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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Valenta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Crash Bandicoot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bandicoot has chosen Crash Bandicoot: Jungle Rollers Remix as his entrance music. Crash Bandicoot acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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169 lbs
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185 lbs
18 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lorenzo Valenta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Crash Bandicoot!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bandicoot closes the distance but Valenta moves to the side
and Valenta counters with a shoot takedown. Bandicoot fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Bandicoot escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Valenta gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bandicoot is looking for a triangle but Valenta pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bandicoot has his foot on Valenta's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Valenta works his way back into a safe position though.
Bandicoot is looking for a triangle but Valenta pushes his legs off easily.
Valenta is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Valenta trying to control the position from guard on top but Bandicoot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Valenta controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bandicoot working for a triangle but Valenta defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valenta scoring with some ground and pound.
Valenta postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Valenta chips away with some ground and pound.
Valenta wants to control from the top but Bandicoot keeps moving.
Valenta content to stall in guard here.
Valenta works over Bandicoot with some ground and pound from guard.
Valenta lands a couple of digs.
Bandicoot is looking for a triangle but Valenta pushes his legs off easily.
Valenta with a nice head shot there.
Valenta won't allow Bandicoot to get back to his feet.
Valenta wants to control from the top but Bandicoot keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandicoot is looking for a triangle but Valenta pushes his legs off easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valenta not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Valenta cracks Bandicoot with a solid left hand.
Bandicoot wants to sweep here but Valenta controlling him for the moment.
We've been hearing that Valenta has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Bandicoot throws his legs up looking for a submission but Valenta uses it to pass to side control.
Valenta looks up at the clock and then as Bandicoot takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Valenta smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Valenta lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bandicoot down.
Valenta laying and praying for a moment but Bandicoot takes advantage and regains half guard.
Bandicoot wants to control but Valenta is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bandicoot is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valenta 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.
Valenta slips a nice elbow through Bandicoot's hands, connecting with Bandicoot's forehead.
Bandicoot is trying to stand back up but Valenta is controlling him
Valenta is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bandicoot doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Valenta.
Valenta is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Valenta is trying to control the action in half guard but Bandicoot is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Valenta working Bandicoot over with strikes.
Bandicoot tries to roll over but Valenta keeps him under control.
Bandicoot looks like he's trying to stand up.
Valenta scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bandicoot is staying active underneath Valenta, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bandicoot is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bandicoot on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valenta controlling the action here.
Valenta wants to work for an arm triangle but Bandicoot is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bandicoot is refusing to be controlled, as Valenta sits in half guard.
Valenta scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valenta lands with a punch from half guard.
Valenta landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Valenta seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Valenta wants to work for an arm triangle but Bandicoot is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Valenta dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Valenta connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Bandicoot takes one on the button.
Bandicoot moves in looking to clinch but Valenta pushes him off.
Bandicoot tries to clinch up but Valenta circles away and keeps his distance.
Bandicoot tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bandicoot takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Valenta lands with a shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Valenta there.
Bandicoot doesn't manage to clinch there - Valenta circles away.
Bandicoot takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bandicoot is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bandicoot closes the distance and clinches up with Valenta, looking for a takedown. Bandicoot pushes Valenta against the cage but Valenta circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Valenta gets the takedown into side control.
Valenta lands a few punches from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A lull in the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bandicoot taking a bit of punishment here - Valenta scoring with strikes.
Valenta landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The referee asks Valenta politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Valenta prefers to stall for the moment though.
Bandicoot tries to bench press Valenta off him but Valenta keeps the position.
Valenta wants to control but Bandicoot is keeping him busy.
Bandicoot is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Valenta trying to control the action but Bandicoot is working from the bottom.
Bandicoot taking a bit of punishment here - Valenta scoring with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandicoot can't do much from the bottom here.
Bandicoot is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Valenta's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Bandicoot actively working from the bottom here.
Valenta looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Bandicoot with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bandicoot is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Valenta scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bandicoot has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Valenta is working away from the top position though.
Valenta is trying to work for a kimura but Bandicoot is defending well.
Bandicoot lands with a few short shots to the body.
Bandicoot is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valenta is trying to control. Bandicoot wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Valenta landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bandicoot on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Valenta 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.
Valenta trying to control from half guard but Bandicoot is working away.
Valenta is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bandicoot sees it coming and defends easily.
Bandicoot won't allow Valenta to pass to mount.
Lorenzo Valenta overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
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. Valenta connects with a nice short shot to Bandicoot's temple.
Bandicoot pushes Valenta off looking to stand but Valenta dives back in and keeps control.
Bandicoot looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Valenta takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Valenta trying to control the action but Bandicoot is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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. Valenta connects with a nice short shot to Bandicoot's temple.
Valenta is nestled in close to Bandicoot, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bandicoot wants to get back to full guard.
Bandicoot wants to sweep but Valenta has passed to side control!
Bandicoot tries to buck Valenta off but Valenta is having none of it.
Bandicoot is breathing heavily.
Bandicoot takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Valenta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bandicoot can do to turn this around?
Bandicoot is looking to reverse the position.
Valenta is trying to get an arm triangle but Bandicoot is defending well.
Valenta is looking to take a break and control but Bandicoot is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valenta looks up at the clock and then as Bandicoot takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Valenta smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Valenta dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. 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.
Valenta throws a quick inside leg kick.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bandicoot enables Valenta to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bandicoot manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Valenta cracks Bandicoot with a solid left hand.
Valenta trying to control the position from guard on top but Bandicoot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bandicoot working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Valenta doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Valenta manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Valenta landing with the ground and pound.
Bandicoot keeping moving, preventing Valenta from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valenta postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Valenta's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valenta controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Valenta trying to control but Bandicoot is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valenta postures up.
Valenta connects with a couple of short punches.
Valenta avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bandicoot trying to control the position.
Valenta slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Bandicoot takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Valenta controlling from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandicoot is working to avoid the ground and pound but Valenta connects with a decent elbow.
Bandicoot taking punishment in the form of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valenta cracks Bandicoot with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bandicoot is trying to get back to half guard.
Valenta lands a few punches from side control.
Valenta working away.
Valenta working the ground and pound.
Valenta cracks Bandicoot with a big elbow.
Valenta working the ground and pound.
Valenta is looking to take a break and control but Bandicoot is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bandicoot tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Valenta wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Bandicoot takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandicoot is not content to let Valenta control the position.
Bandicoot takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Bandicoot manages to get back to half guard.
Valenta trying to control the pace.
Bandicoot is trying to stand up here but Valenta is controlling him well.
Valenta is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bandicoot sees it coming and defends easily.
Bandicoot is trying to get back to full guard.
Bandicoot looking for submissions off his back.
Valenta working Bandicoot over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bandicoot pushes Valenta off looking to stand but Valenta dives back in and keeps control.
Valenta is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Valenta wants to take a breather but Bandicoot is having none of it.
Valenta looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valenta's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Bandicoot actively working from the bottom here.
Valenta is looking to take a break and control but Bandicoot is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Valenta is taking a breather. Bandicoot says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
We're going to have a standup here because Lorenzo Valenta wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Bandicoot looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Crash Bandicoot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lorenzo Valenta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bandicoot misses with a leg kick
and Valenta counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lorenzo Valenta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Valenta has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Valenta!
Lorenzo Valenta spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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