PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spartacus Thracian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Valdez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Spartacus Thracian has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Thracian
vs
Valdez

183 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
23
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Spartacus Thracian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fernando Valdez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thracian looks to throw the jab but Valdez is out of range.

Valdez clinches up against the cage.
Valdez stalling in the clinch but Thracian improves position.

Valdez pulls guard successfully.

Valdez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Thracian defends it easily.

Valdez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Thracian doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Thracian manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Valdez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Valdez should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Thracian tries to stand but Valdez is controlling from the bottom.

Thracian got a little sloppy there for a moment and Valdez has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Thracian has managed to get both his arms back between Valdez's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Valdez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valdez is looking to stand up but Thracian isn't so interested in that idea.

Valdez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Valdez is looking for a triangle but Thracian pushes his legs off easily.
Valdez looks gassed!
Thracian trying to stand up but can't free himself from Valdez's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez looking to control.

Valdez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Valdez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Thracian defends it easily.
Thracian wants to stand but Valdez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Valdez is looking for a triangle but Thracian pushes his legs off easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thracian wants to control from the top but Valdez keeps moving.
Thracian wants to get up but he can't break Valdez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Valdez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Valdez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Thracian is looking to stand up but Valdez won't let him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Valdez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Thracian defends well.
Valdez keeping moving, preventing Thracian from controlling successfully.
Thracian knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Valdez on the ground.
Thracian wants to stand but Valdez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Valdez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Valdez is looking to clinch.
Thracian misses with a looping left.
Fernando Valdez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valdez tries to clinch but Thracian is having none of it.
Thracian swats away the attempt to clinch by Valdez.
Valdez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thracian lands a jab to the head.
Nice shot lands for Thracian.
Thracian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thracian moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Valdez moves in looking to clinch but Thracian pushes him off.
Valdez shoots in but Thracian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Thracian scores with a jab.
Valdez throws a head kick that misses.
Thracian is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Valdez is breathing heavily.
Valdez tries to clinch but Thracian moves out of range.
Thracian is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Valdez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Thracian manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thracian throws out a powerful jab.
Valdez fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valdez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thracian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Thracian, as that shot connected.
Thracian circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thracian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thracian goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Valdez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Thracian to score with a decent uppercut.
Valdez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Thracian manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Valdez walks into a stiff left hand from Thracian.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valdez tries to clinch up
and Thracian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thracian feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Valdezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thracian connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Valdez tries to clinch up but Thracian circles away and keeps his distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Thracian as he connects with a hook.
Valdez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Thracian lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valdez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thracian cracks Valdez with a right hand to the side of the head.
A jab lands there for Thracian.
Valdez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Decent striking displayed by Thracian there.
Valdez misses with a takedown attempt - Thracian sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Valdez needs to keep his hands up - Thracian had a free shot at his head there.
Spartacus Thracian is winning the standup battle so far.
Valdez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Valdez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Spartacus Thracian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Valdez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Valdez is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thracian.
Valdez is still on wobbly legs! Can Thracian finish him?
Valdez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Thracian throws the left hand but Valdez avoids the punch easily.
Thracian throws an overhand right that has Valdez reeling! Thracian follows up with more punches and Valdez is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Spartacus Thracian!