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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Soul Jah (ranked 443 p4p, 55 weight class) and Poro Peukalo (ranked 651 p4p, 84 weight class). Jah comes to the cage accompanied by Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier. 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
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262 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
26 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Soul Jah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Poro Peukalo!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jah's corner calls for a 1-2. Jah obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jah just misses with a punch to the body.
Peukalo forces Jah back against the cage and clinches.
Peukalo avoiding damage as Jah throws knees to the body.
Peukalo working aggressively here.
Peukalo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Peukalo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jah unloads a knee to the mid-section. Peukalo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Peukalo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Peukalo managing to block the knees to the body from Jah.
Peukalo lands an elbow inside that Jah shrugs off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peukalo stalling in the clinch.
Jah lands a knee to the head.
Peukalo misses with some punches.
Stalling in the clinch from Peukalo.
Jah tries a knee to the head but Peukalo blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peukalo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Peukalo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jah tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Peukalo avoids it.
A right hook to the body lands for Jah.
Jah blocks an elbow strike.
Peukalo misses with an elbow strike.
Peukalo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Soul Jah has been cut.
The referee calls for Peukalo to work.
Peukalo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jah backwards.
Jah misses with a knee strike.
Peukalo struggles to land a body shot inside as Jah controls his hands.
Peukalo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jah lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peukalo can't find room to land a body shot as Jah controls the action.
Peukalo lands a body shot.
Jah is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Peukalo is keeping busy.
Peukalo is trying to break the clinch but Jah has him pressed against the cage.
Peukalo has Jah pressed against the cage, preventing Jah from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jah.
Peukalo stalling in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jah.
Jah blocks a body shot from Peukalo.
Peukalo misses with an elbow over the top.
Peukalo managing to block the knees to the body from Jah.
Peukalo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jahs head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peukalo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Peukalo blocks it with crossed arms.
Peukalo wants to get back to striking at distance but Jah won't allow it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Peukalo.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Peukalo.
Jah trying to land knees to the body.
Peukalo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Peukalo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jah circles away quickly and effectively.
Jah ducks under a wild hook from Peukalo.
Jah looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Peukalo misses with a few strikes there.
Peukalo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jah dodges the punch combination from Peukalo.
Peukalo lands a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jah tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jah looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Peukalo throws a hook but Jah blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peukalo misses with a double jab
and Jah counters with a nice body kick.
Jah staying out of range there.
Jah swings for the body but Peukalo moves out of range.
Peukalo misses with a two punch combination.
Jah thows a left - swing and a miss!
Peukalo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Peukalo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jah, pushing him back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Jah.
Jah blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Poro Peukalo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Soul Jah's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Peukalo looks to land a combination but Jah avoids it well.
Peukalo throws a body shot but no joy.
Peukalo loads up on a big right hand but Jah slips the punch.
Poro Peukalo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Peukalo swinging wildly here.
Peukalo forces Jah back against the cage and clinches.
Jah with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Peukalo takes a shot to the head.
Jah holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peukalo manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Peukalo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Jah tries a knee to the head but Peukalo blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jah tries to break the clinch but Peukalo is controlling the position.
Peukalo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Peukalo avoiding damage as Jah throws knees to the body.
Jah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Peukalo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Peukalo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jah backwards.
Peukalo taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Peukalo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jah swings wildly with an uppercut but Peukalo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peukalo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Peukalo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peukalo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jah tries to break the clinch but Peukalo is controlling the position.
Peukalo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Peukalo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jah missing with knees to the body.
Peukalo stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jah blocks the elbow strike.
Jah lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Poro Peukalo has been cut.
Jah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jah takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Soul Jah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peukalo scores with a jab. Jah acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jah misses with a low kick.
No joy there for Peukalo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It looked like Jah wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Peukalo scores with a punch to the head.
Peukalo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Peukalo throws a nice looking combination but Jah bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Peukalo takes the fight into the clinch.
Peukalo can't find room to land a body shot as Jah controls the action.
Jah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Peukalo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jah creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jah breaks from the clinch.
Peukalo is looking to clinch.
Peukalo gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jah lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Peukalo backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Peukalo swings wildly with an uppercut but Jah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Peukalo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Peukalo throws an elbow but misses.
Jah tries to land a knee to the head but Peukalo blocks with his arms.
Jah is looking to break free of the clinch but Peukalo has double underhooks.
Jah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jah missing with knees to the body.
Jah wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Poro Peukalo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jah will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Peukalo misses with a looping right.
Jah is looking to counter with a body kick.
Jah on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Peukalo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Peukalo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Peukalo throws a good cross that connects.
Poro Peukalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peukalo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jah takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Some wild striking there from Peukalo.
Peukalo throws a series of punches but Jah avoids them all with ease.
Peukalo ducks right into an uppercut from Jah.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jah cracks Peukalo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jah throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Peukalo lands a jab-cross combination.
Jah connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Peukalo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jah.
Peukalo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Peukalo misses with a looping right.
Peukalo cracks Jah with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Jah looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Peukalo finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Peukalo is pawing at Jah, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Jah's nose. Jah is badly hurt! Peukalo pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Jah tries desperately to hold on but Peukalo is relentless in his assault! As Jah receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Peukalo away and this one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Poro Peukalo!
Soul Jah was interviewed post fight and said 'Dude tried to bite my dick off! Unreal man!'.
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energy
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hype
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