PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alexander Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hofniel Apollyon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Apollyon has chosen On My Own-Alone as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Valentine
vs
Apollyon

185 cm
28
193 lbs
23 - 9 - 0

191 cm
27
193 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Valentine!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hofniel Apollyon!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Apollyon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Apollyon misses with a head kick.
Valentine throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A jab from Valentine misses.
Valentine misses with a left hand
and Apollyon counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Nice cross by Valentine.
Apollyon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Valentine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Apollyon was well out of range. Poor timing from Valentine.
Valentine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Apollyon moves away from the strike by Valentine.
Apollyon lands with a right hand.
Apollyon throws a hook to the side of Valentine's head but Valentine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Apollyon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valentine paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Apollyon.
Valentine slips under a jab from Apollyon.
A low kick from Valentine misses
and Apollyon counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Apollyon thuds a left hand into Valentine's body.
Apollyon misses with an uppercut. Valentine saw that one coming.

Valentine shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Valentine was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Valentine thowing shots but they're missing.
Valentine raining down hammerfists from mount.
Apollyon is in a horrible position here. Valentine smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Apollyon avoids a series of strikes thrown by Valentine.
Valentine working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Apollyon tries to lock up and control but Valentine gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Valentine throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Valentine connects with a bit shot that sees Apollyon covering up! More strikes from Valentine and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Valentine is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Valentine!
Alexander Valentine retains his middleweight title!
Alexander Valentine took some time post fight to say the following; 'In a career full of ups and downs, this win , hopefully, is the start of something amazing! '.