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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between TIAGO VALERIO (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marky Koleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). VALERIO comes to the cage accompanied by Tente outra Vez. Koleman has chosen Tema do Pride as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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178 cm
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270 lbs
0 - 13 - 1 |
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189 cm
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233 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
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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 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, TIAGO VALERIO! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marky Koleman! The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! VALERIO doesn't manage to clinch there - Koleman circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - VALERIO looks like he's thinking about clinching though. VALERIO wants to clinch up but Koleman keeps it at a distance. VALERIO slaps away a takedown attempt from Koleman, before circling back to the center of the mat. VALERIO tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koleman swats him away and circles back towards the center. Nice sprawl there from VALERIO as Koleman shoots in. The fight stays on the outside here - VALERIO looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Koleman keeps the fight on the outside. VALERIO is looking to clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Koleman closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Koleman not landing any meaningful shots this time. Koleman stops VALERIO from getting back to his feet.
Koleman thows a huge punch but VALERIO dodges it nicely.
Koleman thows a huge punch but VALERIO dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Koleman throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Koleman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Koleman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. VALERIO wants to get back to full guard. VALERIO is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Koleman's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Koleman's back! VALERIO lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by VALERIO.
Koleman is trapped and VALERIO is scoring with shots to the head and body. VALERIO has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Koleman wants to escape the position.
VALERIO lands an elbow to the side of the head. VALERIO keeps control of the position as Koleman tries to break free.
VALERIO scores with strikes from the back.
Koleman covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Koleman looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round. VALERIO is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Koleman won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips VALERIO off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). TIAGO VALERIO!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
73% |
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