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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phoenix Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Onizuka Stresemann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valentine comes to the cage accompanied by Liquid Tension Experiment - Acid Rain. Stresemann has chosen Takashi Sorimachi - Poison as his entrance music. Phoenix Valentine has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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224 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Phoenix Valentine!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Onizuka Stresemann!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Valentine.
Valentine misses with a low kick.
Valentine shoots in looking for a takedown. Stresemann tries to sprawl out of it but Valentine keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Stresemann manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Stresemann jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Valentine fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Stresemann avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phoenix Valentine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valentine dives in and grabs Stresemann's left leg, looking for a takedown. Stresemann pushes down on Valentine's head and hops out.
Stresemann moves out of range of the leg kick from Valentine.
Stresemann misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Stresemann misses.
Stresemann waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valentine.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Valentine drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stresemann tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Valentine wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Valentine in side control lands a decent elbow.
Stresemann tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Valentine wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Stresemann gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Stresemann is looking to improve his position.
Ground and pound from Valentine.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Valentine is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valentine takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Valentine is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stresemann on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Stresemann gets full guard.
Stresemann looking to hit a scissor sweep but Valentine is one step ahead there.
Stresemann can't keep his opponent in guard - Valentine advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine working Stresemann over with strikes.
Valentine trying to control from half guard but Stresemann is working away.
Valentine content to control rather than advance.
Valentine not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Valentine working over Stresemann with some ground and pound. Stresemann looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Valentine lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stresemann wants to control but Valentine is keeping busy.
Stresemann wants to improve his position but Valentine is controlling well.
Stresemann has hold of Valentine's hands but Valentine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Valentine seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stresemann is trying to get back to full guard.
Valentine is trying to control the action in half guard but Stresemann is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Stresemann is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Valentine there.
Valentine prevents Stresemann from improving his position.
Stresemann actively working from the bottom here.
Valentine 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.
Valentine uses his free foot to push down on Stresemann's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Stresemann.
Valentine lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stresemann hang on?
Stresemann tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Valentine scores with a couple of good head shots there.
It looks like Onizuka Stresemann has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice elbow there by Valentine.
Stresemann is rocked!
Stresemann keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Stresemann is still in real trouble! Can Valentine finish him?
Stresemann is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Stresemann seems to have recovered his senses.
Valentine lands a big shot there that rocks Stresemann but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Valentine! Stresemann is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Phoenix Valentine!
Phoenix Valentine retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Phoenix Valentine, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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FIGHT
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