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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Polo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rau Utu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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300 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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300 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marco Polo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rau Utu!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polo tries to clinch up.
Polo lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Rau Utu has been cut.
Polo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Utu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Polo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Utu counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Utu feints and then cracks Polo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Polo down.
Utu tests Polo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
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!
Utu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Utu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Polo.
Utu fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Polo.
Polo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marco Polo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Utu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Polo is breathing heavily.
Utu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good leg kick by Utu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Utu cracks a nice hook into Polo's ribs.
A slapping body kick lands there for Utu.
Polo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Utu lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Utu lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Polo head around and knocks him out cold! Utu hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rau Utu!
After the fight, Rau Utu was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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