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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bethania Valverde (ranked 260 p4p, 722 weight class) and Julian Bashir (ranked 20 p4p, 61 weight class). Valverde comes into the arena with LLAMAME YA blaring out of the sound system. Bashir has chosen Exodus - The Toxic Waltz as his entrance music. Julian Bashir has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Bethania Valverde's chin.
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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 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bethania Valverde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julian Bashir!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valverde misses with a wild body shot.
Bashir avoids the body shot from Valverde.
Valverde scores with a nice head shot.
Bashir rushes Valverde and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bashir.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valverde.
Bashir goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Valverde prevents a body shot from Bashir.
Bashir drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Good body shot from Bashir.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bashir swings wildly with an uppercut but Valverde uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Bashir fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bashir.
Bashir working aggressively here.
Bashir has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Valverde avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Valverde manages to break the clinch.
Bethania Valverde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bashir blocks a head kick by Valverde.
Nice jab there from Valverde.
Valverde fakes the leg kick and cracks Bashir in the body.
Valverde missing with a left hand there. Bashir was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And Bashir tries to counter it with a takedown but Valverde pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Bashir uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valverde.
Bashir scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Valverde doesn't seem bothered though.
Valverde lands an overhand right.
Valverde throws a head kick but Bashir moves out of range.
Bashir with the counter takedown but Valverde avoids it easily.
Bethania Valverde is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bashir staying out of range there.
Bashir tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Valverde misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bashir is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valverde misses with a straight left.
Bashir on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bashir lands with a straight right. Valverde didn't see that one coming.
Bashir is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valverde.
Bashir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valverde.
Bashir tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Valverde throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bashir feints the counter takedown.
Valverde throws a hook but Bashir avoids it easily.
Valverde throws a hook but Bashir avoids it easily.
Valverde pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bashir tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Valverde misses the jab.
Bashir tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Bashir scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bashir ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Valverde lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slow jab from Valverde misses its intended target.
Valverde tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bashir was well out of range. Poor timing from Valverde.
Bashir with the counter takedown but Valverde avoids it easily.
Valverde looks to land a right hand but Bashir moved out of range.
Bashir changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Bashir ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Valverde pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bashir slips under a jab from Valverde.
Bashir keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Bashir walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bashir lands a right hook to the body.
Valverde throws a looping overhand right but Bashir ducks down to avoid it.
Bashir avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Valverde takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Valverde misses with a lunging right hand
and Bashir counters with a takedown into side control.
Valverde explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valverde throws a hook but Bashir avoids it easily.
And Bashir tries to counter it with a takedown but Valverde pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Bashir avoids the body shot from Valverde.
And Bashir tries to counter it with a takedown but Valverde pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Valverde loads up on a big right hand but Bashir slips the punch.
Bashir ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valverde moves away.
Valverde lands an overhand right.
Bashir slips a straight right by Valverde.
Valverde missing with a left hand there. Bashir was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice body punch from Bashir.
Valverde stuffs the takedown attempt from Bashir. Bashir gets slowly back to his feet.
Bethania Valverde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julian Bashir.
Bashir misses with a left hand
letting Valverde counter with a right hand.
Valverde avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bethania Valverde dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bashir throws a series of strikes that have Valverde backpedaling.
Valverde is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bashir can do to turn this around?
Valverde connects with a single shot there.
Valverde throws a big shot that misses.
Bashir is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Valverde rather than just go for the knockout.
Bashir connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Valverde momentarily.
Bashir pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Valverde throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Valverde throws a body punch but Bashir moves out of range.
Valverde slips under a jab from Bashir.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bashir darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valverde throws an overhand right that lands on Bashir's shoulder, as Bashir tries to avoid the shot.
Valverde avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bashir sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Bethania Valverde is winning the standup battle so far.
Valverde rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bashir moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bashir connects with a body shot that sends Valverde's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bashir thuds a left hand into Valverde's body.
Bashir tries to bum rush Valverde with a series of wild strikes but Valverde uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bashir takes one to the side of the head.
Bashir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valverde swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Valverde was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Valverde misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And Bashir tries to counter it with a takedown but Valverde pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Valverde looks to land a combination. Bashir sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Valverde throws a hook to the side of Bashir's head but Bashir sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Valverde looks to throw a body kick
and Bashir counters with a takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bashir controlling from side mount.
Bashir tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bashir moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Bashir is trying to get an arm triangle but Valverde is defending well.
Valverde prevents Bashir from improving position.
Valverde is trying to buck Bashir off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bashir throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bashir with the ground and pound but Valverde regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Valverde is trying to stand back up but Bashir is controlling him
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Bashir in particular looking to stall.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Bashir not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Well, if Bashir is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight� I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza� Yum. Can't wait.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A punch lands to the side of Bashir 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bashir bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Valverde's head backwards.
Bashir keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Valverde.
Bashir throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bashir slips a straight right by Valverde.
Bashir tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Valverde cracks a nice hook into Bashir's ribs.
Valverde throws a sloppy head kick
and Bashir counters with a single leg into guard. Valverde didn't expect that.
Bashir in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bashir throws a big right hand that misses.
Julian Bashir has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bashir postures up in Valverde's guard and throws a big left but Valverde blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Julian Bashir will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Bashir ducks under a wild hook from Valverde.
Valverde misses with a looping right.
Bashir changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Valverde throws the kick towards the body but Bashir avoids it.
Valverde closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Bashir blocks a head kick by Valverde.
Bashir is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Bashir blocks a jab.
Bashir is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Bashir tests Valverde's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Valverde misses with a hook.
Bashir feints the counter takedown.
Bashir lands a nice hook to Valverde's body. Valverde takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bashir misses with a hook
and Valverde counters with a stiff right hand.
A swing and a miss from Valverde.
Bashir just misses with a punch to the body.
Bashir gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Valverde is trying to break the clinch but Bashir is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valverde stops a takedown attempt from Bashir.
Bashir swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Valverde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bashir displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valverde throws out the jab.
Valverde ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Valverde avoids the body shot from Bashir.
Bashir throws a good cross that connects.
Bashir thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bashir is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valverde is looking for a counter combo.
Valverde is looking to land body kicks.
Valverde lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bashir steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Valverde. That one must have hurt.
Valverde looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bashir misses with a hook. Valverde ducked under it nicely.
Bashir tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valverde swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Valverde is looking for a counter combo.
Valverde scores with a hook.
Valverde throws a right hand that Bashir ducks under and follows up with a left that Bashir also avoids with ease.
Bashir changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Bashir misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valverde.
Bashir tries to close the distance and clinch but Valverde swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valverde throws a sloppy head kick and Bashir moves out of range easily.
Bashir misses with a hook
and Valverde counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bashir looks to score with a jab to the body but Valverde is just out of range.
Valverde throws a shot from downtown. Bashir moves away and avoids it.
Bashir misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bashir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valverde.
Left hook, right uppercut from Valverde.
Valverde changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bashir dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bashir changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Bashir ducks under a wild hook from Valverde.
Bashir steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valverde.
Nice jab there from Valverde.
Valverde misses with a straight right.
Bashir is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Valverde gets tackled into the cage by Bashir. Bashir maintains the clinch.
Bashir is working for takedown but Valverde is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bashir is leaning against Valverde and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bashir.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bashir tries to work over Valverde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bashir misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valverde wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bashir has him pressed against the cage.
Bashir misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Bashir.
Bashir fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bethania Valverde has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julian Bashir.
Bashir lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Valverde manages to break the clinch.
Valverde misses with a body shot.
Valverde throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bashir sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valverde tests Bashir's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Valverde throws out a loose jab but Bashir uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bethania Valverde showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Valverde has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bethania Valverde!
Bethania Valverde gave a mention to Pulling Guard in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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