Paula Mataele

Paula Mataele
Born	(1977-06-30) 30 June 1977 Auckland, New Zealand
Other names	Tongan Tornado
Nationality	Tongan New Zealander
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	115 kg (254 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]

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

• 2007 K-1 Fighting Network Romania Runner Up
• New Zealand Amateur Super Heavyweight Champion

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 02004-06-055 June 2004 2 - Auckland, New Zealand Win 5-0 Jeremiah Constant TKO Caesars Tahoe 02003-07-1212 July 2003 1 1:10 Stateline, Nevada, USA Win 4-0 James Auimatagi TKO ABA Stadium 02005-02-2727 February 2005 2 - Kohimarama, New Zealand Win 3-0 Richard Tutaki KO ASB Stadium 02003-02-011 February 2003 2 - Auckland, New Zealand Win 2-0 Bob Gasio TKO ABA Stadium 02002-12-1919 December 2002 3 - Auckland, New Zealand Win 1-0 Toa Naketoatama Decision ABA Stadium 02002-10-3131 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 02008-09-1212 September 2008 2 - Bratislava, Slovakia Win 10-10 Igor Mihaljevic Decision (unanimous) K-1 Hungary MAX 2008 02008-06-077 June 2008 3 3:00 Dunaújváros, Hungary Loss 9-10 Raul Cătinaş Decision (unanimous) Local Kombat 29 02008-03-1818 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 02008-02-099 February 2008 2 1:12 Budapest, Hungary Loss 9-8 Duško Basrak Extra round decision (majority) K-1 Fighting Network Prague 2007 02007-12-1515 December 2007 4 3:00 Prague, Czech Republic 2007 Prague Grand Prix quarter-final. Win 9-7 Taner Kutlu KO Kick Imperator 4 02007-09-1515 September 2007 - - Corsica, France Loss 8-7 Łukasz Jarosz Decision Kickboxing Fighting European Tour 2007 02007-06-2929 June 2007 3 3:00 Martigues, France Loss 8-6 Brecht Wallis KO (straight punch) K-1 Fighting Network Romania 2007 02007-05-044 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 02007-05-044 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 02007-05-044 May 2007 1 2:17 Bucharest, Romania 2007 Romania Grand Prix quarter-final. Loss 6-5 Nikos Tsoukalas Decision 02006-10-1515 October 2006 5 3:00 Beverwijk, Netherlands Loss 6-4 Chris Chrisopoulides Decision K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 1 02006-06-2424 June 2006 3 3:00 Auckland, New Zealand Loss 6-3 Jason Suttie Decision (majority) K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland 02006-03-055 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 02005-12-1010 December 2005 1 0:44 Gold Coast, Australia Loss 6-1 Jason Suttie Decision K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 2 02005-08-1010 August 2005 3 3:00 Auckland, New Zealand Win 6-0 Hiriwa Te Rangi TKO K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 1 02005-07-3030 July 2005 1 - Auckland, New Zealand Win 5-0 Ricardo van den Bos TKO K-1 Challenge 2005 Xplosion X 02005-06-2525 June 2005 2 - Gold Coast, Australia Win 4-0 Mitch O'Hello TKO K-1 Battle of Anzacs II 02005-04-3030 April 2005 1 - Auckland, New Zealand Win 3-0 Charlie Smiler KO K-1 Oceania MAX 2004 02004-11-055 November 2004 - - Auckland, New Zealand Win 2-0 Edwin Marsh KO Kings of Oceania 2004 02004-07-1717 July 2004 - - Auckland, New Zealand Win 1-0 Darren Berry KO K-1 Battle of Anzacs 2004 02004-04-2323 April 2004 1 0:49 Auckland, New Zealand Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest

See also

• List of kickboxing organizations
• List of male kickboxers
• List of K-1 Events

External links

• Mejiro Gym website

References