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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tevita Maui (ranked 3029 p4p, 3278 weight class) and Donny Solade (ranked 352 p4p, 375 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Maui might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Turn Down For What. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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200 cm 26 270 3 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm 26 270 4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler Brawler Solid 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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tevita Maui! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Donny Solade! The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Solade fails with the takedown and Solade takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Donny Solade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Solade misses with a takedown and Maui counters with a left hand that sends Solade to the canvas!
It looks like Donny Solade has been cut. Maui is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Maui has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Solade throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Solade looking for a sweep. Not yet Solade, not yet. Solade throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Maui knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Solade on the ground. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Maui trying to stand up but can't free himself from Solade's guard. Solade trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Solade thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage. Maui in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Solade tries to strike from the bottom.
Maui is fighting to break Solade's control of his arms but Solade is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet. Solade misses with a takedown and Maui makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Tevita Maui has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donny Solade. Solade looks winded! Maui keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Solade with a poor takedown and Maui counters with a lovely straight right hand! Solade takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Maui closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Solade out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tevita Maui! Tevita Maui decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
56% |
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