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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Valentine Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adryan Preuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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225 cm
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170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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171 cm
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182 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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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 Helsinki, Valentine Xavier! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adryan Preuss! The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Xavier gets tackled into the cage by Preuss. Preuss maintains the clinch. Preuss breaks the clinch.
Xavier misses with a looping left. Preuss misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Xavier shoots for a double leg takedown but Preuss sprawls well. He's pushed Xavier's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Preuss misses with a head kick.
Xavier changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit. Xavier fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Xavier tries to clinch there but Preuss circles away.
Preuss clinches. I was talking to Xavier's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Preuss escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Preuss closes the distance and clinches. Nice body punch from Preuss. Preuss's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Preuss is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Preuss tries to clinch there but Xavier circles away.
Preuss moves into the clinch. Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Preuss as Xavier shoots in. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Valentine Xavier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round. Xavier shoots in but no luck this time. Preuss clinches with his opponent.
Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Preuss closes the distance and clinches. Preuss pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Preuss tries to clinch up. Preuss clinches up with Xavier and pushes him back against the cage. Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Xavier really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Preuss fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Xavier, pushing him back against the cage. Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Preuss stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Preuss wants it to stay on the feet. Adryan Preuss seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Preuss throws a head kick that misses and Xavier holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Preuss breaks from the clinch.
Preuss throws a right hand that Xavier ducks under and follows up with a left that Xavier also avoids with ease. Preuss displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Xavier.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Xavier shoots in but Preuss avoids the takedown attempt easily. Xavier fails with a takedown attempt. Preuss instigates a clinch. Preuss lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Preuss breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Xavier looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. Xavier is trying to control the action in half guard but Preuss is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Xavier is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Preuss has managed to free his arm - good work. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Preuss can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Preuss is looking to get back to full guard here but Xavier has managed to pass to side control instead. Xavier is putting a hurting on Preuss here, landing some big shots from side control. Preuss is trying to improve his position. Preuss is pushing Xavier's head away, looking to escape. Xavier manages to hold on to the position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Preuss is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Xavier's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Xavier! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Preuss has tapped! This one is allllll over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Valentine Xavier!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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