Paula Mataele

Paula Mataele
Born 30 June 1977 (1977-06-30) (age 34)
Auckland, New Zealand
Other names Tongan Tornado
Nationality Tongan
New Zealander
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 115 kg (250 lb; 18.1 st)
Division Super Heavyweight
Style Boxing
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team Mejiro Gym
Ray Sefo Fight Academy
Trainer Andre Mannaart
Mike Angove
Years active 1998–present
Professional boxing record
Total 6
Wins 6
By knockout 5
Losses 0
Draws 0
Kickboxing record
Total 21
Wins 11
By knockout 10
Losses 10
By knockout 4
Draws 0
Other information
Boxing record from Boxrec

Paula Mataele (born 30 June 1977) is a Tongan-New Zealand super heavyweight kickboxer and heavyweight boxer fighting out of Mejiro Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He fighting was the K-1 Fighting Network Romania finalist in 2007 .[1]

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Biography and career

Paula was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 30 June 1977. His first name is pronounced Pola in the Tongan language. He had an extensive amateur boxing career before he turned pro in 2002, and was a part of Team Tua working as David Tua's sparring partner.

Mataele had 4 pro boxing bouts in New Zealand before moving to Las Vegas in 2003 to train with Ray Sefo at his Fighting Academy, a year later he moved back to Auckland and started kickboxing. Despite the fact that he had only four weeks of kickboxing training, he made his K-1 debut at K-1 Battle of Anzacs 2004 on 23 April 2004 and knocked out his opponent Darren Berry in 49 seconds.[2]

After going 6-0, including a technical knockout win over Ricardo van den Bos, Mataele tasted defeat for the first time at the hands of veteran fighter Jason Suttie at K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 2 in August 2005. This would be the beginning of a five-fight losing streak. He bounced back at K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007 on 4 May 2007 by reaching the final of the eight-man tournament. He had defeated Sebastian Chira and Adnan Redžović, respectively, before being knocked out by Brecht Wallis.

Titles


Boxing record

Boxing record
6 wins (5 KOs), 0 losses
Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 6-0 Phillip Hellesoe TKO Sky City Convention Centre 02004-06-05 5 June 2004 2 - Auckland, New Zealand
Win 5-0 Jeremiah Constant TKO Caesars Tahoe 02003-07-12 12 July 2003 1 1:10 Stateline, Nevada, USA
Win 4-0 James Auimatagi TKO ABA Stadium 02005-02-27 27 February 2005 2 - Kohimarama, New Zealand
Win 3-0 Richard Tutaki KO ASB Stadium 02003-02-01 1 February 2003 2 - Auckland, New Zealand
Win 2-0 Bob Gasio TKO ABA Stadium 02002-12-19 19 December 2002 3 - Auckland, New Zealand
Win 1-0 Toa Naketoatama Decision ABA Stadium 02002-10-31 31 October 2002 4 3:00 Kohimarama, New Zealand

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
11 wins (10 KOs), 10 losses
Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 11-10 Noel Cadet KO (right hook) K-1 Slovakia 2008 02008-09-12 12 September 2008 2 - Bratislava, Slovakia
Win 10-10 Igor Mihaljevic Decision (unanimous) K-1 Hungary MAX 2008 02008-06-07 7 June 2008 3 3:00 Dunaújváros, Hungary
Loss 9-10 Raul Cătinaş Decision (unanimous) Local Kombat 29 02008-03-18 18 March 2008 3 3:00 Arad, Romania
Loss 9-9 Björn Bregy KO (punches) K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Budapest Europe GP Final Elimination 02008-02-09 9 February 2008 2 1:12 Budapest, Hungary
Loss 9-8 Duško Basrak Extra round decision (majority) K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 02007-12-15 15 December 2007 4 3:00 Prague, Czech Republic 2007 Prague Grand Prix quarter-final.
Win 9-7 Taner Kutlu KO Kick Imperator 4 02007-09-15 15 September 2007 - - Corsica, France
Loss 8-7 Łukasz Jarosz Decision Kickboxing Fighting European Tour 2007 02007-06-29 29 June 2007 3 3:00 Martigues, France
Loss 8-6 Brecht Wallis KO (straight punch) K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007 02007-05-04 4 May 2007 2 1:00 Bucharest, Romania 2007 Romania Grand Prix final.
Win 8-5 Adnan Redžović TKO (three knockdowns) K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007 02007-05-04 4 May 2007 2 2:45 Bucharest, Romania 2007 Romania Grand Prix semi-final.
Win 7-5 Sebastian Chira KO K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007 02007-05-04 4 May 2007 1 2:17 Bucharest, Romania 2007 Romania Grand Prix quarter-final.
Loss 6-5 Nikos Tsoukalas Decision 02006-10-15 15 October 2006 5 3:00 Beverwijk, Netherlands
Loss 6-4 Chris Chrisopoulides Decision K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 1 02006-06-24 24 June 2006 3 3:00 Auckland, New Zealand
Loss 6-3 Jason Suttie Decision (majority) K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland 02006-03-05 5 March 2006 3 3:00 Auckland, New Zealand 2006 Auckland Grand Prix quarter-final.
Loss 6-2 Matt Samoa KO K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 3 02005-12-10 10 December 2005 1 0:44 Gold Coast, Australia
Loss 6-1 Jason Suttie Decision K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 2 02005-08-10 10 August 2005 3 3:00 Auckland, New Zealand
Win 6-0 Hiriwa Te Rangi TKO K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 1 02005-07-30 30 July 2005 1 - Auckland, New Zealand
Win 5-0 Ricardo van den Bos TKO K-1 Challenge 2005 Xplosion X 02005-06-25 25 June 2005 2 - Gold Coast, Australia
Win 4-0 Mitch O'Hello TKO K-1 Battle of Anzacs II 02005-04-30 30 April 2005 1 - Auckland, New Zealand
Win 3-0 Charlie Smiler KO K-1 Oceania MAX 2004 02004-11-05 5 November 2004 - - Auckland, New Zealand
Win 2-0 Edwin Marsh KO Kings of Oceania 2004 02004-07-17 17 July 2004 - - Auckland, New Zealand
Win 1-0 Darren Berry KO K-1 Battle of Anzacs 2004 02004-04-23 23 April 2004 1 0:49 Auckland, New Zealand

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ ""K-1 Romania Bucuresti 4 mai"". www.fight.ro. Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20080419070653/http://www.fight.ro/_new/?D=23. Retrieved 2008-06-17. 
  2. ^ ""Behind the Battle-lines"". www.axkickboxing.com/. http://news.axkickboxing.com/article?id=270. Retrieved 2008-06-17.