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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bada Bing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabricio Valesquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bing's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Metallica - All Nightmare Long. Valesquez has chosen "Hurt You" Chase and Status as his entrance music. Fabricio Valesquez acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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142 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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135 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bada Bing!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabricio Valesquez!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valesquez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Valesquez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Bing gets back to half guard.
Bing is refusing to be controlled, as Valesquez sits in half guard.
Valesquez wants to free his trapped foot but Bing is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bing missing with punches from the bottom.
Valesquez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bing does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Valesquez is working for a submission of some sort.
Valesquez trying to mount his opponent but Bing defends it.
Bing tries to roll over but Valesquez keeps him under control.
Bing makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bing.
Valesquez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A jab from Valesquez finds it's way through Bing's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Valesquez misses.
Bing looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Valesquez!
Valesquez working to try and regain half guard.
Bing goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Valesquez is on top in guard.
Valesquez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Valesquez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Valesquez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Valesquez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bing is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Valesquez drops back looking for a leg! Bing is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bing manages to kick Valesquez off! Valesquez jumps back into Bing's guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bing is looking for a triangle but Valesquez pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bing looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bing trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Valesquez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Valesquez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bing striking off his back, scoring a few points.
Bing looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bing is trying to keep Valesquez in close.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Valesquez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Valesquez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bing moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bing shoots and misses
and Valesquez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valesquez misses with a few strikes there.
Valesquez throws a sloppy head kick and Bing moves out of range easily.
Bing scores a takedown into full mount!
Bing is breathing heavily.
Valesquez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bing lands a big elbow.
Valesquez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The referee warns Valesquez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Bing landing shots from mount.
Valesquez is working to get back to half guard.
Valesquez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Valesquez looking for submissions off his back.
Bing is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bing looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Valesquez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Bing looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Valesquez is looking for a sweep. Bing is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Valesquez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bing 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.
Bing lands strikes from half guard.
Bing takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Valesquez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bing postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Valesquez is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Bing, into his guard.
Bing striking off his back but it's not causing Valesquez any problems.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valesquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Bing is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Valesquez is looking to work some ground and pound but Bing has wrist control.
Bing throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bada Bing dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Valesquez tries to clinch up but Bing circles away and keeps his distance.
Bing scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Valesquez is looking for a sweep.
Bada Bing overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bing working the head with strikes.
Bing wants to control but Valesquez is keeping him busy.
Bing lands an elbow.
Bing cracks Valesquez with a big elbow.
Bing landing strikes.
Valesquez manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Bing wants to take a breather but Valesquez is having none of it.
Valesquez is defending against the submission attempts here by Bing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bing is keen to just control but Valesquez is a slippery customer.
Valesquez flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Valesquez is looking to improve his position.
Bing is thwarting Valesquez's attempts to control the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Valesquez throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bing gets the takedown into side control.
Valesquez is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Bing's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Bing thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Valesquez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bing frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Valesquez taking shots to the head.
Bing prevents Valesquez from getting the reversal.
Bing scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Valesquez?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bing cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bing raining down shots from the mount!
Valesquez is working to get back to half guard.
Valesquez throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bing. What's that going to do exactly?
Bing working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valesquez can't escape the position.
Valesquez is bucking up trying to escape but Bing cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Valesquez can't escape the position.
Valesquez taking shots to the head.
Bing lands a nice shot to the head.
Bing landing strikes, looking to finish!
Valesquez is trying to escape the mount.
Bing with the ground and pound from mount.
Bing is landing with some decent strikes but Valesquez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bing working Valesquez over with strikes here.
Valesquez defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Bing.
Bing dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valesquez regains half guard.
Valesquez trying to control from the bottom.
Valesquez is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Bing pulls his head out easily.
Bing is keen to just control but Valesquez is a slippery customer.
Bing working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Valesquez is looking to control Bing's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Valesquez avoid being mounted?
Valesquez is looking for a sweep. Bing is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bing winds up and cracks Valesquez with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bing shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Valesquez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bing's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bada Bing dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Valesquez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Bing has his takedown stuffed
and Valesquez counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Valesquez passes to full mount!
Valesquez moves to back control.
Valesquez lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Bing is really stuck here.
Valesquez has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Bing manages to reverse the position and now he's in Valesquez's guard. Nice work there by Bing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bing works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Valesquez looking for submissions off his back.
Bing looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Valesquez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valesquez is looking for a sweep. Bing is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bing scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bing wants to control but Valesquez is keeping him busy.
Bing missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Valesquez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bing.
Valesquez is refusing to be controlled, as Bing sits in half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Valesquez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Valesquez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bing is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bing has his hands on Valesquez's head, controlling the position.
Valesquez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Valesquez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bing is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bing is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Valesquez thows a big elbow that misses.
Valesquez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bing working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Valesquez.
Bing working for a triangle but Valesquez defends it easily.
Bing wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valesquez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Valesquez drops back looking for a leg! Bing is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bing manages to kick Valesquez off! Valesquez jumps back into Bing's guard.
Valesquez stopping the sweep attempt from Bing.
Valesquez trying to control but Bing is working from the bottom.
Valesquez is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Valesquez thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bing has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Valesquez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bing will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Valesquez throwing strikes from guard but Bing blocks nicely.
Valesquez drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Valesquez jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bing is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bing working Valesquez over with strikes.
Bing lands strikes from half guard.
Valesquez tries to get to full guard but Bing has control of the leg.
Bing is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bing lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Valesquez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fabricio Valesquez really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Bing bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Valesquez is not content to let Bing control the position.
Bing tries for a kimura but Valesquez is defending well.
Valesquez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Valesquez sneaks back into half guard.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Valesquez is looking to improve his position.
Bing not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Valesquez regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valesquez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bing postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bing avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bing advances to half guard.
Valesquez is looking for a sweep. Bing is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bing frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bing lands a big elbow.
Valesquez taking shots to the head.
Bing scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Bing in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Valesquez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Bing raining down shots from the mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valesquez is looking to get to half guard.
Bing lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Valesquez hang on?
A nice elbow there by Bing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bing cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bing landing shots from mount.
Valesquez is trying desperately to improve position.
Valesquez defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Bing.
Valesquez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Valesquez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Valesquez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bing manages to get himself to full guard.
Bing keeping moving, preventing Valesquez from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valesquez is looking to work some ground and pound but Bing has wrist control.
Valesquez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bing will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Bing keeping moving, preventing Valesquez from controlling successfully.
Bing escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Valesquez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bing lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Valesquez wants to control from the top but Bing keeps moving.
Valesquez drops back looking for a leg! Bing is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bing manages to kick Valesquez off! Valesquez jumps back into Bing's guard.
Bing striking from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bing looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Bing punching from the bottom - just letting Valesquez know he's still in a fight.
Bing doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
No joy there for Valesquez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bing fails with the takedown
and Valesquez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bing looking for submissions off his back.
Valesquez seems to be working for a kimura but Bing defends the submission attempt.
Bing moves into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Bada Bing will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Valesquez lands with a nice combination. Bing backs away looking to recover.
Bing fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Valesquez sprawls well initially but Bing persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bing lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Valesquez tries to get to full guard but Bing has control of the leg.
Bing trying to control the action but Valesquez is working from the bottom.
Valesquez wants to control but Bing is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bing throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Valesquez is trying to maintain the position but Bing is very close to passing his half guard.
Bing passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Valesquez!
Bing looking to finish Valesquez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Valesquez!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valesquez can't escape the position.
Valesquez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bing trying to control the pace.
Valesquez is looking to improve his position.
Bing looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Valesquez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bing missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bing seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bing works his foot free and advances to mount.
Valesquez can't escape the position.
Valesquez tries to hold on but Bing pushes him away.
Valesquez taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valesquez tries to reverse the position but Bing maintains control.
Bing pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bing tries to control but Valesquez wriggling away.
Valesquez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bing cracks Valesquez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Valesquez is trying to escape the mount.
Bing unloading with bombs!
Bing postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Valesquez looks a forlorn figure.
Bing lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valesquez is looking to improve his position but Bing isn't that keen on the idea.
Valesquez wants to hold on but Bing pushes him away.
Bing tries to control but Valesquez wriggling away.
Bing lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Valesquez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bing cracks Valesquez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Valesquez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Valesquez is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Bing pulls his head out easily.
Bing landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bing trying to control from half guard but Valesquez is working away.
Bing scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bing is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bing not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bing throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bing seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Valesquez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Valesquez is looking to clinch but Bing is avoiding it.
Bing has his takedown stuffed
and Valesquez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Valesquez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Valesquez showed some decent athleticism there.
Valesquez is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bing is just riding it out for now. Valesquez eventually gives up the hold.
Valesquez wants to control but Bing is keeping him busy.
Fabricio Valesquez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Valesquez wants to free his trapped foot but Bing is holding on for dear life with his legs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bada Bing showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bing 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 49:46
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 49:46
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bada Bing!
Bada Bing retains his bantamweight title!
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