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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rod Polamalu (ranked 2419 p4p, 2375 weight class) and Estevon Guerra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Guerra is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Clavar LA Espada. Estevon Guerra will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Dangerous knees
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rod Polamalu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Estevon Guerra!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guerra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Guerra doesn't manage to clinch there - Polamalu circles away.
Polamalu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Guerra is looking to land body kicks.
Polamalu scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Estevon Guerra has been cut.
Guerra tries to clinch there but Polamalu circles away.
A jab lands there for Guerra.
Guerra falls off balance throwing a combination
and Polamalu counters with a leg kick.
Guerra takes one to the chin there.
Guerra fails in his attempt to clinch.
Polamalu throws a hook but Guerra blocks it.
Guerra takes a swing at Polamalu's ribcage but misses.
Guerra defending well as Polamalu loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Polamalu slips a jab and a cross from Guerra.
Polamalu is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Polamalu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Guerra tries to keep at a distance but Polamalu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Guerra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Polamalu blocks a body shot from Guerra.
Guerra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Guerra misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Polamalu fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Guerra.
Polamalu lands a shoulder strike.
Polamalu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Polamalu fails to land.
Polamalu working aggressively here.
Polamalu digs a right hand into Guerra's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Guerra's gas tank.
Polamalu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Guerra tries a body shot but Polamalu blocks it.
Polamalu missing with knees to the body.
Guerra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Polamalu lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Polamalu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerra avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polamalu has a couple of punches blocked by Guerra.
Polamalu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guerra misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Polamalu.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guerra.
Polamalu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Polamalu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerra avoids it.
Polamalu lands a hook that snaps the head of Guerra backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Guerra.
Guerra content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Polamalu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Polamalu lands a nice knee to the body.
Polamalu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Guerra misses with the head strike.
Polamalu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Polamalu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerra avoids it.
Polamalu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Polamalu misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Polamalu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polamalu blocks an uppercut.
Polamalu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Guerra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Guerra avoiding damage as Polamalu throws knees to the body.
Polamalu scores with a shot to the side of Guerra's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Polamalu.
Polamalu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Guerra backwards.
Polamalu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Polamalu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Polamalu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerra avoids it.
A short right from Guerra on the inside.
Guerra scores with a shot to the side of Polamalu's head.
Guerra takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Polamalu tries to work over Guerra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Polamalu fails to land.
Guerra working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Polamalu.
Polamalu tries to throw a body punch but Guerra avoids it by throwing Polamalu back against the cage.
Guerra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polamalu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Guerra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Polamalu blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Polamalu.
Polamalu lands a knee to the body.
Guerra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Polamalu gets through Guerra's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Polamalu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guerra misses with a knee to the head.
Guerra looks winded!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Polamalu.
Polamalu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guerra.
Guerra misses with the head strike.
Polamalu lands a nice knee to the body.
Polamalu scores with a shot to the side of Guerra's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Polamalu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guerra blocks it with crossed arms.
Polamalu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guerra misses with a punch on the inside.
Polamalu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerra avoids it.
Polamalu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rod Polamalu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Estevon Guerra's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Guerra steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Polamalu. That one must have hurt.
Polamalu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Polamalu slips a straight right by Guerra.
Polamalu thinks about countering with a body kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Guerra scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Guerra takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Polamalu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guerra.
Polamalu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guerra.
Polamalu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Guerra manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guerra tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Polamalu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It appears Polamalu was looking to counter with a kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Polamalu missing with a left hand there. Guerra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guerra takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Guerra throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Guerra lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Polamalu at a distance.
Estevon Guerra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guerra walks into a straight right hand from Polamalu.
Polamalu misses the shot to the body.
Polamalu clinches.
Guerra throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Polamalu.
Polamalu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Polamalu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Guerra or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Polamalu.
Guerra is breathing heavily.
Polamalu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Guerra throws a punch but it's blocked by Polamalu.
Polamalu misses with some punches.
Guerra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Polamalu backwards.
Polamalu tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerra avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Polamalu.
Polamalu blocking some punches.
Polamalu lands a nice knee to the body.
Guerra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Polamalu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Polamalu misses with a body punch.
Polamalu tries to throw a body punch but Guerra avoids it by throwing Polamalu back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Polamalu obliges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Polamalu.
Polamalu scores with a shoulder strike.
Polamalu working aggressively here.
Guerra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Polamalu - that landed with a thud.
Polamalu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Guerra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Polamalu blocks it with crossed arms.
A short left from Polamalu.
Polamalu works on Guerra's body with a couple of short punches.
Polamalu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Polamalu.
Polamalu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Polamalu scores with a hook to the body.
Polamalu lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Polamalu.
Polamalu landing knees to the head.
Guerra is rocked!
Polamalu lands with a light punch inside.
Guerra is still on wobbly legs! Can Polamalu finish him?
Polamalu lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Guerra to his knees! Polamalu keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rod Polamalu!
During a confident post fight interview, Rod Polamalu 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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