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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Jaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Po Pola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tony Jaa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
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172 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tony Jaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Po Pola!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaa moves in looking to clinch but Pola pushes him off.
Pola moves out of range as Jaa throws a body kick.
Jaa misses with a body kick.
Pola gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jaa.
Pola misses with some punches.
Pola scores with a shot to the side of Jaa's head.
Jaa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jaa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pola.
Pola swings wildly with an uppercut but Jaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
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!
Pola on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jaa blocks an uppercut.
Jaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pola doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Pola.
Jaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pola.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pola lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jaa landing knees to the body.
Pola tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jaa's elbow.
A knee to the head by Jaa.
Jaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pola has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jaa misses with a knee strike.
Pola takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jaa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pola has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Pola fails to land.
Jaa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pola tries to throw a body punch but Jaa avoids it by throwing Pola back against the cage.
Pola misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pola throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jaa tries to land knees in the clinch but Pola avoids the damage to the body.
Pola blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pola misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jaa misses with a knee strike.
Jaa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jaa obliges.
Jaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but Pola blocks with his arms.
Pola tries to work over Jaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jaa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jaa trying to land knees to the body.
Pola managing to block the knees to the body from Jaa.
Jaa is breathing heavily.
Pola blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jaa keeps control of Pola as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jaa lands a knee to the head.
Jaa landing knees to the body.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pola pushes Jaa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pola's face.
A knee to the head by Jaa.
Jaa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pola.
Pola lands a hook that snaps the head of Jaa backwards.
Jaa misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pola misses with a punch on the inside.
Pola lands with a right to the head.
Pola doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pola lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pola.
Pola lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pola lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jaa.
Pola avoiding damage as Jaa throws knees to the body.
A short right from Pola.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Pola.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pola.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pola avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pola.
Pola lands a right hand.
Jaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jaa misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jaa working Pola over with knees 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!
Pola is trying to break the clinch but Jaa has him pressed against the cage.
Pola is working Jaa over against the cage.
Jaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pola digs a right hand underneath Jaa's ribcage. Jaa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pola lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pola has a couple of punches blocked by Jaa.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pola.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pola lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jaa backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pola creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pola working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jaa misses with a knee to the head.
Pola softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jaa is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pola's face.
Jaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pola lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Jaa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pola scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pola throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
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 Tony Jaa will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Pola gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jaa seems to have got his legs back now.
Jaa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pola lands a nice uppercut.
Pola lands with a light punch inside.
Jaa missing with knees to the body.
Pola's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pola will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jaa shoots in but Pola avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jaa wants to clinch up but Pola keeps it at a distance.
Pola with a nice cross.
Pola moves into range and clinches up with Jaa.
Pola is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pola has a couple of punches blocked by Jaa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pola avoids it.
Pola doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pola scores with a shot to the side of Jaa's head.
Pola working aggressively here.
Jaa lands a knee to the head.
Jaa crunches a lovely knee into Pola's ribcage.
Pola wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Po Pola seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pola tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pola on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pola throws a punch but it's blocked by Jaa.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pola.
Pola misses with a punch on the inside.
Jaa landing knees to the body.
Pola is working Jaa over against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pola lands with a left to the head.
Jaa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pola lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pola lands a hook that snaps the head of Jaa backwards.
A short right from Pola.
Pola lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jaa backwards.
Pola tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pola is defending well for now.
Pola lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Pola.
Pola misses with some punches.
Pola stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but Pola blocks with his arms.
Still in the clinch, Pola scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pola lands an uppercut.
Pola digs a right hand underneath Jaa's ribcage. Jaa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pola digs a right hand underneath Jaa's ribcage. Jaa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pola breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jaa is looking to clinch but Pola is avoiding it.
Jaa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pola counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Po Pola is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pola cracks Jaa with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Jaa falls to his knees and Pola doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Po Pola!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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