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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bethania Valverde (ranked 539 p4p, 716 weight class) and Luciano Ocampo (ranked 43 p4p, 55 weight class). Valverde comes to the cage accompanied by LLAMAME YA. 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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World class boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bethania Valverde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luciano Ocampo!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ocampo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valverde moves away.
Ocampo lunges at Valverde with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Valverde's hand.
Valverde walks into a stiff left hand from Ocampo.
Valverde is rocked!
Valverde cracks Ocampo with a good jab.
Decent striking displayed by Ocampo there.
Oh Valverde is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A good leg kick by Ocampo.
Ocampo misses with a wild body shot.
Valverde was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ocampo throws a right hand that misses
and Valverde counters with a nice uppercut.
Valverde just misses with a punch to the body.
Valverde seems to have got his legs back now.
Valverde waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ocampo.
Ocampo throws a looping overhand right but Valverde ducks down to avoid it.
Ocampo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Valverde counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ocampo. Valverde does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ocampo moves out of range as Valverde strikes.
Ocampo misses with a straight right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ocampo.
Valverde misses the jab.
Nice defenses there by Ocampo.
Ocampo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valverde was well out of range. Poor timing from Ocampo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ocampo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ocampo looks to land a left hand but Valverde moved out of range nicely.
Valverde ducks under a wild hook from Ocampo.
Valverde was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ocampo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valverde throws out the jab.
Valverde throws a jab but it's blocked by Ocampo.
Ocampo misses with an uppercut. Valverde saw that one coming.
Valverde connects with a leg kick.
Valverde tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ocampo is able to avoid easily.
Valverde throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ocampo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valverde misses with a looping left.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ocampo.
Valverde throws the left hand but Ocampo avoids the punch easily.
Valverde just misses with a punch to the body.
Ocampo throws a lazy uppercut
and Valverde counters with a good low kick that Ocampo was not able to check.
Ocampo lands with a shot to the body.
Ocampo misses with a wild body shot.
Ocampo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Valverdes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valverde takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ocampo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ocampo scores with a hook.
Valverde is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ocampo scores with a hook.
Ocampo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Valverde throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ocampo.
Ocampo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Valverde steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ocampo.
A little feinted left hand from Valverde on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ocampo drops Valverde with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Valverde looks back up at him and smiles so Ocampo waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Ocampo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valverde manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Valverde throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ocampo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Ocampo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valverde sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valverde throws a jab but it's blocked by Ocampo.
Ocampo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ocampo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valverde.
Ocampo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Valverde had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Valverde slips a jab from Ocampo.
Valverde walks into a jab.
Valverde throws a shot from downtown. Ocampo moves away and avoids it.
Valverde displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ocampo throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ocampo throws a shot from downtown. Valverde moves away and avoids it.
Ocampo misses the shot to the body.
Valverde is looking to counter punch.
Ocampo misses with a jab to the body
and Valverde counters with a right hand to the body.
Ocampo misses with a straight left.
Ocampo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Valverde counters with a nice leg kick.
Valverde avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Valverde takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Valverde takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Valverde takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Valverde checks the leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Ocampo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ocampo.
Ocampo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valverde.
Nice uppercut there from Ocampo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ocampo ducks under a wild hook from Valverde.
Ocampo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Valverde moves into range and connects with a jab.
Valverde avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ocampo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Valverde stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Luciano Ocampo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Ocampo catches Valverde right on the button with a cross.
Ocampo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Valverde's head.
Ocampo misses with a looping right.
Ocampo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Valverde avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ocampo throws a sloppy head kick and Valverde moves out of range easily.
Valverde lands a lovely overhand right.
Valverde throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ocampo throws out a counter right but Valverde avoids it with no problem.
Ocampo misses with a hook. Valverde ducked under it nicely.
A big right from Ocampo misses.
Valverde throws the left hand but Ocampo avoids the punch easily.
Valverde throws a big shot that misses.
Ocampo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A swing and a miss from Valverde.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ocampo takes a swing at Valverde's ribcage but misses.
Ocampo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ocampo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Valverde looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ocampo throws a shot to the body.
Valverde misses with a lunging right hand
and Ocampo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luciano Ocampo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ocampo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valverde misses with a looping right.
Luciano Ocampo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Valverde throws a big shot that misses.
Valverde takes a swing at Ocampo's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Ocampo misses.
Valverde lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ocampo's sensitive parts.
Valverde swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Valverde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Valverde takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Valverde ducks under a wild hook from Ocampo.
Valverde lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ocampo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Valverde with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valverde misses with a hook.
Valverde looks to throw the jab but Ocampo is out of range.
Valverde lands the left hand.
Ocampo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valverde fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ocampo checks it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valverde. Ocampo does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ocampo lands a glancing blow to the side of Valverde's head.
Ocampo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A big left from Ocampo misses.
Valverde defending well as Ocampo loads up on a big left hand.
Valverde scores with a jab.
Valverde has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ocampo finds it's way round the side to connect with Valverde's head.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Valverde might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A jab from Valverde misses.
A swing and a miss from Valverde.
Valverde misses with an uppercut. Ocampo saw that one coming.
Valverde smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Valverde connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ocampo momentarily.
Valverde looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ocampo throws a low kick but Valverde avoids it.
Valverde displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ocampo lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ocampo misses with a lunging right hand
and Valverde counters with a nice uppercut.
Ocampo throws a looping overhand right but Valverde ducks down to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Ocampo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ocampo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ocampo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valverde moves away.
Ocampo looks to land a left hand but Valverde moved out of range nicely.
Ocampo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ocampo throws a jab but it's blocked by Valverde.
Ocampo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ocampo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valverde.
Ocampo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ocampo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Ocampo.
Valverde misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Valverde.
Ocampo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ocampo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Valverde throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ocampo just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Valverde misses its intended target.
Valverde misses with a low kick.
Ocampo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Valverde finds it's way round the side to connect with Ocampo's head.
A jab from Ocampo misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ocampo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ocampo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Valverde closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ocampo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ocampo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ocampo misses with a body punch
and Valverde counters with a nice uppercut.
Valverde avoids the body shot from Ocampo.
Valverde checks a low kick from Ocampo.
Valverde misses with a low kick.
Ocampo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Ocampo.
Valverde clobbers Ocampo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ocampo looks to land a right hand but Valverde moved out of range.
Valverde looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ocampo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Valverde counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ocampo is rocked!
Valverde misses with a straight right.
Ocampo misses with a shot to the body
and Valverde counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ocampo is still on wobbly legs! Can Valverde finish him?
Ocampo throws a chopping leg kick but Valverde manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valverde thuds a left hand into Ocampo's body.
Ocampo seems to have recovered his senses.
Ocampo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valverde.
Valverde is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ocampo.
Valverde looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ocampo lands with a right hand.
Ocampo throws a right hand that misses
and Valverde counters with a straight right hand.
Ocampo tests Valverde's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Valverde misses with a body shot.
Ocampo throws a hook but Valverde avoids it easily.
Valverde throws the left hand but Ocampo avoids the punch easily.
A swing and a miss from Ocampo.
Valverde throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valverde takes one on the button.
Ocampo avoids the body shot from Valverde.
Ocampo lands with a shot to the body.
Valverde throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ocampo's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bethania Valverde dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Ocampo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Valverde lands a nice looking body shot.
Ocampo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ocampo with the inside leg kick.
Valverde throws the kick towards the body but Ocampo avoids it.
Ocampo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Valverde swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ocampo.
Ocampo misses the body punch
and Valverde makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Valverde lands a big head kick that sends Ocampo tumbling to the mat! Valverde takes a step backwards and waves Ocampo back to his feet - he wants the finish!
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!
Ocampo loads up on a big right hand but Valverde slips the punch.
Ocampo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Valverde connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ocampo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Valverde on the side of the head.
Valverde drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ocampo clobbers Valverde with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ocampo misses the shot to the body.
Valverde throws a lazy right hand but Ocampo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ocampo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valverde uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ocampo.
Valverde connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Valverde lands the left hand.
Valverde throws a lazy right hand but Ocampo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ocampo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Valverde.
A lazy left from Valverde finds it's target.
Ocampo lands a jab to the nose.
Ocampo connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valverde misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A little jabbing left from Ocampo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ocampo throws a low kick but Valverde avoids it.
Ocampo throws out a loose jab but Valverde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ocampo looks to score with a jab to the body but Valverde is just out of range.
Ocampo misses with a jab to the body
and Valverde counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ocampo lands a nice looking body shot.
Valverde checks a leg kick nicely.
Valverde is looking to counter punch.
Valverde moves away from the strike by Ocampo.
Valverde ducks under a wild hook from Ocampo.
Nice defenses there by Ocampo.
Good standup being displayed there by Valverde as he connects with a hook.
Ocampo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ocampo takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The fighters circling - Ocampo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ocampo swings for the body but Valverde moves out of range.
Ocampo throws a sloppy body shot
and Valverde counters with a thumping low kick.
Ocampo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Valverde checks a leg kick.
Ocampo looks to throw the jab but Valverde is out of range.
Ocampo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A swing and a miss from Ocampo.
Valverde walks into a jab.
Ocampo walks forward, straight into a front kick from Valverde.
Valverde connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ocampo lands a head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Ocampo. Valverde does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valverde lands a really nice looking cross but Ocampo seems unphased.
Ocampo misses with an uppercut. Valverde saw that one coming.
Ocampo misses the shot to the body.
Ocampo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Valverde.
Ocampo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ocampo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valverde.
A slow jab from Ocampo misses its intended target.
Ocampo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valverde manages to avoid it.
Valverde was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ocampo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ocampo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ocampo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ocampo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Valverde throws a shot from downtown. Ocampo moves away and avoids it.
Valverde ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Valverde seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Valverde. Ocampo shrugs it off though.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bethania Valverde.
I think Valverde has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bethania Valverde!
After winning the bout, Bethania Valverde 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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