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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau (ranked 578 p4p, 602 weight class) and Nils Norling (ranked 82 p4p, 87 weight class). Norling is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Eminem - Go To Sleep. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nils Norling!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norling slips under a jab.
Costeau on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Costeau tries to clinch but Norling moves out of range.
Norling throws out a counter right but Costeau avoids it with no problem.
Costeau delivers a nice body kick.
Costeau has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Champion Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Good leg kick by Costeau.
A head kick from Costeau lands but Norling takes it in his stride.
It looks like Nils Norling has been cut.
Norling takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Norling tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Norling misses with a hook to the body
and Costeau moves into the clinch.
Norling tries to circle away but Costeau has him pinned against the cage.
Norling lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Norling breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Norling dodges the punch combination from Costeau.
Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Costeau lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Norling at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Costeau rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Costeau takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Costeau lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Costeau buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Costeau throws a nice outside leg kick.
Norling will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Costeau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Norling.
Norling throws the left hand but Costeau avoids the punch easily.
Costeau was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Costeau throws a half hearted mid kick.
Norling lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Norling avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Costeau throws a body punch but Norling moves out of range.
Costeau looks to throw the jab but Norling is out of range.
Costeau misses with an uppercut. Norling saw that one coming.
Norling misses with an uppercut.
A counter left hand to the body from Costeau misses its target.
Norling on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Costeau. Costeau obviously looking to wear him down.
Costeau with the inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costeau gets a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costeau breaks the clinch.
Norling keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A good leg kick by Costeau.
Costeau misses with an uppercut.
Norling lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Norling scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Costeau takes a swing at Norling's ribcage but misses.
Costeau paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice straight punches there by Costeau. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Costeau.
Costeau with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Norling rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Costeau moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A big left from Costeau misses.
Costeau thows a left - swing and a miss!
Costeau cracks a nice hook into Norling's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costeau throws a lazy body kick
and Norling counters with a crisp one two that drops Costeau! Norling thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Costeau to his feet! Costeau is in big trouble!
Costeau tries to land a front kick but Norling steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Costeau scores with a shot to the body.
Costeau lands with a nice combination. Norling backs away looking to recover.
Norling lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Norling fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Costeau to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Costeau looks to clinch but Norling throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Costeau taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Nils Norling!
Nils Norling bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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