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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Troll Skog (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Valdez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Valdez's choice of entrance music: so amazing. Julian Valdez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Troll Skog!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julian Valdez!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skog tries to close the distance and clinch but Valdez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Valdez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Skog.
It looks like Julian Valdez has been cut.
Skog looks to land a combination but Valdez avoids it well.
Skog throws a lazy right hand but Valdez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Skog clinches up with Valdez and pushes him back against the cage.
Skog just leaning against Valdez, taking a breather.
Valdez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Skog is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Skog gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Valdez.
Skog tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Skog has clasped his hands together around Valdez's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skog working the head with strikes.
Skog is looking to take a break and control but Valdez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Valdez is trying to get back to half guard.
Skog is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Valdez has escaped the position, nice work there.
Valdez gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Valdez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Skog pulls his head out easily.
Valdez actively working from the bottom here.
Valdez looks gassed!
Skog is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Skog pulls his head out easily.
Skog works his way into full mount!
Skog controlling from the full mount.
Valdez is trying desperately to improve position.
Skog with good strikes from the mount here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Skog looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Skog lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Valdez hang on?
Skog breaks from Valdez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Valdez is trying to escape the mount.
Skog controlling from mount.
Valdez is looking to get to half guard.
Skog putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Skog has hold of Valdez's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Valdez manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valdez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Valdez looking for submissions off his back.
Nice strikes from Skog there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Valdez looking for submissions off his back.
Skog 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.
Skog controlling the pace.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valdez looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troll Skog dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julian Valdez'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.
Skog fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skog drives through and clinches with Valdez against the cage.
Skog misses with a knee to the head.
Skog is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Valdez is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skog tries to land a knee to the head but Valdez blocks with his arms.
Still in the clinch, Skog scores with a nice short uppercut.
Valdez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Skog is pressed up against the cage. Valdez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Skog down to the mat. Skog avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Skog instigates a clinch.
Skog prevents a takedown attempt there.
Skog lands an elbow that stopped Valdez in his tracks for a moment.
Skog pushes off an throws an elbow but Valdez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Skog gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Valdez regains guard.
Skog wants to stand but Valdez is controlling his posture from full guard.
Valdez has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Skog is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Valdez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skog wants to lay and pray for a moment but Valdez keeps working.
Valdez is looking to reverse the position.
Skog has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Skog controlling the pace for now.
Valdez working to try and regain half guard.
Valdez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skog with the ground and pound from mount.
Valdez is looking to get to half guard.
Skog controlling the pace for now.
Skog cracks Valdez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Valdez is desperately trying to improve his position but Skog has a good base and remains in mount.
Skog controlling the pace for now.
Skog working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Valdez bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valdez drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Skog manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Valdez has Skog in his guard.
Valdez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Skog defends it easily.
Troll Skog overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Valdez is looking for a triangle but Skog pushes his legs off easily.
Valdez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Skog can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Skog pushes down on Valdez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troll Skog dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Julian Valdez'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. This is the final round!
Skog scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Valdez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Skog keeping full guard, as Valdez tries to pass.
Valdez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Valdez is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Skog is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Skog has escaped and now he's on top!
Skog looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skog trying to control the position from guard on top but Valdez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Skog controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Skog scoring with punches to the head and body.
Skog trying to control but Valdez is working from the bottom.
Skog pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Valdez is keeping the position for now.
Valdez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
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.
Skog stands up and waves to Valdez to follow him.
Valdez shoots in but no luck this time.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Skog 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.
Valdez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Skog sizes up Valdez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Troll Skog is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Skog.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skog advances to mount.
Skog lands a nice shot to the head.
Valdez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Skog looking to control and managing it successfully.
Julian Valdez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Troll Skog showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Skog has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Troll Skog!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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