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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonatane Veainu (ranked 178 p4p, 1673 weight class) and Diamond Hand (ranked 28 p4p, 222 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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28
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Sonatane Veainu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Diamond Hand!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veainu slips a jab from Hand.
Veainu takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Veainu moves into range and connects with a jab.
A jab from Veainu misses.
Hand looks to land a right hand but Veainu moved out of range.
Veainu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hand.
Veainu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hand.
Veainu throwing a counter right hand but Hand manages to avoid it.
Veainu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Veainu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Veainu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fighters circling - Hand throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hand misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Veainu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hand fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hand misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Veainu.
Veainu dodges the punch combination from Hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hand fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Veainu manages to avoid it.
Veainu avoids the body shot from Hand.
Hand ducks under a wild hook from Veainu.
A nice side step and Hand releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Veainu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hand.
Veainu throws a hook to the side of Hand's head but Hand sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hand tests Veainu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hand lands a nice hook to Veainu's body. Veainu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Diamond Hand seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Veainu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Veainu ducks under a wild hook from Hand.
Hand dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hand ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Veainu moves away.
Hand throws a combination. Veainu tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hand ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hand misses with an uppercut
and Hand takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hand scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hand connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hand looks to score with a jab to the body but Veainu is just out of range.
Veainu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Hand misses with a lunging right hand
and Hand takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hand wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hand tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Veainu was well out of range. Poor timing from Hand.
Hand misses the body punch
and Veainu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hand swings away with a body shot that misses
and Veainu counters with a straight right hand.
A cross from Hand lands.
Hand throws the left hand but Veainu avoids the punch easily.
Hand misses with a straight left.
Hand rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Veainu counter with a right hand.
Hand lands with a good body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hand swings widly with a right hand
and Veainu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hand is rocked!
Hand misses with a left hand
and Veainu counters with a huge left! Hand is in big trouble! He's backing up but Veainu isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Hand from any more damage. A dominating finish by Veainu!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sonatane Veainu!
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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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