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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe Crazy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crazy's entrance music is Crazy Train. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Costa's choice of entrance music: His Own Highlight Video. Joe Crazy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Felipe Costa's chin.
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145 lbs
17 - 17 - 0 |
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166 cm
29
141 lbs
21 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Crazy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felipe Costa!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch but Costa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crazy wants to clinch but Costa slips to the side
and Costa counters with a thumping low kick.
Crazy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Costa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Crazy struggles to land a body shot inside as Costa controls his hands.
Crazy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Crazy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Felipe Costa has been cut.
Crazy trying to control the position but instead, Costa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Crazy into the cage.
Costa blocks a body shot from Crazy.
Crazy throws an elbow but it misses.
Costa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crazy is defending well for now.
Crazy is trying to stall.
Crazy avoids a wild elbow strike from Costa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy misses with the head strike.
Costa avoids the elbow strike from Crazy, against the cage.
Costa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Crazy.
Crazy blocks an elbow strike from Costa.
Crazy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Costa dodges an elbow strike from Crazy.
Crazy is struggling to control the position.
Crazy gets through Costa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Costa tries to throw a body punch but Crazy avoids it by throwing Costa back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Crazy.
Crazy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Costa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Costa managing to block the knees to the body from Crazy.
Costa swings wildly with an uppercut but Crazy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crazy lands an elbow that stopped Costa in his tracks for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costa avoiding damage as Crazy throws knees to the body.
Crazy avoiding damage as Costa throws knees to the body.
Costa throws a head punch that misses.
Costa tries for a takedown. No joy.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Costa tries to work over Crazy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crazy looking to stall.
Crazy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crazy lands a damaging elbow.
Crazy blocking some punches.
Costa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Costa digs a right hand underneath Crazy's ribcage. Crazy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Crazy looking to slow down the pace here.
Crazy misses with an elbow strike.
Costa managing to block the knees to the body from Crazy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy working aggressively here.
Come on Crazy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A right hand to the body from Crazy.
Crazy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Crazy is trying to stall.
Costa working aggressively here.
Crazy taking a breather.
Crazy working aggressively here.
Crazy lands a knee to the body.
Costa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Costa throws an elbow but misses.
Crazy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Costa.
Come on Crazy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Crazy trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crazy blocks an uppercut.
Costa gets through Crazy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Crazy misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costa avoiding damage.
Costa manages to break the clinch.
Crazy looks to clinch
and Costa counters by clinching up.
Costa lands an uppercut.
Crazy looking to slow down the pace here.
Costa misses with a punch on the inside.
Crazy trying to stall but Costa improves his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crazy tries to work over Costa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costa stalling in the clinch but Crazy improves position.
Crazy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Costa is defending well for now.
Crazy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Costa is keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Crazy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Costa's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Crazy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Costa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Crazy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Costa is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Crazy as Costa tries to tie him up.
Come on Crazy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice elbow from Crazy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Crazy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Costa is keeping busy.
Costa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Crazy misses with an elbow strike.
Costa is trying to trip Crazy. He has hold of a leg but Crazy is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Costa persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Costa stops Crazy from standing up.
Costa has gone for a leg lock! Crazy slips out almost immediately though and dives into Costa's guard.
Crazy would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Crazy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Crazy knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Costa on the ground.
Costa looking for a sweep. Not yet Costa, not yet.
Crazy controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Costa is looking for a triangle but Crazy pushes his legs off easily.
Crazy has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Costa is proving hard to escape from.
Costa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crazy tries to stand but Costa is controlling from the bottom.
Costa trying to keep a closed guard but Crazy is proving a slippery customer.
Costa working for a triangle but Crazy defends it easily.
Costa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Crazy has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Crazy can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Costa trying to keep a closed guard but Crazy is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crazy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Crazy is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Costa trying to keep a closed guard but Crazy is proving a slippery customer.
Crazy wants to stand but Costa is controlling his posture from full guard.
Costa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Crazy defends well.
Crazy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Crazy wants to get up but he can't break Costa's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Costa wants to sweep here but Crazy controlling him for the moment.
Costa is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Costa has control of Crazy's left arm, preventing Crazy from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crazy wanted to stand there but Costa had control of the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Crazy tries to clinch
and Costa counters with a good low kick that Crazy was not able to check.
Crazy tries to clinch but Costa moves away
and Costa counters with a left to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felipe Costa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Felipe Costa's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Crazy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Costa counters with a two punch combo.
Crazy tries to clinch
and Costa counters with a series of strikes. Crazy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Crazy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Costa counters by clinching up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Crazy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Costa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crazy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Costa avoids it.
Crazy lands an elbow inside.
Crazy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Costa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Joe Crazy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crazy taking a breather.
Costa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Crazy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crazy dodges an elbow strike from Costa.
Crazy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Costa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crazy backwards.
Crazy lands an elbow that stopped Costa in his tracks for a moment.
Crazy lands an elbow just above Costa 's eye.
Crazy missing with knees to the body.
Costa on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Costa scores with a shoulder strike.
Crazy blocks an uppercut.
Costa lands a shoulder strike.
Costa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Crazy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Costa lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costa blocks a body shot from Crazy.
Costa throws a punch but it's blocked by Crazy.
Costa blocks an elbow strike.
Costa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crazy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Costa displaying some good clinch control by pressing Crazy up against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Costa in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Crazy misses with the head strike.
Crazy trying to control the position but instead, Costa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Crazy into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crazy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crazy has a couple of punches blocked by Costa.
A right hook to the body lands for Costa.
Costa manages to break the clinch.
Crazy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Costa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Joe Crazy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crazy darts in trying to clinch
and Costa counters by clinching up.
Costa misses with a body punch.
Costa looking to stall.
Crazy taking a breather.
Crazy working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa dodges an elbow strike from Crazy.
Crazy blocks an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Costa.
Costa trying to land knees to the body.
Costa managing to block the knees to the body from Crazy.
Costa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crazy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Crazy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Costa's defenses.
A head punch on the inside from Crazy fails to land.
Crazy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crazy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Costa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crazy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crazy trying to control the position but instead, Costa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Crazy into the cage.
Crazy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
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 Joe Crazy.
I think Crazy 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Crazy!
A very excited looking Joe Crazy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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