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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Hold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soa Palelei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hold comes to the cage accompanied by The Way Of The Fist. Tommy Hold could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Soa Palelei's chin.
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270 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Hold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Soa Palelei!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hold lands a jab.
Hold lands a nice hook to Palelei's body. Palelei takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hold lands with a right hand.
Hold lands a nice hook to Palelei's body. Palelei takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hold thows a body shot but no joy.
Hold tries to bum rush Palelei with a series of wild strikes but Palelei uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Palelei thows a body shot but no joy.
Hold throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hold tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palelei was well out of range. Poor timing from Hold.
Hold ducks under a wild hook from Palelei.
Hold misses the shot to the body.
Hold bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Hold is looking to wear down Palelei with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Hold.
Hold will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Palelei takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Palelei stuns Hold with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Palelei misses with a looping right.
Hold looks to land a right hand but Palelei moved out of range.
Palelei throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hold misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hold shoots in for a takedown but Palelei shows good takedown defense.
Hold could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Hold will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tommy Hold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palelei misses with a series of wild punches.
Palelei misses with a few strikes there.
Palelei lands a head shot.
Palelei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hold scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hold ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palelei moves away.
Palelei swings for the body but Hold moves out of range.
Palelei misses with a straight left.
Hold scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Hold. Those never looked like landing.
Hold is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Palelei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hold.
Palelei has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hold throws a right and a left that Palelei avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hold throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Palelei's waist but Palelei gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hold off to one side.
Palelei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hold.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hold misses the shot to the body.
Palelei fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hold on the side of the head.
Soa Palelei is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Palelei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hold was well out of range. Poor timing from Palelei.
Palelei lands a lovely overhand right.
Hold dodges the punch combination from Palelei.
Hold lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hold.
Palelei slips a straight right by Hold.
Hold fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Hold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Palelei misses.
Hold tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Palelei defends well and Hold ends up having to push Palelei into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palelei.
Palelei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hold's elbow.
Hold has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Palelei is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Palelei lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hold struggles to land a body shot inside as Palelei controls his hands.
Palelei scores with a shoulder strike.
Palelei lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hold backwards.
Hold tries to throw a body punch but Palelei avoids it by throwing Hold back against the cage.
Palelei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Come on Palelei - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Palelei lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hold backwards.
Hold tries for a takedown. No joy.
Palelei tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hold's elbow.
Palelei lands a body shot.
Palelei misses with the head strike.
Palelei manages to break the clinch.
Palelei throws a shot from downtown. Hold moves away and avoids it.
Hold cracks Palelei with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
No joy there for Hold, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Palelei keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hold throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palelei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palelei instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palelei escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Palelei avoids the body shot from Hold.
Hold misses with a wild body shot.
Hold slips a jab and a cross from Palelei.
Hold lands a nice hook to Palelei's body. Palelei takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hold bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hold displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Palelei throws out the jab.
Palelei throws an overhand right that lands on Hold's shoulder, as Hold tries to avoid the shot.
Palelei throws a big shot that misses.
Palelei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hold was well out of range. Poor timing from Palelei.
Palelei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palelei dodges the punch combination from Hold.
Palelei swings for the body but Hold moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hold scores with a nice head shot.
Hold throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice straight punches there by Hold. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Hold dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hold avoids the body shot from Palelei.
Palelei dodges the punch combination from Hold.
A slow jab from Palelei misses its intended target.
Palelei clinches.
Hold takes a shot to the head.
Hold is trying to force a seperation but Palelei has the dominant position.
A short body shot lands from Palelei as the two fighters clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Palelei prevents a body shot from Hold.
Hold tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Palelei's elbow.
Palelei lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hold is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hold lands with a short shot to the head.
Hold taking a breather.
Palelei throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palelei lands with a light punch inside.
Palelei pushes Hold back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hold tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Palelei's elbow.
Hold misses with a body punch.
Palelei scores with a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Palelei scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palelei pushes Hold back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palelei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Palelei manages to break the clinch.
A big left from Palelei misses.
Hold misses with a body shot.
Hold steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Palelei.
Hold throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Palelei.
Hold misses with a wild body shot.
Hold throws a predictable looking body shot
and Palelei counters with a series of strikes. Hold will be more careful next time no doubt.
Palelei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palelei gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hold.
Hold falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Palelei counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palelei punishes Hold's body with a nice straight punch.
Hold on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice cross by Hold.
Hold just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Hold. Those never looked like landing.
Palelei rushes Hold and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Soa Palelei seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Palelei lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Palelei.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Palelei stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Palelei tries to throw a body punch but Hold avoids it by throwing Palelei back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Palelei.
Palelei breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hold misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hold avoids the body shot from Palelei.
Palelei looks to throw the jab but Hold is out of range.
Hold takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Palelei avoids the body shot from Hold.
Palelei lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palelei clinches up with Hold and pushes him back against the cage.
Palelei has Hold pressed against the cage, preventing Hold from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Palelei lands with a left to the head.
Hold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hold.
Palelei lands a shoulder strike.
Palelei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Palelei.
Hold can't get the takedown.
Palelei misses with a punch on the inside.
Hold's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hold taking a breather.
Good body shot from Palelei.
Palelei tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palelei lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hold.
A short right from Palelei on the inside.
Palelei misses with some punches.
Palelei pushes Hold back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palelei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Palelei.
Hold misses with a body punch.
Palelei makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Palelei lands with a right to the head.
Palelei throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Palelei stops a takedown attempt from Hold.
Palelei lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Palelei - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Palelei - that landed with a thud.
Palelei misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Palelei scores with a nice short uppercut.
Palelei blocks a body shot from Hold.
Palelei blocks a body shot from Hold.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Palelei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hold wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Hold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Palelei tries to throw a body punch but Hold avoids it by throwing Palelei back against the cage.
Palelei blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soa Palelei showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Palelei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hold.
A decent looking cross lands there for Palelei.
Hold throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Palelei counters with a left to the body.
Hold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hold slips a straight right by Palelei.
Hold misses with a double jab.
Palelei uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hold has time to react.
Palelei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hold throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hold swings for the body but Palelei moves out of range.
Hold slips under a jab from Palelei.
Hold fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Hold takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Palelei stuffs the takedown.
Palelei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hold manages to avoid it.
Palelei lands an overhand right.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Hold throws an off balance right hand
enabling Palelei to counter with a crisp jab.
Palelei scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hold defending well as Palelei loads up on a big left hand.
Hold defending well as Palelei loads up on a big left hand.
Palelei connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Palelei bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hold's head.
Hold looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A right-left combo lands from Palelei.
Hold avoids the body shot from Palelei.
Hold avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Palelei looks to throw the jab but Hold is out of range.
Palelei slaps away a takedown attempt from Hold, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Hold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hold throws a left and a right that both miss
and Palelei counters with a nice uppercut.
Hold lands a body shot.
Palelei takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hold tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palelei was well out of range. Poor timing from Hold.
Palelei throws a hook but Hold avoids it easily.
Hold uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palelei.
Hold tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palelei was well out of range. Poor timing from Hold.
No joy there for Hold, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palelei lands a nice looking body shot.
Palelei connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hold's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Palelei connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hold scrambles back to his feet.
Hold takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hold takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Hold throws a sloppy body shot
and Palelei counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Palelei thuds his right hand into Hold's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Palelei throws a hook but Hold blocks it.
Palelei scores with a nice head shot.
Palelei ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Soa Palelei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hold throws a combination that misses
and Palelei counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Palelei tries to clinch there but Hold circles away.
Palelei feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Holds jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hold loads up on a big right hand but Palelei slips the punch.
Palelei throws a jab when Hold was well out of range.
Hold shoots in looking for a takedown but Palelei manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hold's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hold takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palelei closes the distance and clinches.
Palelei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palelei lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hold backwards.
Palelei misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Palelei digs a right hand underneath Hold's ribcage. Hold let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hold tries to work over Palelei's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Palelei throws a punch but it's blocked by Hold.
Palelei manages to break the clinch.
Hold has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Palelei finds it's way round the side to connect with Hold's head.
Palelei keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palelei misses with a body shot.
Palelei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hold.
Palelei fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hold manages to avoid it.
Palelei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palelei misses with a looping left.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Hold. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Hold lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hold throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hold misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hold looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Palelei scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hold in his tracks.
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!
Hold takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hold thows a body shot but no joy.
Palelei looks to throw the jab but Hold is out of range.
Hold throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sloppy strikes from Hold. Those never looked like landing.
Hold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tommy Hold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hold keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palelei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hold lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Palelei at a distance.
Palelei has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hold works Palelei's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Palelei jabs Hold to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Palelei throws a hook to the side of Hold's head but Hold sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Palelei stuffs the takedown.
Hold shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Palelei sprawls well. Palelei wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hold gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soa Palelei really dominated that round.
That's time! Hold's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Hold bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Palelei pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hold takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Palelei pushes Hold up against the cage in a clinch.
Hold prevents a body shot from Palelei.
Hold wants to stall.
Hold drops down looking for an ankle pick but Palelei pulls his leg out and moves away.
Palelei with a jab.
Hold closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Palelei misses with a series of wild punches.
Hold looks to land a combination but Palelei avoids it well.
Hold shoots in for a double leg but Palelei sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hold will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Palelei connects with a single shot there.
Palelei defending well as Hold loads up on a big left hand.
A big right from Palelei misses.
Hold avoids the body shot from Palelei.
Hold takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hold takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hold thuds a left hand into Palelei's body.
Palelei doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Palelei displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hold.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Hold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Palelei missing with a left hand there. Hold was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Palelei just misses with a punch to the body.
Palelei takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hold with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Palelei to score with a decent uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hold fails to land with a series of punches.
Hold slips under a jab.
Good shot there by Palelei.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hold lands a right hook to the body.
Palelei uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hold has time to react.
Palelei sizes up Hold with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Palelei slaps away a takedown attempt from Hold, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Palelei has managed to clinch.
Palelei tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Palelei prevents a takedown attempt there.
Hold tries to stall but Palelei uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hold blocking some punches.
Hold misses with a punch to the body.
Palelei swings wildly with an uppercut but Hold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palelei blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hold tries to break free but Palelei pushes him back against the cage.
Hold looking to stall.
Palelei lands a shot to the body.
Palelei digs a right hand underneath Hold's ribcage. Hold let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A body shot lands from Palelei.
Palelei lands with a light punch inside.
Palelei lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hold doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Palelei misses with the head strike.
Palelei lands a hook that snaps the head of Hold backwards.
Palelei lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palelei lands a body shot in the clinch.
Palelei just leaning against Hold, taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Palelei scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hold is looking to break free of the clinch but Palelei has double underhooks.
Palelei displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hold up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hold is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Palelei is leaning against Hold and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Palelei lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hold backwards.
Hold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Palelei.
Palelei lands a left hand.
Palelei lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Palelei lands a hook that snaps the head of Hold backwards.
Palelei lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hold misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A body shot lands from Palelei.
Palelei lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Palelei pushes Hold back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palelei lands a nice shot to the body.
Palelei taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soa Palelei dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Palelei uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hold dives in and grabs Palelei's left leg, looking for a takedown. Palelei pushes down on Hold's head and hops out.
Hold looking to score a takedown here. Palelei is defending well but Hold drives through and ends up in Palelei's guard.
Palelei keeping moving, preventing Hold from controlling successfully.
Palelei looking for a sweep. Not yet Palelei, not yet.
Hold wants to control from the top but Palelei keeps moving.
Palelei wants to get back to his feet but Hold passes into half guard.
Palelei is looking to improve his position.
Palelei is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Hold thows a huge punch but Palelei dodges it nicely.
Palelei wants to control but Hold is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hold wants to take a breather but Palelei is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hold is working for a submission of some sort.
Hold wants to control but Palelei is keeping him busy.
Hold prevents Palelei from improving his position.
Hold wants to stand up but Palelei is controlling the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Palelei can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hold wants to control but Palelei is keeping him busy.
Hold in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Palelei tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Hold!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tommy Hold!
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