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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toni Valtonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valtonen comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC - Thunderstruck . Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Devotion kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Danny Smith will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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188 cm
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205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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198 cm
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210 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Toni Valtonen ! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Danny Smith! The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Smith throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Valtonen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Valtonen looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Valtonen distracts Smith with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Valtonen works over Smith with some ground and pound from guard. Valtonen looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Valtonen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Valtonen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Valtonen scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Smith throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Smith working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Valtonen .
That's one minute gone in the round. Valtonen chips away with some ground and pound. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Valtonen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Smith's head. Valtonen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. Valtonen is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control. Smith really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Valtonen . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Valtonen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Smith can't keep his opponent in guard - Valtonen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount. Valtonen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Valtonen drops an elbow to the side of Smith's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Valtonen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Smith defending well though. Nice strikes from Valtonen there. Smith on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Valtonen controlling the pace. Valtonen passes to full mount! Smith is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Valtonen lands a big shot there that rocks Smith but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Valtonen lands a nice shot to the head. This has been an exciting period of action! Valtonen is in the full mount, landing strikes. Valtonen controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Valtonen scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Valtonen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Valtonen lands a big shot there that rocks Smith but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Valtonen cracks Smith with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Valtonen lands a big elbow - Smith is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Smith is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Toni Valtonen ! An out of breath Toni Valtonen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
43% |
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