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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nuriel Leonard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keni Susi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Susi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Metallica - Hero of the Day. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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147 lbs
23 - 12 - 0 |
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175 cm
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158 lbs
26 - 25 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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TWGC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nuriel Leonard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Keni Susi!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonard misses with a hook.
Leonard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Susi at a distance.
Leonard clinches up with Susi and pushes him back against the cage.
Susi tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A right hand to the body from Leonard.
Leonard with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Keni Susi has been cut.
Leonard connects with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Leonard.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leonard.
The referee calls for Leonard to work.
Susi fails to pull guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Susi jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Leonard walks away with a smile on his face. Susi gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nuriel Leonard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keni Susi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard misses with a looping right.
Susi gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Susi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Leonard just misses with a punch to the body.
Susi misses with a takedown
and Leonard counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Stalling in the clinch from Leonard.
Susi tries to pull guard but Leonard holds him up against the cage and eventually Susi drops back down to his feet.
Leonard has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Susi clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard scores with strikes from the back.
Leonard lands a shot to the head.
Leonard throwing damaging strikes from the back! Susi could be in trouble here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Susi trying to control the action but Leonard just sinks the hooks in.
Susi is trying to break free.
Leonard is working the ground and pound. Can Susi escape?
Leonard wants to control but Susi is keeping busy.
Leonard scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Susi tries to roll but Leonard sticks to his back.
Leonard softening up his opponent with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonard scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Susi is looking for a way out.
Leonard is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Susi. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Leonard is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Leonard gets his hands free as Susi looks to control.
Susi is covering up but some of the strikes from Leonard are getting through and doing damage.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Leonard.
Leonard has Susi flattened out and is raining down punches.
Leonard lands strikes to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leonard connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Susi to escape the position.
Susi is taking damage to the body and head.
Leonard gets his hands free as Susi looks to control.
Leonard connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Susi to escape the position.
Leonard lands strikes to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonard lands with a hammerfist to the side of Susi's head.
Leonard connects with a big shot to the side of Susi's head.
Susi is rocked!
Leonard connects with a big shot to the side of Susi's head.
Susi is still in real trouble! Can Leonard finish him?
Leonard lands shots from the back.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Leonard controlling the positon.
Susi tries to escape the position.
Susi seems to have recovered his senses.
Leonard controlling the position well here. Susi rolled but Leonard kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
I really don't envy Susi right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nuriel Leonard dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keni Susi's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Susi gets tackled into the cage by Leonard. Leonard maintains the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Leonard - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Leonard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leonard cracks Susi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Susi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Leonard counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Susi shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Leonard is trying to defend but Susi finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Leonard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Leonard has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Susi is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susi is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Leonard has managed to free his arm - good work.
Leonard is looking to improve his position.
Nuriel Leonard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Leonard wants to get back to his feet.
Susi is working for a submission of some sort.
Susi is thwarting Leonard's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard makes his way to full guard, as Susi worked for a kimura.
Susi looking to sit in guard and control but Leonard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Leonard wants to control from the top but Susi keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonard stays in close to Susi's body and controls the position.
Susi working for submissions but it's allowed Leonard to get to half guard.
Leonard trying to control from half guard but Susi is working away.
Susi looking for submissions off his back.
Leonard throwing shots but Susi is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Leonard frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Susi wants to control but Leonard is having none of it.
Leonard looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Susi can't escape the position.
Leonard postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Susi looks a forlorn figure.
Susi can't escape the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leonard fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Susi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nuriel Leonard dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Keni Susi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Leonard swings for the body but Susi moves out of range.
Leonard lands a nice hook to Susi's body. Susi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Leonard misses.
Leonard scores with a hook.
Susi fails with the takedown
and Leonard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Susi slips a straight right by Leonard.
The fighters circle momentarily. Leonard darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Leonard throws a jab when Susi was well out of range.
Susi blocks a jab.
Susi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Susi.
Susi feints and as Leonard raises his hands in defense, Susi changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Susi is looking to pass into half guard but Leonard pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Leonard is in guard.
Leonard trying to control the position from guard on top but Susi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonard chips away with some ground and pound.
Leonard cracks Susi with a solid left hand.
Leonard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Susi is looking for a triangle but Leonard pushes his legs off easily.
Leonard postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Susi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Leonard controls the pace.
Leonard throwing strikes from guard but Susi blocks nicely.
Leonard lands a couple of elbows.
Leonard makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonard works over Susi with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leonard works over Susi with some ground and pound from guard.
Susi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Leonard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Leonard lands a couple of digs.
Leonard got a little sloppy there for a moment and Susi has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Leonard has managed to get both his arms back between Susi's legs - danger averted.
Leonard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Susi can do to turn this around?
Leonard is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Leonard working some strikes from top position.
Leonard working some strikes from top position.
Leonard postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Leonard wants to control from the top but Susi keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonard connects with a couple of short punches.
Leonard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Susi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Leonard is aware though and is defending well.
Susi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Susi is trying to keep Leonard in close.
Leonard trying to control the position from guard on top but Susi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Susi looking for a guillotine here but Leonard defends easily.
Leonard wants to control from the top but Susi keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Susi throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Leonard's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Leonard trying to control the position from guard on top but Susi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nuriel Leonard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Leonard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Susi working for a triangle but Leonard defends it easily.
Leonard postures up in Susi's guard and throws a big left but Susi blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nuriel Leonard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Leonard has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nuriel Leonard!
After the fight, Nuriel Leonard was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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