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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frank Naulapyssy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papa Legba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Naulapyssy comes into the arena with Raised Hammerfist blaring out of the sound system. Legba has chosen "Cruising in Miami" by Bass 305 as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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138 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
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147 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Frank Naulapyssy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Papa Legba!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legba fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Papa Legba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Legba misses with a body shot.
Naulapyssy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Naulapyssy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Legba looks for a takedown but Naulapyssy sprawls well.
Legba keeps the fight on the outside.
Legba misses with the combination.
Naulapyssy throws a sloppy head kick and Legba moves out of range easily.
Naulapyssy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Legba.
Naulapyssy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Naulapyssy clinches with his opponent.
Legba working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Legba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Naulapyssy is defending well for now.
Naulapyssy is trying to break the clinch but Legba has him pressed against the cage.
Legba lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Naulapyssy tries to break free but Legba pushes him back against the cage.
Legba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Naulapyssy blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Naulapyssy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Naulapyssy wants to get back to striking at distance but Legba won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legba using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Naulapyssy takes an elbow to the temple.
Legba cracks Naulapyssy with a nice body shot.
Naulapyssy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Legba lands a good knee to the midsection. Naulapyssy won't want to take too many of those.
Legba landing knees to the body.
Naulapyssy is breathing heavily.
Legba looking to throw knees to the head but Naulapyssy is blocking nicely.
Legba tries to land a knee to the head but Naulapyssy blocks with his arms.
Legba breaks the clinch.
Naulapyssy thows a left - swing and a miss!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Legba.
Frank Naulapyssy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Naulapyssy misses with a double jab
and Legba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Legba throws a right and a left that both miss.
Naulapyssy tries to clinch there but Legba circles away.
Legba jabs Naulapyssy right on the nose. Naulapyssy blinks but takes it well.
Naulapyssy wants to slow Legba down by chopping away at his legs.
Legba lands a jab to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legba fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Naulapyssy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Naulapyssy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Legba displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Legba swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A shot to the liver by Legba. Beautiful body shot.
Naulapyssy tries to clinch up but Legba circles away and keeps his distance.
Naulapyssy misses with a combination
letting Legba counter with a right hand.
Legba scores with a jab to the head.
Naulapyssy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Legba lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Naulapyssy circles away quickly and effectively.
Legba lands a right hook to the body.
Legba scores with a hook to the body. Naulapyssy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Legba connects with a right hand. Naulapyssy shakes it off.
Legba is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Naulapyssy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Nice shot by Legba.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba circles away from the clinch attempt.
Legba fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Legba lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Naulapyssy needs to keep his hands up - Legba had a free shot at his head there.
Legba misses with a jab, cross combination.
Legba works Naulapyssy's body with a nice hook.
Some wild striking there from Legba.
Naulapyssy is looking to score with low kicks.
Naulapyssy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Legba fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Naulapyssy on the side of the head.
Naulapyssy dodges the punch combination from Legba.
Naulapyssy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Naulapyssy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Naulapyssy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Naulapyssy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naulapyssy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Naulapyssy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Legba connects with a single shot there.
Naulapyssy throws a solid leg kick but Legba takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Naulapyssy.
Legba has taken the fight to the clinch.
Legba has Naulapyssy pressed against the cage, preventing Naulapyssy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Legba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short body shot lands from Legba as the two fighters clinch.
Legba tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Legba landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Legba lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Naulapyssy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Legba breaks from the clinch.
Legba misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Naulapyssy throws a combination that misses
and Legba counters with a stiff right hand.
Legba moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Naulapyssy misses.
Legba cracks a nice hook into Naulapyssy's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papa Legba dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Legba lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Legba misses with a two punch combination.
Legba tries to bum rush Naulapyssy with a series of wild strikes but Naulapyssy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Legba thows a body shot but no joy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Legba, as that shot connected.
Legba ducks under a wild hook from Naulapyssy.
Legba thows a body shot but no joy.
Naulapyssy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Legba.
Legba scores with a jab to the body.
Naulapyssy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Legba.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legba misses with a two punch combination.
Naulapyssy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Naulapyssy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Legba.
Naulapyssy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Legba. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Naulapyssy looks to land a right hand but Legba moved out of range.
Legba lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Legba scores with a crisp jab that stopped Naulapyssy in his tracks.
Naulapyssy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Legba connects with a crisp jab.
Legba loads up on a big right hand but Naulapyssy slips the punch.
Legba connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Frank Naulapyssy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Naulapyssy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Legba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Naulapyssy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A jab from Naulapyssy misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Legba.
Legba scores with a punch to the head.
Legba keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naulapyssy takes one on the button.
Legba throws the left hand but Naulapyssy avoids the punch easily.
Naulapyssy looks to land a combination. Legba sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Naulapyssy misses with a leg kick.
Legba swings for the body but Naulapyssy moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Legba.
Legba lands with a straight right. Naulapyssy didn't see that one coming.
Legba dips to his left and cracks Naulapyssy with an uppercut!
Naulapyssy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Naulapyssy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Papa Legba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Legba fails to land with a series of punches.
Naulapyssy lands a nice shot to the body.
Legba is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Naulapyssy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Naulapyssy fails to land with a series of punches.
The fighters circling - Naulapyssy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Legba showed some decent athleticism there.
Legba throwing shots but Naulapyssy is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Legba is looking for a kimura here.
Legba prevents Naulapyssy from standing back up.
Legba throwing shots but Naulapyssy is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naulapyssy is trying to stand up here but Legba is controlling him well.
Legba thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Naulapyssy is refusing to be controlled, as Legba sits in half guard.
Legba has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Legba prevents Naulapyssy from standing back up.
Well, if Legba is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Legba looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Naulapyssy is trying to stand back up but Legba is controlling him
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Papa Legba will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Legba scores with a shot to the body.
Naulapyssy tries to clinch there but Legba circles away.
Naulapyssy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Legba moves into range and connects with a jab.
Legba throws a big shot that misses.
Naulapyssy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Legba closes the distance and pushes Naulapyssy back into the cage.
Naulapyssy tries to break free but Legba pushes him back against the cage.
Legba displaying some good clinch control by pressing Naulapyssy up against the cage.
Naulapyssy tries to circle away but Legba has him pinned against the cage.
Naulapyssy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Legba misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Legba does it's job there.
Naulapyssy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Legba swats away the attempt to clinch by Naulapyssy.
Legba lands a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legba connects with a single shot there.
Legba throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Naulapyssy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slow jab from Naulapyssy misses its intended target.
Legba takes a jab right on the kisser.
Legba cracks a nice hook into Naulapyssy's ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Naulapyssy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Legba scores with a crisp jab that stopped Naulapyssy in his tracks.
Naulapyssy gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Legba stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Naulapyssy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Naulapyssy scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Naulapyssy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Legba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legba connects with the punch.
Naulapyssy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Legba moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Legba throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Naulapyssy was covering up waiting for the punch and Legba finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Legba trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Naulapyssy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Legba is controlling him.
Legba is pushing down on Naulapyssy's leg trying to pass to half guard. Naulapyssy is fighting to maintain full guard but Legba has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba seems to be looking for submissions.
Legba trying to control the action but Naulapyssy is working from the bottom.
Frank Naulapyssy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Legba is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Naulapyssy is refusing to be controlled, as Legba sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Naulapyssy tries to kick Legba off but Legba keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Legba wants to lay and pray for a moment but Naulapyssy keeps working.
Legba tries to pass the half guard into mount. Naulapyssy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Legba prevents Naulapyssy from standing back up.
Papa Legba is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Legba is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Naulapyssy has managed to free his arm - good work.
Naulapyssy is staying active underneath Legba, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Legba seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that's the end of the fight!
Papa Legba comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Legba has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papa Legba!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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