PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Filip Decapovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Costanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Decapovic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to You Want Blood (You Got It) - AC/DC. Costanza comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Do the Opposite kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Decapovic
vs
Costanza

195 cm
27
215 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

188 cm
21
202 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

GMMA Supplements 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Filip Decapovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Costanza!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costanza walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

It looks like Daniel Costanza has been cut.
Costanza with a nice cross.
Decapovic gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Costanza counters with a leg kick.
Costanza throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Costanza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Decapovic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Decapovic throws a hook to the side of Costanza's head but Costanza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Costanza looks to score with a jab to the body but Decapovic is just out of range.
Decapovic fails to land with a series of punches.
Costanza takes a jab right on the kisser.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decapovic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Costanza moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Costanza.
Costanza throws a leg kick but Decapovic moved away.
Decapovic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice leg kick lands there from Costanza.
Costanza misses with a leg kick
and Decapovic counters with a two punch combo.
Decapovic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Costanza counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costanza connects with a solid leg kick.
Costanza throws a leg kick which misses Decapovic's front leg but catches the back leg as Decapovic tries to avoid it.
Costanza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Decapovic.
Decapovic moves away from the strike by Costanza.
Decapovic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Costanza manages to avoid it.
Decapovic throws a right hand that Costanza ducks under and follows up with a left that Costanza also avoids with ease.
Costanza lands a slapping body shot.
Costanza lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Decapovic is breathing heavily.
Costanza jabs Decapovic right on the nose. Decapovic blinks but takes it well.

It looks like Filip Decapovic has been cut.
Costanza tries to clinch up but Decapovic circles away and keeps his distance.
Costanza lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Decapovic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Costanza.
Daniel Costanza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Costanza lets loose with a powerful body kick. Decapovic will feel that in the morning.
Costanza lands with a straight right. Decapovic didn't see that one coming.
Costanza thows a body kick. Decapovic tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza connects with an inside leg kick.
Decapovic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Costanza fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Costanza cracks the inside of Decapovic's front leg.
Costanza misses with a two punch combination.
Costanza throws a nice outside leg kick.
Costanza dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Costanza tries to clinch but Decapovic is having none of it.
Costanza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Decapovic's sensitive parts.

Costanza rushes Decapovic and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Costanza working Decapovic over with knees to the body.
Costanza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Decapovic is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costanza obliges.
Costanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costanza digs a right hand underneath Decapovic's ribcage. Decapovic let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Costanza.
Costanza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Costanza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A knee to the head by Costanza.
Costanza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Costanza lands a knee to the body.
Costanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costanza goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Decapovic tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Decapovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costanza obliges.
Costanza scores with a shot to the side of Decapovic's head.
Costanza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Decapovic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Decapovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Costanza lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Decapovic.
Costanza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Costanza lands a nice uppercut.
Costanza misses with a body punch.
Costanza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Costanza.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costanza lands a body shot in the clinch.
Costanza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Costanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Costanza lands a good knee to the midsection. Decapovic won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Costanza dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Decapovic on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Costanza. Costanza obviously looking to wear him down.
Decapovic misses with a head kick.
Costanza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Decapovic was well out of range. Poor timing from Costanza.
A head kick misses from Decapovic.
Daniel Costanza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Costanza. Decapovic shrugs it off though.
Costanza has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Costanza thuds a left hand into Decapovic's body.
Costanza throws a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costanza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Costanza connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Costanza lands a leg kick that knocks Decapovic off balance momentarily.
Costanza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Costanza connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Decapovic momentarily.

Filip Decapovic's cut is getting worse.
A solid leg kick lands there for Costanza.
A slapping leg kick lands for Costanza.

Costanza moves into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Costanza as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Costanza - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Costanza with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Costanza scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Costanza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Costanza with a knee to the head.
Decapovic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Costanza lands a nice knee to the body.
Costanza pressing his opponent against the cage.
Knees to the body from Costanza.
Decapovic blocks a body shot from Costanza.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza tries to land knees in the clinch but Decapovic avoids the damage to the body.
Costanza scores a nice knee 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!
Knees to the body from Costanza.
Decapovic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Costanza scores with a knee to the head.
Costanza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Costanza digs a right hand into Decapovic's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Decapovic's gas tank.
Costanza avoiding damage.
Decapovic is trying to maintain a safe position but Costanza gets an underhook and turns Decapovic into the cage.
Costanza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Decapovic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Costanza.
Costanza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Costanza tries a body shot but Decapovic blocks it.
Costanza misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costanza avoiding damage.
Costanza working Decapovic over with knees to the body.
Costanza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Decapovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Decapovic avoids it.
Daniel Costanza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Costanza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Decapovic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Costanza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Costanza slows down the pace here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costanza landing knees to the head.
Costanza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Decapovic blocks it with crossed arms.
Costanza pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costanza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Costanza landing knees to the body.
Costanza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costanza obliges.
Costanza can't find room to land a body shot as Decapovic controls the action.
Costanza misses with a knee strike.
Costanza dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Costanza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costanza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Decapovic is defending well for now.
Costanza can't find room to land a body shot as Decapovic controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Costanza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Costanza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Costanza cracks Decapovic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Costanza fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Decapovic.
Decapovic takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Decapovic takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Costanza doesn't manage to clinch there - Decapovic circles away.
Costanza chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Decapovic takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Costanza gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costanza manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Costanza misses with a body punch.
Costanza stalling in the clinch.
Costanza trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costanza tries to land knees in the clinch but Decapovic avoids the damage to the body.
Costanza misses with a body punch.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Decapovic avoids it.
Costanza working aggressively here.
Costanza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Decapovic is defending well for now.
Costanza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Decapovic.
Costanza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Costanza crunches a lovely knee into Decapovic's ribcage.
Costanza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Decapovic.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costanza obliges.
Decapovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Costanza struggles to land a body shot inside as Decapovic controls his hands.
Costanza struggles to land a body shot inside as Decapovic controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decapovic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Decapovic takes a knee to the side of the body.
Decapovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Decapovic managing to block the knees to the body from Costanza.
Costanza landing some nice looking knees 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!
Costanza can't find room to land a body shot as Decapovic controls the action.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Decapovic avoids it.
Costanza misses with a knee to the head.
Decapovic avoiding damage as Costanza throws knees to the body.
Costanza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Decapovic has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Decapovic will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Decapovic.
A shot in the inside from Costanza.
Costanza looking to throw knees to the head but Decapovic is blocking nicely.
Filip Decapovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costanza tries to land knees in the clinch but Decapovic avoids the damage to the body.
Costanza stops a takedown attempt from Decapovic.
Costanza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Decapovic is defending well for now.
Costanza with a knee to the head.
Decapovic has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Costanza avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Costanza as Decapovic tries to tie him up.
Costanza misses with a knee strike.
Costanza pressing his opponent against the cage.
Decapovic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Decapovic pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costanza misses with a punch to the body.
Decapovic managing to block the knees to the body from Costanza.
Costanza blocks an uppercut.
Decapovic tries to break the clinch but Costanza is controlling the position.
Costanza missing with knees to the body.
Costanza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Decapovic.
Decapovic is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Costanza pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Filip Decapovic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Costanza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Decapovic blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Costanza lands a right hand.
Decapovic tries to work over Costanza's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Costanza - that landed with a thud.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Decapovic avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Costanza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Costanza 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Costanza!