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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darius Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soa Palelei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darius Miller has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darius Miller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Soa Palelei!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palelei lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Miller moves to clinch but Palelei breaks away
and Palelei counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Miller thinking.
Palelei throws an overhand right that lands on Miller's shoulder, as Miller tries to avoid the shot.
Palelei avoids the body shot from Miller.
Palelei tries a quick counter leg kick but Miller is wise to it.
Palelei swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Miller is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Miller throws a lazy uppercut
and Palelei cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Palelei scores with a nice right hand.
Darius Miller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Miller.
Miller closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palelei leaning his opponent against the cage.
Palelei's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Miller rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Palelei moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Miller takes one to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Palelei slips a straight right by Miller.
Palelei lands a big shot that drops Miller! Can he finish him?
It looks like Darius Miller has been cut.
Palelei controlling from the top position.
Palelei stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Miller swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Palelei accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Palelei wants to pass the guard but Miller is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palelei trying to control the position from guard on top but Miller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Palelei is looking to work some ground and pound but Miller has wrist control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Palelei passes easily into side control. Nice work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palelei taking a breather here.
Miller can't do much from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller has one of Palelei's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Miller takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Palelei working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Miller is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Palelei working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Palelei tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Palelei sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Miller is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
A control attempt from Miller but he's now mounted!
Miller is in a horrible position here. Palelei smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Palelei lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Miller is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at LOD - Slaughterhouse that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Palelei cracks Miller with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Palelei wants to control the pace but Miller is squirming around nicely.
Palelei has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Palelei throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Miller because Palelei loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soa Palelei dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darius Miller's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Miller tries to clinch up but Palelei circles away and keeps his distance.
Palelei is looking to score with low kicks.
Miller scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Miller throws a lazy uppercut
and Palelei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Miller ducks under a wild hook from Palelei.
Palelei dodges the punch combination from Miller.
Palelei let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Palelei lands a nice leg kick that just misses Miller's sensitive parts.
Soa Palelei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palelei scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Miller doesn't seem bothered though.
Miller looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Palelei lands with a thumping leg kick.
Palelei fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Miller has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller closes the distance and clinches.
Palelei pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Palelei misses the shot to the body.
Miller throws a lazy uppercut
and Palelei counters with a low kick, right behind Miller 's knee.
Palelei throws a wild body kick that Miller sees coming a mile off.
Palelei misses with a head kick.
Palelei throws a poor cross that misses
and Miller counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Palelei lands a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Miller blocks the low kick.
Palelei moves away from the strike by Miller.
Palelei throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Miller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Palelei lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miller displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palelei throws a good cross that connects.
A chopping leg kick lands by Palelei.
Palelei throws a body kick that misses.
Miller takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Miller on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Darius Miller is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Palelei punishes Miller's body with a nice straight punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Palelei misses with a low kick.
Palelei pushes Miller away with a front kick.
Palelei's jab looks to have found its range, popping Miller under the eye.
A chopping leg kick lands by Palelei.
Palelei connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miller slips a jab from Palelei.
Miller is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Palelei delivers a nice body kick.
Miller ducks straight into an uppercut from Palelei and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Miller manages to regain guard straight away.
Miller is rocked!
Palelei working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Palelei engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Palelei has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Palelei trying to control the position from guard on top but Miller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palelei distracts Miller with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Palelei distracts Miller with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Miller avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Palelei loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palelei drops Miller with a big left hand! Miller is injured, injured bad! Palelei jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Soa Palelei!
Soa Palelei seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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