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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Troy Poland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilivasi Veitayaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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265 lbs
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23
265 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Troy Poland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ilivasi Veitayaki!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Francis DeMontford and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veitayaki looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Poland is fending him off so far but Veitayaki persists. Nope, Poland circles away and we're back to standing.
Veitayaki fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Poland drops down looking for a counter takedown but Veitayaki sprawls and moves away.
Poland feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Poland throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Veitayaki works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Poland has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Veitayaki has control of Poland's left arm, preventing Poland from doing any damage.
Poland looking to sit in guard and control but Veitayaki gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Poland wants to stand and escape but Veitayaki is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veitayaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Veitayaki working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Veitayaki sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Poland's guard.
Veitayaki 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. Poland tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Veitayaki!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ilivasi Veitayaki!
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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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