PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Costa (ranked 469 p4p, 496 weight class) and Shane Raffington (ranked 67 p4p, 74 weight class). Raffington has chosen Logan Lucky as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Shane Raffington is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Costa
vs
Raffington

183 cm
31
190
20 - 16 - 0

182 cm
27
195
11 - 8 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santiago Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Raffington!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raffington 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.
Horrible takedown attempt by Costa or perhaps it was just good defense by Raffington, which made it look bad.
Raffington is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Costa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Raffington pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Costa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A big left from Costa misses.
Raffington now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Costa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Raffington to score with a decent uppercut.
Costa connects with a single shot there.
Raffington throws out a loose jab but Costa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raffington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Raffington has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice sprawl there from Raffington as Costa shoots in.
A little jabbing left from Raffington on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Costa connects with a looping right hand.
Raffington tries a low kick but Costa avoids it.
Costa walks into a straight right hand from Raffington.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raffington uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Costa closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Raffington pushes Costa off and gets back to his feet.
Santiago Costa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raffington throws a quick inside leg kick.
Costa smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raffington lands a nice shot that snaps Costa's head back.
Costa just misses with a punch to the body.
Costa shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santiago Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Costa throws out a loose jab but Raffington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Raffington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Raffington lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Costa has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Costa misses with a looping left.
Costa tries to clinch but Raffington moves out of range.
Costa shoots in for a double leg but Raffington sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Raffington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Costa moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raffington takes one to the chin there.
Costa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Raffington. Raffington circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Costa stalks Raffington and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Raffington's face. Raffington staggers backwards, shaken.

Costa closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Raffington quickly recovers to half guard.

Raffington makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Danga de danga de dang - Costa scores with a four punch combination!
Costa has his takedown stuffed
and Raffington counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Costa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Raffington lands a jab to the nose.
Costa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Raffington with a nice cross.
Shane Raffington is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Raffington looks to score with a jab to the body but Costa is just out of range.
Raffington smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Raffington with a nice calf kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Costa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Raffington as he avoids it easily.
Raffington avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Costa digs a good body shot into Raffington's ribs.
Costa tries for a takedown but Raffington circles away easily
and Raffington counters with a straight right hand.
Costa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Raffington's waist but Raffington gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Costa off to one side.

Costa shoots in and gets a takedown into Raffington's guard.
Raffington seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Costa preventing the sweep.
Costa wants to control from the top but Raffington keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Raffington is keeping the position for now.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Raffington is pulling down on Costa's head. It's preventing any offense from Costa, at least for the moment.
Costa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raffington moves out of range of the strikes.
Costa throws a jab but it's blocked by Raffington.
Raffington throws out a loose jab but Costa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costa just misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Shane Raffington will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Horrible takedown attempt by Costa or perhaps it was just good defense by Raffington, which made it look bad.
A nice side step and Raffington releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Costa misses with a body shot.
Costa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Costa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Costa moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Costa misses with a double jab.
Costa misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Costa misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Costa looks to land a right hand but Raffington moved out of range.
Costa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Santiago Costa is winning the standup battle so far.
Raffington throws a looping overhand right but Costa ducks down to avoid it.
Costa takes a swing at Raffington's ribcage but misses.
Costa misses with a body punch
and Raffington counters with a nice body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raffington lands with a thumping leg kick.
Raffington throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A combination from Costa does no damage.
The fighters circle momentarily. Costa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Raffington defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Costa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santiago Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Costa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Costa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Costa takes a swing at Raffington's ribcage but misses.
Raffington attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Costa slips under a jab from Raffington.
Costa feinted with a counter takedown.
Costa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A big left from Raffington misses.
Costa misses with an uppercut.
Raffington throws out a counter right but Costa avoids it with no problem.
Costa throws a right hand that Raffington ducks under and follows up with a left that Raffington also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raffington misses with a wild body shot.
Raffington takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Raffington missing with a left hand there. Costa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Oooooh!!! Raffington has knocked Costa down with a huge combo! Raffington steps away and waves a wobbly Costa back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
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!
Raffington connects with an inside leg kick.
Raffington uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Costa has time to react.
Costa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Raffington.

Costa is rocked!
Raffington scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
No luck for Costa with that takedown attempt.
Costa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Oh Costa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raffington connects with a leg kick.
Costa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Raffington counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Shane Raffington!
Shane Raffington decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.