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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gurney Halleck (ranked 1176 p4p, 129 weight class) and Pascal Letaivu (ranked 1806 p4p, 183 weight class). Halleck comes to the cage accompanied by Simple Minds - Changeling. Pascal Letaivu has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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158 lbs
20 - 15 - 0 |
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151 lbs
12 - 13 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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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 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Gurney Halleck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pascal Letaivu!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halleck with a nice cross.
Letaivu feints a jab promting Halleck to slip. Letaivu then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Halleck slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Halleck scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Halleck tries to close the distance and clinch up but Letaivu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Halleck has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gurney Halleck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Halleck.
A punch combination from Halleck misses.
Halleck lands a body shot.
Halleck just misses with a punch to the body.
Halleck misses with a shot to the body
and Letaivu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Halleck tests Letaivu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Letaivu lands a jab to the head.
Halleck fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Letaivu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Halleck fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Letaivu digs a good body shot into Halleck's ribs.
Halleck wants to clinch up but Letaivu keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Letaivu scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Letaivu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Halleck is looking for a counter combo.
Halleck thows a leg kick but Letaivu checks it
and Letaivu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Letaivu lands the left hand.
Halleck staying out of range there.
Letaivu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Halleck manages to avoid it.
Letaivu slips under a jab.
Halleck is looking to wear down Letaivu with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Halleck moves away from the strike by Letaivu.
Letaivu lands a jab to the nose.
Letaivu has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Letaivu swings for the body but Halleck moves out of range.
It looked like Halleck was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Letaivu.
Letaivu misses with a looping left.
Letaivu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Letaivu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Letaivu throws a big shot that misses.
Jab from Letaivu.
Halleck is rocked!
Letaivu scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Halleck is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Letaivu just misses with a punch to the body.
Halleck takes the fight into the clinch.
Halleck seems to have got his legs back now.
Halleck tries a knee to the head but Letaivu blocks it.
Letaivu misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Halleck.
Halleck misses with a short punch on the inside.
Halleck gets through Letaivu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Letaivu.
Letaivu throws a head punch that misses.
Letaivu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Halleck struggles to land a body shot inside as Letaivu controls his hands.
Letaivu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Letaivu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Letaivu lands a body shot.
Good body shot from Halleck.
Halleck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Letaivu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Halleck backwards.
Letaivu dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A short left from Halleck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halleck lands a nice knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Letaivu fails to land.
Letaivu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Letaivu avoiding damage as Halleck throws knees to the body.
Halleck blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Letaivu.
Halleck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Halleck.
Letaivu misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Letaivu.
Letaivu blocks a body shot from Halleck.
Halleck tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Letaivu avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Halleck.
Halleck misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Letaivu misses with a punch to the body.
Halleck working aggressively here.
Letaivu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Halleck misses with a body punch.
Halleck tries a body shot but Letaivu blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Letaivu.
Still in the clinch, Letaivu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Halleck using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Letaivu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Letaivu throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Letaivu.
Halleck is breathing heavily.
Letaivu cracks Halleck with a nice body shot.
Letaivu pushes Halleck back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Halleck takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Letaivu.
Letaivu lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Letaivu.
Halleck tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Letaivu's elbow.
Halleck doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Halleck tries to land a knee to the head but Letaivu blocks with his arms.
Letaivu blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Letaivu lands with a left to the head.
Nice body punch from Letaivu - that landed with a thud.
Halleck blocks a body shot from Letaivu.
Letaivu tries to work over Halleck's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Letaivu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pascal Letaivu dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Some bone on bone action there as Letaivu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Letaivu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Halleck.
Letaivu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Halleck stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Halleck.
Halleck misses with a body shot.
Letaivu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Halleck.
Halleck throws a combination that misses
and Letaivu counters with a straight right hand.
Letaivu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Halleck was well out of range. Poor timing from Letaivu.
Letaivu blocks a low kick nicely.
Halleck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halleck takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Letaivu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Halleck.
Halleck is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Halleck throws a low kick but Letaivu moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Letaivu.
Halleck finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Letaivu throws the left hand but Halleck avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halleck darts in trying to clinch
and Letaivu counters with a crisp one two that drops Halleck! Letaivu thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Halleck to his feet! Halleck is in big trouble!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Halleck takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Halleck throws a leg kick
and Letaivu counters with a big right hand! Oh Halleck is in trouble here! Letaivu follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pascal Letaivu!
A very excited looking Pascal Letaivu made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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