchi struggles to land a body shot inside as Costacurta controls his hands.
Yamaguchi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yamaguchi tries to work over Costacurta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Yamaguchi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costacurta's elbow.
Yamaguchi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Costacurta.
Yamaguchi prevents a body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta misses with the head strike.
Costacurta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yamaguchi misses with some punches.
Yamaguchi lands with a left to the head.
Yamaguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Costacurta blocks a body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi is leaning against Costacurta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yamaguchi. #T3#
Yamaguchi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yamaguchi takes a shot to the head.
Rosinante Costacurta has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Yamaguchi misses with a punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi tries a body shot but Costacurta blocks it.
Costacurta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Yamaguchi as the two fighters clinch.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Costacurta prevents a body shot from Yamaguchi.
A head punch on the inside from Yamaguchi fails to land.
Yamaguchi scores with a shoulder strike.
Yamaguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
Yamaguchi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yamaguchi gets through Costacurta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Costacurta fails to land.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T4#
Costacurta misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Costacurta.
Costacurta working aggressively here.
Yamaguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamaguchi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Costacurta blocks an uppercut.
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!
Yamaguchi takes a shot to the head.
Costacurta lands an uppercut.
Yamaguchi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
Yamaguchi misses with a body punch.
Costacurta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Costacurta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yamaguchi backwards.
Costacurta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costacurta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yamaguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamaguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamaguchi gets through Costacurta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Costacurta scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rosinante Costacurta will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Yamaguchi just misses with a punch to the body.
Costacurta slips under a jab from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
Costacurta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yamaguchi.
Costacurta feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Yamaguchi throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Costacurta on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Costacurta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yamaguchi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Yamaguchi throws a looping overhand right but Costacurta ducks down to avoid it.
Yamaguchi misses with a straight left.
Yamaguchi keeps the fight on the outside.
Costacurta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Yamaguchi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yamaguchi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Costacurta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yamaguchi tries to land a front kick but Costacurta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Costacurta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook
and Costacurta counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Yamaguchi thinking. #T1#
Yamaguchi throws a wild body kick that Costacurta sees coming a mile off.
Yamaguchi misses with a right hand
and Costacurta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yamaguchi fails to land with a series of punches.
Costacurta slips under a jab.
Costacurta cracks Yamaguchi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Costacurta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costacurta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.#CL#
Costacurta moves into the clinch.
Yamaguchi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costacurta's elbow.
Costacurta swings wildly with an uppercut but Yamaguchi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta working aggressively here.
Costacurta lands with a right to the head.
Costacurta working aggressively here.
Yamaguchi lands with a short shot to the head.
Yamaguchi tries to work over Costacurta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costacurta gets through Yamaguchi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yamaguchi swings wildly with an uppercut but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it. #T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costacurta takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yamaguchi.
Costacurta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yamaguchi blocks an uppercut.
Costacurta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Costacurta can't find room to land a body shot as Yamaguchi controls the action.
Costacurta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Yamaguchi tries a body shot but Costacurta blocks it.
Costacurta blocks a body shot from Yamaguchi.
A left hand lands to the body for Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi lands a shoulder strike.
Costacurta tries to throw a body punch but Yamaguchi avoids it by throwing Costacurta back against the cage.
Costacurta misses with a body punch.
Yamaguchi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costacurta's elbow.
Costacurta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yamaguchi working aggressively here. #T3#
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yamaguchi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yamaguchi lands a nice shot to the body.
Yamaguchi misses with a punch to the body.
Costacurta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yamaguchi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Costacurta lands an uppercut.
Costacurta prevents a body shot from Yamaguchi.
Yamaguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
Yamaguchi scores with a shoulder strike.
Yamaguchi can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
Costacurta blocking some punches.
Yamaguchi struggles to land a body shot inside as Costacurta controls his hands.
Yamaguchi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #BC2#
Yamaguchi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yamaguchi bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A low kick from Costacurta misses
and Yamaguchi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#T4#
Costacurta thows a leg kick but Yamaguchi checks it
and Yamaguchi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Costacurta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamaguchi lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Costacurta.
Yamaguchi throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
Costacurta takes a kick to the side of the head.
Costacurta scores with a jab.
Costacurta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Yamaguchi throws out the jab.
Yamaguchi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Costacurta.
Costacurta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yamaguchi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Costacurta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Costacurta throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Costacurta.
A bone on bone clash there as Costacurta blocks the leg kick.
Yamaguchi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yamaguchi misses with a hook to the body
and Costacurta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kai Yamaguchi.
Well Yamaguchi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Yamaguchi!
An out of breath Kai Yamaguchi thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: D53 Von Richthof v Costacurta
Date: Jun 10, 2017

#R1##CL2#
Costacurta clinches with his opponent.
Costacurta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Von Richthoffens head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Costacurta.
Von Richthoffen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costacurta's elbow.
Costacurta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Von Richthoffen throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta tries to work over Von Richthoffen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costacurta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Costacurta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
I was talking to Von Richthoffen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Von Richthoffen misses with the head strike.
Von Richthoffen throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Von Richthoffen backwards.
Costacurta tries a body shot but Von Richthoffen blocks it.
Von Richthoffen lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costacurta.
Costacurta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Costacurta on the inside.
Costacurta digs a right hand into Von Richthoffen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Von Richthoffen's gas tank.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costacurta.
Costacurta throws a head punch that misses.
Costacurta gets through Von Richthoffen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.#T1#
Von Richthoffen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Costacurta.
Von Richthoffen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costacurta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Von Richthoffen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Von Richthoffen blocks a body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costacurta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Costacurta lands with a short punch from the clinch. #ROC2#
Von Richthoffen is rocked!
Von Richthoffen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oh Von Richthoffen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Von Richthoffen throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Von Richthoffen seems to have got his legs back now.
Costacurta scores with a shot to the side of Von Richthoffen's head.
Von Richthoffen tries to work over Costacurta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Von Richthoffen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Costacurta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Costacurta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Costacurta dips a shoulder and cracks Von Richthoffen with a mighty uppercut! Von Richthoffen falls back against the cage and Costacurta unloads with a barrage of strikes! Von Richthoffen is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Costacurta screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rosinante Costacurta!
An out of breath Rosinante Costacurta thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: D51 Nystrom v Militech
Date: May 27, 2017

#R1#
Barrientos blocks the body kick.
Barrientos walks into a jab.
Barrientos misses with a body kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Costacurta misses.
Barrientos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costacurta moves away.
Danga de danga de dang - Barrientos scores with a four punch combination!
Costacurta throws a push kick but Barrientos slaps the foot to one side.
Costacurta staying out of range there.
Costacurta has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Barrientos.
The fighters circling - Costacurta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barrientos wants to land a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range.
Barrientos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barrientos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Costacurta.
Costacurta avoids the body shot from Barrientos.
Barrientos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costacurta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Barrientos.
It seemed like Costacurta was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big right from Barrientos misses.
Costacurta avoids the body shot from Barrientos.
Costacurta throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. #T1#
Nice shot lands for Costacurta.
Barrientos misses with a series of wild punches.
Barrientos motions for Costacurta to come forward. Barrientos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Barrientos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Costacurta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Barrientos.
Barrientos moves away from the strike by Costacurta.
Barrientos throws out a loose jab but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barrientos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Costacurta connects with a leg kick. Barrientos looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Costacurta looks to land a body kick but Barrientos moved away.
Costacurta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Barrientos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta tries a quick counter leg kick but Barrientos is wise to it.
Barrientos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Barrientos is looking to slow Costacurta down with leg kicks.
Barrientos scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.#T2#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, jab by Barrientos - just one landing.
Barrientos throws a right and a left that Costacurta avoids nicely.
Costacurta's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barrientos under the eye.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut. Barrientos saw that one coming.
Barrientos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barrientos avoids the head kick by Costacurta.
Barrientos misses with a combination
and Costacurta counters with a leg kick.
That kick from Barrientos tenderised Costacurta's leg. Costacurta is trying to keep his angry face on.
Costacurta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Barrientos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Costacurta blocks a head kick by Barrientos.
Costacurta looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Barrientos throws a hook but Costacurta avoids it easily.
Costacurta comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Barrientos fails to land with a series of punches.
Costacurta throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Barrientos jabbing away but nothing is landing. #T3##CL2#
Costacurta closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Costacurta can't find room to land a body shot as Barrientos controls the action.
Nice body punch from Costacurta.
Costacurta lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barrientos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Barrientos.
Barrientos gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barrientos is looking to control Costacurta's arms but Costacurta gets an underhook and turns him. Now Barrientos has his back to the cage.
Barrientos struggles to land a body shot inside as Costacurta controls his hands.
Barrientos is trying to maintain a safe position but Costacurta gets an underhook and turns Barrientos into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Shawn Barrientos.
Barrientos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Costacurta comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Costacurta pushes Barrientos away with a front kick.
Costacurta moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Costacurta scores with the left hand. Barrientos knows he should have avoided that one. #T4#
Barrientos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Barrientos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Barrientos misses with a body shot.
Barrientos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Costacurta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Costacurta thows a body kick. Barrientos tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Costacurta has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Barrientos is breathing heavily.
Costacurta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Costacurta.
Barrientos throws a jab when Costacurta was well out of range.
Costacurta scores with a push kick.
Costacurta pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Barrientos back to the cage. Costacurta follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Costacurta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barrientos throws a front kick aimed at Costacurta's knee but Costacurta avoids it well.
Costacurta connects with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.#CL2#
Barrientos tries to keep at a distance but Costacurta has taken the fight into the clinch.
Costacurta swings wildly with an uppercut but Barrientos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barrientos backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rosinante Costacurta dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Barrientos misses with a body shot.
Costacurta shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Barrientos eats them both and turns towards Costacurta to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Barrientos misses with a hook.
Barrientos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costacurta.
Barrientos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Costacurta looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Costacurta moves out of range of the leg kick from Barrientos.
Barrientos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Costacurta gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Barrientos.
Barrientos tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shawn Barrientos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barrientos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Barrientos. Costacurta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costacurta thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Barrientos if he has to take too many more of those.
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!
Barrientos swinging wildly here.
Barrientos walks forward, straight into a front kick from Costacurta.
Costacurta slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Costacurta! But no joy.#T1##CL2#
Costacurta takes the fight into the clinch.
Costacurta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barrientos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costacurta lands with a right to the head.
Costacurta tries to work over Barrientos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Barrientos will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Barrientos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Costacurta lands with a left to the head.
Costacurta throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Costacurta as Barrientos tries to tie him up.
Costacurta digs a right hand underneath Barrientos's ribcage. Barrientos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Barrientos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short right from Costacurta on the inside. #T2#
Costacurta lands with a left to the head.
Costacurta scores with a hook to the body.
Barrientos misses with a punch to the body.
Barrientos misses with the head strike.
Costacurta lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costacurta presses Barrientos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Costacurta stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Barrientos lands with a left to the head.
Costacurta presses Barrientos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A body shot lands from Costacurta.
Costacurta lands with a light punch inside.
Barrientos is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barrientos backwards.
Costacurta lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barrientos backwards.
Rosinante Costacurta seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Costacurta lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Costacurta. #T3#
Still in the clinch, Costacurta scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short left from Costacurta.
Nice body punch from Costacurta.
Costacurta has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Barrientos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costacurta's elbow.
Costacurta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Costacurta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Costacurta scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Costacurta on the inside.
Costacurta lands a shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Costacurta.
Nice body punch from Costacurta - that landed with a thud.
Costacurta lands with a short shot to the head.
Costacurta lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costacurta gets through Barrientos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Costacurta lands on the inside with an uppercut. #ROC2#
Barrientos is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Costacurta.
Oh Barrientos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Costacurta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #T4#
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Costacurta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barrientos backwards.
Costacurta lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Barrientos to his knees! Costacurta keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rosinante Costacurta!
Our winner, Rosinante Costacurta, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Shawn Barrientos spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm just a sexy boy!'.

Event: D48 Barrientos v Lopez
Date: May 06, 2017

#R1#
An inside leg kick lands from Costacurta.
Miletich misses with a looping right.
Costacurta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Miletich.
Costacurta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Miletich scores with a nice strike.
Miletich misses with a body punch
enabling Costacurta to counter with a crisp jab.
Miletich steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Costacurta.#CL2#
Miletich moves into range and clinches up with Costacurta.
A head punch on the inside from Miletich fails to land.
Costacurta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Costacurta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Miletich has a couple of punches blocked by Costacurta.
Miletich fails to pull guard.
Miletich tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Costacurta just stands there and leans against the cage.
Costacurta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Miletich is working Costacurta over against the cage.
Miletich tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costacurta's elbow.
Miletich prevents a body shot from Costacurta.
Miletich misses with a hook from the clinch.
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 lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Miletich or not.
Costacurta working aggressively here. #T1#
Costacurta prevents a body shot from Miletich.
Miletich is trying to pull guard but Costacurta has him pressed against the cage.
Rosinante Costacurta has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mitch Miletich.
Miletich blocking some punches.
Good body shot from Costacurta.
A short left from Miletich.
Miletich misses with a shot to the kidneys. #TD2#
Miletich manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Miletich wants to hit a switch here but Costacurta passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Miletich there!
Miletich manages to control the position for a moment.
Costacurta prevents Miletich from getting the reversal.#T2#
Miletich slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.#SUB2#
Miletich is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Costacurta pulls his head out easily.
Costacurta wants to stand up but Miletich has a hold of him and won't allow it. #SUB2#
Miletich has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Costacurta. Oh but Miletich has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Costacurta goes limp - he's gone! Miletich jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mitch Miletich!

Event: D44 Warror v Stone
Date: Apr 08, 2017

#R1#
Lopez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Costacurta.
Lopez throws a looping overhand right but Costacurta ducks down to avoid it.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Costacurta is just out of range.
Costacurta walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lopez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Costacurta tries a head kick but it misses.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut. Lopez saw that one coming.
Costacurta scores with a nice body kick.
Lopez connects with a right hand. Costacurta shakes it off.
Lopez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lopez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at River's Edge Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut. Lopez saw that one coming.
Lopez misses with a head kick.
Lopez throws a sloppy head kick
and Costacurta counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lopez thinking.
Costacurta lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costacurta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lopez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Costacurta, right into the meat. #T1#
A clash of legs there as Costacurta blocks the low kick.
Costacurta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lopez blocks the body kick.
Lopez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lopez checks a leg kick.
Lopez avoids the head kick by Costacurta.
Costacurta just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLopez.
Costacurta looks to land a combination but Lopez avoids it well.
A jab from Lopez finds it's way through Costacurta's defenses.
Lopez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Costacurta blocks the leg kick.
Costacurta missing with a left hand there. Lopez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Costacurta connects with a body shot that sends Lopez's belly button to the back.
Costacurta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Costacurta avoids the head kick by Lopez.
Lopez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A clash of legs there as Costacurta blocks the low kick.
Lopez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Costacurta momentarily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Costacurta checks a leg kick. #T2#
Lopez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Costacurta.
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 on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Lopez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lopez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lopez throws a leg kick that is checked#CL2#
and Costacurta holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Costacurta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lopez misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Costacurta as the two fighters clinch.
Lopez takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
A head punch on the inside from Lopez fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lopez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lopez misses with the head strike.
Costacurta tries to throw a body punch but Lopez avoids it by throwing Costacurta back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lopez.
Costacurta lands with a right to the head.
Lopez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Costacurta lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.#T3#
A shot in the inside from Costacurta.
Costacurta working aggressively here.
Costacurta working aggressively here.
Lopez working aggressively here.
Lopez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lopez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lopez.
Costacurta is working Lopez over against the cage.
Costacurta misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lopez.
Lopez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lopez seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Costacurta can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
A short uppercut from Costacurta. #CUT2#
It looks like Cruz Lopez has been cut.
Lopez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Costacurta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Costacurta digs a right hand underneath Lopez's ribcage. Lopez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lopez misses with a punch to the body. #T4#
Costacurta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costacurta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lopez misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Lopez.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lopez.
Lopez scores with a shot to the side of Costacurta's head.
Lopez tries a body shot but Costacurta blocks it.
Lopez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Costacurta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costacurta tries to throw a body punch but Lopez avoids it by throwing Costacurta back against the cage.
Costacurta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costacurta swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lopez lands a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costacurta throws a head punch that misses.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lopez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lopez blocks a body shot from Costacurta.
Lopez can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cruz Lopez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cruz Lopez's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Costacurta lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cruz Lopez is winning the standup battle so far.
Costacurta throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Lopez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Lopez misses.
Costacurta is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lopez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lopez!
That kick from Lopez tenderised Costacurta's leg. Costacurta is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lopez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Costacurta throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lopez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lopez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lopez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Costacurta is able to avoid easily.
Costacurta takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.#CL2#
Lopez gets tackled into the cage by Costacurta. Costacurta maintains the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lopez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costacurta's elbow.
Lopez presses Costacurta against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lopez misses with a punch to the body.
Lopez tries a body shot but Costacurta blocks it.
Lopez goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #T1#
Lopez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lopez scores with a shot to the side of Costacurta's head.
Costacurta lands a left hand.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Costacurta.
Lopez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costacurta's elbow.
Lopez throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Costacurta.
Lopez lands with a light punch inside.
Lopez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lopez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Costacurta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Costacurta misses with some punches.
Lopez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Costacurta lands with a left to the head.
Costacurta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lopez misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lopez misses with a punch on the inside.
Lopez misses with some punches.
Lopez blocking some punches. #T2#
Lopez tries to throw a body punch but Costacurta avoids it by throwing Lopez back against the cage.
Lopez misses with a body punch.
Costacurta can't find room to land a body shot as Lopez controls the action.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Costacurta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lopez blocks an uppercut.
Costacurta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lopezs head.
Lopez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
Costacurta swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta tries to throw a body punch but Lopez avoids it by throwing Costacurta back against the cage.
Lopez throws a head punch that misses.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lopez throws a head punch that misses.
Lopez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Costacurta backwards.
Costacurta lands a hook that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Lopez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Costacurta lands a body punch.
Costacurta lands a shoulder strike. #T3#
Lopez tries to work over Costacurta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
Lopez can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
Costacurta lands with a left to the head.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lopez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Costacurta's elbow.
Lopez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Costacurta blocks a body shot from Lopez.
Lopez can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
Lopez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lopez tries to throw a body punch but Costacurta avoids it by throwing Lopez back against the cage.
Lopez throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Costacurta.
Costacurta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lopez tries to throw a body punch but Costacurta avoids it by throwing Lopez back against the cage.
Costacurta lands with a right to the head.
Lopez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T4#
Lopez struggles to land a body shot inside as Costacurta controls his hands.
Costacurta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Costacurta - that landed with a thud.
Rosinante Costacurta seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Costacurta struggles to land a body shot inside as Lopez controls his hands.
Lopez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lopez presses Costacurta against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lopez cracks Costacurta with a nice body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costacurta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lopez can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
Lopez misses with a body punch.
Lopez can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
Good body shot from Lopez.
Costacurta misses with the head strike.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lopez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lopez tries a body shot but Costacurta blocks it.
Costacurta throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lopezs head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cruz Lopez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cruz Lopez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Lopez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Costacurta tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.
Lopez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Costacurta throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Costacurta is looking to land body kicks.
Costacurta throws a head kick that half lands.
Costacurta throws the left hand but Lopez avoids the punch easily.
Costacurta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lopez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Costacurta looks to throw the jab but Lopez is out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Costacurta blocks the leg kick.
Costacurta looks for the body kick but Lopez saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
Costacurta looks to land a left hand but Lopez moved out of range nicely.
Costacurta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Costacurta takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lopez throws the left hand but Costacurta avoids the punch easily.#T1#
Lopez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costacurta.
Lopez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Costacurta misses with a head kick.
Lopez misses with a low kick as Costacurta jumps back.
Lopez throws a head kick that misses.
Lopez tries to land a front kick but Costacurta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lopez throws the kick towards the body but Costacurta avoids it.
It seemed like Costacurta was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Costacurta scores with a hook to the body. Lopez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Costacurta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lopez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta looks like he wants to counter punch here.#CL2#
Costacurta forces Lopez back against the cage and clinches.
Lopez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Costacurta fails to land.
Lopez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lopez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lopez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lopez swings away with an uppercut that misses. #T2#
Costacurta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costacurta lands a body shot in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Costacurta.
Lopez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lopez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Costacurta fails to land.
Lopez tries to work over Costacurta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lopez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Costacurta tries to throw a body punch but Lopez avoids it by throwing Costacurta back against the cage.
Lopez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lopez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lopez lands a nice uppercut.
Rosinante Costacurta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Costacurta throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopez.
Costacurta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lopez.
A nice left hand lands by Costacurta.
Costacurta struggles to land a body shot inside as Lopez controls his hands.
Lopez struggles to land a body shot inside as Costacurta controls his hands.
Lopez blocks a punch to the side of the head. #T3#
Lopez throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Lopez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costacurta struggles to land a body shot inside as Lopez controls his hands.
Costacurta swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Lopez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lopez swings wildly with an uppercut but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costacurta lands a body shot.
Costacurta lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
Lopez throws a punch but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Lopez has a couple of punches blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta blocks an uppercut.
Lopez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Costacurta misses with the head strike.
Costacurta lands with a right to the head. #T4#
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
Lopez misses with the head strike.
Lopez tries to work over Costacurta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costacurta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Costacurta fails to land.
Lopez blocks an uppercut.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Costacurta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Costacurta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costacurta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lopez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Costacurta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costacurta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lopez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Costacurta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Costacurta throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopez.
Lopez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Costacurta misses with a shot to the kidneys.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rosinante Costacurta.
I think Lopez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight for Cruz Lopez!
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Cruz Lopez!

Cruz Lopez wins by majority decision!
A relieved looking Cruz Lopez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

Event: Primal 60 Nuclear
Date: Mar 10, 2017

#R1#
Wade moves out of range as Costacurta throws a body kick.
Wade thinks about the counter body kick.
Costacurta throws a low kick but Wade avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Costacurta.
Rosinante Costacurta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wade misses the jab.
Wade uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Costacurta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wade lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Costacurta has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Costacurta and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Costacurta throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Wade!
Wade tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Costacurta is able to avoid easily.
Costacurta tests Wade's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Costacurta moves out of range of the leg kick from Wade.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade misses with a low kick.
Costacurta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wade.
Wade thinks about the counter body kick.
Wade throws a jab but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta checks the leg kick.
Wade throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wade throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.#T1#
Wade pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wade misses with a body kick.
Costacurta throws a big counter combination but Wade scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Wade looks to land a body kick but Costacurta moved away.
Costacurta bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Costacurta.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Costacurta backing away here, and Wade unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Costacurta throws a wild body kick that Wade sees coming a mile off.
Wade appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Costacurta finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wade.
Costacurta lands a glancing blow to the side of Wade's head.
Wade throws a body kick that misses.
Costacurta fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Wade is out of range.
An inside leg kick from Costacurta misses.
Wade unleashes a big counter combination but Costacurta bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Jab from Costacurta.
Wade digs a good hook to Costacurta's body.
Costacurta slips under a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costacurta cracks a nice hook into Wade's ribs.
We've been told by Costacurta's head coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.#T2#
Costacurta throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wade looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wade has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Wade keeps Costacurta at a distance using the push kick.
Costacurta takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Costacurta scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wade checks the leg kick.
Wade is trying to counter with his kicks.
Wade is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wade takes one to the side of the head.
Wade tries to land a leg kick but Costacurta saw it coming and moves away.
Costacurta connects with a leg kick. Wade looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wade throws a big shot that misses.
Wade dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Wade.
Wade darts in trying to clinch
letting Costacurta counter with a right hand. #T3#
Costacurta avoids a kick to the body.
Costacurta misses with a telegraphed body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Costacurta misses.
Costacurta ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wade lands a head shot.
Wade looks to throw the jab but Costacurta is out of range.
Costacurta looks to land a body kick but Wade moved away.
Wade misses the shot to the body.
Costacurta takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Costacurta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wade lands with a nice body punch.
Costacurta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wade.
Costacurta checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wade uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
Costacurta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wade moves out of range of the leg kick from Costacurta.
Wade flicks out a counter leg kick but Costacurta steps away.#T4#
Costacurta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wade sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Costacurta throws a chopping leg kick but Wade manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Costacurta connects with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body kick there by Costacurta.
Costacurta is looking to score with low kicks.
Costacurta tries a head kick but it misses.
Wade lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Costacurta looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wade takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wade waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Costacurta.
Costacurta scores with a punch to the head.
Costacurta darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wade.
Wade cracks the inside of Costacurta's front leg.
Wade throws a lazy right hand but Costacurta sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Costacurta throws a body punch but Wade moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wade chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rosinante Costacurta will probably get the nod.
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.
#R2#
Wade throws a hook but Costacurta blocks it.
Costacurta lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Some wild striking there from Wade.
Wade throws a leg kick but Costacurta sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Costacurta looks to score with a jab to the body but Wade is just out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Wade.
Wade throws a left and a right that both miss
and Costacurta counters with a good low kick that Wade was not able to check.
Wade throws a low kick, looking for Costacurta's leg but Costacurta calmly moves out of range.
Wade throws a front kick aimed at Costacurta's knee but Costacurta avoids it well.
Wade checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wade tries to counter by closing the distance.
A lazy left from Wade finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade slips under a jab from Costacurta.
Costacurta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Costacurta scores with a nice strike.
Wade takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costacurta with a nice cross.#T1#
Costacurta defending well as Wade loads up on a big left hand.
Wade does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Costacurta will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Costacurta lands with a cross.
Costacurta blocks a low kick nicely.
Costacurta throws a low kick but Wade moves out of range easily.
Wade looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Costacurta looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Costacurta 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.
Some bone on bone action there as Costacurta checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Costacurta is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wade throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costacurta fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wade has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wade looks to throw the jab but Costacurta is out of range.
Costacurta appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Costacurta looks to land a body kick but Wade moved away.
Costacurta sets himself, and Wade steps forward looking for the clinch! Costacurta avoids it this time.
Wade throws a chopping leg kick but Costacurta manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Costacurta lands a nice shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Wade.
Costacurta appears to be looking for a big counter.#T2#
Costacurta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wade replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Costacurta blocks it well.
Rosinante Costacurta is winning the standup battle so far.
Costacurta throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wade.
Wade moves out of range as Costacurta strikes.
Wade tries a low kick but Costacurta avoids it.
Costacurta misses with a low kick as Wade jumps back.
Wade throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costacurta feints and then cracks Wade's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wade down.
Wade fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Wade lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wade cracks Costacurta with a right hand to the side of the head.
Costacurta cracks Wade with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Costacurta lands a front kick.
Wade uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costacurta.
Wade tries to land a body kick
and Costacurta counters with a slapping leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Costacurta.
Costacurta takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing. #T3#
Wade tries a low kick but Costacurta avoids it.
Wade on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Costacurta throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Costacurta does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Costacurta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wade moves out of range of the body kick from Costacurta.
Costacurta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wade.
Wade looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Costacurta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Costacurta fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Costacurta loads up on a big right hand but Wade slips the punch.
Wade fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Costacurta.
Wade throws a leg kick that misses.
Costacurta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Costacurta throws a body shot but no joy.
Wade wants to slow Costacurta down by chopping away at his legs.
A counter left hand to the body from Costacurta misses its target.#T4#
Wade cracks the inside of Costacurta's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wade blocks the body kick.
Wade looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wade shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Costacurta misses with a jab to the body
and Wade counters with a right hand to the body.
Wade keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Costacurta lands with a straight right. Wade didn't see that one coming.
Wade misses with the body kick
enabling Costacurta to counter with a crisp jab.
Costacurta throws a leg kick but Wade sees it coming and moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wade. Costacurta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costacurta misses with a two punch combination.
Costacurta wants to slow Wade down by chopping away at his legs.
Wade looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Costacurta swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wade checks the leg kick nicely there.
Costacurta throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wade throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Costacurta wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rosinante Costacurta dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
#R3#
Costacurta throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wade counters with a slapping leg kick.
Wade swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wade has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Costacurta throws a nice inside leg kick.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick from Wade.
Costacurta lands a jab to the nose.
Costacurta blocks a leg kick.
Costacurta appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Wade takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
Costacurta dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wade misses with a looping right.
Costacurta takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Wade misses with a left hand
and Costacurta counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Wade thinking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wade throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wade checks a low kick from Costacurta.
Costacurta throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wade attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta connects with a body shot.#T1#
Wade paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Costacurta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Costacurta takes a swing at Wade's ribcage but misses.
Wade throws a hook but Costacurta avoids it easily.
Wade throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Costacurta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab, jab by Costacurta - just one landing.
Wade tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Costacurta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wade.
Wade tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wade moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wade swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Costacurta misses with a straight left.
Wade has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Costacurta.
Costacurta pivots, looking for a leg kick but Wade is out of range and Costacurta settles back down.
Wade has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Costacurta.
Wade moves out of range of the body kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Wade misses.#TD#
Costacurta throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Wade was covering up waiting for the punch and Costacurta finishes the takedown easily into guard. #T2#
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!
Wade is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wade has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wade wants to sweep but no luck. #T3#
Costacurta not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Wade looking to hit a scissor sweep but Costacurta is one step ahead there.
Costacurta sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morgan Wade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Costacurta wants to control from the top but Wade keeps moving. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Wade thumps Costacurta with a low kick.
Costacurta lunges at Wade with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Wade's hand.
Wade throws out a leg kick but Costacurta moves out of range and Wade only half commits.
Wade dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Costacurta pushes Wade away with a front kick.
Costacurta waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wade.
Wade misses with a lunging right hand
and Costacurta finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Costacurta misses with a looping left.
Costacurta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wade.
Wade avoids a kick to the body.
Costacurta sets himself, and Wade steps forward looking for the clinch! Costacurta avoids it this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rosinante Costacurta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Costacurta has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rosinante Costacurta!
During a confident post fight interview, Rosinante Costacurta thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: Primal 58 Hardy vs Warror 2
Date: Feb 19, 2017

#R1#
Costacurta misses with a body shot.
Beattie bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Costacurta's head backwards.
Costacurta has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Costacurta swings for the body but Beattie moves out of range.
Beattie misses with a low kick.
Beattie blocks a head kick by Costacurta.
Costacurta showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beattie.
Costacurta looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Costacurta with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Costacurta throws a hook to the side of Beattie's head but Beattie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beattie throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Costacurta on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Costacurta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beattie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Costacurta throws a body shot but no joy.
Costacurta on the wrong end of a nice hook.#T1#
Beattie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Beattie takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Costacurta scores with a head kick.
Costacurta lands a head kick!
Costacurta avoids the body shot from Beattie.
A bone on bone clash there as Costacurta blocks the leg kick.
Beattie takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Costacurta throws a sloppy body shot
and Beattie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Costacurta checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Costacurta throws out a counter right but Beattie avoids it with no problem.
Costacurta throws out a loose jab but Beattie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beattie tried to counter with a leg kick but Costacurta avoided it.
Costacurta swings for the body but Beattie moves out of range.
Costacurta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beattie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Costacurta has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Beattie.
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 misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too. #T2#
Costacurta throws an overhand right that lands on Beattie's shoulder, as Beattie tries to avoid the shot.
Beattie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Costacurta misses the jab.
Beattie throwing a counter right hand but Costacurta manages to avoid it.
Beattie misses with a few strikes there.
Costacurta gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Beattie.
Costacurta misses the jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Beattie.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Costacurta. Beattie shrugs it off though.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut
and Beattie counters with a nice uppercut.
Costacurta throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beattie.
Beattie tried to counter with a leg kick but Costacurta avoided it.
Beattie takes one on the button.
Costacurta tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Danga de danga de dang - Beattie scores with a four punch combination!
Costacurta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect. #T3#
Costacurta blocks a leg kick.
Beattie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rosinante Costacurta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beattie throws a jab but it's blocked by Costacurta.
Costacurta throws a lazy right hand but Beattie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Costacurta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beattie.
Beattie misses with a wild combination.
Beattie misses with a body shot
and Costacurta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Beattie looks to land a right hand but Costacurta moved out of range.
Costacurta jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Beattie tried to counter with a leg kick but Costacurta avoided it.
Beattie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Costacurta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beattie manages to avoid it.
Costacurta has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Beattie finds it's way round the side to connect with Costacurta's head. #T4#
Beattie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Costacurta is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Beattie walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Costacurta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Beattie jabs at Costacurta's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beattie is looking to land body kicks.
A slow jab from Beattie misses its intended target.
Costacurta connects with a crisp jab.
Beattie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Beattie throws a leg kick
and Costacurta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Costacurta lands a jab to Beattie's midsection.
Beattie misses with a low kick as Costacurta jumps back.
Beattie feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Costacurta's calf.#CL2#
Costacurta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Beattie tries a body shot but Costacurta blocks it.
Beattie blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rosinante Costacurta will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Beattie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Costacurta moves out of range of the strikes.
Costacurta moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Beattie misses with a series of wild punches.
A slapping body kick lands there for Costacurta.
Beattie 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.
Beattie throws a half hearted mid kick.
Costacurta connects with a looping right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid body kick from Costacurta.
Beattie defending well as Costacurta loads up on a big left hand.
Beattie looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Beattie avoids the body shot from Costacurta.
Beattie throws a body punch but Costacurta moves out of range. #T1#
A big left from Beattie misses.
Beattie misses with a left hand
letting Costacurta counter with a right hand.
Beattie scores with the left hand. Costacurta knows he should have avoided that one.
Beattie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Costacurta.
A countering left hand to the body from Costacurta misses.
Costacurta throws an overhand right that lands on Beattie's shoulder, as Beattie tries to avoid the shot.
Beattie swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Costacurta cracks Beattie with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Costacurta on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Beattie. Beattie obviously looking to wear him down.
Costacurta lands a nice looking body kick.
Costacurta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Costacurta misses with the combination.
Beattie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costacurta moves away.
Costacurta looks to score with a jab to the body but Beattie is just out of range.
Costacurta moves out of range as Beattie strikes.#T2#
Beattie throws a leg kick but Costacurta moved away.
Costacurta works Beattie's body with a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costacurta lands with a cross.
Costacurta scores with a decent looking hook.#ROC2#
Beattie is rocked!
Costacurta fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Oh Beattie is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
and Costacurta counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Beattie! He's just covering up as Costacurta starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). 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.

Event: Primal 59
Date: Feb 10, 2017

#R1#
Costacurta swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Wade counter with a right hand.
Costacurta lands with a right hand.
Costacurta scores with a nice head shot.
Wade throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Costacurta misses with a hook. Wade ducked under it nicely.
Costacurta misses with a low kick.
Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wade.
A leg kick checked by Costacurta.
Costacurta throwing a counter right hand but Wade manages to avoid it.
Costacurta misses the body punch
letting Wade counter with a right hand.
Costacurta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wade.
Costacurta clobbers Wade with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wade misses the shot to the body.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick from Wade.
Wade works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wade finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick from Wade.
Costacurta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.#T1#
Costacurta throws a one two combo.
Costacurta lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Wade fakes the leg kick and cracks Costacurta in the body.
Wade is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Costacurta takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Costacurta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wade.
Costacurta just misses with a punch to the body.
Wade misses with a head kick.
Nice body punch from Costacurta.
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 takes a swing at Wade's ribcage but misses.
Costacurta wants to clinch but Wade slips to the side
and Wade counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Costacurta lands with a cross.
Wade wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Costacurta looks for the body kick but Wade saw that one coming.
Costacurta just misses with a punch to the body. #T2#
A head kick by Costacurta misses
and Wade counters with a nice body kick.
Wade takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Costacurta tries to bum rush Wade with a series of wild strikes but Wade uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wade fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Costacurta looks to land a right hand but Wade moved out of range.
Nice shot lands for Costacurta.
Wade has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Wade throws a body kick that misses.
Wade with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wade lands a nice hook to Costacurta's body. Costacurta takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wade looks to land a body kick but Costacurta moved away.
Costacurta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Costacurta lands a body shot.
Wade throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab lands there for Wade.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut
and Wade counters with a stiff right hand.
Costacurta looks to land a right hand but Wade moved out of range.
Wade steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Costacurta.
Wade looks like he wants to counter punch here.#T3#
Wade looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A left lands for Costacurta.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wade, right into the meat.
Wade walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Costacurta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wade fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Costacurta.
Costacurta misses with a hook. Wade ducked under it nicely.
Wade scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Costacurta doesn't seem bothered though.
Wade scores with a leg kick.
Wade lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Costacurta staying out of range there.
Wade takes a swing at Costacurta's ribcage but misses.
Wade ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Costacurta misses with a looping right.
Costacurta just misses with a punch to the body.
Costacurta scores with a nice head shot.#T4#
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!
Wade throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That kick from Wade tenderised Costacurta's leg. Costacurta is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wade throws out a loose jab but Costacurta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wade pushes Costacurta away with a front kick.
Wade takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Costacurta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Costacurta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wade lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wade swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Costacurta throws a sloppy head kick
and Wade makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Costacurta really felt that one!
Wade moves out of range of the body kick from Costacurta.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wade takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wade lands a front kick.
Costacurta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Costacurta is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wade.
Wade throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Costacurta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Morgan Wade will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Costacurta takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wade thows a left - swing and a miss!
Costacurta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wade turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wade feints and then cracks Costacurta's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Costacurta down.
Wade throws a shot from downtown. Costacurta moves away and avoids it.
Costacurta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wade clobbers Costacurta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Costacurta lands a glancing blow to the side of Wade's head.
A jab from Costacurta misses.
Costacurta throws a shot from downtown. Wade moves away and avoids it.
Costacurta chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wade can pounce on him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costacurta lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wade will feel that in the morning.
Costacurta throws a body punch but Wade moves out of range.
Crunch! Costacurta slams his shin into Wade's torso.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costacurta throws a lazy right hand but Wade sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Costacurta will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Costacurta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.#T1#
Costacurta tests Wade's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wade looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Costacurta is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Costacurta checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A counter left hand to the body from Costacurta misses its target.
Wade throws a body kick that misses
and Costacurta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wade throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Costacurta throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab lands there for Costacurta.
Costacurta gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wade.
Costacurta misses with a body shot.
Costacurta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice defenses there by Wade.
Costacurta misses with a head kick.
Costacurta tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wade throws a body kick that misses. #T2#
Wade lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wade tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Costacurta is able to avoid easily.
Wade lands a nice looking body kick.
Morgan Wade seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wade looks to score with a jab to the body but Costacurta is just out of range.
Costacurta checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wade takes a head kick and keeps coming. #CUT#
It looks like Morgan Wade has been cut.
Costacurta keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Costacurta misses with a series of wild punches.
Wade throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick.
Wade misses with a wild body shot.
Wade scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wade on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there. #T3#
Costacurta catches Wade with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wade works Costacurta's body with a nice hook.
Wade misses with a double jab.
Costacurta loads up on a big right hand but Wade slips the punch.
Wade throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Costacurta was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wade throws a big shot that misses.
Wade looks to land a body kick but Costacurta moved away.
Costacurta checks the leg kick.
Costacurta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Costacurta jabs at Wade's body.
Costacurta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wade was well out of range. Poor timing from Costacurta.
Costacurta takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big left from Wade misses.
Costacurta has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wade.
Wade lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.#T4#
Costacurta takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costacurta throws a head kick that misses.
Wade throws a big counter head kick but Costacurta avoids it with no problem.
Wade looks to throw the jab but Costacurta is out of range.
Costacurta went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wade pivots, looking for a leg kick but Costacurta is out of range and Wade settles back down.
Costacurta connects with a crisp jab.
Wade misses with a head kick.
Costacurta lands with a nice body punch.
Wade looks to throw the jab but Costacurta is out of range.
Wade throws a push kick but Costacurta slaps the foot to one side.
A telegraphed right hand from Costacurta misses the target.
Nice shot lands for Costacurta.
Costacurta checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Wade takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Costacurta moves out of range as Wade throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Morgan Wade will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Morgan Wade's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Wade moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wade with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Costacurta misses with a body shot.
Costacurta moves out of range of the body kick.
Wade throws a hook but Costacurta blocks it.
A head kick by Costacurta misses
and Costacurta takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Costacurta's corner calls for a 1-2. Costacurta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Costacurta lets loose with a powerful body kick. Wade will feel that in the morning.
Costacurta goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wade misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costacurta shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wade uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Costacurta.
Wade looks to land a right hand but Costacurta moved out of range.
Wade lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.#CL#
Costacurta gets a clinch. #T1#
Wade is looking to control Costacurta's arms but Costacurta gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wade has his back to the cage.
Wade lands an elbow that stopped Costacurta in his tracks for a moment.
Wade can't find room to land a body shot as Costacurta controls the action.
Wade lands an uppercut.
Wade lands a right hand.
Costacurta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Wade lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wade doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wade blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #BC2#
Wade's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Costacurta throws a right and a left that both miss.
Costacurta scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wade connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wade tries to land a front kick but Costacurta steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wade bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wade feints a counter leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab by Costacurta.
Rosinante Costacurta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
A bone on bone clash there as Costacurta blocks the leg kick.
Costacurta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Costacurta is looking to counter punch.
Costacurta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wade.
Good standup being displayed there by Costacurta as he connects with a hook.
Costacurta throws a jab when Wade was well out of range.
It seemed like Wade was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab from Wade finds it's way through Costacurta's defenses.
Costacurta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wade.
Nice uppercut there from Costacurta.
Costacurta staying out of range there.
Wade tries to work over Costacurta's front leg with a kick but Costacurta checks it.
Wade throws a chopping leg kick but Costacurta manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wade connects with a solid leg kick.
Costacurta throws a body kick that misses.
Wade tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As Wade looks to move away, Costacurta throws a big counter combo but Wade just gets out of the way.#T3#
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wade lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Costacurta has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Costacurta and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Costacurta misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wade.
Wade swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Costacurta was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wade.
We've been told by Costacurta's head coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Crunch! Wade slams his shin into Costacurta's torso.
Costacurta walks into a stiff left hand from Wade.
Wade uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costacurta.
Costacurta backing away here, and Wade unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut
and Wade counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Morgan Wade is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Costacurta's corner calls for a 1-2. Costacurta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wade attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wade throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wade looks to land a right hand but Costacurta moved out of range.
Costacurta lands a glancing blow to the side of Wade's head.
Costacurta checks a leg kick.
Costacurta explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Wade takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#T4#
Costacurta on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wade. Wade obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costacurta checks a leg kick.
Wade has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Costacurta will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wade counters with a body kick.
Wade moves out of range as Costacurta strikes.
Wade swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Costacurta tries a head kick but it misses.
Costacurta just misses with a punch to the body.
Costacurta throws a combination that misses
and Wade counters with a leg kick.
Costacurta wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wade takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Costacurta throws a hook but Wade blocks it.
Costacurta misses with an uppercut.
Costacurta looks to land a right hand but Wade moved out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Morgan Wade.
Well Wade has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Morgan Wade!
A relieved looking Morgan Wade thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

Event: Primal 56
Date: Jan 20, 2017

#R1#
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.#CL2#
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.#T1#
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. #T2#
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. #T3#
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. #BC2#
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. #T4#
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.
#R2#
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.#CL#
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. #BC2#
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.#T1#
Costacurta scores with a three punch combo! #CUT#
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. #CL#
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.#T2#
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. #T3#
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. #BC2#
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. #T4#
Redfield looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks. #CL2#
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. #BC2#
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. #ROC#
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.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Dec 03, 2016

#R1#
Clarke tries to close the distance and clinch but Costacurta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clarke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clarke tries to close the distance and clinch but Costacurta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Costacurta lands a big head kick that sends Clarke to the canvas! Costacurta follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rosinante Costacurta!
An out of breath Rosinante Costacurta thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 26, 2016

#R1#
Costacurta connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.#CUT#
It looks like Chris Barath has been cut.
Barath with a lazy takedown attempt
and Barath takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Costacurta lands with an overhand left.
Barath walks straight into a right hand from Costacurta - that's dropped him! Costacurta jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Barath from any more punishment! Barath complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rosinante Costacurta!
A victorious Rosinante Costacurta thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jul 02, 2016

#R1#
Costacurta plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Costacurta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Costacurta connects with a nice looking jab.
Jackson avoids the head kick by Costacurta.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Costacurta avoids nicely.
Costacurta fails to land with a series of punches.
Costacurta lands with a slapping head kick.
Jackson misses with an uppercut
and Costacurta counters with a lovely straight right hand!#ROC#
Jackson is rocked!
Jackson cracks Costacurta with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Costacurta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jackson throws a series of punches but Costacurta moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Left hook, right uppercut from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice shot by Costacurta.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Costacurta lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jackson circles away quickly and effectively.#T1#
Jackson throws a series of punches but Costacurta avoids them all with ease.
Jackson lands with a hook. Costacurta tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jackson throws an off balance right hand #KD#
and Costacurta counters with a crisp one two that drops Jackson! Costacurta thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Jackson to his feet! Jackson is in big trouble!
Jackson is still on wobbly legs! Can Costacurta finish him?
Costacurta throws a series of punches but Jackson avoids them all with ease.
Costacurta moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jackson throws a poor cross that misses
and Costacurta connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson misses with a body punch
and Costacurta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Costacurta closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Jackson! Costacurta dives in looking to finish! Jackson is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rosinante Costacurta!
Rosinante Costacurta seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

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