PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ben Farro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lasi Leuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Farro
vs
Leuka

165 cm
35
154 lbs
29 - 15 - 0

167 cm
31
153 lbs
27 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Merciless Gladiators

Ultra Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ben Farro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lasi Leuka!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Leuka scores with a takedown into Farro's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Leuka wants to control from the top but Farro keeps moving.
Leuka not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Farro escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Leuka gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Leuka wants to control from the top but Farro keeps moving.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Lasi Leuka hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
That kick from Farro tenderised Leuka's leg. Leuka is trying to keep his angry face on.
Farro clobbers Leuka with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Leuka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Farro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Leuka looks to land a left hand but Farro moved out of range nicely.
Leuka shoots in for a takedown but Farro shows good takedown defense.
Lasi Leuka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Horrible takedown by Farro or perhaps it was just good defense by Leuka which made him look bad.
Horrible takedown by Leuka or perhaps it was just good defense by Farro which made him look bad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farro checks a low kick from Leuka.
Farro slips a straight right by Leuka.
Farro scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Leuka avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Leuka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leuka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Farro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Leuka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Farro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leuka.
Leuka wants to clinch.
Leuka swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Farro.
Good work by Leuka as he checks the leg kick.
Farro throws a series of punches but Leuka moves out of range.
Leuka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Farro throws out the jab.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Farro.
Leuka is looking to regain half guard here but Farro keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leuka is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Farro has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Farro lands an elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farro lands a nice forearm strike.
Leuka is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Farro prevents Leuka from improving his position.
Farro is keen to just control but Leuka is a slippery customer.
Leuka wants to get back to his feet.
Farro is thwarting Leuka's attempts to control the position.
Farro working the head and body with strikes.
Farro is pressing down on Leuka's thigh, looking to free his foot. Leuka is holding on for now.
Farro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Farro prevents Leuka from standing back up.
Farro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Leuka is trying to stand back up but Farro is controlling him
Farro throwing shots but Leuka is blocking nicely.
Farro lands with a punch from half guard.
Farro is looking to take a break and control but Leuka is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Farro thows a huge punch but Leuka dodges it nicely.
Farro seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Farro is looking to advance position but Leuka won't allow it.
Farro working the head and body with strikes.
Leuka avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Farro.
Farro seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farro is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leuka is trying is best to control the position here.
Farro is looking to take a break and control but Leuka is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Farro works his foot free and advances to mount.
Farro landing strikes from the mount.
Farro is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Leuka can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Leuka can't escape the position.
Farro lands a heavy elbow.
Farro landing punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Farro landing strikes from the mount.
Farro working the ground and pound effectively.
Farro unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Farro dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Farro swings for the body but Leuka moves out of range.
Leuka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Farro gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Farro throws a low kick, looking for Leuka's leg but Leuka calmly moves out of range.
Leuka just misses with a punch to the body.
Farro with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Leuka to score with a decent uppercut.
Farro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leuka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Leuka shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Farro throws a lazy right hand but Leuka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Leuka has closed the distance and engaged Farro in a clinch.
Leuka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Farro breaks from the clinch.
Leuka tries to clinch up.
Farro looks to throw the jab but Leuka is out of range.
Lasi Leuka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leuka is looking to chop away at Farro's legs.
Leuka thuds a left hand into Farro's body.
Leuka throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Farro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leuka was well out of range. Poor timing from Farro.
Farro cracks Leuka with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leuka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leuka. Farro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leuka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Farro lands a jab.
Leuka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Farro.
Leuka throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Farro on the side of the head.
Farro slips under a jab from Leuka.
Nice uppercut lands for Leuka. That snapped Farro's head back.
Donk. Farro catches Leuka right on the button with a cross.
Leuka tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Leuka has taken the fight to the clinch.
Leuka is looking for a takedown.
Good body shot from Leuka.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Leuka.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Leuka takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Farro is looking to break free of the clinch but Leuka has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Farro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Farro is looking to score with low kicks.
Farro steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leuka.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farro avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Farro misses with a two punch combination.
Leuka lands with an uppercut that bounces Farro off the cage and back into range.
Leuka avoids a kick to the body.
Leuka scores with a body shot.

Farro looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Farro has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Leuka wants to improve his position but Farro is controlling well.
Leuka pushes Farro off looking to stand but Farro dives back in and keeps control.
Leuka moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Farro wants to pass the guard but Leuka is keeping the position.
Leuka has control of Farro's left arm, preventing Farro from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leuka looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Farro wants to pass the guard but Leuka is keeping the position.
Ben Farro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Farro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Leuka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Leuka manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Farro manages to get himself to full guard.
Farro looking to hit a scissor sweep but Leuka is one step ahead there.
Leuka engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Farro looking for a sweep. Not yet Farro, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Farro has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Leuka should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Farro has tightened it up now! Leuka should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ben Farro!
Ben Farro retains his featherweight title!
Ben Farro decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.