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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Valentine (ranked 4136 p4p, 488 weight class) and Luis Pinto (ranked 3063 p4p, 384 weight class). Valentine comes to the cage accompanied by Kennedy - Karate. Luke Valentine has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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178 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luke Valentine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Pinto!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pinto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valentine.
Valentine was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Valentine misses the jab.
Decent striking displayed by Valentine there.
Pinto throws a shot to the body.
Valentine gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pinto.
Valentine takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Valentine connects with a body shot.
A left lands for Valentine.
Pinto moves forwards but Valentine connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pinto shoots in and drives through. Valentine sprawls well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valentine uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pinto.
Pinto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinto shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Valentine napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Valentine throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Pinto shoots in for a takedown but Valentine shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Valentine waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pinto.
Pinto lands a really nice looking cross but Valentine seems unphased.
Pinto throws a big shot that misses.
Jab from Pinto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentine misses with a jab to the body
and Pinto counters with a takedown into side control.
Valentine wants to get back to his feet but Pinto is dominant here and he's now got Valentine's back!
Valentine wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinto is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Valentine taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Pinto.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Luis Pinto!
Luis Pinto decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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FIGHT
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