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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peleki Tuala (ranked 7 p4p, 1 weight class) and Solomon Nao (ranked 144 p4p, 18 weight class). Tuala kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Dock of Fiji. The crowd seem to be enjoying Nao's choice of entrance music: The End. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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267 lbs
20 - 5 - 0 |
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190 cm
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258 lbs
23 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Peleki Tuala!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Solomon Nao!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nao pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tuala is out of range and Nao settles back down.
Nao takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Tuala throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A punch lands to the side of Nao 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tuala, right into the meat.
Tuala fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nao on the side of the head.
A jab from Nao misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nao misses with a body shot
and Tuala counters with a body kick that stops Nao in his tracks momentarily.
Nao has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A jab from Nao misses.
Tuala scores with a decent looking hook.
Nao avoids the body shot from Tuala.
Nao feints a counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuala looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good work by Nao as he checks the leg kick.
Nao looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nao looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nao on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nao takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like Solomon Nao has been cut.
Nao checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Tuala misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tuala throws a jab but it's blocked by Nao.
Tuala throws a low kick but Nao avoids it.
Nao throws out a counter right but Tuala avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuala is looking to clinch but Nao is avoiding it.
Tuala throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tuala backing away here, and Nao unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Tuala throws a low kick but Nao avoids it.
Nao blocks a leg kick.
Tuala backing away here, and Nao unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
The crowd cheers as Nao lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tuala doesn't seem phased though.
Nao lands a jab.
Tuala thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd cheers as Nao lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tuala doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tuala on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuala swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good work by Tuala as he checks the leg kick.
Nao looks to land a combination but Tuala avoids it well.
Nao misses with a straight right.
Tuala thows a leg kick but Nao checks it
and Nao cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nao misses with an uppercut.
Tuala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tuala wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tuala ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tuala fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuala gets tackled into the cage by Nao. Nao maintains the clinch.
Tuala blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tuala lands a hook that snaps the head of Nao backwards.
Nao just leaning against Tuala, taking a breather.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nao lands a hook that snaps the head of Tuala backwards.
Tuala misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nao gets through Tuala's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tuala lands a hook that snaps the head of Nao backwards.
Nao pushes Tuala back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tuala lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tuala lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tuala.
Nao blocking some punches.
Tuala fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nao can't find room to land a body shot as Tuala controls the action.
Nao struggles to land a body shot inside as Tuala controls his hands.
Nao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nao lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tuala tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nao's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peleki Tuala dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Solomon Nao's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tuala misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Nao.
Tuala is looking to wear down Nao with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nao missing with a left hand there. Tuala was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Peleki Tuala is winning the standup battle so far.
Nao swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nao misses with a looping right.
Tuala was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nao is looking to slow Tuala down with leg kicks.
A shot to the body from Tuala misses
and Nao counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid body kick from Tuala.
Nao is breathing heavily.
Tuala throws a leg kick which misses Nao's front leg but catches the back leg as Nao tries to avoid it.
Tuala lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuala fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tuala with a nice cross.
Tuala scores with a nice right hand.
Tuala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nao.
Tuala tries to score with a low kick but Nao moves his leg out of the way.
Tuala lands with a good body shot.
Tuala connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nao misses with an uppercut
and Tuala counters with an outside leg kick.
Tuala connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuala swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nao.
Tuala lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Nao goes down and covers up as Tuala starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peleki Tuala!
Peleki Tuala retains his heavyweight title!
Our winner, Peleki Tuala, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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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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