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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bethania Valverde (ranked 802 p4p, 650 weight class) and James King (ranked 68 p4p, 54 weight class). Valverde kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is LLAMAME YA. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bethania Valverde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, James King!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King is looking to clinch.
Valverde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but King manages to avoid it.
King wants to counter with a clinch but Valverde pushes him away.
A slow jab from Valverde misses its intended target.
James King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King tries to clinch but Valverde moves out of range.
Valverde tries a head kick but it misses.
Valverde scores with a head kick. King tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Valverde lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Valverde throws a right and a left that both miss.
King thows a body kick. Valverde tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Valverde lands a head shot.
Valverde throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Valverde on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Valverde misses with a body kick.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! King crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Valverde - the referee stops the clock and King gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Valverde. King manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Valverde throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
King jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A clash of legs there as Valverde blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King slips a straight right by Valverde.
Valverde connects with a right hand. King shakes it off.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valverde manages to avoid it.
Valverde misses with a straight left.
Valverde tries a head kick but it misses.
Valverde takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Valverde keeps the fight on the outside.
Valverde swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
King misses with a body kick.
Valverde misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
King lands a high kick!
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valverde misses with an uppercut.
Valverde takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valverde. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
King has managed to clinch.
Valverde wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Valverde is defending well for now.
King working aggressively here.
King trying to land knees to the body.
Valverde blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Valverde is defending well for now.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
King misses with a body punch.
Valverde pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice straight punches there by Valverde. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Valverde.
Valverde avoids the head kick by King.
Nice defenses there by King.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde scores with a crisp jab that stopped King in his tracks.
Valverde throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
King throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Valverde.
King is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King wants to clinch up but Valverde keeps it at a distance.
Valverde swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A decent looking body kick lands there for King.
Valverde scores with a head kick.
King ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice body punch from King.
Valverde throws a hook to the side of King's head but King sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
King scores with a push kick.
King tries to clinch but Valverde is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King lands with a kick to the temple. Valverde shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Valverde tries a head kick but it misses.
King uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valverde.
King tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valverde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
King darts in and clinches Valverde up against the cage.
I was talking to Valverde's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
King has Valverde pressed against the cage, preventing Valverde from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Valverde takes a knee to the side of the body.
Valverde blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Valverde avoids it.
King working aggressively here.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Valverde avoids the damage to the body.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valverde's elbow.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Valverde blocks with his arms.
Valverde prevents a body shot from King.
King tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bethania Valverde will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Valverde's corner calls for a 1-2. Valverde obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
King throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
King dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Valverde. That did some damage!
King avoids the head kick by Valverde.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Valverde, as that shot connected.
King closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
King slips a straight right by Valverde.
King tries to counter with a clinch but Valverde shakes him off and moves away.
King is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Valverde rather than just go for the knockout.
A head kick misses from Valverde.
King misses with an attempted mid kick.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valverde.
King throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
King moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
King throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valverde looks to land a left hand but King moved out of range nicely.
King scores with a sloppy right hand. Valverde should have avoided that one.
Bethania Valverde is winning the standup battle so far.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valverde throws a head kick but King moves out of range.
King throws a front kick aimed at Valverde's knee but Valverde avoids it well.
King closes the distance but Valverde moves to the side
and Valverde cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
King is looking to score with low kicks.
Valverde throwing a counter right hand but King manages to avoid it.
King slips a jab and a cross from Valverde.
A slow jab from Valverde misses its intended target.
Valverde tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Valverde slips a jab from King.
King takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Valverde tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Valverde misses with a hook.
Valverde misses with a straight right.
Valverde misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Valverde connects with a high kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for King.
King pushes Valverde up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valverde on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
King misses with a knee strike.
King lands a body shot in the clinch.
Valverde tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Valverde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valverde will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
King scores with a knee to the head.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Valverde.
King has Valverde pressed against the cage, preventing Valverde from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Valverde breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Valverde.
Valverde throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde throws a sloppy head kick and King moves out of range easily.
King bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Valverde needs to keep his hands up - King had a free shot at his head there.
King tries to clinch but Valverde moves out of range.
King dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Valverde. That did some damage!
King misses with an attempted mid kick.
Valverde slips a jab and a cross from King.
King lands with a kick to the temple. Valverde shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Valverde drops his hands momentarily and King takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
King lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Valverde looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
Valverde pulls out of a head kick attempt.
King moves out of range as Valverde strikes.
King misses with a kick to the body
enabling Valverde to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
The crowd cheers as Valverde lands an impressive looking overhand right. King doesn't seem phased though.
Decent striking displayed by King there.
King scores with a nice strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
A decent looking body kick lands there for King.
Valverde throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King misses with a straight left.
King just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromValverde.
King misses with a body shot.
King paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Valverde throws a series of punches but King moves out of range.
King scores with a head kick. Valverde tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
King misses with a few strikes there.
King moves out of range of the strikes.
King connects with a right hand. Valverde shakes it off.
Valverde misses the shot to the body.
King wants to counter the offense by Valverde and move into the clinch position.
Valverde throws a jab but it's blocked by King.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King lands a nice looking body kick.
Valverde slips a jab from King.
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but James King will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Valverde's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
King changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Valverde misses the jab.
Valverde throws a lazy right hand but King sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
King looks to land a combination but Valverde avoids it well.
King moves into range and clinches up with Valverde.
A frustrated look appears on Valverde's face as he tries to break the clinch.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Valverde is blocking nicely.
King throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Valverde blocks it with crossed arms.
King has Valverde pressed against the cage, preventing Valverde from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valverde wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but King has him pressed against the cage.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
King using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
King throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King tries to work over Valverde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Valverde managing to block the knees to the body from King.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Valverde avoids the damage to the body.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valverde is trying to force a seperation but King has the dominant position.
Valverde tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the cage.
King using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Valverde has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Valverde avoids the damage to the body.
King misses with a knee to the head.
Valverde avoiding damage as King throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
King lands a good knee to the midsection. Valverde won't want to take too many of those.
Valverde blocks an uppercut.
Valverde pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valverde looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by King. That's going to slow Valverde down.
King blocks a head kick by Valverde.
Valverde throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
King works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
King bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from King misses.
Valverde throws a looping overhand right but King ducks down to avoid it.
Valverde looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
King cracks Valverde with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
Valverde throws a lazy right hand but King sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by King!
Valverde tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Valverde.
King ducks under a wild hook from Valverde.
Valverde scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
King jabs at Valverde's body.
King fails in his attempt to clinch.
Valverde throwing a counter right hand but King manages to avoid it.
Valverde misses with a head kick.
King steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Valverde.
Valverde throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
King rushes Valverde and presses him up against the cage.
King softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
King is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Valverde wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
James King seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Valverde controls his hands.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
King trying to land knees to the body.
King scores with a nice hook to the 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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
King trying to land knees to the body.
King scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Bethania Valverde has been cut.
Valverde takes a knee right on the jaw!
King working aggressively here.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Valverde is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
James King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think King 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James King!
An out of breath and clearly excited James King thanked HELLBENT for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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