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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lasi Leuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papa Legba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Legba has chosen Cruel Summer by Bananarama as his entrance music. Lasi Leuka could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Papa Legba's chin.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lasi Leuka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Papa Legba!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leuka tries to clinch up.
Leuka ducks under a wild hook from Legba.
Leuka moves out of range as Legba strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Leuka 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Leuka throws a body punch but Legba moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Legba.
Leuka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Legba.
Legba moves into range and clinches up with Leuka.
Leuka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Legba changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Leuka fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Leuka lands a head kick. Legba smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Leuka misses with the combination.
Legba slips under a jab.
Leuka scores with a leg kick.
Legba walks into a straight right hand from Leuka.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leuka throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leuka cracks Legba with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leuka lands a body shot.
Legba doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Legba throws a head kick that half lands.
Leuka swings for the body but Legba moves out of range.
Leuka misses with a series of wild punches.
Legba doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Leuka connects with a jab.
Legba lands with a good body shot.
Leuka throws a body punch but Legba moves out of range.
Legba blocks a jab.
Legba stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Leuka is looking to score with low kicks.
Legba scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leuka just misses with a punch to the body.
Legba connects with a looping right hand.
Legba takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Legba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leuka missing with a left hand there. Legba was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Some wild striking there from Legba.
Legba ducks under a wild hook from Leuka.
Leuka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leuka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Leuka works over Legba's head and body with a nice combination.
Leuka just misses with a punch to the body.
Leuka throws a leg kick but Legba checks it.
Leuka moves away from the strike by Legba.
Legba tries to land a leg kick but Leuka saw it coming and moves away.
Legba slips a jab from Leuka.
Legba missing with a left hand there. Leuka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leuka changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Legba missing with a left hand there. Leuka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Legba just misses with a punch to the body.
Legba dives in and scores a takedown into Leuka's guard.
Legba is looking to work some ground and pound but Leuka has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba wants to control from the top but Leuka keeps moving.
Legba stops Leuka from standing up.
Leuka trying to keep a closed guard but Legba is proving a slippery customer.
Leuka manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Lasi Leuka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leuka misses with a wild body shot.
Leuka bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Legba's head backwards.
Legba misses with a hook. Leuka ducked under it nicely.
Leuka works Legba's body with a nice hook.
Leuka displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Legba.
Leuka avoids a kick to the body.
A clash of legs there as Legba blocks the low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legba ducks under a wild hook from Leuka.
Leuka lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A big left from Legba misses.
Leuka looks to land a combination but Legba avoids it well.
Legba connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Leuka misses with a low kick.
The fighters circling - Leuka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
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 ducks under a wild hook from Legba.
Legba might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Leuka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Legba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leuka.
Leuka jabs Legba to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Legba bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Leuka tries to clinch but Legba moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leuka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Legba to counter with a crisp jab.
Leuka lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Leuka thows a body shot but no joy.
Leuka throws a hook but Legba blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lasi Leuka dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Legba misses with a two punch combination.
Lasi Leuka is winning the standup battle so far.
Legba takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Legba throws a leg kick but Leuka sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Leuka is looking to wear down Legba with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Leuka tries to bum rush Legba with a series of wild strikes but Legba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Legba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leuka.
Leuka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Legba uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leuka.
Leuka leaves Legba with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Leuka scoring well with a low kick there.
No joy there for Legba, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leuka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Legba.
Legba walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Leuka checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Legba avoids the head kick by Leuka.
An inside leg kick from Leuka misses.
Legba checks a leg kick.
Leuka lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Leuka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leuka tries to score with a low kick but Legba moves his leg out of the way.
Legba with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Leuka has Legba up against the cage in a clinch.
Leuka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Legba has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Legba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leuka's brow.
Leuka breaks the clinch.
Legba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leuka throws an overhand right that lands on Legba's shoulder, as Legba tries to avoid the shot.
Leuka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Legba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Leuka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Legba connects with the punch.
Leuka comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Legba throws a jab when Leuka was well out of range.
Leuka 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.
Leuka fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Legba looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Legba uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legba lands a nice leg kick that just misses Leuka's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Horrible takedown by Legba or perhaps it was just good defense by Leuka which made him look bad.
Lasi Leuka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leuka shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Legba eats them both and turns towards Leuka to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Leuka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Legba.
Leuka throws a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Leuka.
Legba slips a jab and a cross from Leuka.
Leuka throws a hook but Legba blocks it.
Leuka stuns Legba with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Leuka slips under a jab from Legba.
Legba misses with a straight right.
Leuka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Legba connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Leuka's hands.
Legba misses the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leuka throws a right hand that misses
and Legba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Legba scores with the left hand. Leuka knows he should have avoided that one.
No joy there for Leuka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leuka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Some wild striking there from Leuka.
A combination from Leuka does no damage.
Leuka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leuka misses with a few strikes there.
Donk. Legba catches Leuka right on the button with a cross.
Legba pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leuka throws a head kick that misses.
Legba fails in his attempt to clinch.
Leuka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Leuka does it's job there.
Leuka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Legba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lasi Leuka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legba takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Legba jabs at Leuka's body.
Legba rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leuka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Leuka tries to clinch up but Legba circles away and keeps his distance.
Leuka tries a head kick but it misses.
Legba scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Leuka throws a right hand that Legba ducks under and follows up with a left that Legba also avoids with ease.
Leuka tries to clinch but Legba is having none of it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leuka avoids a kick to the body.
Legba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leuka.
Legba scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Leuka misses the jab.
Legba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leuka walks into a jab.
Leuka darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Legba looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Leuka lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lasi Leuka dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Leuka throws a hook to the side of Legba's head but Legba sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Leuka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Legba.
Legba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leuka.
Legba has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Legba there as he acknowledges the shot.
Leuka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Legba paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Legba misses with a looping right.
Leuka lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Leuka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Legba manages to avoid it.
Leuka thows a leg kick but Legba checks it
and Legba holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Leuka lands a right hand.
Leuka pushes Legba back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Leuka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Legba landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leuka goes for a takedown in the clinch but Legba prevents it.
Legba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leuka avoids it.
A right hand to the body from Leuka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Legba.
Legba blocks an uppercut.
Legba misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Leuka scores with a nice short uppercut.
Leuka prevents a body shot from Legba.
Legba missing with knees to the body.
Leuka works on Legba's body with a couple of short punches.
A knee to the head by Legba.
Legba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leuka is defending well for now.
Legba landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leuka wants a takedown but no success here.
Legba drops down looking for an ankle pick but Leuka pulls his leg out and moves away.
Leuka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Legba to counter with a crisp jab.
Legba connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Leuka's hands.
Leuka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Leuka ducks under a wild hook from Legba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leuka scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leuka swinging wildly here.
Legba connects with a body shot.
Legba lands a jab to the head.
Leuka throws a body punch but Legba moves out of range.
Legba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leuka lands with a good body shot.
Leuka misses with a double jab
and Legba counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leuka scores with a three punch combo!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big left from Leuka misses.
Legba lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Leuka throws a right and a left that Legba avoids nicely.
Leuka scores with a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Leuka. Those never looked like landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Legba fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Leuka checks it well.
Legba ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Legba scores with a one two! Leuka had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Leuka scores with a shot to the body.
Leuka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Legba manages to avoid it.
Leuka takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Leuka slips a jab and a cross from Legba.
Leuka slips a jab and a cross from Legba.
Legba avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Legba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leuka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Legba throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Leuka throws a body punch but Legba moves out of range.
Leuka turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legba throws a nice looking combination but Leuka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Leuka slips a jab from Legba.
Leuka swings for the body but Legba moves out of range.
Leuka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Leuka's jab looks to have found its range, popping Legba under the eye.
Lasi Leuka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Leuka looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legba rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leuka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Papa Legba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leuka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Leuka finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A combination from Leuka does no damage.
A jab lands there for Legba.
Legba bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leuka tries to clinch but Legba is having none of it.
Legba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Leuka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lasi Leuka.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Leuka, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lasi Leuka!
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energy
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hype
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