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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Papa Legba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colin Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Legba's entrance music is Cruel Summer by Bananarama. A fine choice. Burton comes into a darkened arena with his song building. no name no slogan kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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155 lbs
19 - 10 - 0 |
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147 lbs
9 - 9 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Dangerous knees
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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
19 - 10 - 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
9 - 9 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Colin Burton!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Valeri Chadov and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legba dives in and scores a takedown into Burton's guard.
Burton is pulling down on Legba's head to control his posture.
Burton keeping moving, preventing Legba from controlling successfully.
Burton has his hands on Legba's head, controlling the position.
Legba looking to pass the guard.
Burton avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Burton controlling the position.
Colin Burton has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Legba takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Papa Legba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton looks to score with a jab to the body but Legba is just out of range.
Legba swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Burton misses with a body shot.
Legba throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Burton counters with a nice leg kick.
Burton moves into the clinch.
Burton stalling in the clinch but Legba improves position.
Burton managing to block the knees to the body from Legba.
Burton trying to control the position but instead, Legba has worked for underhooks and has pushed Burton into the cage.
Burton is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Legba trying to land knees to the body.
Legba managing to block the knees to the body from Burton.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burton stalling in the clinch but Legba improves position.
Burton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Legba misses with a knee to the head.
Burton blocks the elbow strike.
Legba throws an elbow but it misses.
Legba lands an elbow just above Burton 's eye.
Burton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Burton tries a body shot but Legba blocks it.
Burton misses with a knee strike.
Burton misses with a punch to the body.
Burton slowing the pace effectively.
Burton misses with a knee to the head.
Legba throws a knee to the head but misses.
Legba tries to land a knee to the head but Burton blocks with his arms.
Burton pushes Legba back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Legba missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba lands an elbow that stopped Burton in his tracks for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Burton.
Legba doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Legba pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Legba tries a knee to the head but Burton blocks it.
Burton effectively controlling the action here.
Legba lands a good knee to the midsection. Burton won't want to take too many of those.
Legba throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Legba lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Burton backwards.
Legba changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Burton fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Legba keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burton connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Burton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Burton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Legba.
Burton takes a swing at Legba's ribcage but misses.
Burton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Legba was well out of range. Poor timing from Burton.
Legba avoids the body shot from Burton.
Burton checks a low kick from Legba.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Legba looks to throw the jab but Burton is out of range.
Legba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Burton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Legba ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burton moves away.
Burton thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Papa Legba will probably get the nod.
That's time! Legba's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Burton connects with a body shot that sends Legba's belly button to the back.
Burton has taken the fight to the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Legba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Burton's brow.
Burton avoids a wild elbow strike from Legba.
Legba is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Legba crunches a lovely knee into Burton's ribcage.
Legba trying to land knees to the body.
Burton stalling in the clinch but Legba improves position.
Burton controlling the action here for a moment.
Burton avoids the elbow strike from Legba, against the cage.
Burton avoids the elbow strike from Legba, against the cage.
Legba missing with knees to the body.
Legba tries to land knees in the clinch but Burton avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton managing to block the knees to the body from Legba.
Burton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Burton dodges an elbow strike from Legba.
Legba tries to land a knee to the head but Burton blocks with his arms.
Papa Legba has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Burton landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Legba trying to land knees to the body.
Legba tries to land knees in the clinch but Burton avoids the damage to the body.
Legba doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Legba misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Burton.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Burton blocking some punches.
Burton dodges an elbow strike from Legba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legba tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Burton avoids a wild elbow strike from Legba.
Burton lands a nice knee to the body.
Legba tries to throw a body punch but Burton avoids it by throwing Legba back against the cage.
Legba has Burton pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Legba pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Burton tumbling to the mat - Legba dives into Burton's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Legba trying to control the position from guard on top but Burton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burton is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Legba trying to control the position from guard on top but Burton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Burton has his hands on Legba's head, controlling the position.
Legba trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Burton trying to keep a closed guard but Legba is proving a slippery customer.
Burton utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Burton wants to sweep here but Legba controlling him for the moment.
Burton is adopting a defensive guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Colin Burton wasn't active enough on the ground.
A looping hook to the body misses from Burton. Legba does a little dance to reset his feet.
Legba shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Papa Legba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Burton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Burton just misses with a punch to the body.
Burton moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Legba.
Colin Burton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Legba fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Papa Legba. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Burton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Papa Legba dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Burton throws a nice looking combination but Legba bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Legba circles away from the clinch attempt.
Burton is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Legba rather than just go for the knockout.
Legba bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Burton's head.
Legba ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Burton misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Burton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Burton throws a body punch but Legba moves out of range.
Legba cracks Burton with a good jab.
Legba takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Legba shoots in and drives through. Burton sprawls well.
Nice jab there from Legba.
Burton throws an overhand right that lands on Legba's shoulder, as Legba tries to avoid the shot.
Burton loads up on a big right hand but Legba slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legba tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Burton manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Legba fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Burton to the ground. Legba is now in Burton's guard.
Legba wants to control from the top but Burton keeps moving.
Legba preventing the sweep.
Legba pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Burton is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Legba sitting in guard here, content to control.
Legba wants to control from the top but Burton keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Papa Legba just wasn't active enough.
A shot to the body from Burton misses
and Legba counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Burton.
Legba wants to clinch.
Burton works the jab nicely.
Burton connects with a crisp jab.
Burton throws a jab when Legba was well out of range.
Legba throws a body punch but Burton moves out of range.
Burton connects with a right hand. Legba shakes it off.
Colin Burton seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Burton scores with a hook to the body. Legba takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legba bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Legba buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Legba lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legba misses with a combination
enabling Burton to counter with a crisp jab.
Burton throws a jab when Legba was well out of range.
Burton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Legba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Burton was well out of range. Poor timing from Legba.
Legba tries to clinch but Burton moves out of range.
Legba misses with a double jab.
Burton tries to clinch up but Legba circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice defenses there by Legba.
Burton ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Legba has closed the distance and engaged Burton in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Legba.
Burton pushes off an throws an elbow but Legba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Burton trying to stall but Legba improves his position.
Legba tries to work over Burton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Burton throws a knee to the head but misses.
Burton blocks the elbow strike.
Legba creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Burton is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Legba is defending well for now.
Burton is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Legba is keeping busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A shot in the inside from Burton.
Legba tries for a takedown. No joy.
Colin Burton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Legba scores with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Papa Legba showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Legba, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papa Legba!
Papa Legba made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying '(holding a blunt) It's medicinal...but not for aids!!'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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