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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Javier Vallego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Pandora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pandora comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gonna Fly Now kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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165 lbs
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181 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Javier Vallego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Pandora!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vallego has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pandora.
Vallego gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pandora counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vallego's knee momentarily.
Pandora throws a leg kick which misses Vallego's front leg but catches the back leg as Vallego tries to avoid it.
Vallego tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A good leg kick by Pandora.
Vallego shoots in but Pandora avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vallego looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pandora is fending him off so far but Vallego persists. Nope, Pandora circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Javier Vallego. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vallego fails with the takedown
and Pandora counters with a nice body kick.
Vallego with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pandora counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vallego's knee momentarily.
Pandora pushes Vallego away with a front kick.
Pandora scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pandora lands with a slapping head kick.
Pandora throws a front kick that sends Vallego stumbling back into the cage.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pandora!
Pandora scores with a leg kick.
Pandora lands with a slapping head kick.
Vallego on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pandora. Pandora obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Vallego is breathing heavily.
Pandora connects with a leg kick. Vallego looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vallego shoots and misses
and Pandora counters with a thumping low kick.
Pandora throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pandora connects with a leg kick. Vallego looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pandora bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Vallego takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Pandora lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pandora throws a leg kick which misses Vallego's front leg but catches the back leg as Vallego tries to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pandora connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pandora scores with a push kick.
Pandora fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vallego has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good leg kick by Pandora there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pandora fakes the leg kick and cracks Vallego in the body.
Pandora scores with a kick to the body.
Vallego sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Vallego if he has to take too many more of those.
Pandora scoring well with a low kick there.
Pandora lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pandora lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Vallego will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Vallego walks forward, straight into a front kick from Pandora.
Arthur Pandora is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vallego chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pandora can pounce on him.
Pandora lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pandora goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pandora, right into the meat.
Pandora connects with a leg kick. Vallego looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vallego takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Pandora throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Pandora lands a head kick. Vallego smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Pandora with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vallego is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pandora sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pandora lands with a kick to the temple. Vallego shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Vallego is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandora moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Oh Vallego is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pandora buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pandora bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Vallego seems to have got his legs back now.
Pandora throws a nice outside leg kick.
Pandora thumps Vallego with a low kick.
Pandora scores with a leg kick.
Pandora scores with a push kick.
Crunch! Pandora slams his shin into Vallego's torso.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Vallego. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Pandora delivers a nice body kick.
Pandora scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pandora scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pandora lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pandora lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice takedown defense from Pandora. No joy for Vallego on that attempt.
Pandora goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Pandora lands a high kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandora takes the fight into the clinch.
Vallego jumps guard but Pandora stands there with Vallego around his waist. Vallego gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pandora lands a good knee to the midsection. Vallego won't want to take too many of those.
Pandora lands a knee to the body.
Pandora lands a knee to the body.
Pandora is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Pandora lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Pandora working Vallego over with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pandora crunches a lovely knee into Vallego's ribcage.
Pandora breaks the clinch.
Vallego tries to score a power double leg takedown but Pandora sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Vallego somewhat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pandora dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pandora lands a nice looking body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Pandora.
Pandora lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pandora throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Vallego's head.
Vallego shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Pandora is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pandora slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Pandora wants to control but Vallego is keeping busy.
Pandora has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pandora is looking for a sweep. Vallego is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pandora pushes Vallego off but Vallego dives into side control.
Vallego working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandora sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Pandora is trying to maintain the position but Vallego is very close to passing his half guard.
Pandora looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Pandora looking for submissions off his back.
Vallego is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Pandora defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pandora trying to control from the bottom.
Vallego is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pandora sees it coming and defends easily.
Vallego moves into full mount! Pandora won't be happy about that!
Pandora is looking to get to half guard.
Pandora regains half guard.
Vallego passes to full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandora tries to reverse the position but Vallego maintains control.
Pandora wants to control but Vallego is having none of it.
Vallego has control of Pandora's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Pandora regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Pandora wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Vallego is hanging on to Pandora's back as he tries to escape.
Pandora needs to remain patient if he's going to get out of this sticky situation.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pandora defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Vallego avoiding Pandora 's attempts to control his hands.
Pandora is in bad spot here.
Vallego is not going to allow Pandora to sit and survive in this position.
Vallego has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pandora is trying to get back to his feet but Vallego has full control of the position and if anything, Pandora has just worked his way into a worse spot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pandora manages to reverse the position and now he's in Vallego's guard. Nice work there by Pandora.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pandora showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Pandora lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vallego fails with a takedown attempt.
Pandora lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Pandora turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Vallego is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pandora moves into range and clinches up with Vallego.
Pandora using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vallego has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Pandora after a bit of a struggle.
Pandora lands an elbow just above Vallego 's eye.
Pandora gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vallego goes for a takedown attempt but Pandora pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Javier Vallego. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pandora chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vallego on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pandora. Pandora obviously looking to wear him down.
Vallego fails with a takedown attempt.
Pandora is looking to slow Vallego down with leg kicks.
Pandora connects with a high kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Pandora finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Pandora throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Vallego's head.
Pandora rushes Vallego and presses him up against the cage.
Pandora using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pandora landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pandora putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vallego in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pandora landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pandora putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vallego in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Pandora's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vallego misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Vallego takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Pandora throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Vallego.
Pandora scoring well with a low kick there.
Pandora lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vallego's sensitive parts.
Pandora throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Vallego.
Pandora is looking to slow Vallego down with leg kicks.
Vallego fails to land the takedown.
Vallego stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pandora.
Pandora delivers a nice body kick.
Vallego on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pandora. Pandora obviously looking to wear him down.
Vallego shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pandora sprawls well. Pandora wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Vallego gets slowly back to his feet.
Pandora throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Vallego.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vallego has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pandora.
Vallego walks forward, straight into a front kick from Pandora.
Vallego with a poor takedown
and Pandora counters with a low kick, right behind Vallego 's knee.
Vallego shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pandora as he avoids it easily.
Pandora lands with a thumping leg kick.
Arthur Pandora is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Good leg kick by Pandora there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Vallego sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Vallego shoots and misses
and Pandora counters with a head kick.
Vallego on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Javier Vallego is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pandora bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Vallego shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pandora pinned against the cage. Pandora gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Pandora throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vallego tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Pandora swivels and escapes.
Pandora lands a front kick.
Pandora rushes Vallego and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pandora landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pandora lands an elbow inside that Vallego shrugs off.
A knee to the head by Pandora.
Vallego jumps guard but Pandora stands there with Vallego around his waist. Vallego gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vallego is working for takedown but Pandora is calmly controlling the position for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Pandora comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pandora 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 26:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 26:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Pandora!
During a confident post fight interview, Arthur Pandora thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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