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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Tei Yeily (ranked 21193 p4p, 528 weight class) and Argus Lekas (ranked 22316 p4p, 519 weight class). Lekas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Avatar-Eagle has Landed. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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160 lbs
12 - 7 - 1 |
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158 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed
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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
12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tei Yeily!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Argus Lekas!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yeily clinches.
Lekas tries to throw a body punch but Yeily avoids it by throwing Lekas back against the ropes.
Lekas takes a shot to the head.
Yeily tries a body shot but Lekas blocks it.
Yeily lands an elbow inside that Lekas shrugs off.
Yeily lands an elbow inside that Lekas shrugs off.
Lekas managing to block the knees to the body from Yeily.
Yeily pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
A short left from Yeily.
Lekas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yeily has been working on his boxing with his coaches at LOD: Top Team in the buildup to the fight.
Lekas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Yeily's head.
Lekas is looking to chop away at Yeily's legs.
Yeily uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lekas.
Lekas lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lekas slips a jab and a cross from Yeily.
Lekas throws a counter combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yeily pushes Lekas up against the ropes in a clinch.
Lekas told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Lekas doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lekas is trying to maintain a safe position but Yeily gets an underhook and turns Lekas into the ropes.
Yeily tries to land knees in the clinch but Lekas avoids the damage to the body.
Yeily connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Argus Lekas has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeily tries a knee to the head but Lekas blocks it.
Yeily blocks a body shot from Lekas.
Yeily misses with a punch to the body.
Lekas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yeily pushes Lekas back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Lekas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Yeily lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lekas lands with a right to the head.
Lekas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Yeily lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lekas backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Yeily.
Yeily lands a shot to the body.
Yeily creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lekas's defenses.
Yeily lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lekas backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yeily lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Yeily lands a right hand.
Yeily lands a nice knee to the body.
Lekas looks winded!
Lekas takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeily lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yeily trying to land knees to the body.
Lekas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Yeily with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lekas throws a punch but it's blocked by Yeily.
Lekas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Yeily with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yeily lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up Argus Lekas's cut even more.
Yeily softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
A short right from Lekas.
Lekas blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lekas swings wildly with an uppercut but Yeily uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yeily tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice right hand lands inside from Yeily.
Lekas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tei Yeily dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Argus Lekas's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A jab from Lekas misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yeily.
Yeily shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Yeily cracks the inside of Lekas's front leg.
Lekas is looking to slow Yeily down with leg kicks.
Yeily throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yeily fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Yeily as he connects with a hook.
Yeily connects with a body shot.
Lekas throws a body shot but no joy.
Yeily throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lekas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yeily. Yeily obviously looking to wear him down.
Yeily lands a jab to Lekas's midsection.
Lekas checks the leg kick.
Lekas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yeily connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lekas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lekas misses with an uppercut.
Yeily wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Yeily gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Yeily throws an elbow that misses.
Yeily lands an elbow inside.
Yeily is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lekas can do to turn this around?
Yeily prevents a body shot from Lekas.
Yeily digs a right hand underneath Lekas's ribcage. Lekas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yeily softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Yeily misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Lekas.
Lekas taking a breather.
Yeily lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lekas misses with a body punch.
Lekas can't find room to land a body shot as Yeily controls the action.
Lekas lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lekas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lekas throws a punch but it's blocked by Yeily.
Yeily tries a knee to the head but Lekas blocks it.
Yeily pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Lekas misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yeily putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lekas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Yeily lands an elbow just above Lekas 's eye.
Yeily throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lekas blocks it with crossed arms.
Lekas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yeily backwards.
Yeily working Lekas over with knees to the body.
Yeily misses with a knee strike.
Lekas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yeily landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lekas throws a punch but it's blocked by Yeily.
Lekas misses with the head strike.
Yeily misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lekas tries to work over Yeily's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lekas lands a hook that snaps the head of Yeily backwards.
Yeily tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tei Yeily dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Argus Lekas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Yeily lands a jab to the head.
Yeily thuds his right hand into Lekas's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Lekas ducks under a wild hook from Yeily.
Yeily uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lekas.
Lekas throws a body punch but Yeily moves out of range.
Lekas blocks a jab.
A big right from Lekas misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yeily.
Lekas tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Yeily manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yeily avoids the body shot from Lekas.
Yeily thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yeily scores with a hook to the body. Lekas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yeily tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lekas was well out of range. Poor timing from Yeily.
Yeily throws the left hand but Lekas avoids the punch easily.
Yeily lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lekas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Argus Lekas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lekas lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yeily has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yeily and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Yeily tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lekas manages to circle out of the way.
Yeily misses with a low kick.
Lekas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jab by Yeily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yeily.
Yeily defending well as Lekas loads up on a big left hand.
Lekas throws a series of punches but Yeily moves out of range.
A jab from Yeily finds it's way through Lekas's defenses.
Lekas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Yeily swats away the attempt to clinch by Lekas.
Yeily moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yeily connects with a jab.
Yeily throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yeily throws a quick inside leg kick.
Yeily tries to clinch but Lekas moves out of range.
Lekas misses with a straight left.
Yeily displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lekas throws out the jab.
Yeily tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lekas manages to circle out of the way.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lekas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Yeily staying out of range there.
Yeily is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Lekas.
Yeily rushes Lekas and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Lekas lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Yeily or not.
Yeily scores with a nice hook to the head.
Yeily using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lekas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lekas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yeily blocks an uppercut.
Lekas can't find room to land a body shot as Yeily controls the action.
Lekas struggles to land a body shot inside as Yeily controls his hands.
Yeily lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The cut above Argus Lekas's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Lekas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Yeily can't find room to land a body shot as Lekas controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tei Yeily showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yeily 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tei Yeily!
Tei Yeily was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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