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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcin Diablo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Valor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Tyler Valor enters the cage!
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262 lbs
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195 cm
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245 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcin Diablo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyler Valor!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Steve Montenegro and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Diablo is looking to clinch but Valor is avoiding it.
Valor shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Diablo pinned against the cage. Diablo gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Valor is looking to clinch.
Valor moves into the clinch successfully.
Diablo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Valor avoids it.
Diablo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Valor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Diablo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Valor avoids it.
Diablo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Valor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Valor manages to break the clinch.
Diablo tries to land a front kick but Valor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Valor drives through and clinches with Diablo against the cage.
Diablo missing with knees to the body.
Diablo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Valor is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Diablo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Valor fails to pull guard.
Marcin Diablo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Valor.
Diablo prevents Valor from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diablo lands an elbow inside that Valor shrugs off.
It looks like Tyler Valor has been cut.
Diablo landing knees to the body.
Diablo connects with a knee to the head.
Diablo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Diablo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Valor blocks it with crossed arms.
Valor is trying to break the clinch but Diablo has him pressed against the cage.
Diablo misses with a knee to the head.
Valor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diablo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Valor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Valor tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Diablo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Valor lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Valor tries to break free but Diablo pushes him back against the cage.
Diablo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Valor has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Diablo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Diablo lands a knee to the body.
Diablo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Valor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Valor looks gassed!
Diablo working Valor over with knees to the body.
Valor fails to pull guard.
Diablo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Valor is defending well for now.
Diablo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diablo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Valor on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Diablo obliges.
Diablo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Valor avoids it.
Diablo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Valor's efforts to push away.
Valor tries to circle away but Diablo has him pinned against the cage.
Diablo scores a nice knee to the body.
Diablo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Valor.
Diablo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Diablo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Valor avoiding damage as Diablo throws knees to the body.
Diablo working Valor over with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Diablo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Valor blocks it with crossed arms.
Valor tries to pull guard but Diablo holds him up against the cage and eventually Valor drops back down to his feet.
Valor wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Valor has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Diablo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valor tries to break the clinch but Diablo is controlling the position.
Diablo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Diablo landing knees to the body.
Diablo landing knees to the head.
Valor avoiding damage as Diablo throws knees to the body.
Diablo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Diablo landing knees to the body.
Diablo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Diablo takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Knees to the body from Diablo.
Valor pulls guard effortlessly.
Diablo wants to stand and escape but instead Valor has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Diablo wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valor sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Diablo's guard.
Diablo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Valor.
Valor not doing much here.
Diablo is defending against the submission attempts here by Valor.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diablo is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcin Diablo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyler Valor's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Valor lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Valor wants to clinch up but Diablo keeps it at a distance.
A left and a right from Diablo both land. Nice combination.
Diablo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
so Valor counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
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!
Diablo keeping moving, preventing Valor from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valor wanted to stand there but Diablo had control of the position.
Valor with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diablo is pulling down on Valor's head to control his posture.
Valor wants to pass the guard but Diablo is keeping the position.
Diablo has Valor pulled in close to control his posture.
Valor won't allow Diablo to sweep him here.
Valor works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's two 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.
Valor controlling the action here.
Valor is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Valor scoring with strikes but Diablo is staying in there.
The referee warns Diablo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Valor is landing with some decent strikes but Diablo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Valor stands up from mount. Strange move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diablo closes the distance but Valor moves to the side
and Valor counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Valor.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Valor drops back looking for a leg! Diablo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Diablo manages to kick Valor off! Valor jumps back into Diablo's guard.
Valor controls from within his opponent's guard.
Diablo wants to stand but Valor is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diablo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Valor stays in close to Diablo's body and controls the position.
Diablo wants to get back to his feet but Valor is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Valor scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diablo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Valor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tyler Valor's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Valor shoots in looking for a takedown. Diablo tries to sprawl out of it but Valor keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Diablo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Diablo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Valor.
Diablo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Valor counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Valor shoots in but Diablo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Marcin Diablo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Valor.
Diablo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Valor counters with a single leg into guard. Diablo didn't expect that.
Valor stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Valor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Valor is looking to clinch but Diablo is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diablo tries to clinch but Valor moves away
and Valor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Valor stops Diablo from standing up.
Valor got a little sloppy there for a moment and Diablo has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Valor has managed to get both his arms back between Diablo's legs - danger averted.
Valor wants to control from the top but Diablo keeps moving.
Valor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Valor drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Valor jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Tyler Valor has got the better of the ground game so far.
Diablo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valor wants to control from the top but Diablo keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Diablo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Diablo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valor decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Diablo, up you get!
Marcin Diablo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Diablo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Valor counters with a stiff right hand.
Valor's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Valor duly obliges.
Valor circles away from the clinch attempt
and Valor moves into the clinch.
Diablo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Valor jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Diablo walks away with a smile on his face. Valor gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Marcin Diablo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Valor tries to score a power double leg takedown but Diablo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Valor somewhat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valor fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Valor!
Valor is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valor shoots in for a takedown but Diablo shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A head kick misses from Valor.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diablo tries to close the distance and clinch but Valor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Diablo.
Diablo looks to clinch
and Valor counters with a nice low kick that buckles Diablo's knee momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Valor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Valor 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Valor!
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energy
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FIGHT
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