PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lasi Leuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gastao Gaspar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Leuka
vs
Gaspar

167 cm
20
153 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

167 cm
24
159 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lasi Leuka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gastao Gaspar!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leuka misses with a wild combination.
Leuka scores with a decent looking hook.
Leuka misses with a straight left.
Gaspar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab, jab by Leuka - just one landing.
Gaspar scores with a jab to the body.
Gaspar showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leuka.
Leuka's corner calls for a 1-2. Leuka obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gaspar swats away the attempt to clinch by Leuka.
Leuka lands a jab.
Leuka listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice shot by Leuka.
Leuka with a nice cross.
Leuka blocks a low kick nicely.
Leuka looks to land a combination but Gaspar avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leuka displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gaspar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Leuka connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Leuka throws a right and a left that Gaspar avoids nicely.
Gaspar throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Leuka scores with a hook.
Leuka ducks under a wild hook from Gaspar.
Leuka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leuka takes a swing at Gaspar's ribcage but misses.
Gaspar looks to land a combination but Leuka avoids it well.
Leuka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gaspar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gaspar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leuka.
Gaspar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Leuka's head.
Leuka lands a slapping body shot.
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!
Leuka lands a jab to the head.
Leuka misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar blocks a jab.
Gaspar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Leuka scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gaspar pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Leuka scores with a hook.
Leuka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gaspar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gaspar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Leuka throws a hook but Gaspar blocks it.
Leuka with a nice cross.
Leuka misses with a combination
and Gaspar counters with a right hand to the body.
Gaspar tries to bum rush Leuka with a series of wild strikes but Leuka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gaspar misses with an uppercut.
Leuka dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gaspar circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leuka lands a jab to the nose.
Nice straight punches there by Leuka. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Leuka.
Gaspar ducks right into an uppercut from Leuka.
Gaspar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gaspar looks gassed!
Gaspar throws a hook but Leuka avoids it easily.
Gaspar walks into a stiff left hand from Leuka.
Leuka is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Leuka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leuka wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No joy there for Leuka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leuka scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gaspar swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Leuka forces Gaspar back against the ropes and clinches.
Gaspar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Leuka is stalling here.

Leuka manages to break the clinch.
Gaspar takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Leuka lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Leuka dodges the punch combination from Gaspar.
Gaspar finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gaspar throws the left hand but Leuka avoids the punch easily.
Lasi Leuka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leuka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gaspar circles away quickly and effectively.
Gaspar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gaspar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leuka lands a jab-cross combination.
Leuka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gaspar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leuka tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Danga de danga de dang - Leuka scores with a four punch combination!
Gaspar misses with an uppercut.
Leuka connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Leuka misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lasi Leuka dominated that round.
That's time! Leuka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Leuka lands a jab-cross combination.
Decent striking displayed by Leuka there.
Leuka blocks the body kick.
Leuka stuns Gaspar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Leuka blocks a jab.
Leuka throws a series of punches but Gaspar avoids them all with ease.
Gaspar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gaspar throws a head kick that misses.
Leuka tests Gaspar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Leuka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Leuka scores with the left hand. Gaspar knows he should have avoided that one.

Leuka gets a clinch.
Gaspar scores with a shoulder strike.
Gaspar wants to get back to striking at distance but Leuka won't allow it.
Gaspar is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Gaspar has had enough of the clinch but Leuka keeps him there for the moment.
Gaspar is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Leuka takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gaspar can't break the clinch.
Leuka stalling the fight.
Gaspar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gaspar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Gaspar misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Gaspar fails to land.
Gaspar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Leuka slowing the pace effectively.
Gaspar has had enough of the clinch but Leuka keeps him there for the moment.

Leuka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice shot by Leuka.
Leuka misses with a jab, cross combination.

Leuka clinches up against the ropes.
Leuka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gaspar's efforts to push away.

Leuka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leuka rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gaspar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Leuka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Gaspar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leuka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Leuka bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gaspar fails to land with a series of punches.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Leuka.

Leuka moves into the clinch successfully.
Nice body punch from Leuka - that landed with a thud.
Gaspar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Leuka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters circle momentarily. Leuka darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gaspar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leuka circles away quickly and effectively.
Leuka has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Gaspar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gaspar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leuka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leuka misses with a double jab.
Leuka swinging wildly here.
Lasi Leuka is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leuka moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Leuka's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Leuka duly obliges.
Gaspar misses with a looping right.
Leuka misses with a double jab.
Leuka's corner calls for a 1-2. Leuka obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Leuka lands a jab to Gaspar's midsection.
Leuka bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Leuka works Gaspar's body with a nice hook.
Leuka dips to his left and cracks Gaspar with an uppercut!
Gaspar takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Gaspar is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leuka misses with a wild combination.
Gaspar is still on wobbly legs! Can Leuka finish him?
Gaspar takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gaspar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gaspar there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leuka misses with a combination
letting Gaspar counter with a right hand.
Leuka looks to land a combination. Gaspar sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Leuka scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Good exchange - Leuka coming out on top.
Leuka swinging wildly here.
Leuka lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Gaspar is looking to close the distance but Leuka sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Gaspar crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Gaspar is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Lasi Leuka!