PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rosinante Costacurta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steaphan Beattie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Costacurta
vs
Beattie

176 cm
26
164 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

174 cm
25
168 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rosinante Costacurta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steaphan Beattie!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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.

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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!

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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
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.

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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.

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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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.

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.