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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre LePew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think LePew might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Dirty House. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm
30
179 lbs
25 - 11 - 1 |
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183 cm
24
180 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre LePew! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Valentine! The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Columbo Gatti and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Valentine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. LePew waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valentine. LePew misses with a combination
and Valentine counters with a good low kick that LePew was not able to check. Valentine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but LePew moves away. A slow jab from LePew misses its intended target. LePew throws a right and a left that Valentine avoids nicely. Valentine lands with a straight right. LePew didn't see that one coming. Valentine walks into a stiff left hand from LePew. Valentine on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
LePew connects with a body shot that sends Valentine's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round. LePew dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Valentine has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Valentine there as he acknowledges the shot. Valentine lands a jab. LePew bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. LePew is trying to move to mount but Valentine reverses beautifully and ends up in LePew's guard. LePew is trying to keep Valentine in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Valentine preventing the sweep. Valentine tries to free his leg and advance position but LePew is retaining full guard. LePew wants to improve his position but instead Valentine has moved into half guard.
LePew moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Valentine not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. LePew wants to sweep here but Valentine controlling him for the moment. LePew manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Valentine is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. LePew is landing with some decent strikes but Valentine is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. Valentine holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as LePew tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
LePew content just to control the position here. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. LePew throwing strikes here but Valentine is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre LePew dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
LePew fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Valentine looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. LePew lands with a cross. LePew fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valentine manages to avoid it. Valentine fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. LePew lands a nice hook to Valentine's body. Valentine takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. LePew throws a wild combination but nothing lands. LePew shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than LePew was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! LePew looking to ground and pound but Valentine is blocking nicely. LePew throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Valentine because LePew loaded up on that one. LePew 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. LePew throwing shots from mount but they're not landing. LePew misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
LePew thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
LePew thowing shots but they're missing. LePew unloads with some shots from mount but Valentine bucks and avoids them well.
LePew postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Valentine looks a forlorn figure.
Poor strikes thrown by LePew there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's two minutes gone in the round. LePew jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Valentine is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Valentine and LePew has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Valentine is positioning himself to get back to half guard. LePew has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Valentine! LePew is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Valentine can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This has been an exciting period of action! LePew wants to control the pace but Valentine is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. LePew throws some wild stikes that Valentine manages to avoid easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. LePew throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage. Valentine is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
LePew misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Valentine blocking the ground and pound. LePew looking to control but Valentine is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. LePew throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's four minutes gone in the round. LePew lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Valentine blocking the ground and pound. LePew looking to ground and pound but Valentine is blocking nicely. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, LePew cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
LePew cracks Valentine with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action! LePew raining down shots from the mount! LePew misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Valentine wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by LePew.
LePew trying to control but Valentine is having none of it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre LePew dominated that second round. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A combination from LePew does no damage. Valentine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Valentine throws a jab but it's blocked by LePew. LePew lands with a cross. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. The crowd cheers as LePew lands an impressive looking overhand right. Valentine doesn't seem phased though. Valentine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. A big left from LePew misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. LePew scores with a one two! Valentine had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. LePew ducks under a wild hook from Valentine. LePew misses with a takedown and Valentine counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. LePew fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Valentine sprawls well initially but LePew persists and gets the takedown into half guard. LePew is keen to just control but Valentine is a slippery customer. LePew is stalling here. Valentine is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! LePew seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Valentine has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. LePew is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. LePew manages to work his way to half guard, despite Valentine's best efforts. LePew is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. LePew gets full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. There's a bit of a scramble here and now LePew is on top in guard.
Pierre LePew overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. LePew looking to pass the guard. LePew looking to sit in guard and control but Valentine gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Pierre LePew is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. LePew seems keen to control Valentine's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round. LePew throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
LePew keeping moving, preventing Valentine from controlling successfully. Vincent Valentine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! There's a bit of a scramble here and now LePew is on top in guard.
LePew controlling from the top position.
And that's the end of the fight! Pierre LePew showed his dominance in that final round. Well LePew 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27 Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27 Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierre LePew!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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