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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Valerio (ranked 1851 p4p, 2173 weight class) and Drax Bautista (ranked 237 p4p, 269 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Valerio might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to God is a DJ - Faithless. Drax Bautista has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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28 - 24 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ernesto Valerio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drax Bautista!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bautista misses with a straight left.
Bautista comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bautista scores with a sloppy right hand. Valerio should have avoided that one.
Valerio ducks right into an uppercut from Bautista.
Bautista lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Drax Bautista seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Bautista.
Valerio looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Bautista lands with a straight right. Valerio didn't see that one coming.
Bautista throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bautista takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bautista with a nice calf kick.
Bautista scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valerio throws a looping overhand right but Bautista ducks down to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Bautista there.
Bautista looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bautista throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bautista thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valerio was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bautista throws an off balance right hand
and Valerio counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bautista 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.
Valerio scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Valerio loads up on a big right hand but Bautista slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valerio blocks a head kick by Bautista.
Bautista throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bautista throws a sloppy head kick
and Valerio counters with a stiff right hand.
Valerio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bautista looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bautista getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Valerio staying out of range there.
Bautista takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Bautista has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Bautista throws a sloppy head kick and Valerio moves out of range easily.
Bautista takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bautista misses with an uppercut.
Bautista swings widly with a right hand
enabling Valerio to counter with a crisp jab.
Bautista is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Valerio had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Valerio lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A shot to the liver by Valerio. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valerio cracks a nice hook into Bautista's ribs.
Bautista with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bautista misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Valerio avoids the head kick by Bautista.
Bautista looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Valerio.
Bautista misses with a looping right.
Nice shot lands for Valerio.
Bautista connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Valerio's hands.
Valerio lands with a shot to the body.
Bautista throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Valerio counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bautista thinking.
Bautista takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Valerio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bautista.
Valerio lands with a right hand.
Valerio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Valerio takes a swing at Bautista's ribcage but misses.
Valerio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bautista is rocked!
Bautista walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bautista is still on wobbly legs! Can Valerio finish him?
Valerio cracks a nice hook into Bautista's ribs.
Bautista is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Valerio doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Bautista crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Bautista's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ernesto Valerio!
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