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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Silvio Crespo (ranked 742 p4p, 84 weight class) and Pascal Letaivu (ranked 643 p4p, 74 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Silvio Crespo has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Silvio Crespo seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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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 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silvio Crespo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pascal Letaivu!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letaivu takes a jab right on the kisser.
Crespo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Letaivu takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've been hearing reports that Crespo has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Letaivu clinches up with Crespo and pushes him back against the cage.
Crespo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Letaivu has a couple of punches blocked by Crespo.
Crespo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Letaivu lands a left hand.
Crespo swings wildly with an uppercut but Letaivu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crespo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Letaivu throws a hook to the side of Crespo's head but Crespo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Letaivu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crespo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A slow jab from Letaivu misses its intended target.
Crespo lands a nice looking body shot.
Letaivu jabs at Crespo's body.
Crespo slips a straight right by Letaivu.
Crespo throws a sloppy head kick
and Letaivu moves into the clinch.
Letaivu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
Still in the clinch, Letaivu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Letaivu lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crespo lands a nice uppercut.
Crespo tries to work over Letaivu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crespo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Letaivu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
Letaivu blocks an elbow strike from Crespo.
Letaivu swings wildly with an uppercut but Crespo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Letaivu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Letaivu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Letaivu struggles to land a body shot inside as Crespo controls his hands.
Crespo pushes off an throws an elbow but Letaivu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short left from Letaivu.
Letaivu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crespo's elbow.
Crespo lands with a short shot to the head.
Letaivu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crespo landing knees to the head.
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!
Letaivu avoids the elbow strike from Crespo, against the cage.
Crespo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Letaivu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Letaivu on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crespo throws a head punch that misses.
Letaivu prevents the takedown attempt.
A short body shot lands from Letaivu as the two fighters clinch.
Letaivu misses with some punches.
Letaivu tries to throw a body punch but Crespo avoids it by throwing Letaivu back against the cage.
Letaivu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Letaivu.
Letaivu lands with a right to the head.
Crespo looking to stall.
Crespo throws an elbow that misses.
Crespo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Letaivu is leaning against Crespo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Letaivu blocks an uppercut.
Crespo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Crespo looking to throw knees to the head but Letaivu is blocking nicely.
Crespo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Crespo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Crespo can't find room to land a body shot as Letaivu controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Crespo working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crespo looking to throw knees to the head but Letaivu is blocking nicely.
Letaivu lands a shoulder strike.
Crespo misses with the head strike.
Letaivu misses with a punch to the body.
Crespo prevents a body shot from Letaivu.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Letaivu working aggressively here.
Crespo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crespo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Letaivu is defending well for now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Letaivu.
Letaivu has a couple of punches blocked by Crespo.
Crespo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Letaivu backwards.
Crespo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Crespo breaks from the clinch.
Crespo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Letaivu is able to avoid easily.
Crespo walks into a left hand.
Letaivu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crespo manages to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Letaivu, as that shot connected.
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!
Crespo thuds his right hand into Letaivu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Crespo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crespo misses with a takedown attempt
and Letaivu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crespo walks into a stiff left hand from Letaivu.
Crespo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silvio Crespo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crespo feints a jab promting Letaivu to slip. Crespo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Letaivu slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Crespo doesn't manage to clinch there - Letaivu circles away.
Crespo has closed the distance and engaged Letaivu in a clinch.
Crespo tries to work over Letaivu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crespo throws an elbow but it misses.
A short body shot lands from Letaivu as the two fighters clinch.
Letaivu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Letaivu is looking to control Crespo's arms but Crespo gets an underhook and turns him. Now Letaivu has his back to the cage.
Letaivu lands a hook that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
Crespo has a couple of punches blocked by Letaivu.
Crespo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Letaivu is defending well for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crespo.
Crespo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Letaivu is leaning against Crespo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Letaivu lands a nice uppercut.
Letaivu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Letaivu avoiding damage as Crespo throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pascal Letaivu will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Letaivu cracks Crespo with an open hand slap.
Crespo with a poor takedown
and Letaivu counters with a stiff right hand.
Crespo misses with a kick to the body
letting Letaivu counter with a right hand.
Letaivu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crespo tries to clinch
and Letaivu counters with a straight right hand.
Letaivu bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Crespo's head.
Crespo fails to land the takedown.
Crespo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Crespo moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Crespo.
Crespo wants to clinch.
Letaivu throws the left hand but Crespo avoids the punch easily.
Letaivu 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.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crespo closes the distance but Letaivu moves to the side
and Letaivu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Letaivu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crespo punishes Letaivu's body with a nice straight punch.
Letaivu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Crespo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Letaivu counters with a nice body shot.
Letaivu throws a lazy right hand but Crespo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Letaivu missing with a left hand there. Crespo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pascal Letaivu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Letaivu works Crespo's body with a nice hook.
Crespo missing with a left hand there. Letaivu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crespo tries to clinch but Letaivu moves out of range.
Crespo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Letaivu's calf.
Crespo slips under a jab from Letaivu.
Crespo fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Silvio Crespo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Letaivu avoids the body shot from Crespo.
Letaivu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Crespo looks to throw a body kick
and Letaivu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Letaivu loads up on a big right hand but Crespo slips the punch.
Crespo misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Letaivu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Letaivu 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.
Crespo throws a big shot that misses.
Pascal Letaivu is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good shot there by Crespo.
Letaivu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Crespo.
Letaivu throws the left hand but Crespo avoids the punch easily.
Crespo avoids the body shot from Letaivu.
Letaivu scores with a punch to the head.
Letaivu has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Letaivu misses with a straight right.
Crespo slips a jab from Letaivu.
Crespo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Letaivu throws out the jab.
Crespo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Crespo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Letaivu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Letaivu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crespo tries to counter by clinching up but Letaivu breaks away and moves out of range.
Letaivu checks a leg kick nicely.
Crespo misses with a straight left.
Crespo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Letaivu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crespo tries to clinch there but Letaivu circles away.
Crespo jabs Letaivu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Crespo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Letaivu.
Crespo misses with a kick to the body.
Letaivu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Letaivu throws the left hand but Crespo avoids the punch easily.
A jab lands there for Letaivu.
Crespo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A shot to the body from Crespo misses
and Letaivu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Letaivu cracks Crespo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Crespo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Crespo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crespo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Letaivu misses with a straight right.
Crespo avoids the body shot from Letaivu.
Crespo 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.
Letaivu misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crespo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Crespo moves out of range as Letaivu strikes.
Letaivu looks to land a left hand but Crespo moved out of range nicely.
Crespo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Letaivu blocks the body kick.
Crespo ducks under a wild hook from Letaivu.
Crespo lands a right hook to the body.
Crespo scores with a push kick.
Crespo tries to close the distance and clinch but Letaivu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Letaivu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Letaivu misses with a looping right.
Letaivu takes one on the button.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crespo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Letaivu lands a jab.
Letaivu looks to land a left hand but Crespo moved out of range nicely.
Letaivu moves out of range of the body kick from Crespo.
Crespo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Letaivu was well out of range. Poor timing from Crespo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pascal Letaivu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Letaivu works the jab nicely.
Crespo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Letaivu takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Crespo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Letaivu's head.
Crespo looks to land a body kick but Letaivu moved away.
Letaivu appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Crespo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Letaivu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crespo.
Letaivu let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Letaivu lands a nice hook to Crespo's body. Crespo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Crespo tries to keep at a distance but Letaivu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Letaivu throws a head punch that misses.
Letaivu lands a shoulder strike.
Letaivu working aggressively here.
Crespo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crespo lands a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Letaivu lands a nice uppercut.
Crespo prevents a body shot from Letaivu.
Pascal Letaivu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Letaivu lands a hook that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
Crespo prevents a body shot from Letaivu.
Letaivu misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crespo blocks a body shot from Letaivu.
Letaivu misses with a punch on the inside.
Crespo trying to land knees to the body.
Crespo prevents a body shot from Letaivu.
Crespo digs a right hand underneath Letaivu's ribcage. Letaivu let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Come on Crespo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Letaivu digs a right hand underneath Crespo's ribcage. Crespo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Crespo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Letaivu works on Crespo's body with a couple of short punches.
Letaivu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crespo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Letaivu throws a head punch that misses.
Letaivu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Crespo throws a punch but it's blocked by Letaivu.
Letaivu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Crespo.
Letaivu scores with a shoulder strike.
Crespo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Letaivu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crespo blocks an uppercut.
Letaivu can't find room to land a body shot as Crespo controls the action.
Letaivu avoids a wild elbow strike from Crespo.
Still in the clinch, Letaivu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Crespo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Letaivu misses with some punches.
Crespo misses with a punch on the inside.
Crespo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Crespo working aggressively here.
Crespo lands a shoulder strike.
Crespo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crespo lands with a left to the head.
Crespo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crespo misses with some punches.
Letaivu tries to throw a body punch but Crespo avoids it by throwing Letaivu back against the cage.
Crespo blocks an uppercut.
Crespo misses with some punches.
Letaivu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu managing to block the knees to the body from Crespo.
Crespo tries to land a knee to the head but Letaivu blocks with his arms.
Letaivu pushes Crespo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crespo has hold of one of Letaivu's legs. Letaivu is fighting the takedown attempt but Crespo gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Crespo throwing strikes but missing.
Letaivu is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Crespo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pascal Letaivu is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Crespo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Letaivu keeping moving, preventing Crespo from controlling successfully.
Letaivu preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Crespo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu has his hands on Crespo's head, controlling the position.
Crespo trying to control the position from guard on top but Letaivu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silvio Crespo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crespo throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Crespo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Letaivu is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Crespo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Letaivu.
Letaivu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Crespo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Letaivu sprawls well. Letaivu wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Crespo gets slowly back to his feet.
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 Silvio Crespo.
I think Letaivu has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pascal Letaivu!
An out of breath Pascal Letaivu thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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