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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peleki Tuala (ranked 509 p4p, 59 weight class) and Yhorm Giant (ranked 1413 p4p, 151 weight class). Tuala comes to the cage accompanied by Dock of Fiji. 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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267 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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292 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Peleki Tuala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yhorm Giant!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuala lands a nice shot to the body.
Giant clinches up against the cage.
Giant tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tuala scores with a hook to the body.
Giant looks winded!
A head punch on the inside from Tuala fails to land.
Tuala working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tuala lands a body punch in the clinch.
Good body shot from Tuala.
I was talking to Tuala's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tuala pushes Giant back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tuala lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tuala goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Giant misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Giant.
Tuala scores with a hook to the body.
Tuala lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tuala working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
It looks like Yhorm Giant has been cut.
Tuala lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tuala lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Tuala - that landed with a thud.
Tuala working aggressively here.
Tuala makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tuala drops Giant onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Giant is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Giant is rocked!
Tuala lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Giant to his knees! Tuala keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peleki Tuala!
Peleki Tuala bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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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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