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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pluto Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palhares comes to the cage accompanied by TOQUINHO. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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171 lbs
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193 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class 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
34 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pluto Palhares!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexander Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine throws a big shot that misses.
Palhares closes the distance and clinches up with Valentine, looking for a takedown. Palhares pushes Valentine against the cage but Valentine circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Valentine ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Palhares crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Valentine - the referee stops the clock and Palhares gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Valentine. Palhares manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Pluto Palhares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentine lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Palhares misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Valentine throws a hook but Palhares blocks it.
Palhares keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Valentine.
Palhares avoids the body shot from Valentine.
Palhares fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Valentine has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Valentine checks a low kick from Palhares.
Palhares uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valentine.
Valentine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Palhares misses with a body kick.
Palhares uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valentine.
Valentine swings for the body but Palhares moves out of range.
Valentine gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palhares throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Palhares dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Valentine.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palhares, right into the meat.
Palhares walks into a jab.
Palhares defending well as Valentine loads up on a big left hand.
Palhares dives in and grabs Valentine's left leg, looking for a takedown. Valentine pushes down on Palhares's head and hops out.
Valentine takes a swing at Palhares's ribcage but misses.
Palhares fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pluto Palhares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valentine misses the jab.
Valentine lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Palhares keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palhares misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Valentine is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Palhares rather than just go for the knockout.
Valentine lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Palhares throws a low kick but Valentine moves out of range easily.
Palhares takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A punch combination from Palhares misses.
Palhares tries a low kick but Valentine avoids it.
Palhares lands with a good body shot.
Valentine has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A head kick from Palhares lands but Valentine takes it in his stride.
Valentine takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Palhares throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Palhares tries to land a leg kick but Valentine saw it coming and moves away.
Palhares throws a wild body kick that Valentine sees coming a mile off.
Valentine displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Palhares.
Valentine avoids the body shot from Palhares.
A slow jab from Palhares misses its intended target.
Palhares lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Palhares keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Valentine.
Valentine looks to score with a jab to the body but Palhares is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine lands a glancing blow to the side of Palhares's head.
A big right from Valentine misses.
Jab, jab by Palhares - just one landing.
Valentine connects with a leg kick. Palhares looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Palhares turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Palhares throws a half hearted mid kick.
Palhares takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Some wild striking there from Palhares.
A jab from Palhares does it's job there.
Valentine goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palhares throws a front kick aimed at Valentine's knee but Valentine avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Palhares. Valentine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valentine misses with a straight left.
A jab from Valentine misses.
Valentine tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Palhares was well out of range. Poor timing from Valentine.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Valentine moves out of range as Palhares strikes.
Palhares walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Valentine misses with a hook. Palhares ducked under it nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Valentine as Palhares shoots in.
Valentine drops his hands momentarily and Palhares takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Palhares walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Palhares takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Valentine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Palhares.
Valentine throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Palhares stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Palhares lands a leg kick that knocks Valentine off balance momentarily.
A clash of legs there as Palhares blocks the low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valentine throws a hook but Palhares avoids it easily.
Valentine misses with a wild body shot.
Good shot there by Palhares.
Palhares misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Alexander Valentine will probably get the nod.
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.
Nice shot by Valentine.
Valentine scores with a leg kick.
Valentine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Valentine slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Valentine takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Valentine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valentine fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Palhares checks it well.
Valentine throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Palhares throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Valentine's head.
Alexander Valentine seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Valentine just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Valentine lands.
Valentine gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Valentine working away.
Palhares sneaks back into half guard.
Palhares is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Valentine's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Valentine's back!
Valentine is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Valentine keeps trying to improve his position.
A lull in the action here.
Palhares seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
I really don't envy Valentine right now.
Valentine showing good submission defense here.
Valentine trying to control the hands but Palhares won't let him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Palhares gets his way!
Valentine trying to control the action but Palhares just sinks the hooks in.
Palhares connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Valentine to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine prevents Palhares from getting a body triangle.
Palhares has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Palhares struggling to land strikes to the head as Valentine covers up.
Palhares lands strikes to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Palhares. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Palhares's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Palhares gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Valentine trying to control the action but Palhares just sinks the hooks in.
Valentine is keeping busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valentine can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pluto Palhares dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Palhares scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Palhares throws a nice outside leg kick.
Palhares lands a really nice looking cross but Valentine seems unphased.
Palhares dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Palhares connects with a body shot that sends Valentine's belly button to the back.
Valentine avoids the body shot from Palhares.
Valentine misses the shot to the body.
Valentine checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Valentine moves out of range of the body kick.
A jab from Valentine misses.
Valentine connects with an inside leg kick.
Valentine tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Valentine steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Palhares.
Palhares throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
An inside leg kick from Palhares misses.
Valentine checks a low kick from Palhares.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Palhares counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Valentine is trying to hold Palhares in close to prevent damage but Palhares has managed to pass into half guard.
Valentine moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Palhares trying to control but Valentine is working from the bottom.
Palhares postures up.
Valentine throws his legs up looking for a submission but Palhares uses it to pass to side control.
Valentine trying to control but Palhares flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is in bad spot here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Will Palhares go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Palhares is trying to control but Valentine is trying to escape here - he's now mounted.
Valentine is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Palhares cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares looking to finish with strikes here!
Palhares prevents Valentine from getting the reversal.
Palhares looking to control but Valentine is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Palhares raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is trying to escape the mount.
Palhares trying to control but Valentine is having none of it.
Palhares landing strikes, looking to finish!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palhares looking to control but Valentine is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pluto Palhares clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Palhares scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Palhares throws a looping overhand right but Valentine ducks down to avoid it.
Valentine thows a body shot but no joy.
Valentine avoids the head kick by Palhares.
Palhares steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valentine.
Valentine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Palhares.
Valentine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palhares.
Valentine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Valentine.
Valentine moves out of range of the leg kick from Palhares.
Valentine slips a straight right by Palhares.
Palhares swings for the body but Valentine moves out of range.
Valentine's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Palhares connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Valentine scrambles back to his feet.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Palhares here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
A shot to the liver by Valentine. Beautiful body shot.
Palhares scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine walks into a stiff left hand from Palhares.
Valentine takes a swing at Palhares's ribcage but misses.
Valentine dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palhares, right into the meat.
Valentine fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Palhares on the side of the head.
Valentine's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Palhares ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Palhares is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Valentine's half guard.
Valentine is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Palhares looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Palhares looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Valentine trying to control here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valentine is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Palhares is staying active.
Valentine looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is looking for a sweep. Palhares is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Palhares with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Valentine tries to roll over but Palhares keeps him under control.
Valentine trying to hold on to Palhares's head to control him but Palhares postures up.
Palhares is trying to control the action in half guard but Valentine is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nice uppercut lands for Palhares. That snapped Valentine's head back.
Valentine throws a hook but Palhares avoids it easily.
Valentine blocks a head kick by Palhares.
Valentine fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Palhares checks it well.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Palhares misses with a head kick.
Palhares throws a right and a left that both miss.
Palhares gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Valentine counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valentine winds up and cracks Palhares with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valentine throwing shots but Palhares is blocking nicely.
Valentine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Valentine prevents Palhares from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Alexander Valentine will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Palhares pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Valentine lands a nice leg kick that just misses Palhares's sensitive parts.
Valentine moves out of range of the body kick from Palhares.
Palhares takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
An inside leg kick lands from Palhares.
Palhares shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Valentine throws out a powerful jab.
Palhares shoots in looking for a takedown but Valentine manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Palhares's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Valentine lands a jab to the nose.
Palhares is trying hard to land a takedown here. Valentine sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pluto Palhares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valentine thows a body shot but no joy.
Valentine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valentine stuns Palhares with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Valentine misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares shoots in and gets a takedown into Valentine's guard.
Valentine escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Palhares gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Palhares pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Valentine is keeping the position for now.
Palhares won't allow Valentine to sweep him here.
Palhares forces his way into half guard.
Palhares wants to lay and pray for a moment but Valentine keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine controlling the position for now.
Valentine tries to roll over but Palhares keeps him under control.
Valentine looking for submissions off his back.
Palhares prevents Valentine from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares trying to control from Valentine's half guard. Valentine has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Palhares trying to control but Valentine is working from the bottom.
Valentine is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Palhares is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Palhares manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Valentine in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Valentine cracks Palhares with a solid left hand.
Valentine lands a couple of elbows.
Palhares is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valentine won't allow Palhares to sweep him here.
Valentine is looking to work some ground and pound but Palhares has wrist control.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alexander Valentine.
I think Valentine has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 47:48
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 48:47
Judge James Glass scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Alexander Valentine!
Alexander Valentine is the new middleweight champion!
Alexander Valentine looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'In a career full of ups and downs, this win , hopefully, is the start of something amazing! '.
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