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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Feb 24, 2024 |
#R1#
Guerra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Guerra doesn't manage to clinch there - Polamalu circles away.
Polamalu scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Guerra is looking to land body kicks.
Polamalu scores to the head and body with a nice combination!#CUT#It looks like Estevon Guerra has been cut.
Guerra tries to clinch there but Polamalu circles away.
A jab lands there for Guerra.
Guerra falls off balance throwing a combination
and Polamalu counters with a leg kick.
Guerra takes one to the chin there.
Guerra fails in his attempt to clinch.
Polamalu throws a hook but Guerra blocks it.
Guerra takes a swing at Polamalu's ribcage but misses.
Guerra defending well as Polamalu loads up on a big left hand. #T1#
Polamalu slips a jab and a cross from Guerra.
Polamalu is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Polamalu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#CL#
Guerra tries to keep at a distance but Polamalu has taken the fight into the clinch.
Guerra misses with a hook from the clinch.
Polamalu blocks a body shot from Guerra.
Guerra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Guerra misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Polamalu fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Guerra.
Polamalu lands a shoulder strike.
Polamalu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Polamalu fails to land.
Polamalu working aggressively here.
Polamalu digs a right hand into Guerra's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Guerra's gas tank.
Polamalu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Guerra tries a body shot but Polamalu blocks it.
Polamalu missing with knees to the body.
Guerra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Polamalu lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Polamalu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerra avoids it.#T2#
Polamalu has a couple of punches blocked by Guerra.
Polamalu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Guerra misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Polamalu.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Guerra.
Polamalu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Polamalu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerra avoids it.
Polamalu lands a hook that snaps the head of Guerra backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Guerra.
Guerra content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Polamalu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Polamalu lands a nice knee to the body.
Polamalu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Guerra misses with the head strike.
Polamalu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Polamalu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerra avoids it.
Polamalu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Polamalu misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Polamalu. #T3#
Polamalu blocks an uppercut.
Polamalu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Guerra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Guerra avoiding damage as Polamalu throws knees to the body.
Polamalu scores with a shot to the side of Guerra's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Polamalu.
Polamalu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Guerra backwards.
Polamalu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Polamalu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Polamalu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerra avoids it.
A short right from Guerra on the inside.
Guerra scores with a shot to the side of Polamalu's head.
Guerra takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Polamalu tries to work over Guerra's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Polamalu fails to land.
Guerra working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Polamalu.
Polamalu tries to throw a body punch but Guerra avoids it by throwing Polamalu back against the cage.
Guerra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
#T4#
Polamalu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Guerra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Polamalu blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Polamalu.
Polamalu lands a knee to the body.
Guerra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Polamalu gets through Guerra's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Polamalu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guerra misses with a knee to the head.
Guerra looks winded!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Polamalu.
Polamalu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Guerra.
Guerra misses with the head strike.
Polamalu lands a nice knee to the body.
Polamalu scores with a shot to the side of Guerra's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Polamalu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Guerra blocks it with crossed arms.
Polamalu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Guerra misses with a punch on the inside.
Polamalu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Guerra avoids it.
Polamalu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rod Polamalu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Estevon Guerra's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R2#
Guerra steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Polamalu. That one must have hurt.
Polamalu lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Polamalu slips a straight right by Guerra.
Polamalu thinks about countering with a body kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Guerra scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Guerra takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Polamalu misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Guerra.
Polamalu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Guerra.
Polamalu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Guerra manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Guerra tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Polamalu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It appears Polamalu was looking to counter with a kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Polamalu missing with a left hand there. Guerra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Guerra takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Guerra throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Guerra lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Polamalu at a distance.
Estevon Guerra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#T1#
Guerra walks into a straight right hand from Polamalu.
Polamalu misses the shot to the body. #CL#
Polamalu clinches.
Guerra throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Polamalu.
Polamalu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Polamalu lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Guerra or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Polamalu.
Guerra is breathing heavily.
Polamalu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Guerra throws a punch but it's blocked by Polamalu.
Polamalu misses with some punches.
Guerra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Polamalu backwards.
Polamalu tries to land knees in the clinch but Guerra avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Polamalu.
Polamalu blocking some punches.
Polamalu lands a nice knee to the body.
Guerra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
#T2#
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Polamalu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Polamalu misses with a body punch.
Polamalu tries to throw a body punch but Guerra avoids it by throwing Polamalu back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Polamalu obliges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Polamalu.
Polamalu scores with a shoulder strike.
Polamalu working aggressively here.
Guerra tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Polamalu - that landed with a thud.
Polamalu is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Guerra throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Polamalu blocks it with crossed arms.
A short left from Polamalu.
Polamalu works on Guerra's body with a couple of short punches.
Polamalu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Polamalu.
Polamalu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Polamalu scores with a hook to the body.
Polamalu lands with a light punch inside. #T3#
A right hook to the body lands for Polamalu.
Polamalu landing knees to the head.
#ROC#Guerra is rocked!
Polamalu lands with a light punch inside.
Guerra is still on wobbly legs! Can Polamalu finish him?
Polamalu lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Guerra to his knees! Polamalu keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rod Polamalu!
During a confident post fight interview, Rod Polamalu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jan 23, 2024 |
#R1#
Polamalu goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.#CUT#It looks like Pertti Naulakko has been cut.
Naulakko throws out a powerful jab.
Polamalu slips under a jab from Naulakko.
Polamalu with a hook.
Polamalu cracks Naulakko with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Naulakko falls to his knees and Polamalu doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rod Polamalu!
After winning the bout, Rod Polamalu thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. |
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Event:
WCMMA Trials 14
Date: Apr 26, 2023 |
#R1##CL2#
Polamalu has taken the fight to the clinch.
#BC2#
Polamalu manages to break the clinch.
#CL2#
Polamalu rushes Blount and presses him up against the cage.#BC2#
Polamalu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL2#
Polamalu clinches up against the cage.#BC2#
Polamalu breaks the clinch.
A head kick misses from Polamalu. #TD2#
Polamalu looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Blount!
Polamalu happy to just control the position for now.
Blount struggling a bit here.#SU2#
Polamalu decides to take the fight back to the feet. #T1#
Polamalu throws a push kick but Blount slaps the foot to one side. #TD2#
Polamalu feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.#SUB#
Blount had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Polamalu defends it easily.#SU2#
Polamalu stands up from Blount's guard - Polamalu perhaps looking for a knockout. #CL2#
Polamalu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Blount has Polamalu pressed against the cage.
Blount pushes off an throws an elbow but Polamalu leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.#TD#
Blount successfully pulls guard.
#SU2#
Polamalu gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. #T2##CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.#BC2#
Polamalu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#TD2#
Polamalu looking to score a takedown here. Blount is defending well but Polamalu drives through and ends up in Blount's guard.
Blount is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#BC#
Blount pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#TD2#
Polamalu fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Blount sprawls well initially but Polamalu persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Polamalu sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Blount defending well though. #SUB2#
Polamalu seems to be working for a kimura but Blount defends the submission attempt.
Polamalu perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rod Polamalu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Polamalu has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 9:10
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 9:10
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 9:10
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rod Polamalu!
Rod Polamalu thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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