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Event:
Pulse 34
Date: Jul 23, 2016 |
#R1#
Valkyrie misses the shot to the body.
Valkyrie throws a body punch but Hotline moves out of range.
Hotline looks to land a left hand but Valkyrie moved out of range nicely.
Hotline wants to clinch up but Valkyrie keeps it at a distance.
Valkyrie throws a body punch but Hotline moves out of range.
Hotline misses with a body shot.
Valkyrie throws a body shot but no joy.
Hotline wants to clinch up but Valkyrie keeps it at a distance.
Valkyrie swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Valkyrie thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hotline takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Valkyrie lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Valkyrie uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hotline has time to react.
Hotline looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.#CL2#
Hotline moves into range and clinches up with Valkyrie.
Valkyrie scores with an uppercut up the middle.
I was talking to Valkyrie's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.#T1#
Hotline lands a right hand.
Valkyrie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hotline fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Valkyrie is looking to break free of the clinch but Hotline has double underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Hotline fails to land.
Valkyrie lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Valkyrie wants to break free but Hotline has control.
A nice right hand lands inside from Valkyrie.
Valkyrie tries a body shot but Hotline blocks it.
Hotline takes a shot to the head.
Valkyrie lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hotline is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Hotline tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Valkyrie misses with a punch on the inside.
#T2#
Hotline misses with a punch on the inside.
Valkyrie tries a body shot but Hotline blocks it.
#BC#
Valkyrie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hotline displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valkyrie throws out the jab.
Hotline steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Valkyrie.
Hotline tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Valkyrie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Valkyrie connects with a crisp jab. #CL2#
Hotline rushes Valkyrie and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Valkyrie lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Hotline swings wildly with an uppercut but Valkyrie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valkyrie lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hotline working some nice short punches in the clinch.#T3#
Hotline throws a head punch that misses. #BC#
Valkyrie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hotline ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Valkyrie with a hook.
Valkyrie scores with the left hand. Hotline knows he should have avoided that one.
Valkyrie misses with an uppercut. Hotline saw that one coming.
Hotline tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slow jab from Valkyrie misses its intended target.
Nice shot by Valkyrie.
Valkyrie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Valkyrie dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Valkyrie misses with a hook
and Hotline counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hotline tries to clinch there but Valkyrie circles away.
#T4##CL2#
Hotline takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valkyrie effectively controlling the action here.
A short right from Valkyrie on the inside.
Hotline has a couple of punches blocked by Valkyrie.
Valkyrie looking to slow down the pace here.
Hotline misses with some punches.
Valkyrie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Hotline.
Valkyrie blocking some punches.
Hotline working aggressively here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hotline misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Conner Valkyrie dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
A looping hook to the body misses from Valkyrie. Hotline does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valkyrie with a jab.
Hotline tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Valkyrie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Conner Valkyrie is winning the standup battle so far.
Valkyrie throws a hook but Hotline blocks it.
Hotline tries to counter with a clinch but Valkyrie shakes him off and moves away.
Valkyrie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hotline.
Hotline lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valkyrie. Hotline does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valkyrie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hotline at a distance.
Valkyrie throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Hotline counter with a right hand.
Valkyrie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valkyrie missing with a left hand there. Hotline was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. #CL2#
Hotline closes the distance and pushes Valkyrie back into the ropes.
Hotline tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Valkyrie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
#T1#
Hotline misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hotline leaning against his opponent.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Valkyrie takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Valkyrie misses with some punches.
Valkyrie can't break the clinch.
Hotline lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Valkyrie backwards.
Valkyrie doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hotline.
Hotline lands a shoulder strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Valkyrie struggles to land a body shot inside as Hotline controls his hands.
#BC#
Valkyrie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valkyrie throws a body shot but no joy.
Hotline throws out a counter right but Valkyrie avoids it with no problem.
Valkyrie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.#T2#
Valkyrie looks to score with a jab to the body but Hotline is just out of range.
Hotline keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
#CL2#
Hotline clinches up with Valkyrie and pushes him back against the ropes.
Valkyrie stalling in the clinch but Hotline improves position.
Hotline trying to stall but Valkyrie improves his position.
Mister Hotline seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Valkyrie lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hotline.
Valkyrie lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Valkyrie can't find room to land a body shot as Hotline controls the action.
Hotline throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hotline tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hotline swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hotline.
Valkyrie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hotline can do to turn this around?
Hotline is trying to maintain a safe position but Valkyrie gets an underhook and turns Hotline into the ropes.#T3#
Hotline is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Valkyrie is keeping busy.
A short uppercut from Valkyrie.
Valkyrie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Valkyrie cracks Hotline with a nice body shot.#BC#
Valkyrie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hotline misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hotline takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Valkyrie getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Valkyrie cracks Hotline with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hotline is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valkyrie. Hotline does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hotline shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hotline misses with a double jab
and Valkyrie counters with a left to the body. #T4#
A lazy left from Valkyrie finds it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valkyrie lands a nice looking body shot.
Hotline defending well as Valkyrie loads up on a big left hand.
Hotline wants to counter the offense by Valkyrie and move into the clinch position.
Valkyrie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hotline manages to avoid it.
Hotline tries to clinch but Valkyrie moves away
enabling Valkyrie to counter with a crisp jab.
Hotline tries to clinch up but Valkyrie circles away and keeps his distance.#KD#
Valkyrie sends Hotline crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Valkyrie is motioning to the referee to let Hotline up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!#ROC#
Hotline is rocked!
Valkyrie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valkyrie throws a right hand that Hotline ducks under and follows up with a left that Hotline also avoids with ease.
Hotline slips under a jab from Valkyrie.#KD#
Valkyrie cracks Hotline with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Hotline looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Valkyrie finish him?
Hotline is still on wobbly legs! Can Valkyrie finish him?
Valkyrie ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Hotline's jaw. Hotline's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Valkyrie does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Conner Valkyrie!
Conner Valkyrie retains his heavyweight title!
An out of breath Conner Valkyrie thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Event:
Pulse 31
Date: Jul 02, 2016 |
#R1#
Honda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valkyrie.
Honda misses with a takedown
and Valkyrie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Valkyrie does it's job there.
Honda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valkyrie.
Conner Valkyrie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valkyrie looks to land a left hand but Honda moved out of range nicely.
Honda closes this distance looking for a takedown but Valkyrie circles away.
Honda shoots in and drives through. Valkyrie sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoko Honda. That's going to take a lot out of him.#TD#
Excellent takedown into side control there by Honda.
Valkyrie is letting Honda control him for a moment.
Honda grinds an elbow into Valkyrie's temple. #T1##SUB#
Honda is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Valkyrie has escaped the position, nice work there.
The strikes coming from Honda are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Honda cracks Valkyrie with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Honda content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Valkyrie is not content to let Honda control the position.
Honda in side control, just content to control the action for now. #T2#
Honda has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Check out the look on Honda's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
#SUB#
Honda tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Honda has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Honda remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while. #T3#
Honda is looking to take a break and control but Valkyrie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Honda working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Valkyrie's face as Honda controls the position.
Honda working the ground and pound from side control.#T4#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Valkyrie seems a little lost for a moment, as Honda dominates the positioning.
Honda cracks Valkyrie with a big elbow.
Honda taking a breather here.
Honda scores with a couple of short elbows.
Honda sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Valkyrie is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Honda is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Valkyrie's shoulder. That is not cool.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Honda advances to mount.
Valkyrie in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yoko Honda dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Honda fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Valkyrie! But no joy.
Honda shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Valkyrie as he avoids it easily.
Valkyrie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Honda.
Honda keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valkyrie throws a hook but Honda avoids it easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Honda is defended easily by Valkyrie.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoko Honda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Honda fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Valkyrie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Honda shoots in looking for a takedown but Valkyrie manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Honda's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Valkyrie fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.#T1#
Valkyrie connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Honda's hands.
Valkyrie just misses with a punch to the body.
Honda fails with the takedown
and Valkyrie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Valkyrie lands an overhand right.
Good standup being displayed there by Valkyrie as he connects with a hook.
Honda shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Valkyrie counters with a big right hand! Oh Honda is in trouble here! Valkyrie follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Conner Valkyrie!
Conner Valkyrie is the new heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Conner Valkyrie thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Event:
Pulse 27
Date: Jun 04, 2016 |
#R1#
Valkyrie misses with a looping right.
Valkyrie backing away here, and Reddish unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A jab from Valkyrie misses.
Valkyrie looks to land a left hand but Reddish moved out of range nicely.
Valkyrie lands a body shot.
A shot to the body from Reddish misses
and Valkyrie counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Valkyrie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Valkyrie throws a right hand that misses
and Reddish counters with a big head kick but Valkyrie shrugs it off.
Reddish walks into a left hand.
Reddish with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Valkyrie to score with a decent uppercut.
Reddish throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reddish connects with a high kick.
Valkyrie misses with a body shot.
Valkyrie moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromReddish.
A left lands for Valkyrie.#T1#
Reddish slips a straight right by Valkyrie.
Reddish lands a head kick. Valkyrie smiles back at him and beckons him forward. #CUT2#
It looks like Conner Valkyrie has been cut.
Valkyrie throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reddish on the side of the head.
Valkyrie throws a lazy right hand but Reddish sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Valkyrie keeps the fight on the outside.
Valkyrie swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Reddish digs a good hook to Valkyrie's body.
Reddish defending well as Valkyrie loads up on a big left hand.
Valkyrie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Reddish takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Conner Valkyrie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reddish lands a head kick!
Reddish uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valkyrie.#KD#
Valkyrie drops Reddish with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Reddish looks back up at him and smiles so Valkyrie waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
#ROC#
Reddish is rocked!#T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reddish looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Reddish is still on wobbly legs! Can Valkyrie finish him?
Valkyrie drops Reddish with a straight right hand, right on the button! Valkyrie follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Conner Valkyrie!
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