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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soa Palelei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escobar comes to the cage accompanied by Big Pun - Brave in The Heart. 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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250 lbs
27 - 13 - 0 |
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265 lbs
18 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pablo Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Soa Palelei!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palelei takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Palelei throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Escobar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Palelei throws a right hand that misses
and Escobar counters with a low kick, right behind Palelei 's knee.
Pablo Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Escobar throws a sloppy body shot
and Palelei counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Palelei misses with the body kick
and Escobar counters with a straight right hand.
Palelei goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Escobar swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Palelei.
Escobar throws a jab when Palelei was well out of range.
Palelei now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Escobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Escobar scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Palelei is looking to land body kicks.
Escobar half committed to a counter leg kick.
Escobar lands a leg kick that knocks Palelei off balance momentarily.
Escobar connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Palelei momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palelei is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Escobar throws a jab but it's blocked by Palelei.
Palelei misses with a head kick.
Palelei takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Palelei tries to land a front kick but Escobar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palelei slips a jab from Escobar.
Escobar throws a shot to the body.
Escobar connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Escobar, right into the meat.
Palelei slips a jab from Escobar.
Escobar moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Escobar is looking to slow Palelei down with leg kicks.
Escobar looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Escobar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Escobar cracks Palelei with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Palelei fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Escobar is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Palelei throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from Escobar misses.
Escobar lands a nice hook to Palelei's body. Palelei takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Palelei staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escobar ducks under a wild hook from Palelei.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palelei swings widly with a right hand
and Escobar counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Escobar throws a series of strikes that have Palelei backpedaling.
Escobar moves out of range as Palelei throws a body kick.
Palelei throws the left hand but Escobar avoids the punch easily.
Escobar avoids the body shot from Palelei.
Escobar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Escobar needs to keep his hands up - Palelei had a free shot at his head there.
Escobar scores with a punch to the head.
Palelei slips under a jab.
Escobar lands a nice leg kick that just misses Palelei's sensitive parts.
Escobar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Escobar moves out of range as Palelei throws a body kick.
Palelei throws a jab but it's blocked by Escobar.
Escobar stuns Palelei with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Escobar moves into the clinch.
Palelei lands a shoulder strike.
Escobar breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Palelei counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Escobar swings widly with a right hand
and Palelei counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Escobar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Escobar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Escobar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Palelei checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Escobar lands with a cross.
Palelei on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fighters circling - Escobar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Palelei.
A punch combination from Palelei misses.
Escobar throws an off balance right hand
and Palelei counters with a left right combination that sends Escobar crashing to the mat - Palelei wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Escobar out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Soa Palelei!
After winning the bout, Soa Palelei thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Pablo Escobar was interviewed post fight and said 'Stay classy!'.
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hype
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pop
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