PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Valdez (ranked 4057 p4p, 491 weight class) and Thomas Farrier (ranked 6596 p4p, 662 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Valdez
vs
Farrier

185 cm
21
193 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

170 cm
19
190 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Valdez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Farrier!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valdez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Farrier needs to keep his hands up - Valdez had a free shot at his head there.
Valdez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Valdez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Farrier's head backwards.
Farrier avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rodrigo Valdez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valdez throws a body shot but no joy.
Farrier throws a sloppy head kick and Valdez moves out of range easily.
Farrier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valdez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Valdez lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Thomas Farrier has been cut.
Valdez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Farrier.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farrier takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Valdez throws a one two combo.
Farrier tries to clinch but Valdez moves out of range.
We've been informed that Farrier has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Valdez swinging wildly here.
As Valdez backs off Farrier throws a huge counter combo but Valdez manages to avoid it all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez lands a leg kick that knocks Farrier off balance momentarily.
A head kick by Farrier misses
and Valdez counters with a nice uppercut.

Valdez forces Farrier back against the cage and clinches.
Farrier swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Valdez misses with a punch to the body.
Farrier lands an elbow inside.
Farrier lands a damaging elbow.
Farrier misses with a punch on the inside.
Valdez struggles to land a body shot inside as Farrier controls his hands.
Valdez tries to break free but Farrier pushes him back against the cage.
Valdez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Farrier backwards.
Farrier working aggressively here.
Farrier prevents Valdez from breaking the clinch.
Valdez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A body shot lands from Valdez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Farrier.
Valdez scores with a shot to the side of Farrier's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Farrier fails to land.
Valdez blocks an elbow strike.
Valdez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Farrier misses with a punch on the inside.
Valdez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Valdez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Farrier tries to close the distance and clinch but Valdez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Farrier pushes Valdez up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Farrier.
Valdez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Valdez scores with a shot to the side of Farrier's head.
Valdez lands a hook that snaps the head of Farrier backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valdez.

Valdez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valdez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Valdez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Valdez is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrier stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Valdez.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valdez.
Valdez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Farrier will feel that in the morning.
Valdez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Farrier momentarily.

Valdez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Valdez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Valdez tries to break free but Farrier pushes him back against the cage.
Valdez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Valdez blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Valdez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Valdez is trying to force a seperation but Farrier has the dominant position.
Valdez is working Farrier over against the cage.
Valdez lands a shot to the body.
Valdez is trying to force a seperation but Farrier has the dominant position.
Farrier misses with some punches.
Valdez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farrier misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farrier scores with a shoulder strike.
Valdez lands with a right to the head.
Farrier lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Farrier lands a nice elbow.
Farrier takes a shot to the head.
Valdez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Farrier backwards.
Valdez lands a hook that snaps the head of Farrier backwards.

Farrier is rocked!
Valdez lands a shoulder strike.
Farrier is still on wobbly legs! Can Valdez finish him?
Valdez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Farrier backwards.
Valdez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Valdez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
I was talking to Valdez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Farrier creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Valdez lands an uppercut.

Valdez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Valdez steps into range and cracks Farrier with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Farrier flops backwards and Valdez dives into his guard looking to finish!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Valdez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Valdez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Farrier's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Valdez thuds his right hand into Farrier's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Farrier seems to have recovered his senses.
Farrier misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Valdez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Farrier can do to turn this around?
Valdez thuds a left hand into Farrier's body.
Valdez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Farrier's calf.
Farrier is looking to clinch.
Nice cross by Valdez.
Farrier misses with a two punch combination.
Farrier swings for the body but Valdez moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valdez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valdez lunges at Farrier with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Farrier's hand.
Valdez lands with a nice body kick.
Valdez fails to land with a series of punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farrier walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Farrier circles away quickly and effectively.
Crunch! Valdez slams his shin into Farrier's torso.
Valdez circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick misses from Valdez.
Valdez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Valdez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Farriers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Valdez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Valdez misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Valdez finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Valdez connects with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Valdez drops Farrier with a left and a right! Oh, Farrier is hurt - Valdez dives into side control looking to finish!

Farrier is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The strikes coming from Valdez are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Farrier is still in real trouble! Can Valdez finish him?
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Valdez scores with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrier regains half guard, as Valdez was trying to land strikes.
Valdez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Farrier seems to have recovered his senses.
Farrier wants to control but Valdez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Valdez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Valdez throwing shots but Farrier is blocking nicely.
Farrier looks like he's trying to stand up.
Farrier regains full guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrier throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Farrier working a defensive guard here.
Valdez is fighting to break Farrier's control of his arms but Farrier is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Valdez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Farrier has his feet on Valdez's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Thomas Farrier is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Valdez scores with a leg kick.
Farrier tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Valdez counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That has opened up Thomas Farrier's cut even more.
Valdez throws a one two combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Valdez. That's going to slow Farrier down.
Farrier keeps the fight on the outside.
Valdez throws a shot to the body.
Valdez lands with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab from Valdez.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Valdez.
Rodrigo Valdez is winning the standup battle so far.
Farrier on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Valdez. Valdez obviously looking to wear him down.
Valdez stuns Farrier with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Farrier's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head kick misses from Farrier.
Valdez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Valdez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farrier walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Valdez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Farrier's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Valdez throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Farrier stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Valdez follows into mount!
Valdez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Farrier looks a forlorn figure.
Valdez softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Farrier is out cold! Valdez jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Valdez!