PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soa Palelei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victorio comes to the cage accompanied by Breaking Benjamin - Dance With The Devil. Palelei has chosen Miracle - We Ain't Scared as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Victorio
vs
Palelei

197 cm
24
207 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
218 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

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Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Victorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Soa Palelei!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palelei misses with a low kick.
Victorio throws a leg kick which misses Palelei's front leg but catches the back leg as Palelei tries to avoid it.
Palelei on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Victorio fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Palelei.
Palelei tries to clinch but Victorio is having none of it.
Palelei punishes Victorio's body with a nice straight punch.
Victorio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A good leg kick by Victorio.
Good leg kick by Victorio there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Victorio fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Palelei connects with a body shot that sends Victorio's belly button to the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Victorio tries to move into range but Palelei moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Victorio walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Palelei checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Palelei ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Victorio moves away.
Victorio throws a sloppy body shot
and Palelei counters with a nice leg kick.
Palelei avoids the head kick by Victorio.
Palelei throws a lazy right hand but Victorio sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Victorio walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Palelei checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Palelei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Victorio manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Palelei misses with a double jab.
Palelei moves in looking to clinch but Victorio pushes him off.
Palelei scoring well with a low kick there.
Palelei misses with a hook to the body

and Victorio counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Victorio.
Victorio lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Palelei has his hands on Victorio's head, controlling the position.
Palelei tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Victorio pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Palelei is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Palelei holds on and takes a little breather.
Palelei wants to sweep but no luck.
Palelei utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Palelei working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Victorio.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio looking to pass the guard.

Victorio drops back, looking for a kneebar! Palelei looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Palelei looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Palelei!
Victorio tries to improve position but can't.
Palelei looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Victorio is avoiding damage well.
Victorio tries to buck Palelei off but Palelei is having none of it.
Palelei in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
An elbow from Palelei crashes against the mat.
Palelei misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Palelei throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Palelei misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Palelei misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Palelei postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Victorio is looking for a sweep.
Victorio dodges the ground and pound from Palelei.
Victorio tries to buck Palelei off but Palelei is having none of it.
Victorio 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palelei throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Victorio works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Victorio moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Palelei postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Palelei throws a big elbow that misses.
Palelei won't allow Victorio to sweep him here.

Palelei avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Palelei avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Victorio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Palelei preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Palelei wants to control from the top but Victorio keeps moving.

Victorio is looking for a triangle but Palelei pushes his legs off easily.
Victorio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Palelei.
Palelei with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palelei with a flurry of punches that miss.
Palelei throwing strikes but missing.
Palelei wants to control from the top but Victorio keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Victorio is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Palelei trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
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 Tommy Victorio will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A head kick misses from Victorio.
Victorio throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Palelei's head.
Palelei steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Victorio. That one must have hurt.
Palelei looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A leg kick checked by Palelei.
Palelei throws a nice looking combination but Victorio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Palelei throws the left hand but Victorio avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Palelei misses its intended target.
Victorio throws a leg kick but Palelei moved away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Palelei. Victorio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Palelei is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice defenses there by Victorio.
Palelei bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Victorio's head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Victorio.
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!

Palelei pushes Victorio up against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Palelei.
Palelei lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Palelei lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Palelei.
A short left from Victorio.
Victorio misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palelei tries to throw a body punch but Victorio avoids it by throwing Palelei back against the cage.

Victorio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Victorio takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Palelei thows a left - swing and a miss!
Palelei does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

Victorio darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Victorio missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Palelei moves into full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Victorio in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Palelei wants to stand and escape but Victorio is having none of it.
Victorio throwing strikes from guard but Palelei blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Victorio drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Victorio jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Palelei preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Palelei is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Palelei lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Victorio!
Tommy Victorio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Palelei misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Palelei unloads with some shots from mount but Victorio bucks and avoids them well.
Palelei throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Victorio holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Palelei tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Poor strikes thrown by Palelei there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Palelei working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Victorio slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Victorio blocking the ground and pound attempt from Palelei.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palelei trying to control from Victorio's half guard. Victorio has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

Victorio looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Palelei is defending well. Victorio quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Palelei has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Victorio celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tommy Victorio!
In his post fight interview, Tommy Victorio started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.