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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paea Talanoa (ranked 1735 p4p, 174 weight class) and Norman Pearson (ranked 927 p4p, 100 weight class). Talanoa comes to the cage accompanied by Tonga. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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280 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
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273 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent 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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paea Talanoa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Norman Pearson!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talanoa tries to clinch up but Pearson circles away and keeps his distance.
Talanoa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Talanoa is looking to counter the offense by Pearson and move into the clinch.
Pearson lands a jab to Talanoa's midsection.
Pearson throws a lazy right hand but Talanoa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pearson throws an overhand right that lands on Talanoa's shoulder, as Talanoa tries to avoid the shot.
Talanoa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Talanoa is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pearson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Talanoa slips under a jab from Pearson.
Norman Pearson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pearson looks to throw the jab but Talanoa is out of range.
Talanoa tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pearson swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paea Talanoa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pearson scores with a body shot.
Pearson lands a lovely overhand right.
Pearson misses with a double jab.
Pearson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Talanoa feinted with a counter takedown.
Talanoa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Talanoa moves away from the strike by Pearson.
A swing and a miss from Pearson.
Pearson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Talanoa closes the distance and clinches up with Pearson, looking for a takedown. Talanoa pushes Pearson against the cage but Pearson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Pearson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Talanoa.
Pearson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pearson misses with a punch on the inside.
Pearson lands a shoulder strike.
Talanoa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pearson gets through Talanoa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Pearson.
Talanoa is breathing heavily.
Pearson works on Talanoa's body with a couple of short punches.
We've been informed that Pearson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Pearson digs a right hand underneath Talanoa's ribcage. Talanoa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pearson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pearson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Talanoa backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pearson.
Pearson stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Pearson.
Pearson gets through Talanoa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Talanoa managing to block the knees to the body from Pearson.
Pearson missing with knees to the body.
Pearson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Talanoa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pearson.
Pearson is leaning against Talanoa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pearson lands a right hand.
Pearson lands a left hand.
Talanoa is trying to pull guard but Pearson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Pearson lands an uppercut.
Pearson lands with a short shot to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Pearson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Pearson pushes Talanoa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pearson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Talanoa backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Pearson drops Talanoa onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Talanoa is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Talanoa is rocked!
Pearson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Talanoa.
Oh Talanoa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pearson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Talanoa seems to have got his legs back now.
Pearson drops Talanoa onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Talanoa is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pearson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Talanoa backwards.
Pearson lands a big right hand that drops Talanoa! The killer instinct kicks in and Pearson finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Pearson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Norman Pearson!
A relieved looking Norman Pearson 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
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RATING
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