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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Valiente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manong Tsuper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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239 lbs
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265 lbs
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Good chin |
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Brawler
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Julio Valiente!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Manong Tsuper!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valiente uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A head kick by Tsuper misses
and Valiente counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Valiente.
Valiente works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tsuper blocking the ground and pound attempt from Valiente.
Valiente will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Nice strikes from Valiente there.
Valiente passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Tsuper!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tsuper can do anything to dispel that myth.
Valiente with shots to the head and body - Tsuper looks very uncomfortable down there.
Valiente working the ground and pound effectively.
You get the feeling that Tsuper really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Valiente unloading with bombs!
Tsuper really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Valiente. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tsuper tries to hold on but Valiente postures up.
Valiente in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
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!
Valiente blocks Tsuper's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Valiente has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tsuper's face.
Valiente avoids the attempt from Tsuper to control.
Valiente 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valiente with shots to the head and body - Tsuper looks very uncomfortable down there.
Valiente lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tsuper hang on?
Valiente landing strikes from the mount.
Valiente postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tsuper looks a forlorn figure.
Tsuper can't escape the position.
Valiente with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Valiente.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valiente looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tsuper should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Valiente punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tsuper takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tsuper taking shots to the head.
Valiente lands a big elbow.
Valiente avoids the attempt from Tsuper to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tsuper is bucking up trying to escape but Valiente cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Valiente connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valiente pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tsuper keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Valiente landing strikes from the mount and Tsuper is in trouble!
Tsuper is looking to improve his position but Valiente isn't that keen on the idea.
Valiente lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valiente lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Valiente is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tsuper can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Valiente landing shots from mount.
Tsuper is trying to escape the mount.
Tsuper is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valiente raining down hammerfists from mount.
Tsuper in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tsuper is looking to improve his position but Valiente isn't that keen on the idea.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Tsuper has eaten all the pies!
Tsuper is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Valiente raining down shots from the mount!
Valiente lands a heavy elbow.
Tsuper wants to control but Valiente is having none of it.
Valiente unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Valiente.
Tsuper is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valiente looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tsuper is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tsuper in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Valiente avoids the attempt from Tsuper to control.
Valiente lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Valiente landing punches.
Tsuper taking shots to the head.
Valiente punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tsuper is in all sorts of trouble here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valiente is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tsuper is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Valiente dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice jab there from Valiente.
Tsuper throws a sloppy head kick
and Valiente counters with a stiff right hand.
A head kick by Tsuper misses
and Valiente counters with a thumping low kick.
Valiente scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Valiente tries to advance to mount but Tsuper denies him.
Valiente is putting a hurting on Tsuper here, landing some big shots from side control.
Tsuper tries to bench press Valiente off him but Valiente keeps the position.
Tsuper is working to avoid the ground and pound but Valiente connects with a decent elbow.
Valiente tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Tsuper takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tsuper is trying to improve his position.
Valiente landing strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuper takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tsuper tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Valiente wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Valiente working the head with strikes.
Valiente working the body and head with strikes.
Valiente tries to advance to mount but can't.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Valiente throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Tsuper struggling a bit here.
Valiente working the ground and pound.
Valiente in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Tsuper is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tsuper struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valiente landing a few strikes.
Tsuper is looking to regain half guard here but Valiente keeps moving and retains side control.
Valiente works to advance to full mount. Tsuper defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Valiente working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Valiente lands a heavy elbow.
Tsuper is working to get back to half guard.
Tsuper landing with some feeble shots from his back... He should probably try escaping the position instead.
Tsuper is working to get back to half guard.
Valiente unloading with bombs!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valiente with shots to the head and body - Tsuper looks very uncomfortable down there.
Valiente scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tsuper?
Tsuper keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Valiente.
Valiente with the ground and pound from mount.
Valiente lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tsuper is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tsuper wants to control but Valiente is having none of it.
Valiente with shots to the head and body - Tsuper looks very uncomfortable down there.
Tsuper is looking to improve his position but Valiente isn't that keen on the idea.
Valiente lands a heavy elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valiente has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Tsuper's face.
Valiente scoring with strikes but Tsuper is staying in there.
Julio Valiente overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
BOOM! Valiente connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Valiente lands a nice shot to the head.
Tsuper manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Tsuper trying to control from the bottom.
Valiente is looking to advance position but Tsuper won't allow it.
Tsuper tries to get to full guard but Valiente has control of the leg.
Tsuper is looking to control Valiente's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tsuper avoid being mounted?
Valiente 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Valiente dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Tsuper throws a lazy head kick
and Valiente counters with an inside leg kick.
Tsuper throws a head kick that misses
and Valiente counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Valiente lands the left hand.
Tsuper throws a sloppy head kick
and Tsuper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tsuper throws a sloppy head kick
and Valiente counters with a thumping low kick.
Valiente is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Valiente throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Tsuper tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Valiente is in Tsuper's guard.
Valiente sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tsuper's guard.
Valiente works his way into side control.
Tsuper takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Valiente lands a nice forearm strike.
Valiente advances to full mount.
Valiente cracks Tsuper with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Valiente is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tsuper can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tsuper can't escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuper tries to hold on but Valiente pushes him away.
Tsuper is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Valiente is staying active.
Valiente looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tsuper tries to reverse the position but Valiente maintains control.
Valiente working the ground and pound effectively.
Tsuper can't escape the position.
Valiente breaks from Tsuper's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Valiente with the ground and pound from mount.
Valiente lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Valiente lands with some strikes.
Valiente won't let Tsuper get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Valiente lands a heavy elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Tsuper that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Valiente with a couple of short strikes.
Tsuper is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tsuper keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Valiente lands a nice shot to the head.
Valiente prevents Tsuper from getting the reversal.
Valiente is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tsuper can do to turn this around?
Valiente lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tsuper hang on?
Valiente lands a big shot there that rocks Tsuper but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tsuper taking shots to the head.
Tsuper keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Valiente throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Valiente punching from mount but Tsuper doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuper really wants to buck Valiente off and get back to his feet.
Tsuper is trying desperately to improve position.
Valiente with a couple of short strikes.
Valiente thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Valiente misses with a head shot.
Tsuper tries to hold on but Valiente postures up.
Tsuper is in all sorts of trouble here.
Valiente lands a nice shot to the head.
Tsuper is trying desperately to improve position.
Valiente lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tsuper hang on?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
BOOM! Valiente connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tsuper is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Tsuper in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tsuper keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Valiente looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tsuper is in a horrible position here. Valiente smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Valiente is landing with some decent strikes but Tsuper is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tsuper really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Valiente with a couple of short strikes.
Manong Tsuper has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Julio Valiente is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Feeble punches landing from Tsuper - he's mounted - they can't hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Julio Valiente showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Valiente 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:26
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julio Valiente!
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