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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Giorgio Valentino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pete Doherty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Doherty is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by You can't stand me now. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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170 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Giorgio Valentino!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pete Doherty!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Valentino misses
and Doherty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Valentino misses with a straight left.
Valentino lands a big head kick that sends Doherty tumbling to the mat! Valentino takes a step backwards and waves Doherty back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Pete Doherty has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Doherty throws a jab but it's blocked by Valentino.
Doherty slips a jab from Valentino.
Valentino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doherty moves away.
A jab from Valentino does it's job there.
Valentino misses the shot to the body.
Doherty misses with a hook
and Valentino counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Valentino misses with a combination
and Doherty counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Valentino fails to land with a series of punches.
Valentino throws a hook but Doherty avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentino throws a hook but Doherty avoids it easily.
Doherty takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Doherty throws a big shot that misses.
Valentino ducks under a wild hook from Doherty.
Valentino chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Valentino misses the body punch
and Doherty counters with a nice uppercut.
Doherty looks for the body kick but Valentino saw that one coming.
Doherty takes a swing at Valentino's ribcage but misses.
Valentino thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valentino lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Valentino uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Doherty.
Valentino misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Doherty showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valentino.
Valentino darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valentino misses with a straight right.
Valentino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doherty moves away.
Valentino throws a hook but Doherty avoids it easily.
Doherty misses with a low kick.
Doherty throws a hook to the side of Valentino's head but Valentino sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Valentino lands a right hook to the body.
Valentino tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Doherty was well out of range. Poor timing from Valentino.
Valentino pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentino lands a head kick. Doherty smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Giorgio Valentino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Doherty connects with a single shot there.
Valentino misses with a hook. Doherty ducked under it nicely.
Valentino wants to slow Doherty down by chopping away at his legs.
Doherty takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Valentino swings for the body but Doherty moves out of range.
Doherty misses with a looping right.
Decent striking displayed by Valentino there.
Valentino waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Doherty.
Valentino moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Doherty falls off balance throwing a combination
and Valentino counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Doherty is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentino misses with a straight right.
Valentino ducks under a wild hook from Doherty.
Valentino misses with a wild combination.
Valentino ducks under a wild hook from Doherty.
Valentino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Doherty moves away.
Valentino takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Valentino thows a leg kick but Doherty checks it
and Doherty counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Doherty chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valentino can pounce on him.
Valentino checks a low kick from Doherty.
Valentino looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giorgio Valentino dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pete Doherty's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Doherty stuns Valentino with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Doherty just misses with a punch to the body.
Jab from Valentino.
Valentino really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The crowd cheers as Valentino lands an impressive looking overhand right. Doherty doesn't seem phased though.
Valentino ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Valentino clobbers Doherty with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Valentino throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Valentino misses the shot to the body.
Doherty scores with a sloppy right hand. Valentino should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valentino looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A leg kick checked by Doherty.
Doherty lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Doherty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Giorgio Valentino is winning the standup battle so far.
Doherty on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Doherty connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Doherty throws a hook but Valentino avoids it easily.
Valentino is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Valentino lands a jab to Doherty's midsection.
Doherty tries a head kick but it misses.
Doherty waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valentino.
Nice body punch from Valentino.
Doherty throws a hook but Valentino avoids it easily.
Valentino tries to score with a low kick but Doherty moves his leg out of the way.
Doherty fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valentino manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doherty missing with a left hand there. Valentino was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Valentino missing with a left hand there. Doherty was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Doherty takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Doherty scores with a kick to the body.
Valentino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valentino throws a series of punches but Doherty avoids them all with ease.
Doherty tries a low kick but Valentino avoids it.
Doherty throws a leg kick but Valentino sees it coming and moves out of range.
Valentino with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Doherty lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Valentino has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Valentino and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Valentino with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doherty misses the jab.
Valentino keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Valentino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Doherty manages to avoid it.
Doherty throws a front kick aimed at Valentino's knee but Valentino avoids it well.
Valentino throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Doherty counters with a low kick, right behind Valentino 's knee.
Doherty pushes Valentino away with a front kick.
Valentino scores with a shot to the body.
A jab from Valentino misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Valentino darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Doherty throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Doherty gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Valentino.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentino throws a right and a left that Doherty avoids nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valentino throws a nice head kick!
Doherty is still on wobbly legs! Can Valentino finish him?
Doherty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valentino was well out of range. Poor timing from Doherty.
Doherty seems to have recovered his senses.
Valentino throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Doherty uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Doherty slips a jab from Valentino.
Valentino ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Valentino with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentino ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Doherty slips a straight right by Valentino.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Giorgio Valentino dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pete Doherty's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Valentino misses with a wild body shot.
Valentino attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Valentino throws a leg kick but Doherty sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Doherty steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Valentino. That one must have hurt.
Doherty throws a right hand that Valentino ducks under and follows up with a left that Valentino also avoids with ease.
Valentino connects with a body shot.
Doherty looks to throw the jab but Valentino is out of range.
Valentino feints and then cracks Doherty's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Doherty down.
Doherty takes one to the side of the head.
Valentino throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Doherty stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Valentino lands a left and a right that send Doherty crashing to the mat, dazed. Valentino thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentino throws out a loose jab but Doherty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Doherty throws an overhand right that lands on Valentino's shoulder, as Valentino tries to avoid the shot.
Valentino drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Good standup being displayed there by Valentino as he connects with a hook.
Valentino lands with a good body shot.
Valentino keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valentino fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Doherty to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Doherty looks to clinch but Valentino throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Doherty taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Giorgio Valentino!
Giorgio Valentino retains his lightweight title!
A victorious Giorgio Valentino thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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