PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dick Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Valentine might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I Buy the Drugs. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Valentine
vs
Hunter

181 cm
27
180 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

180 cm
27
180 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dick Valentine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eli Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine is looking to clinch but Hunter is avoiding it.
Valentine throws a body punch but Hunter moves out of range.
Valentine takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hunter throws a series of punches but Valentine avoids them all with ease.
Valentine takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Eli Hunter has been cut.

Valentine rushes Hunter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Valentine lands an elbow just above Hunter 's eye.

Valentine's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Valentine. Hunter does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab, jab by Hunter - just one landing.

Valentine moves into the clinch.

Valentine breaks the clinch.
Valentine fails with the takedown.

Valentine rushes Hunter and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Valentine breaks the clinch.
Hunter misses with a looping right.
No joy there for Hunter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Valentine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hunter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hunter takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Valentine throws out a loose jab but Hunter uses good head movement to avoid it.

Valentine decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valentine thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hunter's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valentine passes the guard and advances to mount!
Valentine throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hunter holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Valentine tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunter is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Valentine 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine dominating with strikes here.
Valentine looking to finish with strikes here!
Valentine breaks from Hunter's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Valentine punching from mount but Hunter doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Valentine sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hunter blocking the ground and pound.
Valentine lands with some strikes.
Valentine lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Valentine throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hunter because Valentine loaded up on that one.
Valentine pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Hunter is rocked!

That has opened up Eli Hunter's cut even more.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Valentine! Hunter is hurt baaadly! Valentine is firing away with more strikes - Hunter is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dick Valentine!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Dick Valentine waved his t-shirt featuring Global Nutritional (Q159) 95% ROR on Laundry's logo in front of the cameras.