PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matteo Valenti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dre Battle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Valenti
vs
Battle

168 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matteo Valenti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dre Battle!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Battle stuns Valenti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Battle throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Matteo Valenti has been cut.
Sloppy strikes from Battle. Those never looked like landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Battle. Valenti does a little dance to reset his feet.

Battle cracks Valenti with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Valenti looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Battle finish him?

Valenti is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valenti walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Battle swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dre Battle!
Dre Battle was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.