PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Xiomara Fortunato (ranked 5302 p4p, 5082 weight class) and Bethania Valverde (ranked 269 p4p, 265 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Valverde's choice of entrance music: LLAMAME YA. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Fortunato
vs
Valverde

175 cm
18
142
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
140
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Brooklyn Threads

Hardcore Alchemy
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Xiomara Fortunato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bethania Valverde!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Joseph Jones and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valverde with the inside leg kick.
Valverde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Valverde lands a right hook to the body.
Fortunato on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Valverde. Valverde obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice defenses there by Valverde.
Fortunato takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fortunato tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Valverde throws the kick towards the body but Fortunato avoids it.
Valverde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Valverde lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Fortunato clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fortunato creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Valverde wants to break the clinch but can't.
Valverde wants to get back to striking at distance but Fortunato won't allow it.
Fortunato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fortunato pushes Valverde back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fortunato tries to throw a body punch but Valverde avoids it by throwing Fortunato back against the cage.
Fortunato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Valverde is trying to push Fortunato away but Fortunato has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A head punch on the inside from Fortunato fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortunato goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Valverde wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fortunato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fortunato scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fortunato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Valverde backwards.
Fortunato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Valverde backwards.

Valverde is rocked!
Fortunato lands with a right to the head.
Valverde is still on wobbly legs! Can Fortunato finish him?
Fortunato tries a body shot but Valverde blocks it.
Valverde seems to have recovered his senses.
Valverde blocks a body shot from Fortunato.
Fortunato lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fortunato.
Fortunato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fortunato lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valverde is trying to break the clinch but Fortunato has him pressed against the cage.
Fortunato misses with some punches.
Valverde tries to break free but Fortunato pushes him back against the cage.
Fortunato lands a right hand that snaps the head of Valverde backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valverde wants to get back to striking at distance but Fortunato won't allow it.
Fortunato keeps control of Valverde as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Valverde is looking to break free of the clinch but Fortunato has double underhooks.
Fortunato lands an uppercut.
Valverde prevents a body shot from Fortunato.
Fortunato lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A right hand to the body from Fortunato.
Fortunato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Valverde is trying to break free.
Valverde is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fortunato lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Valverde backwards.
Valverde blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valverde blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fortunato scores with a hook to the body.
Valverde is trying to break the clinch but Fortunato has him pressed against the cage.
Fortunato digs a right hand into Valverde's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Valverde's gas tank.
Fortunato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fortunato lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Valverde looks winded!
Fortunato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fortunato tries to throw a body punch but Valverde avoids it by throwing Fortunato back against the cage.
Valverde blocking some punches.
Fortunato tries to work over Valverde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Fortunato.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valverde prevents a body shot from Fortunato.
Fortunato swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fortunato scores with a shot to the side of Valverde's head.
Fortunato lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valverde backwards.
Valverde has had enough of the clinch but Fortunato keeps him there for the moment.
Fortunato lands a right hand.
Fortunato tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fortunato has a couple of punches blocked by Valverde.
Valverde is trying to force a seperation but Fortunato has the dominant position.
Fortunato tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fortunato can't find room to land a body shot as Valverde controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Fortunato as the two fighters clinch.
Fortunato misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fortunato working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Xiomara Fortunato dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Valverde throws a low kick but Fortunato avoids it.
A big left from Fortunato misses.
Fortunato dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Valverde blocks a jab.
Valverde throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Fortunato counters with a big uppercut that knocks Valverde off his feet! Fortunato dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Bethania Valverde has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Fortunato decides to stand back up.
Valverde throws a head kick that misses.
Valverde misses with an uppercut. Fortunato saw that one coming.
Fortunato drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Valverde right on the button. Valverde goes down! Fortunato follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Fortunato gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xiomara Fortunato!
After the big win, Xiomara Fortunato made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Brooklyn Threads and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.