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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lou Valentine (ranked 1038 p4p, 942 weight class) and Roberto Karokaro (ranked 133 p4p, 118 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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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 21 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lou Valentine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Roberto Karokaro!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karokaro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Valentine is looking to clinch but Karokaro is avoiding it.
Karokaro swats away the attempt to clinch by Valentine.
Karokaro throws out a counter right but Valentine avoids it with no problem.
Nice cross by Valentine.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valentine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crunch! Valentine slams his shin into Karokaro's torso.
Valentine shoots in but Karokaro avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Valentine has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karokaro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Karokaro is trying to push Valentine away but Valentine has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Karokaro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Valentine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Valentine misses with a body punch.
Karokaro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Valentine fails to land.
Valentine stalling.
Valentine working aggressively here.
Karokaro blocks an uppercut.
Valentine has a couple of punches blocked by Karokaro.
Valentine drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Karokaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Karokaro swinging wildly here.
Valentine has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Hare of the Dog Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Valentine throws an off balance right hand
enabling Karokaro to counter with a crisp jab.
Valentine darts in and clinches Karokaro up against the cage.
Valentine scores with a nice hook to the head.
Karokaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valentine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karokaro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro misses with a low kick.
Lou Valentine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentine misses with a wild body shot.
Karokaro misses with a low kick.
Valentine fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lou Valentine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valentine shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Valentine showed some decent athleticism there.
Karokaro tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Valentine manages to move to mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karokaro wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Valentine is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Karokaro has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Karokaro wants to get back to his feet.
Karokaro can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine looking to control but Karokaro is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Valentine is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Karokaro is surviving well by controlling Valentine's body position as best he can.
Karokaro is looking to improve his position but Valentine isn't that keen on the idea.
Karokaro bucks up and throws Valentine to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Valentine tries a head kick but it misses.
Karokaro lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Valentine moves out of range of the strikes.
Valentine buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Valentine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Valentine misses with a body kick.
Karokaro fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Valentine checks it well.
Valentine throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
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!
Valentine shoots in looking for a takedown. Karokaro tries to sprawl out of it but Valentine keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Karokaro manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Karokaro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valentine jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Karokaro scores with a head kick.
Valentine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karokaro moves away.
Valentine takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A big right from Karokaro misses.
Karokaro gets caught napping as Valentine dives in and scores a takedown. Karokaro manages to retain guard.
Karokaro wriggles free and stands up.
Valentine connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Valentine tries to clinch there but Karokaro circles away.
Valentine throws a sloppy body shot
and Karokaro counters with a nice body kick.
Karokaro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Karokaro dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Valentine fails with the takedown
and Karokaro counters with a nice uppercut.
Karokaro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Karokaro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Karokaro misses with a series of wild punches.
Valentine goes for a double leg but Karokaro avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Karokaro continues to drive forward.
Valentine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valentine lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Valentine wants to clinch up but Karokaro keeps it at a distance.
Valentine misses with a jab, cross combination.
Karokaro gets tackled into the cage by Valentine. Valentine maintains the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Valentine creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Valentine.
Karokaro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Karokaro breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valentine just misses with a punch to the body.
Roberto Karokaro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine shoots in looking for a takedown. Karokaro tries to sprawl out of it but Valentine keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Karokaro manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A countering left hand to the body from Karokaro misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lou Valentine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valentine takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice sprawl there from Karokaro as Valentine shoots in.
A head kick misses from Valentine.
Valentine closes the distance and clinches.
Karokaro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Karokaro breaks from the clinch.
Valentine scores with a jab to the head.
Karokaro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Valentine.
It seemed like Karokaro was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Valentine looks to score with a jab to the body but Karokaro is just out of range.
Valentine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karokaro avoids the body shot from Valentine.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro scores with a crisp jab that stopped Valentine in his tracks.
Valentine misses with a double jab
and Karokaro counters with a nice body kick.
Valentine misses with a series of wild punches.
Karokaro swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Valentine ducks under a wild hook from Karokaro.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valentine catches Karokaro with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Valentine avoids the head kick by Karokaro.
Valentine misses with a head kick.
Karokaro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Valentine moves out of range as Karokaro throws a body kick.
Valentine gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Valentine has a couple of punches blocked by Karokaro.
Karokaro can't break the clinch.
Valentine jumps guard but Karokaro stands there with Valentine around his waist. Valentine gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Karokaro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Karokaro pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Valentine.
Karokaro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Valentine tries to clinch up.
Karokaro swinging wildly here.
A solid body kick from Valentine.
Valentine looks to land a left hand but Karokaro moved out of range nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Karokaro misses.
Valentine swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Karokaro lands a nice hook to Valentine's body. Valentine takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Good leg kick by Valentine.
Karokaro throws a right hand that Valentine ducks under and follows up with a left that Valentine also avoids with ease.
Valentine closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valentine is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Karokaro defends it well.
Karokaro kicks Valentine off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine dives in and grabs Karokaro's left leg, looking for a takedown. Karokaro pushes down on Valentine's head and hops out.
Karokaro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karokaro slips a jab from Valentine.
Valentine throws a jab when Karokaro was well out of range.
Karokaro tries a head kick but it misses.
Karokaro slips a jab and a cross from Valentine.
A nice side step and Karokaro releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Karokaro takes a swing at Valentine's ribcage but misses.
Valentine wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Roberto Karokaro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karokaro misses with a body shot.
Valentine fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Karokaro sprawls well initially but Valentine persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Karokaro wants to get back to full guard.
Karokaro is looking to escape.
Karokaro is defending against the submission attempts here by Valentine.
Valentine trying to control the action but Karokaro is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Lou Valentine will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A leg kick checked by Valentine.
It looked like Valentine wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Valentine waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Karokaro.
Karokaro throws a sloppy head kick and Valentine moves out of range easily.
Valentine lands with a thumping leg kick.
Karokaro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valentine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valentine avoids a punch combination nicely.
Valentine paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karokaro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick by Karokaro misses
and Valentine counters by moving into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Karokaro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Karokaro's elbow.
Valentine can't find room to land a body shot as Karokaro controls the action.
Valentine lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Valentine swings wildly with an uppercut but Karokaro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karokaro has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Valentine seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Karokaro can turn it around.
Karokaro breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine goes for a double leg but Karokaro avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Karokaro continues to drive forward.
Karokaro blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Valentine.
Karokaro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Valentine pulls guard.
Valentine had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Karokaro defends it easily.
Valentine keeping full guard, as Karokaro tries to pass.
Karokaro slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Valentine is trying to buck Karokaro off.
Karokaro stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Karokaro back to the cage. Valentine follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Karokaro avoids the head kick by Valentine.
Valentine misses the jab.
Karokaro throws a low kick, looking for Valentine's leg but Valentine calmly moves out of range.
Karokaro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Valentine has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Karokaro.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Valentine.
Valentine drops his hands momentarily and Karokaro takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Valentine misses.
Karokaro paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Karokaro thuds a left hand into Valentine's body.
Valentine shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Karokaro but Karokaro pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Karokaro doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Karokaro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Valentine throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valentine lands a jab to the head.
Valentine goes for a double leg but Karokaro avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Karokaro continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lou Valentine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karokaro tries to break free but Valentine pushes him back against the cage.
Valentine has Karokaro pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Karokaro manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Valentine is looking for a takedown.
Karokaro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Valentine avoids the body shot from Karokaro.
Karokaro lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Valentine doesn't manage to clinch there - Karokaro circles away.
Valentine shoots in for a takedown but Karokaro shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Karokaro throws a jab when Valentine was well out of range.
Karokaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Valentine.
Karokaro misses the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Valentine on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Karokaro throws a nice head kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karokaro looks to land a combination. Valentine sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
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!
Karokaro blocks a head kick by Valentine.
Valentine on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Karokaro tries to bum rush Valentine with a series of wild strikes but Valentine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Valentine shoots in looking for a takedown. Karokaro tries to sprawl out of it but Valentine keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Karokaro manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Valentine throws a shot from downtown. Karokaro moves away and avoids it.
Valentine shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Karokaro defends it nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Karokaro.
Karokaro misses with a few strikes there.
Karokaro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Karokaro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Karokaro has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roberto Karokaro!
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