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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonatane Veainu (ranked 72 p4p, 421 weight class) and Tama Ruiha (ranked 12 p4p, 64 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ruiha's choice of entrance music: Polynesian Traditional Music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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11 - 5 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Sonatane Veainu!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Tama Ruiha!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruiha rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ruiha takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Tama Ruiha has been cut.
Veainu scores with a jab to the body.
Ruiha looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A telegraphed right hand from Ruiha misses the target.
Ruiha steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Veainu.
Ruiha throws out a loose jab but Veainu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veainu works the jab nicely.
Ruiha blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veainu misses the jab.
Ruiha connects with a nice looking jab.
Veainu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruiha.
Veainu throws a shot from downtown. Ruiha moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veainu digs a good hook to Ruiha's body.
Veainu misses with a looping right.
Ruiha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Veainu.
Veainu lands with a nice body punch.
Veainu connects with a body shot that sends Ruiha's belly button to the back.
Ruiha misses the jab.
A slow jab from Veainu misses its intended target.
Veainu walks into a stiff left hand from Ruiha.
Veainu throws out a loose jab but Ruiha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Veainu paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ruiha lands with a straight right. Veainu didn't see that one coming.
A slow jab from Ruiha misses its intended target.
Veainu misses with a hook
and Ruiha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Veainu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Veainu changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ruiha ducks right into an uppercut from Veainu.
Ruiha misses with a body shot.
Veainu appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Veainu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ruiha.
A jab from Veainu misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veainu looks to throw the jab but Ruiha is out of range.
Veainu throws a body shot but no joy.
Ruiha lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Veainu slips a straight right by Ruiha.
Veainu throws a hook but Ruiha avoids it easily.
Ruiha has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ruiha there as he acknowledges the shot.
That has opened up Tama Ruiha's cut even more.
Veainu thuds his right hand into Ruiha's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Veainu misses with an uppercut
and Ruiha counters with a nice body shot.
Veainu misses with a hook. Ruiha ducked under it nicely.
Ruiha looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Veainu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Veainu punishes Ruiha's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ruiha connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Veainu looks to land a right hand but Ruiha moved out of range.
Ruiha swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
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!
Veainu misses the jab.
Ruiha stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Veainu throws a lazy uppercut
and Ruiha counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Ruiha looks to land a left hand but Veainu moved out of range nicely.
Veainu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ruiha.
Ruiha now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Veainu throws a body shot but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sonatane Veainu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tama Ruiha's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Ruiha ducks under a wild hook from Veainu.
Veainu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ruiha can do to turn this around?
Ruiha throws an off balance right hand
and Veainu counters with a nice body shot.
Veainu throws the left hand but Ruiha avoids the punch easily.
Ruiha swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ruiha throws a series of punches but Veainu moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Veainu.
Veainu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ruihas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Veainu looks to throw the jab but Ruiha is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ruiha lands with a straight right. Veainu didn't see that one coming.
Veainu catches Ruiha with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Ruiha throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veainu throws a body punch but Ruiha moves out of range.
Ruiha throws out a counter right but Veainu avoids it with no problem.
Veainu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ruiha moves away.
Ruiha looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ruiha misses with a few strikes there.
Veainu is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ruiha misses with a straight left.
Sonatane Veainu is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Veainu does it's job there.
Veainu misses with a lunging right hand
and Ruiha cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Veainu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ruiha swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Veainu moves away from the strike by Ruiha.
Ruiha misses with a looping right.
Ruiha might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Ruiha thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veainu ducks under a wild hook from Ruiha.
Ruiha throws a poor cross that misses
and Veainu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The cut above Tama Ruiha's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ruiha missing with a left hand there. Veainu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ruiha looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A jab from Ruiha misses.
Ruiha takes one to the chin there.
Tama Ruiha's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Veainu swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ruiha counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Ruiha.
Ruiha is looking for the big counter here.
Nice defenses there by Veainu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Veainu scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ruiha in his tracks.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tama Ruiha's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sonatane Veainu!
Sonatane Veainu is the new light heavyweight champion!
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hype
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