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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eric Castle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Castle comes to the cage accompanied by 12 Stones - Bulletproof. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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195 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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193 lbs
19 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eric Castle!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Castle moves away from the strike by Valentine.
Valentine misses with a head kick.
Valentine throws a right hand that misses
and Castle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Valentine blocks a low kick nicely.
Castle throws the left hand but Valentine avoids the punch easily.
Valentine slips a straight right by Castle.
Castle misses with a few strikes there.
Castle misses with a looping right.
A solid body kick from Valentine.
Valentine moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Castle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like Eric Castle has been cut.
A jab from Valentine misses.
Castle thumps Valentine with a low kick.
Castle thows a leg kick but Valentine checks it
and Valentine counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Valentine slips a jab and a cross from Castle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Valentine.
Valentine takes a swing at Castle's ribcage but misses.
Valentine is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Castle paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Valentine misses with a straight left.
Castle throws a solid leg kick but Valentine takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Castle.
Castle attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Castle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Valentine misses with a leg kick
and Castle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Castle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Castle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Eric Castle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Valentine's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Castle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Valentine scrambles back to his feet.
Castle takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Valentine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Castle stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Valentine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Valentine ducks under a wild hook from Castle.
Castle on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Valentine stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Valentine wants it to stay on the feet.
Valentine's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Valentine duly obliges.
Castle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Castle is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Valentine misses with an uppercut. Castle saw that one coming.
Valentine wants to slow Castle down by chopping away at his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Castles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice sprawl there from Valentine as Castle shoots in.
Valentine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Castle is breathing heavily.
Valentine smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Valentine takes a swing at Castle's ribcage but misses.
Castle takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Valentine fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Castle on the side of the head.
Valentine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Castle. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valentine throws a shot to the body.
Valentine scores with a shot to the body.
Castle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Valentine to score with a decent uppercut.
Valentine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine cracks Castle with a good jab.
Valentine is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Castle had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Castle throws a leg kick but Valentine checks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Valentine.
Valentine works the jab nicely.
Valentine lands a nice looking body shot.
A swing and a miss from Valentine.
Valentine scores with a nice body kick.
Valentine throws a lazy right hand but Castle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Valentine thuds a left hand into Castle's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentine scores with a decent looking hook.
Castle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Valentine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Valentine dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eric Castle's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nice shot lands for Valentine.
Castle throws a leg kick
and Valentine counters with a slapping leg kick.
Castle misses with a low kick.
Valentine scores with a head kick. Castle tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Castle might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A solid leg kick lands there for Castle.
Valentine buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Castle swinging wildly here.
That kick from Valentine tenderised Castle's leg. Castle is trying to keep his angry face on.
Valentine has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Castle tries to move into range but Valentine moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Eric Castle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A low kick from Castle is predictable there
and Castle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Valentine scores with a jab to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Valentine, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle avoids the head kick by Valentine.
Valentine thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valentine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Castle was well out of range. Poor timing from Valentine.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Castle checks a leg kick.
Castle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valentine can pounce on him.
Valentine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Castle.
Castle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valentine can pounce on him.
Castle slips a jab from Valentine.
Valentine lands a nice leg kick that just misses Castle's sensitive parts.
Valentine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Castle.
Valentine lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Alexander Valentine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Castle on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Castle shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Valentine eats them both and turns towards Castle to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Valentine misses its intended target.
Castle slips under a jab.
Castle misses with a combination
and Castle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Castle tries to bum rush Valentine with a series of wild strikes but Valentine uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Castle loads up on a big right hand but Valentine slips the punch.
A lazy left from Valentine finds it's target.
Valentine scores with a crisp jab that stopped Castle in his tracks.
Castle misses with a double jab
and Valentine counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine lands a nice shot to the body.
Valentine fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab by Valentine.
Castle moves out of range as Valentine strikes.
Valentine throws a big shot that misses.
A punch combination from Castle misses.
Castle shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Castle is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Valentine.
Castle tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Valentine is able to avoid easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Valentine.
Castle cracks the inside of Valentine's front leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Castle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Castle blocks a body shot from Valentine.
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!
Valentine is trying to trip Castle. He has hold of a leg but Castle is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Valentine persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Valentine throwing strikes from guard but Castle blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valentine throws a big elbow that misses.
Valentine passes into half guard.
Valentine passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Castle!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Castle is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Valentine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eric Castle's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Castle is looking to slow Valentine down with leg kicks.
Valentine fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Castle has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Valentine lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Valentine.
Castle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Castle throws a leg kick that is checked
and Valentine counters with a leg kick.
Castle on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Valentine darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Castle is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice jab there from Valentine.
Oh Castle is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Castle falls off balance throwing a combination
and Valentine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Castle takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Castle tries to move into range but Valentine moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Castle throws a leg kick
and Valentine makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Valentine throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Castle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Valentine.
Valentine scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Valentine plants his feet and throws a brutal three punch combo that sends Castle swiftly into unconsciousness! Right, left, right! Boom, boom, boom! Castle face plants, battered and bloodied! He might never be the same again after that finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alexander Valentine!
Alexander Valentine is the new middleweight champion!
As Alexander Valentine got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: In a career full of ups and downs, this win , hopefully, is the start of something amazing! '.
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