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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Douglas Quaid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soa Palelei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quaid comes to the cage accompanied by Total Recall. 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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260 lbs
44 - 19 - 1 |
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265 lbs
20 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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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
44 - 19 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Douglas Quaid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Soa Palelei!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palelei lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Quaid shoots in for a double leg but Palelei sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Quaid scores with a sloppy right hand. Palelei should have avoided that one.
Palelei scores with a punch to the head.
Palelei changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Palelei throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Quaid misses with a lunging right hand
and Palelei counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Palelei connects with a body shot that sends Quaid's belly button to the back.
Quaid is breathing heavily.
Palelei throws a head kick that misses.
Quaid swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A jab from Quaid finds it's way through Palelei's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palelei scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Quaid gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Quaid scores with a hook.
Palelei throws out a loose jab but Quaid uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palelei misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quaid ducks under a wild hook from Palelei.
Quaid is looking to counter punch.
Quaid lands a nice hook to Palelei's body. Palelei takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Palelei misses with a two punch combination.
Quaid seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Palelei throws a lazy uppercut
so Quaid counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Quaid missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Quaid throws a strike but Palelei rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Quaid is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Palelei must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Quaid is on top in guard.
Quaid missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Palelei trying to keep a closed guard but Quaid is proving a slippery customer.
Quaid throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quaid missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Palelei is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quaid trying to hold on to Palelei's head to control him but Palelei postures up.
Palelei takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Palelei not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Quaid is looking to improve his position.
Quaid has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Palelei missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Palelei throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Palelei.
Quaid trying to control but Palelei postures up.
Palelei prevents Quaid from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palelei working the head and body with strikes.
Palelei sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Quaid defending well though.
Palelei throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Palelei throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Palelei working the head and body with strikes.
Palelei thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Quaid's head.
Quaid controlling the position for now.
Quaid trying to control here.
Palelei keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Nice strikes from Palelei there.
Quaid is staying active underneath Palelei, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quaid gets back to full guard.
Quaid keeping moving, preventing Palelei from controlling successfully.
Quaid looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quaid not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Quaid has Palelei pulled in close to control his posture.
Quaid looking to hit a scissor sweep but Palelei is one step ahead there.
Palelei throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quaid works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Palelei postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Palelei defending well as Quaid loads up on a big left hand.
Palelei looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soa Palelei dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Quaid on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Palelei has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Palelei knocks Quaid to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Quaid is rocked!
It looks like Douglas Quaid has been cut.
Palelei lands a huge shot from side control! Quaid is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Soa Palelei!
A very excited looking Soa Palelei made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Douglas Quaid stepped up to the mic, saying 'That one was from Santa!'.
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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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