PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gregg Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Garnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valentine comes to the cage accompanied by Downtown Swinga 96 by MOP. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Valentine
vs
Garnett

189 cm
38
180 lbs
32 - 15 - 1

186 cm
33
182 lbs
28 - 14 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gregg Valentine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Kevin Garnett!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Alyssa Summers and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Garnett crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Valentine - the referee stops the clock and Garnett gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Valentine. Garnett manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Valentine.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valentine.
Garnett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Garnett fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Garnett throws a leg kick but Valentine sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Valentine lands a right hook to the body.
Valentine slips under a jab from Garnett.
Garnett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valentine moves away.
Good work by Garnett as he checks the leg kick.
Garnett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Valentine scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Valentine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garnett.
Garnett connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like Gregg Valentine has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valentine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garnett moves away.
Valentine looks to score with a jab to the body but Garnett is just out of range.
Garnett thows a body shot but no joy.
Garnett swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine feints a jab promting Garnett to slip. Valentine then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Garnett slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Valentine.
Valentine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garnett.
Valentine looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A lazy left from Garnett finds it's target.
Valentine throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garnett fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Valentine has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Valentine throws a push kick but Garnett slaps the foot to one side.
Garnett moves out of range as Valentine throws a body kick.
A head kick misses from Valentine.
Garnett lands with a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garnett lands a jab to the head.
Valentine slips under a jab from Garnett.
Valentine pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Garnett tries a low kick but Valentine avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garnett will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Garnett tries to move into range but Valentine moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Garnett moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Garnett fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An inside leg kick lands from Valentine.
Garnett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valentine moves away.
Garnett motions for Valentine to come forward. Garnett throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Garnett misses with a low kick.
Garnett pivots, looking for a leg kick but Valentine is out of range and Garnett settles back down.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Garnett, as that shot connected.
Valentine scores with a punch to the head.
Garnett misses with a low kick.
Valentine checks a leg kick.
Valentine 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.
Valentine cracks Garnett with an open hand slap.
Garnett steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Valentine. That one must have hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine thumps Garnett with a low kick.
Garnett scoring well with a low kick there.
Both fighters circling a little - Valentine finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Valentine there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Garnett 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.
Valentine digs a good body shot into Garnett's ribs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valentine.
Garnett missing with a left hand there. Valentine was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Valentine works over Garnett's head and body with a nice combination.
Valentine throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garnett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Garnett takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Garnett chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Garnett takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Valentine throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Valentine throws a sloppy head kick and Garnett moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine lands with a kick to the temple. Garnett shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Garnett takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Garnett misses with a leg kick.
Valentine is looking to wear down Garnett with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Garnett looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Garnett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garnett wants to land a leg kick but Valentine is out of range.
Garnett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Valentine throws a solid leg kick but Garnett takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Valentine.
Garnett cracks a nice hook into Valentine's ribs.
A bone on bone clash there as Valentine blocks the leg kick.
Garnett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garnett is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Left hook, right uppercut from Valentine.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregg Valentine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gregg Valentine's cut.
That's time! Valentine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Valentine misses the shot to the body.
Garnett takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Garnett misses with a straight left.
Valentine comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Valentine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garnett works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Valentine scores with a nice head shot.
Garnett throws a leg kick that misses.
Valentine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garnett cracks Valentine with an open hand slap.
That kick from Garnett tenderised Valentine's leg. Valentine is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garnett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Valentine finds it's way round the side to connect with Garnett's head.
Gregg Valentine is winning the standup battle so far.
Garnett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Valentine lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garnett at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Garnett lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Valentine has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Valentine and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Garnett throws a solid leg kick but Valentine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Garnett.
Valentine misses with an uppercut. Garnett saw that one coming.
Valentine throws a head kick that Garnett semi-blocks.
Garnett is looking to score with low kicks.
Valentine ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Garnett throws a body punch but Valentine moves out of range.
Garnett blocks the body kick.
Garnett takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Valentine explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Valentine lands a nice shot that snaps Garnett's head back.
Valentine throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
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!
Valentine comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Valentine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garnett.
Valentine is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine just misses with a punch to the body.
Garnett tries a low kick but Valentine avoids it.
Valentine jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Valentine digs a good hook to Garnett's body.
Garnett misses the shot to the body.
Garnett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Garnett throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Valentine throws a series of punches but Garnett moves out of range.
Valentine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Garnett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valentine was well out of range. Poor timing from Garnett.
Valentine lands with a right hand.
Valentine swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Garnett counters with a nice leg kick.
Valentine takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Garnett just misses with a punch to the body.
Garnett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Valentine scores with a spinning back kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garnett throws a leg kick but Valentine sees it coming and moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Valentine.
Valentine swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Garnett.
Valentine checks the leg kick.
Valentine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Valentine throws a body punch but Garnett moves out of range.
Valentine connects with a leg kick. Garnett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Valentine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Garnett looks to score with a jab to the body but Valentine is just out of range.
Valentine thumps Garnett with a low kick.
Valentine lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Garnett is breathing heavily.
A head kick from Valentine lands but Garnett takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valentine keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Valentine changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Garnett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine misses with a low kick.
Valentine misses the shot to the body.
Valentine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garnett manages to avoid it.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Valentine lands with a thumping leg kick.
Valentine thows a body shot but no joy.
Valentine connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Garnett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Valentine is looking to land body kicks.
Valentine fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Garnett is out of range.
Gregg Valentine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentine avoids the head kick by Garnett.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentine on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Garnett misses with a head kick.
Valentine throws a head kick that half lands.
Valentine just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gregg Valentine dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gregg Valentine's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Valentine fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Valentine checks the leg kick nicely there.
Valentine jabs Garnett right on the nose. Garnett blinks but takes it well.
Valentine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garnett scores with a nice strike.
Garnett misses the shot to the body.
Valentine throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Garnett counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Garnett.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garnett forces his way into half guard.

Valentine looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Garnett tries to pass the half guard into mount. Valentine knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Garnett is trying to control. Valentine wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine is trying to get back to full guard.
Garnett sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Garnett is looking to take a break and control but Valentine is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Kevin Garnett hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Garnett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A solid body kick from Valentine.
Valentine connects with an inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Valentine misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garnett misses with a wild body shot.
Valentine misses with a series of wild punches.
Valentine fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Valentine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Garnett scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Valentine cracks Garnett with a good jab.
Jab by Valentine.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garnett takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Garnett sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Garnett cracks Valentine with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Valentine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Garnett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valentine.
Valentine throws the kick towards the body but Garnett avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Valentine. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Valentine.
Valentine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Garnett moves away.
Valentine throws a sloppy head kick and Garnett moves out of range easily.
Garnett slips under a jab from Valentine.
Garnett slips under a jab.
Kevin Garnett has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Valentine takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Garnett lands a right hook to the body.
Gregg Valentine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Garnett throws a quick inside leg kick.
Garnett moves out of range of the body kick.
Garnett moves out of range of the body kick from Valentine.
Garnett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garnett tries a low kick but Valentine avoids it.
Garnett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Valentine ducks under a wild hook from Garnett.
Garnett throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valentine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Garnett misses with a hook. Valentine ducked under it nicely.
Valentine throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Garnett.
A solid leg kick lands there for Valentine.
Valentine lands with a hook. Garnett tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Valentine bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Garnett's head.
Garnett throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Garnett lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Valentine scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Garnett's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentine misses with a body shot.
A left lands for Valentine.
Valentine scores with a head kick.
Garnett with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Kevin Garnett.
I think Valentine 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gregg Valentine!
Gregg Valentine managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, KO Clothing, into his post fight interview.