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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Antti Hirvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lasi Leuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Lasi Leuka enters the cage!
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156 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
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Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Hirvi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lasi Leuka!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hirvi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Leuka lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hirvi backs up against the cage.
Good leg kick by Hirvi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Leuka motions for Hirvi to come forward. Leuka throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Leuka blocks the low kick.
Hirvi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leuka.
A punch lands to the side of Hirvi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hirvi bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Leuka tries to score with a low kick but Hirvi moves his leg out of the way.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leuka. Hirvi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hirvi walks into a left hand.
Leuka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hirvi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hirvi tries to close the distance and clinch but Leuka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leuka misses with a right hand
and Hirvi counters with a leg kick.
Hirvi is looking to land body kicks.
Hirvi connects with an inside leg kick.
Leuka throws a series of punches but Hirvi avoids them all with ease.
Hirvi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Leuka.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirvi doesn't manage to clinch there - Leuka circles away.
Leuka scores with a nice strike.
Hirvi misses with a leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Leuka lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hirvi doesn't seem phased though.
Hirvi instigates a clinch.
Leuka avoids a wild elbow strike from Hirvi.
Leuka blocks the elbow strike.
Leuka dodges an elbow strike from Hirvi.
Hirvi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hirvi throws an elbow that misses.
Hirvi keeps control of Leuka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hirvi throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on Leuka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Leuka is trying to push Hirvi away but Hirvi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hirvi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hirvi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Leuka breaks the clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hirvi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hirvi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hirvi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leuka takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Leuka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hirvi.
Leuka thows a body shot but no joy.
Hirvi tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Leuka is able to avoid easily.
Hirvi throws a body kick that misses.
Hirvi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Leuka swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Leuka misses the jab.
Leuka swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Antti Hirvi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hirvi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Leuka cracks Hirvi with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Leuka is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hirvi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hirvi with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hirvi misses with a low kick.
Hirvi fails with a takedown attempt.
Hirvi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirvi throws a head kick but Leuka moves out of range.
Leuka looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Leuka misses the shot to the body.
Leuka scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hirvi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leuka.
A leg kick checked by Leuka.
An inside leg kick from Hirvi misses.
Leuka lands with a cross.
Hirvi throws a quick inside leg kick.
Leuka misses with a shot to the body
and Hirvi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Leuka tests Hirvi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big right from Leuka misses.
Hirvi checks a low kick from Leuka.
Leuka misses with a two punch combination.
Hirvi lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hirvi thows a body kick. Leuka tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hirvi drives through with a takedown into guard.
Leuka is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Leuka controlling the position.
Hirvi wants to control from the top but Leuka keeps moving.
Hirvi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hirvi 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.
Hirvi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Leuka is keeping the position for now.
Hirvi is working hard here to advance position.
Leuka wants to stand up but Hirvi is controlling him.
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 Antti Hirvi will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Leuka has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hirvi.
Leuka misses with a right hand
and Hirvi counters with a nice leg kick.
Leuka checks a leg kick.
Leuka looks to throw the jab but Hirvi is out of range.
Hirvi shoots in looking for a takedown but Leuka manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hirvi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hirvi throws a leg kick but Leuka sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Leuka misses with an uppercut
and Hirvi counters with a good low kick that Leuka was not able to check.
Leuka takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slow jab from Leuka misses its intended target.
Hirvi misses with a low kick.
Hirvi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Leuka.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hirvi swings widly with a right hand
enabling Leuka to counter with a crisp jab.
Leuka throws an overhand right that lands on Hirvi's shoulder, as Hirvi tries to avoid the shot.
Leuka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hirvi throws a right hand that misses
and Leuka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leuka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirvi misses with a kick to the body.
Leuka on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Leuka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hirvi counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hirvi.
Hirvi thumps Leuka with a low kick.
Leuka misses with a body shot.
Leuka scores with a jab to the body.
Hirvi blocks a jab.
Lasi Leuka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Some bone on bone action there as Leuka checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Hirvi misses with a head kick.
Hirvi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Leuka scores with a jab to the head.
Leuka checks a leg kick.
Leuka connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Hirvi's hands.
Hirvi throws a wild body kick that Leuka sees coming a mile off.
Hirvi slips a jab from Leuka.
Leuka looks to land a right hand but Hirvi moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hirvi throws a body kick that misses.
Leuka throws a nice looking combination but Hirvi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Leuka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hirvi walks into a straight right hand from Leuka.
Leuka jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hirvi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Leuka throws a right hand that misses
and Hirvi counters with a leg kick.
Hirvi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hirvi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hirvi.
Leuka comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hirvi - that will leave a mark!
Hirvi tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Leuka's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hirvi throws a chopping leg kick but Leuka manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hirvi moves into the clinch.
Leuka blocks an elbow strike.
Hirvi keeps control of Leuka as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirvi is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Leuka gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hirvi lands a good knee to the midsection. Leuka won't want to take too many of those.
Hirvi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hirvi misses with an elbow strike.
Leuka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hirvi tries a head kick but it misses.
Leuka dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hirvi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Leuka thuds his right hand into Hirvi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Leuka misses with a left hand
and Hirvi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Leuka's knee momentarily.
Leuka misses the shot to the body.
Leuka cracks Hirvi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hirvi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hirvi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Leuka takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Leuka lands with a right hand.
Hirvi tries to clinch there but Leuka circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hirvi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hirvi blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice jab there from Leuka.
Hirvi wants to clinch.
Leuka ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hirvi throws a leg kick but Leuka sees it coming and moves out of range.
Leuka misses with a straight right.
Leuka takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hirvi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Leuka avoids the head kick by Hirvi.
Leuka tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Leuka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leuka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hirvi manages to avoid it.
Leuka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hirvi manages to avoid it.
Leuka circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antti Hirvi dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Leuka clinches up with Hirvi and pushes him back against the cage.
Hirvi misses with an elbow strike.
Hirvi has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Leuka is trying to keep an underhook but Hirvi manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Leuka tries to get to full guard but Hirvi has control of the leg.
Leuka is looking to escape.
Hirvi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Leuka's head.
Leuka works his way to full guard. Good work.
Leuka managing to control the position.
Hirvi won't allow Leuka to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leuka keeping moving, preventing Hirvi from controlling successfully.
Hirvi distracts Leuka with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Leuka is looking to stand up but Hirvi isn't so interested in that idea.
Hirvi looking to sit in guard and control but Leuka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hirvi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Leuka prevents Hirvi from getting back to his feet.
Leuka slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hirvi cracks Leuka with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Leuka misses with a looping left.
Hirvi tries to score with a low kick but Leuka moves his leg out of the way.
Hirvi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A cross from Leuka lands.
Hirvi throws a push kick but Leuka slaps the foot to one side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leuka. Hirvi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hirvi keeps Leuka at a distance using the push kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Leuka. That snapped Hirvi's head back.
Leuka scores with a three punch combo!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirvi throws a head kick but Leuka moves out of range.
Hirvi gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Leuka has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hirvi.
Hirvi connects with a high kick.
Leuka throws the left hand but Hirvi avoids the punch easily.
Hirvi throws a hook but Leuka avoids it easily.
Leuka misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hirvi.
Antti Hirvi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Leuka takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hirvi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Leuka scores with a nice strike.
Lasi Leuka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hirvi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leuka misses with a hook. Hirvi ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Leuka misses.
Leuka sizes up Hirvi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Leuka misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hirvi lands a lovely overhand right.
Leuka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hirvi can pounce on him.
A swing and a miss from Leuka.
Hirvi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leuka fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hirvi checks it well.
Hirvi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leuka throws a leg kick but Hirvi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Leuka lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Leuka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Leuka's corner calls for a 1-2. Leuka obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hirvi fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Leuka has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Leuka swings widly with a right hand
letting Hirvi counter with a right hand.
Leuka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Leuka lands a glancing blow to the side of Hirvi's head.
Hirvi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Leuka manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lasi Leuka seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hirvi staying out of range there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lasi Leuka comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hirvi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antti Hirvi!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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