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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hobo Garrincha (ranked 410 p4p, 880 weight class) and Giggle Valentine (ranked 33 p4p, 64 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Hobo Garrincha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giggle Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garrincha throws a poor cross that misses
and Valentine counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Hobo Garrincha has been cut.
Valentine takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Garrincha looks to score with a jab to the body but Valentine is just out of range.
Valentine staying out of range there.
Valentine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Garrincha lands a lovely overhand right.
Garrincha 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.
Garrincha scores with a jab. Valentine acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Decent striking displayed by Garrincha there.
Garrincha throws a hook but Valentine avoids it easily.
Valentine appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Garrincha works Valentine's body with a nice hook.
Garrincha attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Valentine looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrincha misses with a hook to the body
and Valentine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Garrincha works the jab nicely.
Valentine looks to land a right hand but Garrincha moved out of range.
Garrincha misses with a wild body shot.
Garrincha fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garrincha throws a low kick but Valentine moves out of range easily.
Valentine lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Garrincha scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Garrincha fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice leg kick from Garrincha, right into the meat of the thigh.
Valentine staying out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Valentine! But no joy.
Good exchange - Garrincha coming out on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Valentine, right into the meat of the thigh.
Valentine throws a jab but it's blocked by Garrincha.
A looping hook to the body misses from Garrincha. Valentine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valentine swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garrincha fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Valentine, pushing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Valentine.
Valentine manages to break the clinch.
Garrincha closes the distance and clinches up with Valentine, looking for a takedown. Garrincha pushes Valentine against the cage but Valentine circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Valentine shapes to counter with a head kick.
Garrincha scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Garrincha misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Valentine to counter with a crisp jab.
Garrincha bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Valentine's head.
Garrincha instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Valentine is trying to break the clinch but Garrincha is controlling him.
Valentine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Garrincha prevents Valentine from breaking the clinch.
Valentine is looking to break free of the clinch but Garrincha has double underhooks.
Valentine is trying to force a seperation but Garrincha has the dominant position.
Garrincha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garrincha lands a body shot.
Valentine is trying to force a seperation but Garrincha has the dominant position.
Good body shot from Garrincha.
Garrincha has Valentine pressed against the cage, preventing Valentine from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Valentine is trying to break the clinch but Garrincha is controlling him.
Valentine is looking to break free of the clinch but Garrincha has double underhooks.
Garrincha is stalling here.
Valentine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Garrincha with a knee to the head.
Garrincha lands with a right to the head.
Valentine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Valentine has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garrincha.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrincha misses with a body punch
and Valentine counters with a leg kick.
Garrincha looks to throw the jab but Valentine is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Valentine on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Garrincha listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Valentine takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A lazy left from Garrincha finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valentine moves out of range of the strikes.
A punch lands to the side of Valentine 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Valentine walks into a jab.
Garrincha misses with a straight right.
Valentine takes one to the chin there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hobo Garrincha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hobo Garrincha's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Valentine darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Garrincha looks to land a right hand but Valentine moved out of range.
Valentine looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Valentine darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Valentine misses with a looping right.
It looked like Garrincha wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Valentine slips a jab from Garrincha.
Garrincha moves into the clinch successfully.
Garrincha misses with a hook to the ribs.
A frustrated look appears on Valentine's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine wants to break free but Garrincha has control.
Garrincha misses with the head strike.
Garrincha has a couple of punches blocked by Valentine.
Valentine wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Garrincha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Valentine can do to turn this around?
Garrincha throws a head punch that misses.
Garrincha stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Garrincha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Valentine is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrincha cracks Valentine with a nice body shot.
Garrincha lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valentine backwards.
Valentine avoiding damage as Garrincha throws knees to the body.
Valentine blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Valentine tries to break free but Garrincha pushes him back against the cage.
Valentine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Valentine moves out of range as Garrincha strikes.
Garrincha scores with the left hand. Valentine knows he should have avoided that one.
Valentine staying out of range there.
Garrincha is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Garrincha throws a jab but it's blocked by Valentine.
Garrincha moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromValentine.
Garrincha misses with a lunging right hand
and Valentine counters with a nice uppercut.
Garrincha ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
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!
Garrincha just misses with a punch to the body.
Valentine takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Garrincha connects with a body shot that sends Valentine's belly button to the back.
Hobo Garrincha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentine misses with an attempted mid kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Garrincha scores with a four punch combination!
Garrincha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valentine.
Jab, jab by Garrincha - just one landing.
Garrincha scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Valentine moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Garrincha lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Garrincha lands a jab to the nose.
Valentine scores with a shot to the body.
Valentine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garrincha.
It looks like Garrincha has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Valentine blocks a leg kick.
A cross from Garrincha lands.
Valentine moves forwards but Garrincha connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Garrincha.
Garrincha lands a jab to the nose.
Garrincha lands with an overhand left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valentine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Valentine is rocked!
A cross from Garrincha lands.
Valentine is still on wobbly legs! Can Garrincha finish him?
Garrincha misses with a hook
and Valentine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garrincha cracks a nice hook into Valentine's ribs.
Valentine seems to have recovered his senses.
Valentine misses with a looping right.
Garrincha's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Valentine connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Garrincha scrambles back to his feet.
Valentine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Valentine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Garrincha feinted there with a counter leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hobo Garrincha dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hobo Garrincha's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Garrincha looks for the body kick but Valentine saw that one coming.
Garrincha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Garrincha forces Valentine back against the cage and clinches.
Garrincha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garrincha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Garrincha throws a punch but it's blocked by Valentine.
A hook to the body from Garrincha.
Valentine can't break the clinch.
Garrincha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Valentine.
Valentine is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine blocking some punches.
Garrincha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hobo Garrincha has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Valentine breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garrincha lands with a nice body punch.
Hobo Garrincha is winning the standup battle so far.
Garrincha connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrincha tests Valentine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab lands there for Garrincha.
Garrincha loads up on a big right hand but Valentine slips the punch.
Valentine only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Valentine needs to keep his hands up - Garrincha had a free shot at his head there.
Garrincha misses with a wild body shot.
Garrincha connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Garrincha bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Garrincha lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Garrincha scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hobo Garrincha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine dodges the punch combination from Garrincha.
Garrincha misses with a low kick.
Garrincha fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Garrincha misses with a body punch
letting Valentine counter with a right hand.
Valentine misses with a hook. Garrincha ducked under it nicely.
Garrincha throws a shot from downtown. Valentine moves away and avoids it.
Valentine appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Garrincha tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Valentine is able to avoid easily.
Valentine displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garrincha throws out the jab.
Valentine looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrincha moves out of range of the strikes.
Valentine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garrincha sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Garrincha scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good leg kick by Garrincha.
Garrincha misses with an uppercut.
Valentine swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Garrincha misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Valentine! But no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for Garrincha. That snapped Valentine's head back.
Garrincha scores with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Garrincha.
Garrincha scores with a sloppy right hand. Valentine should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garrincha connects with a good right hand that stumbles Valentine. Valentine circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Garrincha lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Garrincha throws an off balance right hand
enabling Valentine to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garrincha throws a big shot that misses.
Garrincha scores with a shot to the body.
Garrincha misses with a wild body shot.
Garrincha scores with a jab. Valentine acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A jab from Garrincha misses.
A combination from Garrincha does no damage.
Giggle Valentine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab from Garrincha misses.
Valentine throws out a counter right but Garrincha avoids it with no problem.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hobo Garrincha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garrincha has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hobo Garrincha!
Our winner, Hobo Garrincha, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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