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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Valentin Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Letang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Valentin Valentine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre Letang!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Hugh Johnson and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Letang fails in his attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Valentine misses the target.
Letang takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Letang takes the fight into the clinch.
Valentine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Letang.
Valentine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Valentine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Valentine fails to land.
A right hook to the body lands for Valentine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Letang can't find room to land a body shot as Valentine controls the action.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Valentine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valentine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Letang wants to stall.
Valentine looking to slow down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Valentine.
Letang is trying to trip Valentine. He has hold of a leg but Valentine is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Letang persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Valentine controlling the position.
Valentine 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.
Valentine is trying to keep Letang in close.
Valentine controlling Letang's posture.
Letang wants to control from the top but Valentine keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Letang defends it easily.
Valentine working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Letang.
Valentine preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Letang throwing strikes but missing.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
No joy there for Letang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Letang avoids a kick to the body.
Valentine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Letang.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Valentine.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letang tries to clinch but Valentine moves out of range.
Valentine is looking to counter punch.
Valentine lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Valentin Valentine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Valentine jabs Letang to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Valentine bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Valentine feints and then cracks Letang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Letang down.
Letang is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Letang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Valentine takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Valentine moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Letang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valentine swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Valentine fires out a quick counter leg kick but Letang just manages to avoid it.
Valentine connects with a body shot.
Valentine connects with a leg kick. Letang looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Letang rushes Valentine and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Valentine taking a breather.
Letang avoiding damage as Valentine throws knees to the body.
Letang dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Letang managing to block the knees to the body from Valentine.
Letang gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Valentine is defending against the submission attempts here by Letang.
Valentine trying to control but Letang postures up.
Letang throwing shots but Valentine is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Valentin Valentine dominated that round.
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.
Valentine feints and then cracks Letang's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Letang down.
Valentine scores with a hook to the body. Letang takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Valentin Valentine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Letang darts in trying to clinch
and Valentine counters with a nice uppercut.
Valentine with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valentine.
An inside leg kick lands from Valentine.
Letang is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Pierre Letang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Valentine thows a body kick. Letang tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valentine tries to sprawl but Letang drives through with a takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Letang passes the guard and advances to mount!
Letang connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Letang is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Letang avoids the attempt from Valentine to control.
Letang is landing with some decent strikes but Valentine is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Valentine is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Letang has control of Valentine's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Valentine regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Valentine tries to hold on but Letang postures up.
Pierre Letang has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letang raining down hammerfists from mount.
Valentine is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Valentine is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Valentine is in all sorts of trouble here.
A nice elbow there by Letang.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valentine is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is bucking up trying to escape but Letang cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Letang has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Letang working Valentine over with strikes here.
Letang postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Valentine looks a forlorn figure.
Valentine is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Letang wants to control but Valentine has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Valentine wants to control the action here but instead Letang manages to pass to full mount!
Valentine tries to hold on but Letang pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letang dominating with strikes here.
Valentine wants to control but Letang is having none of it.
Letang landing shots from mount.
Letang pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
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!
Letang with a couple of short strikes.
Letang has hold of Valentine's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Valentine manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Letang looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Letang jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Valentine is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Valentine and Letang has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Valentine struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre Letang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Letang wants to clinch but Valentine slips to the side
and Valentine makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Letang ducks right into an uppercut from Valentine.
Letang's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Letang bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Valentine manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Valentine has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Letang is working away from the top position though.
Letang tries to pass the half guard into mount. Valentine knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine is trying to control but can't.
Valentine moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Letang throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Valentine works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Letang with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Letang makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Letang keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Valentine's head.
Valentine is trying to control the position but Letang postures up.
Letang connects with a couple of short punches.
Valentine utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Valentine is trying to keep Letang in close.
Letang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Valentine is keeping the position for now.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Valentine trying to keep a closed guard but Letang is proving a slippery customer.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valentine ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Valentine connects with a jab.
Letang shoots in and drives through. Valentine sprawls well.
As Letang backs away, Valentine returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Valentine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Letang.
Letang on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valentine.
Letang takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Valentine scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Valentine - that will leave a mark!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine gets tackled into the cage by Letang. Letang maintains the clinch.
Valentine misses with a knee strike.
Letang wants to stall.
Valentine lands a nice uppercut.
Valentine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Valentine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Letang is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Valentine lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Letang.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Letang tries to pull guard but Valentine holds him up against the cage and eventually Letang drops back down to his feet.
Letang trying to control the position but instead, Valentine has worked for underhooks and has pushed Letang into the cage.
Letang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letang is pushing Valentine up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Letang tries to break free but Valentine pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Valentine.
Valentine gets through Letang's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Valentine pushes Letang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Letang is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right handed body shot lands from Valentine.
A short uppercut from Valentine.
And that's the end of the fight!
Valentin Valentine showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Valentine 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 Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Valentin Valentine!
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