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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Phil Leotardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Loki Farbautison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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167 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Phil Leotardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Loki Farbautison!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leotardo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Farbautison steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Leotardo.
Farbautison has Leotardo up against the cage in a clinch.
Farbautison trying to stall but Leotardo improves his position.
A short left from Leotardo.
Farbautison is trying to pull guard but Leotardo has him pressed against the cage.
Farbautison is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Leotardo to keep the fight standing.
Farbautison on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Farbautison trying to stall but Leotardo improves his position.
Leotardo misses with a knee to the head.
Leotardo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Farbautison tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Phil Leotardo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Loki Farbautison.
Farbautison tries to pull guard but Leotardo won't allow it.
Farbautison jumps guard but Leotardo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Leotardo.
Farbautison dodges an elbow strike from Leotardo.
Farbautison tries to pull guard but Leotardo holds him up against the cage and eventually Farbautison drops back down to his feet.
Farbautison jumps into guard, dragging Leotardo to the mat.
Leotardo stopping the sweep attempt from Farbautison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farbautison looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Leotardo has picked Farbautison up and slammed him! Farbautison can't keep hold of the triangle and Leotardo manages to pass to side control!
Farbautison is trying to improve his position.
Farbautison is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Leotardo off and has taken his back!
Farbautison is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Leotardo is defending well though. Farbautison let's go of the attempt for now.
Farbautison working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farbautison working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Farbautison has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Leotardo has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Leotardo defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Farbautison is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Leotardo is defending well though. Farbautison let's go of the attempt for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leotardo is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leotardo fending off the submission attempt from Farbautison.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farbautison trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Leotardo doesn't escape.
Farbautison goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Leotardo escapes and is now in half guard on top.
Leotardo wants to stand up but Farbautison is controlling the position.
Farbautison has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farbautison is trying to get back to full guard.
Farbautison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Farbautison is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Farbautison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Loki Farbautison dominated that round.
That's time! Leotardo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Leotardo is looking to clinch.
Farbautison tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Leotardo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Farbautison tries to clinch up but Leotardo circles away and keeps his distance.
Farbautison has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Farbautison swats away the attempt to clinch by Leotardo.
Farbautison tries to clinch there but Leotardo circles away.
Phil Leotardo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leotardo swings for the body but Farbautison moves out of range.
Leotardo scoring well with a low kick there.
Leotardo jabs at Farbautison's body.
Leotardo swings widly with a right hand
and Farbautison counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leotardo feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Farbautison sprawling to the canvas! Farbautison rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Leotardo finish him?!
Farbautison is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Farbautison tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leotardo appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Leotardo throws a low kick but Farbautison avoids it.
Leotardo cracks Farbautison with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Leotardo has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Farbautison to stand back up!
Farbautison is still on wobbly legs! Can Leotardo finish him?
No joy there for Leotardo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leotardo is stalking Farbautison. Farbautison circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Leotardo, and it's lights out! Farbautison really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Phil Leotardo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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