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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kirk St Lazarus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlinhos Valente (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Lazarus kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is No Worries. The crowd seem to be enjoying Valente's choice of entrance music: "We Dem Boyz" by Wiz Khalifa. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
33 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kirk St Lazarus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Carlinhos Valente!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valente tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St Lazarus paws at him with a jab and circles away.
St Lazarus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
St Lazarus connects with a looping right hand.
Valente slips a jab and a cross from St Lazarus.
Valente uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Lazarus.
Valente looks to land a combination. St Lazarus sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Valente connects with a body shot.
St Lazarus drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Valente connects with a good right hand that stumbles St Lazarus. St Lazarus circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valente misses with a hook.
Valente connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Valente, as that shot connected.
Valente lands an overhand right.
St Lazarus swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Valente counters with a lovely straight right hand!
St Lazarus throws a series of punches but Valente avoids them all with ease.
Valente checks a leg kick nicely.
St Lazarus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Valente 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.
Valente scores with a jab to the body.
Valente lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Lazarus throws a right and a left that Valente avoids nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Valente clinches.
St Lazarus stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
St Lazarus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valente's elbow.
Valente throws an elbow but it misses.
Valente pushes St Lazarus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from St Lazarus fails to land.
Valente working aggressively here.
St Lazarus tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Valente smiles and moves away.
Valente moves out of range of the strikes.
Valente dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on St Lazarus. That did some damage!
Valente has closed the distance and engaged St Lazarus in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Valente throws an elbow but misses.
St Lazarus breaks from the clinch.
Valente wants to clinch.
Valente listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valente.
St Lazarus looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Valente is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! St Lazarus had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
St Lazarus slips a jab from Valente.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St Lazarus connects with a leg kick. Valente looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
St Lazarus slips a jab from Valente.
St Lazarus appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
St Lazarus explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
St Lazarus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Valente tries a quick counter leg kick but St Lazarus is wise to it.
St Lazarus lands a leg kick that knocks Valente off balance momentarily.
Valente drives through and clinches with St Lazarus against the cage.
St Lazarus prevents a body shot from Valente.
St Lazarus has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Valente is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Valente blocks a body shot from St Lazarus.
St Lazarus has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Valente is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kirk St Lazarus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valente controlling the action here for a moment.
Valente throws an elbow that misses.
Valente lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus is working for takedown but Valente is calmly controlling the position for now.
St Lazarus misses with a punch to the body.
Valente misses with some punches.
Valente tries to throw a body punch but St Lazarus avoids it by throwing Valente back against the cage.
Valente working aggressively here.
St Lazarus dodges an elbow strike from Valente.
Valente pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Valente blocks a body shot from St Lazarus.
St Lazarus working aggressively here.
Valente tries to work over St Lazarus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Valente lands a nice uppercut.
St Lazarus misses with a punch to the body.
Valente swings wildly with an uppercut but St Lazarus uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Lazarus blocks the elbow strike.
Valente misses with a punch on the inside.
Valente just leaning against St Lazarus, taking a breather.
Valente misses with an elbow strike.
A hook to the body from Valente.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus lands a nice shot to the body.
Valente scores with a shot to the side of St Lazarus's head.
St Lazarus breaks the clinch.
St Lazarus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice uppercut there from Valente.
St Lazarus jabs Valente to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Lazarus misses with a straight right.
Nice cross by Valente.
St Lazarus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
St Lazarus slips under a jab from Valente.
St Lazarus avoids a punch combination nicely.
A head kick by Valente misses
and St Lazarus counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Lazarus avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
St Lazarus slips a straight right by Valente.
St Lazarus avoids the head kick by Valente.
St Lazarus avoids the body shot from Valente.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlinhos Valente dominated that 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.
St Lazarus ducks under a wild hook from Valente.
A counter left hand to the body from St Lazarus misses its target.
St Lazarus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Valente ducks under a wild hook from St Lazarus.
St Lazarus takes one on the button.
St Lazarus takes a kick to the side of the head.
St Lazarus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Valente.
St Lazarus shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
St Lazarus's jab looks to have found its range, popping Valente under the eye.
St Lazarus throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valente takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Valente has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Valente tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Valente gets a clinch.
Valente lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valente throws an elbow but it misses.
St Lazarus jumps guard but Valente turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
St Lazarus goes for a takedown attempt but Valente pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Valente swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Valente misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valente throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St Lazarus appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Valente misses the target.
St Lazarus misses with a leg kick.
St Lazarus misses with a body kick.
St Lazarus throws a chopping leg kick but Valente manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
St Lazarus does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
St Lazarus cracks a nice hook into Valente's ribs.
St Lazarus slips under a jab from Valente.
St Lazarus scores with a hook to the body. Valente takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
St Lazarus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valente.
St Lazarus throws a hook but Valente blocks it.
Valente looks to throw the jab but St Lazarus is out of range.
St Lazarus throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Valente bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of St Lazarus's head.
St Lazarus comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
St Lazarus scores with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valente moves out of range as St Lazarus strikes.
Valente lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valente misses with a hook.
A leg kick checked by Valente.
Valente dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
St Lazarus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
St Lazarus thuds a left hand into Valente's body.
St Lazarus scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Valente doesn't seem bothered though.
Valente connects with a nice looking jab.
St Lazarus jabs Valente right on the nose. Valente blinks but takes it well.
St Lazarus throws a lazy right hand but Valente sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
St Lazarus cracks a nice hook into Valente's ribs.
Valente uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Lazarus.
Valente clinches up with St Lazarus and pushes him back against the cage.
Valente looking to slow down the pace here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Valente throws an elbow but misses.
Valente lands a left hand.
St Lazarus lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valente misses with an elbow strike.
Valente lands with a light punch inside.
St Lazarus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
St Lazarus blocking some punches.
St Lazarus working hard to break the clinch.
Valente gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from St Lazarus.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kirk St Lazarus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Lazarus jumps guard but Valente turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
St Lazarus can't find room to land a body shot as Valente controls the action.
St Lazarus pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valente gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
St Lazarus is looking to wear down Valente with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
St Lazarus gets tackled into the cage by Valente. Valente maintains the clinch.
St Lazarus can't get the takedown.
St Lazarus gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Valente wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus works his way into full mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valente is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Valente gets back to half guard.
St Lazarus not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Valente wants to improve his position but St Lazarus is controlling well.
Valente is defending against the submission attempts here by St Lazarus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Kirk St Lazarus will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Valente tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. St Lazarus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Valente moves away from the strike by St Lazarus.
St Lazarus thuds a left hand into Valente's body.
A slow jab from St Lazarus misses its intended target.
St Lazarus throws a body shot but no joy.
St Lazarus misses with a wild body shot.
St Lazarus walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
St Lazarus connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
St Lazarus throws a low kick but it's checked well by Valente.
St Lazarus lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
St Lazarus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Valente.
St Lazarus staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Lazarus throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
St Lazarus takes a swing at Valente's ribcage but misses.
St Lazarus misses the shot to the body.
Valente doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
St Lazarus ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valente takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valente defending well as St Lazarus loads up on a big left hand.
St Lazarus ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
St Lazarus looks to land a right hand but Valente moved out of range.
St Lazarus lands a nice hook to Valente's body. Valente takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Valente displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Valente misses with a right hand
and St Lazarus counters with a leg kick.
St Lazarus lands a glancing blow to the side of Valente's head.
St Lazarus takes one on the button.
St Lazarus misses with a body kick.
A nice side step and Valente releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A jab from Valente misses.
Valente lands with a straight right. St Lazarus didn't see that one coming.
Valente clinches up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valente working aggressively here.
St Lazarus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Valente doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by St Lazarus!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kirk St Lazarus is winning the standup battle so far.
St Lazarus takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Valente throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Valente misses the body punch
and St Lazarus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Valente lands a leg kick that knocks St Lazarus off balance momentarily.
A head kick by Valente misses
and St Lazarus counters with a low kick, right behind Valente 's knee.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Valente 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 St Lazarus has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from St Lazarus and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
St Lazarus moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Valente shoots in but no luck this time.
St Lazarus scoring well with a low kick there.
Valente tries to clinch but St Lazarus is having none of it.
St Lazarus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Valente throws an off balance right hand
and St Lazarus counters with a nice body shot.
St Lazarus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Valente gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Valente wants to get back to striking at distance but St Lazarus won't allow it.
Valente works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Lazarus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
St Lazarus has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Valente avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
St Lazarus misses with the head strike.
Valente's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Valente creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice left hand lands by Valente.
Valente lands with a light punch inside.
St Lazarus struggles to land a body shot inside as Valente controls his hands.
St Lazarus blocks a body shot from Valente.
Carlinhos Valente seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Valente comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Kirk St Lazarus has been cut.
Valente misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by St Lazarus.
Valente can't find room to land a body shot as St Lazarus controls the action.
St Lazarus drops down looking for an ankle pick but Valente pulls his leg out and moves away.
Nice defenses there by Valente.
Valente tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. St Lazarus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Valente catches St Lazarus with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valente bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As St Lazarus backs off Valente throws a huge counter combo but St Lazarus manages to avoid it all.
St Lazarus is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valente has St Lazarus up against the cage in a clinch.
Valente is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
St Lazarus is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Valente is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kirk St Lazarus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Lazarus misses with a hook to the ribs.
St Lazarus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valente lands a nice elbow.
Valente lands a left hand that snaps the head of St Lazarus backwards.
Valente throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from St Lazarus as the two fighters clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valente tries to work over St Lazarus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Valente misses with a hook to the ribs.
Valente fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St Lazarus manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kirk St Lazarus.
I think St Lazarus 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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