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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saint Pear (ranked 2246 p4p, 24718 weight class) and Jon Soialo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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204 cm 24 276 2 - 1 - 0 |
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225 cm 30 268 1 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling Solid Muay Thai Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt Decent boxing Granite chin |
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Saint Pear! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jon Soialo! The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Soialo throws a series of punches but Pear avoids them all with ease. Soialo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Soialo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pear scores with a hook to the body. Soialo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Pear is looking to slow Soialo down with leg kicks. Pear takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. A leg kick checked by Soialo. Pear throws a jab but it's blocked by Soialo. Pear avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Soialo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Soialo.
 It looks like Saint Pear has been cut. Soialo tries to bum rush Pear with a series of wild strikes but Pear uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Pear feints and then cracks Soialo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Soialo down. Soialo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Pear misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Soialo is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Pear moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Pear throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Soialo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pear makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Soialo misses with a series of wild punches.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Pear scores with a crisp jab that stopped Soialo in his tracks.
Pear gets tackled into the cage by Soialo. Soialo maintains the clinch. Pear makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Pear slowing the pace effectively. Pear tries to score a body lock takedown but Soialo shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Pear misses with a body punch.
Pear lands on the inside with an uppercut. A nice left hand lands by Pear.
Soialo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pear has him pressed against the cage. Pear lands a body shot in the clinch.
Soialo looks winded! Pear is leaning against Soialo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Pear lands a shot to the body. Pear lands a left hand that snaps the head of Soialo backwards. Soialo being controlled against the cage. Soialo being controlled against the cage. The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Pear for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Pear gets through Soialo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. This has been an exciting period of action! Pear is struggling to control the position. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pear creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. A quick uppercut on the inside from Pear. Pear is pushing Soialo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Come on Pear - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Pear throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Pear lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Pear pressing his opponent against the cage.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Saint Pear.
Pear moves into the clinch successfully.
Pear pushes Soialo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. A shot in the inside from Pear.
Pear has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Soialo is trying to keep an underhook but Pear manages to get the takedown into half guard. Pear trying to control the pace.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Pear throws a strike but Soialo avoids it easily and moves to full guard. Pear stays in close to Soialo's body and controls the position. Pear looking to pass the guard. Pear controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
 The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet. Pear scoring well with a low kick there.
Pear scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Pear connects with a high kick. Pear ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Saint Pear dominated that round. The cut man is working on Saint Pear's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Soialo slips a jab and a cross from Pear.
Pear lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
 Soialo is rocked! Pear connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Soialo is still on wobbly legs! Can Pear finish him? Pear is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soialo can do to turn this around? A punch combination from Soialo misses. Good leg kick by Pear. Pear connects with a stiff jab that staggers Soialo - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Saint Pear!
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hype
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