PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dick Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Valentine might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I Buy the Drugs. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Valentine
vs
Hunter

181 cm
28
180 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

180 cm
28
180 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dick Valentine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eli Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Valentine clinches.
Hunter wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Valentine has him pressed against the cage.

Valentine breaks the clinch.
Hunter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Valentine circles away quickly and effectively.

Valentine has Hunter up against the cage in a clinch.
Valentine lands a knee to the head.

Valentine breaks from the clinch.
Valentine checks a low kick from Hunter.
Hunter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hunter takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

It looks like Eli Hunter has been cut.

Valentine drives through and clinches with Hunter against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Valentine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hunter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Valentine connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hunter scrambles back to his feet.
Hunter stuffs the takedown attempt from Valentine. Valentine gets slowly back to his feet.
Valentine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunter throws a hook but Valentine blocks it.
Valentine closes the distance and clinches up with Hunter, looking for a takedown. Valentine pushes Hunter against the cage but Hunter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Valentine just misses with a punch to the body.

Valentine drives through and clinches with Hunter against the cage.
Hunter looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Valentine breaks the clinch.
Hunter walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Valentine checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

Valentine darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Valentine wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hunter keeps working.
Valentine sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hunter defending well though.
Valentine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hunter is staying active underneath Valentine, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hunter can do anything to dispel that myth.
Valentine missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Valentine seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Hunter has recovered full guard.
Valentine has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valentine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hunter works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Valentine accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Valentine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Valentine postures up in Hunter's guard and throws a big left but Hunter blocks it.
Hunter keeping full guard, as Valentine tries to pass.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter can't keep his opponent in guard - Valentine advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valentine throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Valentine working the head and body with strikes.
Valentine throwing shots but Hunter is blocking nicely.
Valentine thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Valentine perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Valentine seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hunter does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Valentine looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Valentine sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hunter defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Valentine throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hunter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Valentine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Valentine is looking to take a break and control but Hunter is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Valentine thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hunter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunter has hold of Valentine's hands but Valentine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hunter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Valentine controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Valentine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eli Hunter's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Valentine bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hunter's head.
Valentine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hunter.

Valentine gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Valentine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Valentine moves into the clinch.

Valentine breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hunter takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Valentine shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hunter's guard.
Valentine working some strikes from top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valentine keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hunter's head.
Valentine wants to control from the top but Hunter keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter wants to get back to his feet but Valentine is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hunter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Valentine chips away with some ground and pound.
Valentine with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Valentine accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Valentine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hunter can do to turn this around?
Valentine in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Valentine stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Hunter tries to bum rush Valentine with a series of wild strikes but Valentine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter swats away the attempt to clinch by Valentine.
A punch combination from Hunter misses.

Valentine shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Valentine is looking to work some ground and pound but Hunter has wrist control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentine with a nice head shot there.
Valentine throws a big right hand that misses.
Valentine working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Valentine is looking to work some ground and pound but Hunter has wrist control.
Dick Valentine overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Valentine throws a big right hand that misses.
Valentine is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hunter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hunter is breathing heavily.
Valentine throws a big elbow that misses.
Valentine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hunter keeping moving, preventing Valentine from controlling successfully.
Valentine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hunter can't keep his opponent in guard - Valentine advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hunter avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Valentine.
Valentine not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Valentine connects with a nice short shot to Hunter's temple.
Valentine missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ground and pound from Valentine.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valentine missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Valentine not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Valentine thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentine drops an elbow to the side of Hunter's head.
Hunter blocking the ground and pound attempt from Valentine.
Valentine not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dick Valentine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eli Hunter's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Hunter throws a body punch but Valentine moves out of range.

Valentine closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Valentine has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hunter is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hunter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Valentine escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hunter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A clash of legs there as Valentine blocks the low kick.
Hunter throws a leg kick
and Valentine connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hunter misses with a few strikes there.
Valentine throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hunter's waist but Hunter gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Valentine off to one side.
Valentine fails in his attempt to clinch.

Valentine closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hunter wants to get back to his feet.
Hunter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunter dodges the ground and pound from Valentine.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine scoring with punches and elbows.
Hunter wants to get back to his feet.
Hunter defending against the ground and pound.
Hunter is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Valentine cracks Hunter with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Valentine immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Hunter is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Valentine!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dick Valentine!
Dick Valentine took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Global Nutritional (Q159) for their support in the buildup to the fight.