PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Moss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Remy Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valentine has chosen Pantera - I'm Broken as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Remy Valentine was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Moss
vs
Valentine

193 cm
29
222 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

191 cm
29
215 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Randy Moss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Remy Valentine!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moss ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valentine moves away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Valentine.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Moss, right into the meat.
Valentine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moss.
Valentine throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Valentine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moss.
Moss moves out of range as Valentine strikes.
Valentine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Moss throws a right and a left that Valentine avoids nicely.
Moss throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheers as Moss lands an impressive looking overhand right. Valentine doesn't seem phased though.
Moss looks to land a combination. Valentine sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Good standup being displayed there by Valentine as he connects with a hook.
Remy Valentine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valentine. Moss does a little dance to reset his feet.
A right-left combo lands from Moss.
Valentine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Moss will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Valentine connects with a looping right hand.
Valentine looks to throw the jab but Moss is out of range.
Moss connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Valentine closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Moss throws a punch but it's blocked by Valentine.

Moss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine slips a jab and a cross from Moss.
Moss moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
No joy there for Moss, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Valentine.
Moss fails to land with a series of punches.
Moss is breathing heavily.
Valentine lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Valentine goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Moss fails to land with a series of punches.
Moss thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valentine bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Moss's head backwards.
Valentine wants to clinch up but Moss keeps it at a distance.
Good work by Moss as he checks the leg kick.
Valentine fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Moss looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Moss takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Moss chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valentine can pounce on him.
Moss circles away from the clinch attempt.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Valentine instigates a clinch.
Valentine looking to throw knees to the head but Moss is blocking nicely.
Valentine looking to throw knees to the head but Moss is blocking nicely.
Valentine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valentine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine lands an elbow that stopped Moss in his tracks for a moment.
Valentine misses with a knee strike.
Valentine lands a hook to the side of the head.

Valentine decides to pull guard.

Valentine looking for a guillotine here but Moss defends easily.
Moss stopping the sweep attempt from Valentine.

Valentine is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moss postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Valentine manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Moss really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Moss is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Valentine has taken his back.
Moss is trying to get back to his feet but Valentine has full control of the position and if anything, Moss has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Valentine looking to break Moss's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Moss remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Valentine will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Moss manages to reverse the position and now he's in Valentine's guard. Nice work there by Moss.
Valentine manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Moss manages to get himself to full guard.
Valentine passes Moss's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moss is controlling Valentine's trapped leg to prevent Valentine from advancing to side control.
Valentine wants to pass to mount but Moss is defending the position.
Moss wants to get back to his feet.
Valentine tries to pass the half guard into mount. Moss knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Moss tries to kick Valentine off but Valentine keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Valentine is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Valentine is pressing down on Moss's thigh, looking to free his foot. Moss is holding on for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Remy Valentine dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Moss uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valentine.
Valentine misses with a left hand
and Moss counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Valentine throws a hook but Moss avoids it easily.
Valentine throws a sloppy head kick and Moss moves out of range easily.
Moss will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Valentine connects with an inside leg kick.
Moss takes a jab right on the kisser.
Moss fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Valentine is out of range.
Valentine ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Moss takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Valentine is looking to clinch.
Valentine throws the left hand but Moss avoids the punch easily.
Valentine paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Moss swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Moss will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Valentine scoring well with a low kick there.
Moss lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Good leg kick by Valentine there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Moss paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Moss drops his hands momentarily and Valentine takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Valentine - that will leave a mark!
Valentine scores with a jab. Moss acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Valentine lands a nice hook to Moss's body. Moss takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Valentine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Valentine drives through and clinches with Moss against the cage.
Nice elbow from Valentine.
Knees in the clinch landing for Valentine.
Moss takes a knee right on the jaw!
Valentine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Moss's defenses.
Nice body punch from Valentine - that landed with a thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valentine lands a damaging elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Valentine.
Valentine tries to pull guard but Moss holds him up against the cage and eventually Valentine drops back down to his feet.
Valentine lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Moss.
Valentine unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moss is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Valentine is defending well for now.
Moss tries to break free but Valentine pushes him back against the cage.
Moss takes an elbow to the temple.
Valentine misses with a knee strike.
Moss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valentine unloads a knee to the mid-section. Moss lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Valentine throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moss misses with a punch on the inside.
Valentine throws a head punch that misses.
Valentine throws a knee to the head but misses.
Moss lands a right hand that snaps the head of Valentine backwards.
Valentine tries to land a knee to the head but Moss blocks with his arms.
A right handed body shot lands from Moss.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Moss throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Valentines head.
Valentine takes a shot to the head.
Moss scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Valentine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Moss avoiding damage as Valentine throws knees to the body.
Valentine is working Moss over against the cage.
Moss blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Valentine throws an elbow but misses.
Moss is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Moss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Moss digs a right hand into Valentine's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Valentine's gas tank.

Moss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moss swats away the attempt to clinch by Valentine.
Moss throws a nice looking combination but Valentine bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Valentine waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Moss.
Moss scores with a three punch combo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Valentine clinches up with Moss and pushes him back against the cage.
Moss lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Moss stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Valentine on the inside.
Valentine scores with a hook to the body.
Valentine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Valentine landing knees to the head.
Moss lands with a left to the head.
Valentine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Moss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Moss.

Moss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Moss scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Remy Valentine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moss takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Moss takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Moss lands a jab-cross combination.
Moss uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Valentine lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Valentine on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Moss misses with a two punch combination.
Moss takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Valentine throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Moss on the side of the head.
Valentine moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

Valentine moves into range and clinches up with Moss.
Valentine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valentine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Valentine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Valentine lands an elbow just above Moss 's eye.
Valentine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Moss misses with a punch to the body.
Moss is looking to break free of the clinch but Valentine has double underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Valentine.
Valentine keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Moss's efforts to push away.
Valentine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Valentine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Moss blocks it with crossed arms.
Moss lands a nice uppercut.
Valentine throws an elbow but it misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Moss.
Moss taking a breather.
A short right from Valentine.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valentine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Moss backwards.
Valentine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Moss.
Valentine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Valentine tries to land knees in the clinch but Moss avoids the damage to the body.
Moss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Valentine avoiding damage as Moss throws knees to the body.
Moss stalling in the clinch but Valentine improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Remy Valentine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Moss scores with a punch to the head.
Moss plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Valentine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moss.
Moss takes a swing at Valentine's ribcage but misses.
Moss lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Valentine moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Valentine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moss fails to land with a series of punches.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Moss takes one on the button.
Moss throws a jab when Valentine was well out of range.
A jab from Valentine finds it's way through Moss's defenses.
Valentine misses with a low kick.

Valentine pushes Moss up against the cage in a clinch.
Valentine using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valentine lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Valentine with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Valentine landing knees to the body.
Valentine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valentine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Valentine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Moss avoids it.
Moss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine lands a body shot in the clinch.
Moss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Valentine.
Moss can't find room to land a body shot as Valentine controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moss.
Moss tries to circle away but Valentine has him pinned against the cage.
Valentine misses with a knee to the head.
Moss can't find room to land a body shot as Valentine controls the action.
A short uppercut from Valentine.
Valentine misses with a knee to the head.
Valentine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Moss blocks it with crossed arms.
Moss misses with a hook from the clinch.
Moss managing to block the knees to the body from Valentine.
Valentine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Moss.
Valentine has a couple of punches blocked by Moss.
Moss is trying to maintain a safe position but Valentine gets an underhook and turns Moss into the cage.
Valentine with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Moss breaks from the clinch.
Moss throws a low kick but Valentine moves out of range easily.
Moss ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Moss jabs Valentine right on the nose. Valentine blinks but takes it well.
Valentine getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Valentine scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Moss throws a right and a left that Valentine avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Valentine clinches up against the cage.
Valentine works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Valentine misses with a knee strike.
Moss scores with a hook to the body.
Moss avoids the elbow strike from Valentine, against the cage.
Moss lands a nice uppercut.
Valentine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Valentine with a knee to the head.
Valentine throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mosss head.
Valentine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Valentine gets through Moss's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Moss.
Moss pushes Valentine back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Valentine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Moss's brow.
A nice right hand lands inside from Moss.
Valentine throws an elbow that misses.
Moss lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valentine backwards.
Valentine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valentine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Moss lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Valentine.
Moss scores with a shot to the side of Valentine's head.
Moss lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Valentine or not.
Valentine scores a nice knee to the body.
Valentine connects with a nasty looking knee right to Moss's face.
Valentine tries to land a knee to the head but Moss blocks with his arms.
Moss avoiding damage as Valentine throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moss lands with a left to the head.
Moss is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Valentine is keeping busy.
Moss doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Moss on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moss leaning against his opponent.
Valentine lands a knee to the body.
Moss tries to break the clinch but Valentine is controlling the position.
Nice body punch from Valentine - that landed with a thud.
Moss digs a right hand into Valentine's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Valentine's gas tank.
Valentine blocks an elbow strike from Moss.
A short right from Valentine on the inside.
Moss taking a breather.
A right hook to the body lands for Moss.
Valentine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Moss blocks it with crossed arms.
Moss blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Moss manages to break the clinch.
Valentine throws a sloppy head kick
and Moss makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Valentine keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Moss on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Valentine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Moss was well out of range. Poor timing from Valentine.
Moss attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Valentine throws a body punch but Moss moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Moss moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Moss lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Randy Moss has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Valentine has closed the distance and engaged Moss in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Valentine.
Moss lands a hook that snaps the head of Valentine backwards.
Valentine misses with a knee to the head.
Moss lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Moss softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Valentine crunches a lovely knee into Moss's ribcage.
Moss lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Valentine or not.
Moss blocks the elbow strike.
Moss lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Moss lands a hook that snaps the head of Valentine backwards.
Valentine misses with some punches.
Valentine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Moss lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Valentine backwards.
Moss lands a body shot.
Valentine connects with a nasty looking knee right to Moss's face.
Remy Valentine seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short body shot lands from Valentine as the two fighters clinch.
Moss lands a body shot.

Moss breaks from the clinch.
Valentine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Moss stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Valentine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Moss lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Valentine circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Remy Valentine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Valentine has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Remy Valentine!