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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marc Dutroux (ranked 373 p4p, 19 weight class) and Pascal Letaivu (ranked 2266 p4p, 111 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marc Dutroux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pascal Letaivu!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dutroux defending well as Letaivu loads up on a big left hand.
Dutroux throws a body shot but no joy.
Letaivu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dutroux walks into a jab.
Dutroux defending well as Letaivu loads up on a big left hand.
Dutroux scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Letaivu fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dutroux slips under a jab.
Dutroux feints a jab promting Letaivu to slip. Dutroux then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Letaivu slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Letaivu swings for the body but Dutroux moves out of range.
Letaivu slips under a jab.
Letaivu wants to counter the offense by Dutroux and move into the clinch position.
Letaivu throws out a loose jab but Dutroux uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dutroux misses with a straight right.
Dutroux ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Letaivu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dutroux.
It seemed like Letaivu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dutroux misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Letaivu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Letaivu throws a jab but it's blocked by Dutroux.
Dutroux with a nice cross.
Letaivu swings for the body but Dutroux moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Dutroux misses the target.
Letaivu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Letaivu lands a jab.
Jab from Letaivu.
Letaivu lands with a good body shot.
Dutroux connects with a body shot.
Letaivu gets a clinch.
Dutroux is trying to maintain a safe position but Letaivu gets an underhook and turns Dutroux into the cage.
Dutroux tries a body shot but Letaivu blocks it.
Dutroux lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dutroux throws a punch but it's blocked by Letaivu.
Letaivu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Letaivu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dutroux is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Dutroux.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Letaivu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dutrouxs head.
Letaivu lands a body punch.
Dutroux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dutroux is struggling to control the position.
Dutroux struggles to land a body shot inside as Letaivu controls his hands.
Dutroux misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Letaivu.
Dutroux blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dutroux has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Letaivu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Letaivu looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dutroux.
Letaivu looking to slow down the pace here.
Letaivu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dutroux's elbow.
Dutroux tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Letaivu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dutroux backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu lands with a left to the head.
Dutroux is trying to stall.
Dutroux tries to work over Letaivu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Letaivu blocking some punches.
Dutroux misses with a short punch on the inside.
Letaivu prevents a body shot from Dutroux.
Letaivu misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dutroux.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dutroux.
Good body shot from Letaivu.
Letaivu throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dutroux.
Letaivu has a couple of punches blocked by Dutroux.
Dutroux lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dutroux.
Letaivu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dutroux is trying to break the clinch but Letaivu has him pressed against the cage.
Dutroux has Letaivu pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dutroux is looking to break free of the clinch but Letaivu has double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Dutroux fails to land.
Dutroux can't find room to land a body shot as Letaivu controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Letaivu blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Letaivu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Letaivu tries to throw a body punch but Dutroux avoids it by throwing Letaivu back against the cage.
Letaivu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dutroux misses with a punch on the inside.
Letaivu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Letaivu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
I was talking to Dutroux's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dutroux can't break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Letaivu.
Dutroux has Letaivu pushed against the cage.
Letaivu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dutroux backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pascal Letaivu dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dutroux throws a right and a left that both miss.
Letaivu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dutroux moves away.
Dutroux moves out of range as Letaivu strikes.
Letaivu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Letaivu throws the left hand but Dutroux avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Dutroux on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Dutroux throws an overhand right that lands on Letaivu's shoulder, as Letaivu tries to avoid the shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Letaivu misses.
Letaivu uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dutroux has time to react.
Dutroux jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch combination from Dutroux misses.
Pascal Letaivu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Letaivu slips under a jab from Dutroux.
Letaivu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dutroux was well out of range. Poor timing from Letaivu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A cross from Dutroux lands.
Letaivu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dutroux.
Letaivu slips under a jab from Dutroux.
Dutroux throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Letaivu wants to counter with a clinch but Dutroux pushes him away.
Dutroux misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dutroux takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Letaivu throws a hook to the side of Dutroux's head but Dutroux sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dutroux misses with a lunging right hand
and Letaivu counters with a stiff right hand.
Letaivu throws a poor cross that misses
and Dutroux counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Letaivu misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dutroux. Letaivu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Letaivu throws out a counter right but Dutroux avoids it with no problem.
Dutroux throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Letaivu misses with a looping right.
Letaivu throws a body shot but no joy.
Letaivu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Letaivu throws a looping overhand right but Dutroux ducks down to avoid it.
Letaivu misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the body from Dutroux misses
and Letaivu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Letaivu scores with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dutroux uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Letaivu.
Letaivu swings widly with a right hand
and Dutroux counters with a right hand to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dutroux throws a poor cross that misses
and Letaivu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Letaivu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Letaivu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dutroux rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Letaivu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dutroux throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Letaivu wants to clinch
and Letaivu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Letaivu misses.
Dutroux throws a hook but Letaivu blocks it.
Letaivu ducks under a wild hook from Dutroux.
Letaivu now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Letaivu swings for the body but Dutroux moves out of range.
Dutroux misses with a wild body shot.
Letaivu throws out a counter right but Dutroux avoids it with no problem.
Dutroux gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Letaivu.
Dutroux lands with a good body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dutroux misses with a straight right.
Letaivu looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Dutroux misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Letaivu releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Letaivu throws a body shot but no joy.
Dutroux throws a jab when Letaivu was well out of range.
Dutroux showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Letaivu.
Letaivu lands with a right hand.
Dutroux bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Letaivu misses with a straight left.
A big right from Dutroux misses.
Dutroux missing with a left hand there. Letaivu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dutroux lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Letaivu at a distance.
Letaivu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dutroux counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu scores with a punch to the head.
Dutroux fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Letaivu just misses with a punch to the body.
Letaivu throws a hook but Dutroux avoids it easily.
Dutroux rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Letaivu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Dutroux fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Letaivu manages to avoid it.
Letaivu throws a poor cross that misses
and Dutroux counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Letaivu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dutroux manages to avoid it.
Dutroux is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Letaivu.
Letaivu gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Letaivu swings wildly with an uppercut but Dutroux uses good head movement to avoid it.
Letaivu stalling in the clinch.
Dutroux lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Letaivu or not.
Dutroux makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Pascal Letaivu will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Dutroux's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Letaivu darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dutroux walks into a left hand.
Dutroux swings for the body but Letaivu moves out of range.
Dutroux misses the shot to the body.
Dutroux lands the left hand.
Letaivu lands with a right hand.
Dutroux tries to bum rush Letaivu with a series of wild strikes but Letaivu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dutroux misses with a wild body shot.
Letaivu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dutroux.
Dutroux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dutroux throws an overhand right that lands on Letaivu's shoulder, as Letaivu tries to avoid the shot.
Letaivu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Letaivu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dutroux was well out of range. Poor timing from Letaivu.
Letaivu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Dutroux wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Letaivu loads up on a big right hand but Dutroux slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dutroux moves out of range of the strikes.
Dutroux fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Letaivu manages to avoid it.
Dutroux moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Letaivu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Letaivu throws a right hand that Dutroux ducks under and follows up with a left that Dutroux also avoids with ease.
Dutroux tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Letaivu was well out of range. Poor timing from Dutroux.
Letaivu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dutroux's head backwards.
A decent looking cross lands there for Letaivu.
Dutroux on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dutroux throws a jab when Letaivu was well out of range.
Letaivu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dutrouxs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Dutroux throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Letaivu let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Letaivu missing with a left hand there. Dutroux was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dutroux swings for the body but Letaivu moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letaivu cracks Dutroux with a good jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dutroux throws a hook but Letaivu avoids it easily.
Letaivu throws a shot from downtown. Dutroux moves away and avoids it.
Dutroux misses with a left hand
and Letaivu counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dutroux throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dutroux takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Letaivu connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Letaivu scores with a nice strike.
Dutroux throws a right hand that misses
enabling Letaivu to counter with a crisp jab.
Letaivu throws an overhand right that lands on Dutroux's shoulder, as Dutroux tries to avoid the shot.
Letaivu misses with a double jab.
Dutroux uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Letaivu.
Letaivu throws a body punch but Dutroux moves out of range.
Letaivu uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Letaivu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dutroux looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dutroux lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Letaivu at a distance.
Letaivu ducks under a wild hook from Dutroux.
Dutroux throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dutroux throws a shot from downtown. Letaivu moves away and avoids it.
Dutroux scores with a punch to the head.
Dutroux rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Letaivu moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dutroux misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marc Dutroux has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dutroux walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dutroux misses with a hook
and Letaivu counters with a straight right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Letaivu misses the target.
Nice body punch from Letaivu.
Dutroux throws an overhand right that lands on Letaivu's shoulder, as Letaivu tries to avoid the shot.
Dutroux looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Letaivu connects with a body shot that sends Dutroux's belly button to the back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Letaivu throws a jab when Dutroux was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dutroux tries to move into range but Letaivu moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Letaivu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dutroux throws a hook but Letaivu blocks it.
Dutroux ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dutroux takes a swing at Letaivu's ribcage but misses.
Letaivu on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Dutroux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dutroux looks to land a combination but Letaivu avoids it well.
Letaivu misses with a wild body shot.
Dutroux lands with a cross.
Letaivu scores with a decent looking hook.
Letaivu misses with a straight right.
Dutroux listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pascal Letaivu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Letaivu 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:30
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pascal Letaivu!
After the fight, Pascal Letaivu was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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