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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Salvatore Assante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaleki Oliweli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Assante comes to the cage accompanied by Lose Yourself. The crowd seem to be enjoying Oliweli's choice of entrance music: Chant & E Ala E. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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217 lbs
21 - 7 - 0 |
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213 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Salvatore Assante!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kaleki Oliweli!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assante throws a lazy right hand but Oliweli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oliweli with a hook.
It looks like Salvatore Assante has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Assante. Oliweli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oliweli avoids a kick to the body.
A big right from Assante misses.
Assante defending well as Oliweli loads up on a big left hand.
Oliweli comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Assante throws a nice outside leg kick.
A punch combination from Assante misses.
Assante tries to land a front kick but Oliweli steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Assante fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Assante tries to clinch but Oliweli is having none of it.
Assante fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Assante throws a head kick but Oliweli moves out of range.
Oliweli moves out of range as Assante throws a body kick.
Assante ducks under a wild hook from Oliweli.
Assante throws an off balance right hand
and Oliweli counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliweli takes a swing at Assante's ribcage but misses.
Assante misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Assante does no damage.
Oliweli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Assante moves away.
Assante tries to clinch but Oliweli moves away
and Oliweli counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Assante tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Oliweli manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oliweli digs a good body shot into Assante's ribs.
Oliweli scores with a body shot.
Assante moves out of range of the strikes.
Oliweli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oliweli ducks under a wild hook from Assante.
Assante takes one to the side of the head.
Assante tests Oliweli's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oliweli looks to land a left hand but Assante moved out of range nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Assante throws a right hand that Oliweli ducks under and follows up with a left that Oliweli also avoids with ease.
Oliweli misses with a body shot.
Oliweli misses with a few strikes there.
A slow jab from Oliweli misses its intended target.
Assante throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Oliweli scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Oliweli throws a shot from downtown. Assante moves away and avoids it.
Assante swings for the body but Oliweli moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Oliweli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oliweli moves out of range of the strikes.
Oliweli throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Assante stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Assante throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Kaleki Oliweli has been cut.
Oliweli stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliweli misses with a wild combination.
Assante throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Assante with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Assante avoids a punch combination nicely.
Assante missing with a left hand there. Oliweli was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Assante throws a sloppy head kick and Oliweli moves out of range easily.
Nice defenses there by Assante.
Assante wants to clinch.
Oliweli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Assante was well out of range. Poor timing from Oliweli.
Assante scores with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliweli moves out of range of the body kick from Assante.
Oliweli lands a jab to Assante's midsection.
Assante tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliweli swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Assante connects with a high kick.
Assante takes the fight into the clinch.
Assante is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Oliweli's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Assante goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Assante fails to land.
Assante throws a head punch that misses.
Oliweli blocks an uppercut.
Assante working aggressively here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Assante lands with a light punch inside.
Assante working aggressively here.
The referee calls for Oliweli to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Salvatore Assante will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Oliweli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Assante.
Oliweli lands a slapping body shot.
Oliweli avoids the head kick by Assante.
Salvatore Assante seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick misses from Assante.
Oliweli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Assante moves away.
Oliweli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oliweli avoids the head kick by Assante.
Oliweli lands with a good body shot.
Assante drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Oliweli punishes Assante's body with a nice straight punch.
Assante misses with a body shot.
Oliweli throws a shot from downtown. Assante moves away and avoids it.
Assante slips under a jab.
Oliweli ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Oliweli does it's job there.
Oliweli lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Oliweli shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Assante eats them both and turns towards Oliweli to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Assante is rocked!
A low kick from Assante misses
and Oliweli counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Assante falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kaleki Oliweli!
Kaleki Oliweli is the new light heavyweight champion!
Kaleki Oliweli tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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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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