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Re-Watched Costa vs. Vettori (sober)

I had rd 1 Costa rd 2 9-9 rd 3 Martin rd 4. Martin rd 5 Costa. I scored a draw
 
Just finished rewatching the fight...

Round 1: 10-9 Vettori, easily by output/more effective strikes, peeps giving this round to Costa are smoking crack... even his own corner knew he lost it.

Round 2: 9-9 Even due to eye poke, although Costa won the round.

Round 3: 10-9 Vettori, Costa backing up for most of the round, Costa scored the TD, was reversed and controlled until the clock expires

Round 4: 10-9 Vettori, closer round, Costa was landing the more damaging shots, however they were too infrequent to win him the round.

Round 5: 10-9 Costa: obviously Costa’s best round.

Sorry TS: Vettori 48-46, If Costa fought with the same type of urgency he had in round 5 earlier in the fight he may have been able take another round or two, or maybe gas out...? The shots that seemed more damaging, IMO was due to Marvin rolling with the punches. The supposedly more damaging impacts should’ve been seen on Vettori’s face, however there was no physical evidence to support that theory... both men simply looked like they came out a 5 round fight
 
Benoitthegr8 said:
Just finished rewatching the fight...

Round 1: 10-9 Vettori, easily by output/more effective strikes, peeps giving this round to Costa are smoking crack... even his own corner knew he lost it.

Round 2: 9-9 Even due to eye poke, although Costa won the round.

Round 3: 10-9 Vettori, Costa backing up for most of the round, Costa scored the TD, was reversed and controlled until the clock expires

Round 4: 10-9 Vettori, closer round, Costa was landing the more damaging shots, however they were too infrequent to win him the round.

Round 5: 10-9 Costa: obviously Costa’s best round.

Sorry TS: Vettori 48-46, If Costa fought with the same type of urgency he had in round 5 earlier in the fight he may have been able take another round or two, or maybe gas out...? The shots that seemed more damaging, IMO was due to Marvin rolling with the punches. The supposedly more damaging impacts should’ve been seen on Vettori’s face, however there was no physical evidence to support that theory... both men simply looked like they came out a 5 round fight
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That’s a fair assessment, unlike the TS
 
Soo ...

Vettori can supposedly take 2 to 3 times the power shots from the super powerful costa and survive 5 rounds lol...

Come on dude...

First ill say it was an entertaining fight

But Vettori won by applying pressure and remaining more constant with his attacks..Costa missed alot and didnt throw as much he also didnt really hurt Vettori despite the huge. "looking" shots...

Theres more to a fight then who threw the biggests shots sporadically
 
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Too much cheese and wine but damn bro, you're writing is eloquent.
 
Landing more strikes at less damage is more valuable than landing fewer strikes with higher damage unless you score a finish. How do I know this? Check the scorecards of every fight ever.
 
It's one of those damage vs volume fights that people discuss until they're blue in the face. If the fight week drama didn't happen, we would see more people scoring this fight to Costa.
 
det_regnar_på_vår_kärlek said:
It's one of those damage vs volume fights that people discuss until they're blue in the face. If the fight week drama didn't happen, we would see more people scoring this fight to Costa.
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One more round and Marvin would have been KO'd dead in his tracks. He can take a lot of punishment though congrats to him.
 
I agree that Vettori won 3-2 but I felt the commentary was pretty biased against Costa for much of the fight.
 
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TheHitMan said:
COSTA vs. VETTORI

The punch stats the announcers kept quoting, meaning volume and "significant strikes," are very misleading. There's no question Vettori landed more punches, but to say that Vettori landed more "significant strikes" than Costa is a flat out lie. I don't care what the punch stats state: Paulo Costa's punches had at least 2-3x the impact of Marvin Vettori's punches. I mean Ray Charles could see this. So here's how I scored it:

Round 1:
Vettori more active, Costa more effective. Almost every punch Costa landed was brutal, and targeted to a vital zone. By contrast, almost every punch Vettori landed was more "annoying and disrupting," without any real debilitating effect on Costa. While the volume goes to Vettori, the effective damage goes to Costa. In my view, therefore, there was no clear winner. If I had to give someone an edge, optics go to Vettori, effectiveness goes to Costa. (10-10 Even)

Round 2:
Again, almost every punch Costa landed was effective, brutal, and in a vital zone. Costa is really doing damage and had the momentum on his side. Fluke eye poke ruins Costa's momentum. As if that wasn't bad enough, Herzog then takes a point away from what was clearly a major Costa round. Costa the clear winner in damage, and momentum, but the point deduction makes this round a wash. (9-9 Even)

Round 3:
Costa appears to be looking for the kill. Again, landing brutal shots in vital zones. Costa's take-down amplifies his initial dominance of the round — and he starts to brutalize Vettori with ground-and-pound. However, a mistake in attempting a submission, while on top, gives Vettori the top position, with Costa remaining on his back for the remainder of the round. However, on his back, Costa completely nullifies everything Vettori is trying to do. Although all officials scored this route for Vettori, to me Vettori didn't really do shit in this round, besides take abuse. He was getting beaten badly, brutally, and was taken down — and then he was only "gifted" a top position where he didn't really do shit with it. On damage and initial momentum, a clear Costa round. Even from the top position, Vettori did not dominate. (10-9 Costa)

Round 4:
To me, this was Vettori's best round. Costa, although, again, throwing a few brutal shots, backed-up too much and did too little. He still landed, by far, the harder shots, but Vettori's pressure and volume, and Costa's lack of activity, made this the only clear winning round for Vettori. (9-10 Vettori)

Round 5:
Costa opened up with a devastating right cross in the first second of the fight, and continued to punish and brutalize Vettori throughout the round. Vettori desperately going for takedowns, trying to clinch, while Costa brutalizes Vettori's head, face, and body. Vettori's punches have no effect on Costa. Costa is starting to really break Vettori down. Marvin Vettori is left with trying to smother Costa against the fence, because he doesn't want to take any more abuse, and knows he cannot hurt Paulo Costa. Had the fight continued, Paulo Costa would've finished him. (10-9, Costa)

SCORE: 48-47, Paulo Costa
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Boxingfan998 said:
No. Vettori outpointed Costa and clearly won the fight.
But you are right that Costa threw the harder more damaging punches and kicks.
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Agreed. I also think that if Costa came in with a good weight cut he would have won.
 
DoNoootin said:
When did I comment judging the fight re: my preference for the fighter?
I made no comment on the result. It was a separate, off-hand comment.
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I see, well I was responding to ts about his gripes with the result, so I'm sure you can see where my assumption came from. I wasn't trying to be a dick.

Costa did some good shit in there no doubt. Vetorri is a monster for eating some of those kicks. Even those initial leg kicks looked brutal and Vetorri didn't appear to have a mark on him.
 
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