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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Papa Legba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josefski Slabadavski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Legba comes to the cage accompanied by "Cruising in Miami" by Bass 305. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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147 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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150 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Papa Legba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josefski Slabadavski!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slabadavski rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Legba cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Legba misses with a takedown attempt
and Slabadavski counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Legba trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Legba can't escape the position.
Slabadavski lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Legba hang on?
Legba blocking the ground and pound.
Slabadavski stands up from mount. Strange move.
Slabadavski throws a right and a left that both miss.
Slabadavski defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Legba.
Legba throws an off balance right hand
and Slabadavski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legba misses with a left hand
and Slabadavski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Legba thows a body shot but no joy.
Legba misses with a shot to the body
and Slabadavski counters with a nice uppercut.
Legba avoids the body shot from Slabadavski.
Slabadavski throws a jab but it's blocked by Legba.
Legba misses with an uppercut
and Slabadavski counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Slabadavski misses with a right hand
and Slabadavski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Slabadavski connects with a nice looking jab.
Slabadavski lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slabadavski moves out of range as Legba strikes.
Legba rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Slabadavski counters with a takedown into side control.
Slabadavski misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legba is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Slabadavski working the body and head with strikes.
Legba can't do much from the bottom here.
Slabadavski wants to control but Legba is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Slabadavski misses with the ground and pound.
Legba wants to control but Slabadavski postures up.
Slabadavski taking a breather here.
Legba tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
You can see the frustration on Legba's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Slabadavski creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Legba sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Legba is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Legba has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Slabadavski is working away from the top position though.
Slabadavski throwing shots but Legba is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josefski Slabadavski dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Slabadavski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Slabadavski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Legba misses with a hook
and Slabadavski counters with a left and a right that stings Legba.
Slabadavski throws an off balance right hand
and Legba connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Slabadavski throws a body punch but Legba moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Slabadavski.
Slabadavski scores with a body shot.
Legba fails with the takedown
and Slabadavski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Legba throws a poor cross that misses
and Slabadavski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Legba.
Slabadavski stuffs the takedown attempt from Legba. Legba gets slowly back to his feet.
Legba throws a hook but Slabadavski blocks it.
Legba throws an off balance right hand
and Slabadavski counters with a nice leg kick.
Legba throws an off balance right hand
and Slabadavski counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Legba misses with a hook
and Slabadavski counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Legba!
Slabadavski takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Legba is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slabadavski can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Legba is looking to escape.
Slabadavski controlling his opponent.
Legba wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Slabadavski.
Slabadavski thowing shots but they're missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slabadavski thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Slabadavski looking to control and managing it successfully.
Legba keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Slabadavski looking to ground and pound but Legba is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Legba tries to hold on but Slabadavski pushes him away.
Legba working to try and regain half guard.
Legba tries to hold on but Slabadavski postures up.
Slabadavski lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Legba keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Legba tries to hold on but Slabadavski postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josefski Slabadavski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Legba throws a lazy uppercut
and Slabadavski counters with a straight right hand.
Slabadavski misses with a body punch
and Legba counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Legba misses with a hook to the body
and Slabadavski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Legba misses with a lunging right hand
and Slabadavski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Slabadavski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Slabadavski misses with a combination
and Slabadavski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Slabadavski swings widly with a right hand
and Legba counters with a nice body shot.
Legba scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Slabadavski defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Legba.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Josefski Slabadavski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Legba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Legba shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Legba was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Legba lands a nice shot to the head.
Legba goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Slabadavski is on top in guard.
Slabadavski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Legba is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slabadavski trying to control the position from guard on top but Legba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Legba preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Legba trying to keep a closed guard but Slabadavski is proving a slippery customer.
Legba looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Slabadavski wants to control from the top but Legba keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba looking for a guillotine here but Slabadavski defends easily.
Legba is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Papa Legba has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Legba being controlled here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Slabadavski passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Legba is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Slabadavski taking a breather here.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Josefski Slabadavski.
Well Slabadavski has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josefski Slabadavski!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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