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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phoenix Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney comes to the cage accompanied by Wicked. Valentine is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Liquid Tension Experiment - Acid Rain. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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220 lbs
12 - 4 - 0 |
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205 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Toney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Phoenix Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toney swings for the body but Valentine moves out of range.
Toney fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Valentine, pushing him back against the cage.
Valentine can't get the takedown.
Toney goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Valentine has Toney pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Toney manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Toney has a couple of punches blocked by Valentine.
Valentine has hold of one of Toney's legs. Toney is fighting the takedown attempt but Valentine gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Toney preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Valentine scoring with punches to the head and body.
Toney is trying to hold Valentine in close to prevent damage but Valentine has managed to pass into half guard.
Valentine thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Toney's head.
Valentine not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Toney is trying to get back to full guard.
Toney blocking the ground and pound attempt from Valentine.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney tries to roll over but Valentine keeps him under control.
Valentine wants to pass the guard but Toney is defending well.
Valentine seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Toney does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Valentine throws a strike but Toney avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Toney utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valentine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Valentine throwing strikes from guard but Toney blocks nicely.
Valentine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Toney trying to keep a closed guard but Valentine is proving a slippery customer.
Toney is adopting a defensive guard.
Valentine throws a big elbow that misses.
Valentine is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Valentine throws a big right hand that misses.
Valentine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Valentine postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valentine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Toney works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Valentine looking to sit in guard and control but Toney gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toney throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Toney tries to free his leg and advance position but Valentine is retaining full guard.
Valentine bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Toney's guard.
Valentine postures up and lands a big shot to Toney's brow.
Toney pulls Valentine in close to prevent any damage.
Valentine stopping the sweep attempt from Toney.
Toney keeping moving, preventing Valentine from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine throws a strike but Toney rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Toney stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Valentine swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Valentine has control of Toney's left arm, preventing Toney from doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Toney trying to control the position from guard on top but Valentine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phoenix Valentine dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Toney fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Toney fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Toney misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valentine.
An inside leg kick from Valentine misses.
Valentine throws a chopping leg kick but Toney manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Valentine fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Toney avoids it really well and circles away.
Toney thows a body shot but no joy.
Toney blocks a leg kick.
Toney swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Valentine.
It looks like Phoenix Valentine has been cut.
Valentine wants to slow Toney down by chopping away at his legs.
Toney stuns Valentine with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Toney throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valentine tried to score with a low kick but Toney checks it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toney pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine staying out of range there.
Valentine throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Valentine looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Toney is fending him off so far but Valentine persists. Nope, Toney circles away and we're back to standing.
Toney is looking to clinch but Valentine is avoiding it.
A punch lands to the side of Valentine 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Valentine attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Toney checks the leg kick.
Valentine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Valentine shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Toney but Toney pushes him off and we're back to square one.
James Toney has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phoenix Valentine.
Valentine misses with a leg kick.
A punch combination from Toney misses.
Valentine throws a chopping leg kick but Toney manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Valentine is looking to chop away at Toney's legs.
Valentine throws a leg kick but Toney sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Valentine throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine shoots in and bounces Toney off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Toney avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
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 intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Toney lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Valentine!
Valentine slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Toney.
Toney thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Valentine's head.
Valentine trying to control but Toney postures up.
Valentine avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Toney.
Toney is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Toney throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney thows a huge punch but Valentine dodges it nicely.
Toney thows a huge punch but Valentine dodges it nicely.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Toney connects with a nice short shot to Valentine's temple.
Toney is looking to stall here but Valentine recovers full guard.
Toney slips nicely into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valentine is not content to let Toney control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Toney dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Phoenix Valentine's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Valentine avoids the body shot from Toney.
A leg kick checked by Toney.
Valentine throws a low kick but Toney avoids it.
Valentine throws a front kick aimed at Toney's knee but Toney avoids it well.
Valentine feints and then cracks Toney's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Toney down.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Toney checks a leg kick.
Toney lands a jab to the nose.
Valentine misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Valentine thumps Toney with a low kick.
James Toney is winning the standup battle so far.
Valentine does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Toney scores with a nice strike.
Toney is looking to wear down Valentine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Toney throws a hook to the side of Valentine's head but Valentine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Toney moves in looking to clinch but Valentine pushes him off.
Valentine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toney.
Phoenix Valentine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping body kick lands there for Toney.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney falls off balance throwing a combination
and Valentine counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Toney's guard now.
Valentine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Toney works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Toney has Valentine pulled in close to control his posture.
Valentine postures up in Toney's guard and throws a big left but Toney blocks it.
Valentine looking to sit in guard and control but Toney gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Toney wants to control from the top but Valentine keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Toney is now in half guard.
Toney missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Valentine is refusing to be controlled, as Toney sits in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Toney connects with a nice short shot to Valentine's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toney tries to pass the half guard into mount. Valentine knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine wants to control but Toney is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Toney wants to lay and pray for a moment but Valentine keeps working.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up because James Toney just wasn't active enough.
Toney looks to land a right hand but Valentine moved out of range.
Toney looks to land a right hand but Valentine moved out of range.
Valentine misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Valentine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Toney checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
James Toney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A bone on bone clash there as Toney blocks the leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Toney misses the target.
Valentine ducks under a wild hook from Toney.
Toney attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Valentine wants to land a leg kick but Toney is out of range.
Valentine throws a leg kick which misses Toney's front leg but catches the back leg as Toney tries to avoid it.
Valentine avoids the body shot from Toney.
Valentine is looking to score with low kicks.
Toney swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Valentine counters with a thumping low kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valentine shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Toney sprawls well. Toney wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Valentine gets slowly back to his feet.
Toney lands a head kick!
And that's the end of the fight!
James Toney showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Toney has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Toney!
After winning the bout, James Toney thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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