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EFA 76 Gigantus vs Figg PBP Commentary |
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine has closed the distance and engaged Garret in a clinch.
Garret taking a breather.
Valentine misses with a knee to the head.
Valentine lands a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Valentine throws an elbow but misses.
Valentine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garret avoids it.
Garret leaning his opponent against the cage.
Valentine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garret is defending well for now.
Garret escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Valentine gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine lands a good knee to the midsection. Garret won't want to take too many of those.
Garret can't break the clinch.
Garret trying to control the position but instead, Valentine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Garret into the cage.
Garret's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garret throws a series of strikes that have Valentine backpedaling.
Garret misses with a few strikes there.
Garret throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Garret feints a jab promting Valentine to slip. Garret then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Valentine slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Clive Garret seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentine wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice uppercut lands for Valentine. That snapped Garret's head back.
It looks like Clive Garret has been cut.
Valentine closes the distance and pushes Garret back into the cage.
Valentine has clasped his hands together around Garret's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valentine wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Garret, who protects the arm well.
Valentine tries for a kimura but Garret is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valentine in side control lands a decent elbow.
Valentine tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Valentine has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Garret wants to get back to his feet but Valentine drags him back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garret struggling a bit here.
Garret is trying to get back to his feet.
You can see the frustration on Garret's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Valentine working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Garret wants to control but Valentine postures up.
Valentine thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Valentine working the ground and pound from side control.
Valentine working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Valentine goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Garret rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Valentine's guard! Nice work there by Garret!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Garret got a little sloppy there for a moment and Valentine has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Garret has managed to get both his arms back between Valentine's legs - danger averted.
Garret stopping the sweep attempt from Valentine.
Garret stands and steps away. Valentine gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Garret swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Garret scores with a four punch combination!
Garret moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Valentine darts in and clinches Garret up against the cage.
Garret escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Garret fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Valentine closes the distance and clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garret blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Valentine misses with a knee strike.
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!
A knee to the head by Valentine.
Garret holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Valentine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Garret breaks the clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Garret. Those never looked like landing.
Garret sets himself, and Valentine steps forward looking for the clinch! Garret avoids it this time.
Valentine moves into the clinch successfully.
Garret manages to break the clinch.
Garret throws a right and a left that Valentine avoids nicely.
A left and a right from Garret both land. Nice combination.
Garret throws a right hand that Valentine ducks under and follows up with a left that Valentine also avoids with ease.
Valentine closes the distance and clinches.
Valentine tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Garret pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garret misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Clive Garret will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Clive Garret's cut.
That's time! Garret's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Valentine takes the fight into the clinch.
Garret leaning his opponent against the cage.
Garret taking a breather.
Valentine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Garret avoids it.
Valentine tries to land knees in the clinch but Garret avoids the damage to the body.
Garret manages to break the clinch.
Valentine has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garret escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Clive Garret is winning the standup battle so far.
Valentine closes the distance and pushes Garret back into the cage.
Garret breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Valentine clinches up with Garret and pushes him back against the cage.
Valentine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garret is defending well for now.
Valentine has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Garret seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Valentine can turn it around.
Garret looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garret on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Valentine misses with a knee to the head.
Valentine looking to throw knees to the head but Garret is blocking nicely.
Garret blocks an elbow strike.
Valentine looking to throw knees to the head but Garret is blocking nicely.
Valentine turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Valentine manages to end up in side control.
Garret wants to control but Valentine postures up.
Garret on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Garret tries to get out of the position.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Valentine thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Garret can't do much from the bottom here.
Garret is trying to buck Valentine off.
Valentine throws a strike aimed at the side of Garret's head but Garret avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is trying to get an arm triangle but Garret is defending well.
Corwin Valentine has got the better of the ground game so far.
Garret explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valentine closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Valentine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Garret escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Valentine has taken the fight to the clinch.
Valentine misses with an elbow strike.
Corwin Valentine seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Garret's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garret lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Valentine has closed the distance and engaged Garret in a clinch.
Valentine letting Garret take a breather here.
Garret avoiding damage as Valentine throws knees to the body.
Garret holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Valentine tries to land knees in the clinch but Garret avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garret breaks from the clinch.
Garret misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Valentine misses with an elbow over the top.
Garret escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Valentine dodges the punch combination from Garret.
Valentine closes the distance and clinches.
Garret on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Garret escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Valentine shoots in and gets a takedown into Garret's guard.
Valentine drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Valentine jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garret pulls Valentine in close to his closed guard and prevents Valentine from doing any damage or advancing position.
Valentine drops back looking for a leg! Garret is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Garret manages to kick Valentine off! Valentine jumps back into Garret's guard.
Garret wants to stand and escape but Valentine is having none of it.
Valentine throwing strikes from guard but Garret blocks nicely.
Valentine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Valentine being controlled here momentarily.
Garret wants to get back to his feet but Valentine is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Garret seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Corwin Valentine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Clive Garret's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Garret throws a right hand that Valentine ducks under and follows up with a left that Valentine also avoids with ease.
Garret uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valentine.
Garret fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Valentine takes the fight into the clinch.
Valentine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Valentine connects with a nasty looking knee right to Garret's face.
Valentine scores a nice knee to the body.
Garret managing to block the knees to the body from Valentine.
Garret is trying to break the clinch but Valentine has him pressed against the cage.
Garret's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Valentine closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Garret to the mat! Garret manages to get full guard.
Valentine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Garret managing to control the position.
Valentine thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Garret managing to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine is working Garret over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Garret wants to get back to his feet but Valentine is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Valentine throws a big elbow that misses.
Garret working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Valentine.
Valentine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garret wants to get back to his feet but Valentine is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Valentine 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.
Garret is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Valentine wants to pass the guard but Garret is keeping the position.
Garret wants to stand but Valentine is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Valentine with a nice head shot there.
Valentine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Garret is looking to stand up but Valentine isn't so interested in that idea.
Valentine throwing strikes from guard but Garret blocks nicely.
Garret working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Valentine.
Valentine in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Garret wants to stand but Valentine is controlling the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Valentine takes the fight into the clinch.
Garret stalling the fight.
Valentine putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Garret in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Garret avoiding damage as Valentine throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garret tries to break the clinch but Valentine is controlling the position.
Garret is pushing Valentine up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Garret's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Garret.
Valentine bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Garret wants to get back to his feet.
Garret defending against the ground and pound.
Garret stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Valentine prevents Garret from escaping the position.
Valentine throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Valentine tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garret wants to get back to his feet.
Valentine working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Garret is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Valentine has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Valentine tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Valentine has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Valentine looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Garret is trying to get back to his feet.
Valentine tries for a kimura but Garret is defending well.
Garret is trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Valentine throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Valentine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Garret wants to get back to his feet.
Garret is trying to control Valentine's posture but Valentine avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Corwin Valentine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Valentine has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Corwin Valentine!
A victorious Corwin Valentine thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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