PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Jebediah Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio da Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stewart's entrance music is Momma Said Knock You Out. A fine choice. da Costa has chosen Da Boondocks as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Stewart
vs
da Costa

181 cm
30
163 lbs
17 - 7 - 0

181 cm
31
167 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good low kicks
Powerful

Real Fighters Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jebediah Stewart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio da Costa!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch but da Costa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stewart fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but da Costa is out of range.
Stewart circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch up but da Costa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stewart tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and da Costa counters by clinching up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Stewart as da Costa tries to tie him up.
A hook to the body from da Costa.
da Costa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stewart keeps the fight in the clinch, despite da Costa's efforts to push away.
da Costa misses with a punch to the body.
da Costa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stewart lands a knee to the head.
Stewart avoiding damage as da Costa throws knees to the body.
da Costa is trying to push Stewart away but Stewart has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Stewart managing to block the knees to the body from da Costa.
da Costa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stewart is defending well for now.
Stewart trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
da Costa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stewart blocks it with crossed arms.
Stewart creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through da Costa's defenses.
Stewart trying to land knees to the body.

da Costa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stewart tries to clinch up but da Costa circles away and keeps his distance.
da Costa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Stewart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stewart wants to clinch
and da Costa counters with a straight right hand.
Stewart moves to clinch but da Costa breaks away

and da Costa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by da Costa.
Stewart with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stewart misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from da Costa.
Stewart working aggressively here.
da Costa has Stewart pressed against the ropes.
Stewart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. da Costa is defending well for now.
Stewart keeps the fight in the clinch, despite da Costa's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart with an attempt at a knee that misses.
da Costa struggles to land a body shot inside as Stewart controls his hands.
da Costa tries to stall but Stewart uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stewart.
A hook to the body from Stewart.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stewart misses with a knee strike.
Stewart goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stewart tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

da Costa breaks the clinch.
da Costa wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stewart looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stewart tries to clinch but fails miserably
and da Costa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
da Costa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Stewart paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stewart doesn't manage to clinch there - da Costa circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart wants to clinch up but da Costa keeps it at a distance.
Stewart doesn't manage to clinch there - da Costa circles away.

Stewart has taken the fight to the clinch.

Stewart breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
da Costa misses with the combination.
da Costa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stewart doesn't manage to clinch there - da Costa circles away.
da Costa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stewart wants to clinch up but da Costa keeps it at a distance.
Stewart tries to clinch
and da Costa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
da Costa tries to clinch there but Stewart circles away.
Stewart closes the distance looking to clinch

and da Costa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart looking to slow down the pace here.

Stewart manages to break the clinch.
Stewart tries to clinch there but da Costa circles away.

Stewart fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with da Costa, pushing him back against the ropes.
Stewart using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stewart scores with a shot to the side of da Costa's head.
da Costa looks gassed!
Stewart tries to land knees in the clinch but da Costa avoids the damage to the body.
Stewart tries a knee to the head but da Costa blocks it.

da Costa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stewart looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Stewart takes the fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
da Costa trying to stall but Stewart improves his position.
Stewart with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jebediah Stewart dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

da Costa circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stewart looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stewart blocks a head kick by da Costa.
da Costa is looking to clinch but Stewart is avoiding it.
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch but da Costa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stewart tries to clinch up but da Costa circles away and keeps his distance.
Antonio da Costa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stewart looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
da Costa swats away the attempt to clinch by Stewart.
Stewart is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
da Costa lands a head kick!
Stewart looks to clinch
and da Costa counters with a head kick. That will keep Stewart thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart closes the distance looking to clinch

and da Costa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by da Costa.
Stewart tries a knee to the head but da Costa blocks it.
Stewart tries to land a knee to the head but da Costa blocks with his arms.
Stewart connects with a knee to the head.
Stewart lands a left hand that snaps the head of da Costa backwards.
Stewart fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
da Costa struggles to land a body shot inside as Stewart controls his hands.
Stewart misses with a knee strike.
da Costa working hard to break the clinch.
da Costa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stewart.
da Costa is leaning against Stewart and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stewart tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
da Costa misses with a knee strike.
Stewart misses with a knee to the head.
da Costa takes a shot to the head.
Stewart putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has da Costa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
da Costa is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
da Costa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stewart misses with a punch to the body.
Jebediah Stewart has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stewart misses with a knee strike.
Stewart blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stewart lands a knee to the 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!
Stewart throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but da Costa blocks it with crossed arms.
da Costa trying to land knees to the body.
Stewart lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Stewart with a knee to the head.

da Costa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Stewart has taken the fight to the clinch.
da Costa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stewart lands with a short shot to the head.
da Costa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stewart has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stewart obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Stewart.
Stewart throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart misses with an elbow strike.
Stewart lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stewart.
Stewart lands a knee to the body.
Stewart lands a left hand that snaps the head of da Costa backwards.
Stewart working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees to the body from Stewart.
Stewart displaying some good clinch control by pressing da Costa up against the ropes.
da Costa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stewart using the Thai plumb to throw knees but da Costa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stewart with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stewart tries to land a knee to the head but da Costa blocks with his arms.
A right handed body shot lands from Stewart.
Stewart lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
da Costa blocks a body shot from Stewart.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Stewart.
Stewart landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stewart tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stewart landing knees to the head.
Stewart wants to stall.

Stewart manages to break the clinch.
da Costa keeps the fight on the outside.

Stewart darts in and clinches da Costa up against the ropes.
Stewart lands an uppercut.
Stewart pushes da Costa back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Stewart tries to land knees in the clinch but da Costa avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stewart landing knees to the body.
A short right from Stewart.

da Costa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stewart tries to clinch up
and da Costa 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.

Jebediah Stewart dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Stewart tries to clinch
and da Costa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Stewart's knee momentarily.
da Costa swats away the attempt to clinch by Stewart.
Stewart closes the distance looking to clinch

and da Costa counters by clinching up.
da Costa is trying to maintain a safe position but Stewart gets an underhook and turns da Costa into the ropes.

Stewart breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stewart moves in looking to clinch but da Costa pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stewart looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Stewart looks to clinch
and da Costa counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Stewart wants to clinch.
Stewart tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. da Costa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stewart tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stewart looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
da Costa connects with a high kick.

Stewart gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stewart scores with a hook to the body.
Stewart throws a blind hook that connects with the side of da Costas head.
da Costa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stewart lands a nice uppercut.
Stewart lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
da Costa misses with a knee strike.
Stewart misses with a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Stewart as the two fighters clinch.
Stewart has da Costa pressed against the ropes, preventing da Costa from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stewart scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Antonio da Costa has been cut.
Stewart tries a knee to the head but da Costa blocks it.
Stewart misses with a knee to the head.
A short right from Stewart.
Antonio da Costa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stewart lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Stewart with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Stewart.
Stewart keeps the fight in the clinch, despite da Costa's efforts to push away.

Stewart breaks the clinch.
Jebediah Stewart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stewart tries to clinch but da Costa is having none of it.
Stewart tries to clinch
and da Costa counters with a leg kick.
da Costa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stewart wants to clinch up but da Costa keeps it at a distance.
Stewart wants to clinch.
da Costa tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch up but da Costa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stewart tries to clinch there but da Costa circles away.
da Costa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
da Costa throws a head kick but Stewart moves out of range.

Stewart has managed to clinch.
Stewart misses with a knee to the head.

Stewart breaks the clinch.
Stewart tries to clinch but fails miserably
and da Costa counters with a left and a right that stings Stewart.
Stewart fails in his attempt to clinch.
da Costa fails with an attempt to clinch.
da Costa keeps the fight on the outside.
Stewart is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart tries to clinch but da Costa moves away
and da Costa counters with a head kick. That will keep Stewart thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Stewart tries to clinch there but da Costa circles away.
da Costa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stewart tries to clinch up
and da Costa makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Stewart really felt that one!
da Costa keeps the fight on the outside.
da Costa keeps the fight on the outside.
Stewart tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. da Costa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
da Costa throws a head kick that misses.
da Costa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch but da Costa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stewart tries to close the distance and clinch up but da Costa swats him away and circles back towards the center.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jebediah Stewart showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stewart 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

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