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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rex Gunn (ranked 127 p4p, 341 weight class) and DeMario Valdez (ranked 22 p4p, 47 weight class). Gunn kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Miami. Valdez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Era - Ameno. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rex Gunn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, DeMario Valdez!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gunn moves away from the strike by Valdez.
Jab, jab by Valdez - just one landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valdez.
Gunn throws a shot from downtown. Valdez moves away and avoids it.
Valdez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Valdez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Valdez looks to throw a body kick
and Gunn counters with a nice body shot.
Gunn checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Gunn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Valdez thumps Gunn with a low kick.
Valdez misses with a straight left.
Gunn defending well as Valdez loads up on a big left hand.
Gunn throws a jab but it's blocked by Valdez.
Good leg kick by Valdez.
Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valdez was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn.
Gunn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Valdez finds it's way through Gunn's defenses.
Valdez misses with a wild body shot.
Valdez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Valdez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gunn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Valdez misses with an uppercut. Gunn saw that one coming.
Valdez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A little feinted left hand from Gunn on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Valdez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gunn takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gunn avoids the body shot from Valdez.
Gunn lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like DeMario Valdez has been cut.
Valdez misses with a wild body shot.
Gunn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Valdez.
Valdez misses with a body shot.
Gunn misses with an uppercut. Valdez saw that one coming.
DeMario Valdez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valdez forces Gunn back against the cage and clinches.
Valdez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gunn wants to break free but Valdez has control.
Gunn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Valdez or not.
Valdez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gunn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valdez throws a wild body kick that Gunn sees coming a mile off.
Gunn is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Valdez's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Valdez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fighters circling - Gunn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Valdez! But no joy.
Valdez scores with a spinning back kick!
Gunn missing with a left hand there. Valdez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A big left from Gunn misses.
Valdez lands with a right hand.
Valdez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gunn is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Valdez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gunn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Valdez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gunn throws out the jab.
Valdez looks to land a right hand but Gunn moved out of range.
Valdez jabs Gunn to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Valdez walks into a left hand.
Valdez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gunn.
Gunn takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gunn misses with a straight right.
Gunn with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Valdez to score with a decent uppercut.
Valdez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez thuds his shin into the meat of Gunn's side.
Gunn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valdez.
Valdez slips a jab from Gunn.
A lazy left from Valdez finds it's target.
Valdez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Valdez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Valdez just misses with a punch to the body.
A clash of legs there as Gunn blocks the low kick.
Valdez throws a hook but Gunn avoids it easily.
Gunn avoids the head kick by Valdez.
A swing and a miss from Gunn.
Valdez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Valdez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big right from Gunn misses.
Jab by Valdez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valdez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gunn has time to react.
Valdez throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Gunn.
Valdez closes the distance and clinches.
Valdez scores with a shoulder strike.
Gunn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gunn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valdez.
Gunn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gunn blocks a jab.
Gunn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gunn cracks Valdez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Valdez looks to land a left hand but Gunn moved out of range nicely.
Valdez throws a hook but Gunn avoids it easily.
Gunn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Valdez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gunn walks into a stiff left hand from Valdez.
Gunn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valdez.
It looked like Gunn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunn dips to his left and cracks Valdez with an uppercut!
Valdez slips a jab from Gunn.
Jab from Valdez.
Valdez throws a poor cross that misses
and Gunn cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Valdez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gunn.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
DeMario Valdez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on DeMario Valdez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gunn sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nice defenses there by Gunn.
Gunn moves out of range of the leg kick from Valdez.
Valdez motions for Gunn to come forward. Valdez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gunn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Valdez circles away quickly and effectively.
Gunn throws a jab when Valdez was well out of range.
Valdez connects with the punch.
Valdez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gunn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Valdez.
Valdez misses with a looping right.
Valdez cracks Gunn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Valdez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gunn.
Gunn jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Gunn misses its intended target.
Gunn throws a looping overhand right but Valdez ducks down to avoid it.
Valdez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gunn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gunn is looking to counter punch.
Valdez defending well as Gunn loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez throws a jab but it's blocked by Gunn.
Valdez moves out of range of the leg kick from Gunn.
Valdez throws a good cross that connects.
Gunn gets tackled into the cage by Valdez. Valdez maintains the clinch.
Valdez breaks from the clinch.
Valdez misses with a hook. Gunn ducked under it nicely.
Valdez slips under a jab.
Valdez loads up on a big right hand but Gunn slips the punch.
An attempted straight right counter from Gunn misses the target.
Valdez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gunn at a distance.
Valdez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gunn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valdez.
A cross from Valdez lands.
Valdez misses with a straight right.
Gunn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valdez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valdez clinches up against the cage.
Gunn breaks the clinch.
Valdez misses with an uppercut.
Gunn gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A good leg kick by Valdez.
Valdez throws a leg kick which misses Gunn's front leg but catches the back leg as Gunn tries to avoid it.
Gunn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valdez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gunn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Valdez connects with a looping right hand.
Gunn works Valdez's body with a nice hook.
DeMario Valdez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Valdez scores with a leg kick.
Valdez loads up on a big right hand but Gunn slips the punch.
Valdez lands a nice hook to Gunn's body. Gunn takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gunn looks to land a right hand but Valdez moved out of range.
A little jabbing left from Valdez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Valdez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gunn on the side of the head.
Valdez looks to score with a jab to the body but Gunn is just out of range.
Nice body punch from Valdez.
Gunn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Valdez.
Gunn takes a swing at Valdez's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn swats away the attempt to clinch by Valdez.
Gunn slips a straight right by Valdez.
Valdez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gunn slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gunn throws a looping overhand right but Valdez ducks down to avoid it.
Valdez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gunn.
Gunn is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Valdez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gunn slips a straight right by Valdez.
Gunn throwing a counter right hand but Valdez manages to avoid it.
Gunn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Valdez is looking to clinch.
Gunn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Valdez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Valdez closes the distance but Gunn moves to the side
and Gunn counters with a stiff right hand.
Valdez throws a lazy uppercut
letting Gunn counter with a right hand.
Valdez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Gunn takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gunn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gunn misses with a looping left.
Valdez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Valdez throws a body shot but no joy.
Gunn misses with a looping right.
Gunn punishes Valdez's body with a nice straight punch.
Valdez throws a poor cross that misses
and Gunn counters with a stiff right hand.
Valdez is rocked!
Gunn has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Valdez.
Valdez is still on wobbly legs! Can Gunn finish him?
Valdez tries a head kick but it misses.
Valdez seems to have recovered his senses.
Valdez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gunn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Valdez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gunn.
Gunn misses with a wild body shot.
Gunn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Valdez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Valdez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gunn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Valdez.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunn throws a big shot that misses.
Valdez throws out a counter right but Gunn avoids it with no problem.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but DeMario Valdez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on DeMario Valdez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gunn slips under a jab from Valdez.
Gunn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Valdez with a nice calf kick.
Gunn misses with an uppercut.
Valdez moves away from the strike by Gunn.
Valdez misses the shot to the body.
Gunn went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Valdez misses with a hook to the body
and Gunn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gunn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valdez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oooooh!!! Gunn has knocked Valdez down with a huge combo! Gunn steps away and waves a wobbly Valdez back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
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!
Gunn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valdez throws out the jab.
A nice leg kick from Valdez, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gunn misses with a straight left.
Gunn throws a monster overhand right that drops Valdez! Gunn follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rex Gunn!
Rex Gunn retains his featherweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Rex Gunn thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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