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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Leventreur (ranked 4411 p4p, 5876 weight class) and Lucien Papen (ranked 368 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Jacques Leventreur has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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164 cm 21 152 0 - 0 - 0 |
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170 cm 25 158 3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Basic striking Granite chin |
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Good wrestler Counter fighter Determined |
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jacques Leventreur! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lucien Papen! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Papen swings away with a leg kick that misses. Leventreur shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Papen is looking to control Leventreur's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Papen avoid being mounted? Leventreur not landing any meaningful shots this time. Leventreur thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Papen is trying to get back to full guard. Papen controlling the leg, holding on to half guard. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Papen regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Leventreur. Leventreur wants to control from the top but Papen keeps moving. Leventreur 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.
That's one minute gone in the round. Leventreur is fighting to break Papen's control of his arms but Papen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment. Papen wants to sweep but no luck. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Leventreur makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Papen tries to land a sweep but no joy. Papen keeping moving, preventing Leventreur from controlling successfully. Leventreur content to stall in guard here. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Papen controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Papen wants to sweep here but Leventreur controlling him for the moment. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Leventreur decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow. Leventreur connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Leventreur decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. Papen gets full guard. Papen wants to sweep but no luck. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Papen holds on and takes a little breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Leventreur stopping the sweep attempt from Papen. Papen pulls Leventreur in to control the position. Papen tries to land a sweep but no joy. Papen controls Leventreur momentarily but Leventreur frees himself.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet. Leventreur changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Papen tries to avoid it but Leventreur manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Papen to the ground. Papen escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Papen keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Leventreur tries to close the distance and clinch up but Papen swats him away and circles back towards the center. Leventreur throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Papen.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Leventreur lands the left hand. Leventreur fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacques Leventreur. That's going to take a lot out of him. Leventreur shoots in for a takedown but Papen shows good takedown defense. Leventreur is breathing heavily. Papen misses with a wild combination.
Papen swings and misses with a shot to the body and Leventreur counters with a three punch combo that has Papen backing up. Papen nods at Leventreur to acknowledge the strikes. Papen closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Leventreur's guard. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Papen connects with a couple of short punches. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Papen's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Papen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Papen with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Papen chips away with some ground and pound. Leventreur is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Leventreur dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Papen dives in and scores a takedown into Leventreur's guard. Papen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Papen wants to control from the top but Leventreur keeps moving. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Papen's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Papen cracks Leventreur with a solid left hand. Papen landing some decent shots from guard. Leventreur trying to keep a closed guard but Papen is proving a slippery customer.
Papen connects with a couple of short punches. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Leventreur being controlled here, momentarily. Papen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Papen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Leventreur is keeping the position for now. Leventreur keeping moving, preventing Papen from controlling successfully. Leventreur looking for a guillotine here but Papen defends easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Papen stands up over Leventreur, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Papen scoring with some ground and pound. Leventreur trying to keep a closed guard but Papen is proving a slippery customer.
Papen works over Leventreur with some ground and pound from guard. Papen postures up and lands a big shot to Leventreur's brow. Papen chips away with some ground and pound. Papen sitting in guard here, content to control. Papen wants to pass the guard but Leventreur is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Papen works over Leventreur with some ground and pound from guard. Papen landing with the ground and pound. Papen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Lucien Papen has got the better of the ground game so far. Papen is working Leventreur over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Papen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Papen landing with the ground and pound. Papen stands up over Leventreur, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Papen works over Leventreur with some ground and pound from guard. Papen with a nice head shot there. Papen scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Leventreur working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Papen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Papen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Papen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Leventreur is looking for a triangle but Papen pushes his legs off easily.
Papen with a nice head shot there. Papen connects with a couple of short punches. Papen has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Papen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Papen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Papen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Papen lands a couple of decent looking shots. Papen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Leventreur is rocked! Hammerfist, elbow! yells Papen's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Oh Leventreur is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Papen postures up and lands a big shot to Leventreur's brow. Papen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Papen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Papen is in close to Leventreur's body, working some short punches and elbows. Papen postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Leventreur covers up, he's hurt! Papen keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Papen and the ref steps in to end the fight! Papen can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucien Papen!
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