PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tony Costa (ranked 3924 p4p, 290 weight class) and Twittle Twister (ranked 4115 p4p, 301 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Costa
vs
Twister

180 cm
18
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
153 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Kimura Klothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tony Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Twittle Twister!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Twister misses its intended target.
Costa avoids the body shot from Twister.
Twister scores with a nice right hand.
Twister takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Costa throws a body punch but Twister moves out of range.
Twister throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Twister gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Costa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Costa checks a leg kick.
Costa throws a series of punches but Twister moves out of range.
Twister fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Left hook, right uppercut from Costa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Costa throws a nice looking combination but Twister bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Costa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Twister circles away quickly and effectively.
Twister throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Costa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've been told by Costa's head coaches at Zero Tolerance that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Twister throws a hook but Costa blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Twister bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Twister uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Costa.
Costa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Twister moves away.
A big right from Twister misses.
Twister avoids the body shot from Costa.
A swing and a miss from Twister.
Twister misses with a wild body shot.
Costa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Costa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Twister throws a right and a left that Costa avoids nicely.
Costa is looking for a counter combo.
Twister lands a nice shot that snaps Costa's head back.
Costa blocks a jab.
Twister misses with an uppercut. Costa saw that one coming.
Decent striking displayed by Costa there.
Costa throws a jab but it's blocked by Twister.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Costa misses.
Costa backing away here, and Twister unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Costa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Twister.
Costa staying out of range there.
Costa is looking to counter punch.
Costa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Costa misses with an uppercut
and Twister counters with a nice uppercut.
Costa misses with a body shot.
It seemed like Twister was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Twister throws a hook but Costa blocks it.
Costa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Twister dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Twister misses.
Nice body punch from Costa.
Costa ducks under a wild hook from Twister.
Twister scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Costa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Twister was well out of range. Poor timing from Costa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twister throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Twister. Costa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Twister 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.
Twister loads up on a big right hand but Costa slips the punch.
Twister misses with an uppercut
and Costa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Costa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Twister circles away quickly and effectively.
Twister takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Costa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Twister connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Costa scrambles back to his feet.
Costa throws a combination that misses
and Twister counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Twister swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Costa defending well as Twister loads up on a big left hand.
Twister waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Costa.
Costa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Twister misses the body punch
and Costa counters with a straight right hand.
Costa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Twister throws a jab but it's blocked by Costa.
Twister ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costa moves away.
Twister is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Costa moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tony Costa!
Tony Costa thanked the fans post fight for their support.