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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tong Po (ranked 4791 p4p, 501 weight class) and Peleki Tuala (ranked 3518 p4p, 388 weight class). Tuala is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dock of Fiji. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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246 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
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267 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tong Po!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Peleki Tuala!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Jorge Garcia and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuala throws a right hand that misses
and Po counters with a left to the body.
Po scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Peleki Tuala has been cut.
Po takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tuala looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Po connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Po lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Po rushes Tuala and presses him up against the cage.
Tuala tries a body shot but Po blocks it.
Po misses with the head strike.
Po lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tuala missing with knees to the body.
Po doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Tuala.
Po misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Po misses with a punch to the body.
Tuala fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Po's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Tuala.
Po blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Po misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Po.
Po tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tuala's elbow.
Tuala looking to slow down the pace here.
Tuala misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Po.
Po tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tuala holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Po fails to land.
Po's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A body shot lands from Tuala.
Tuala lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Po blocking some punches.
Tuala looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Po blocking some punches.
Tuala missing with knees to the body.
Tuala is struggling to control the position.
Po scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Po scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Po can't find room to land a body shot as Tuala controls the action.
Po doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Po pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Po scores with a jab.
Po scores with a shot to the body.
Tuala misses with an attempted mid kick.
Po with a nice cross.
Po misses with an uppercut
and Tuala counters with a straight right hand.
Po missing with a left hand there. Tuala was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tuala waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Po.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po just misses with a punch to the body.
Po is looking to clinch.
A cross from Tuala lands.
Po on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tuala. Tuala obviously looking to wear him down.
Tuala scores with a jab to the jaw.
A big left from Tuala misses.
Tuala is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Po.
Po feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tualas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tuala on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Po moves out of range as Tuala throws a body kick.
Tuala moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Po cracks Tuala with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tuala is rocked!
Tuala leaves his chin hanging out and Po seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! Tuala crumbles to the floor in a heap! The referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tong Po!
A relieved looking Tong Po thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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