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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Panda Aorigele (ranked 269 p4p, 400 weight class) and Solomon Nao (ranked 43 p4p, 57 weight class). Aorigele comes to the cage accompanied by Mama Said Knock You Out. The crowd seem to be enjoying Nao's choice of entrance music: The End. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Panda Aorigele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Solomon Nao!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aorigele lands a right hook to the body.
Nao misses with a hook.
Aorigele looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aorigele manages to avoid it.
Nao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Aorigele cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Solomon Nao has been cut.
Nao misses with a looping right.
Nao fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aorigele swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Nao was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Aorigele ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nao throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aorigele sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aorigele manages to avoid it.
Aorigele lands with a hook. Nao tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Aorigele closes the distance and clinches.
Nao lands a nice shot to the body.
Nao blocks a body shot from Aorigele.
Aorigele is stalling here.
Aorigele goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nao swings wildly with an uppercut but Aorigele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nao digs a right hand into Aorigele's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Aorigele's gas tank.
Nao working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Aorigele misses with a punch to the body.
Nao tries to work over Aorigele's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aorigele lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nao tries to throw a body punch but Aorigele avoids it by throwing Nao back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nao scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nao.
Nao throws a head punch that misses.
Nao lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aorigele lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nao blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aorigele slows down the pace here.
Aorigele working aggressively here.
Nao cracks Aorigele with a nice body shot.
Aorigele lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nao.
Nao scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nao lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Aorigele.
Nao misses with some punches.
Nao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Aorigele breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aorigele tries to close the distance and clinch but Nao swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aorigele lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Aorigele.
Nao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Aorigele was well out of range. Poor timing from Nao.
Aorigele darts in trying to clinch
enabling Nao to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Panda Aorigele has been cut.
Aorigele lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Nao backs up against the cage.
Nao slips a jab and a cross from Aorigele.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aorigele moves away from the strike by Nao.
Nao gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Aorigele misses with an uppercut. Nao saw that one coming.
Nao takes one to the chin there.
Nao throws a jab when Aorigele was well out of range.
Jab from Aorigele.
That has opened up Solomon Nao's cut even more.
Aorigele catches Nao with a right, a left, a right. It's raining punches and Nao forgot an umbrella! Another punch and he's down. This one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Panda Aorigele!
During a confident post fight interview, Panda Aorigele thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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