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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andy Fitzgerald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tapio Valo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andy Fitzgerald!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tapio Valo!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valo tries to move into range but Fitzgerald moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Valo looks to land a body kick but Fitzgerald moved away.
Valo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Fitzgerald has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fitzgerald has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fitzgerald tries a body shot but Valo blocks it.
Valo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Valo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Valo misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Valo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fitzgerald is keeping busy.
Fitzgerald manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Valo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzgerald slowing the pace effectively.
Nice body punch from Fitzgerald - that landed with a thud.
Valo can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzgerald controls the action.
Valo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Valo stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valo tries to throw a body punch but Fitzgerald avoids it by throwing Valo back against the cage.
I was talking to Fitzgerald's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Valo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald struggles to land a body shot inside as Valo controls his hands.
Fitzgerald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fitzgerald blocks an uppercut.
Fitzgerald lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Valo has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Fitzgerald seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Valo can turn it around.
Fitzgerald blocks a body shot from Valo.
Fitzgerald is working Valo over against the cage.
Fitzgerald lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Valo backwards.
Fitzgerald lands a shoulder strike.
Valo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Fitzgerald backwards.
Fitzgerald lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Valo throws a head punch that misses.
Fitzgerald lands a nice uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Valo.
Valo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fitzgerald swings wildly with an uppercut but Valo uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fitzgerald lands with a right to the head.
Valo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Valo misses with some punches.
Valo is looking to control Fitzgerald's arms but Fitzgerald gets an underhook and turns him. Now Valo has his back to the cage.
Fitzgerald struggles to land a body shot inside as Valo controls his hands.
Valo can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzgerald controls the action.
Valo taking a breather.
Fitzgerald lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald tries a body shot but Valo blocks it.
Fitzgerald goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fitzgerald scores with a shot to the side of Valo's head.
It looks like Tapio Valo has been cut.
Valo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald just leaning against Valo, taking a breather.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch to the body.
Valo blocks a body shot from Fitzgerald.
A head punch on the inside from Fitzgerald fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fitzgerald lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fitzgerald tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Fitzgerald fails to land.
Fitzgerald gets through Valo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fitzgerald lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valo backwards.
Valo can't find room to land a body shot as Fitzgerald controls the action.
Fitzgerald lands an uppercut.
Fitzgerald lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Valo is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valo blocking some punches.
Valo is still on wobbly legs! Can Fitzgerald finish him?
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fitzgerald as Valo tries to tie him up.
Valo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fitzgerald misses with some punches.
Fitzgerald misses with the head strike.
Fitzgerald is struggling to control the position.
Fitzgerald lands a body shot.
Valo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fitzgerald misses with the head strike.
Fitzgerald misses with the head strike.
Fitzgerald looking to throw knees to the head but Valo is blocking nicely.
Fitzgerald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald tries a knee to the head but Valo blocks it.
Fitzgerald misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Valo seems to have recovered his senses.
Fitzgerald lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Valo lands a shoulder strike.
Fitzgerald scores with a shot to the side of Valo's head.
A right hand to the body from Valo.
Fitzgerald blocking some punches.
Come on Valo - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fitzgerald stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fitzgerald lands an uppercut.
Fitzgerald lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valo backwards.
Valo tries to stall but Fitzgerald uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Valo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fitzgerald blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Valo blocks an uppercut.
Valo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fitzgerald tries a body shot but Valo blocks it.
Fitzgerald misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Fitzgerald dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tapio Valo's cut.
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.
Fitzgerald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valo.
Tapio Valo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valo misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from Valo misses its intended target.
Fitzgerald appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A slow jab from Fitzgerald misses its intended target.
Valo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Fitzgerald is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Valo can do to turn this around?
Valo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fitzgerald looks to score with a jab to the body but Valo is just out of range.
Fitzgerald misses with a body shot.
Valo throws out a counter right but Fitzgerald avoids it with no problem.
Valo walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Valo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fitzgerald.
Valo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fitzgerald on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Valo. Valo obviously looking to wear him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valo keeps the fight on the outside.
An inside leg kick from Fitzgerald misses.
Valo walks into a jab.
Valo is looking to clinch.
It looked like Fitzgerald wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fitzgerald misses with a low kick.
Fitzgerald moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valo blocking some punches.
Valo controlling the action here for a moment.
Fitzgerald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald stalling the fight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Valo scores with a shoulder strike.
Valo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fitzgerald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Valo scores with a hook to the body.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch on the inside.
Valo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Valo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Valo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald swings wildly with an uppercut but Valo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fitzgerald misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald tries to work over Valo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fitzgerald looking to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from Valo.
Fitzgerald tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Fitzgerald.
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!
Fitzgerald doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Fitzgerald.
Valo takes a shot to the head.
Valo trying to stall but Fitzgerald improves his position.
Valo trying to control the position but instead, Fitzgerald has worked for underhooks and has pushed Valo into the cage.
A short right from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fitzgerald blocking some punches.
Fitzgerald's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short body shot lands from Fitzgerald as the two fighters clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fitzgerald.
Valo throws a head punch that misses.
Valo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fitzgerald's elbow.
Valo scores with a shot to the side of Fitzgerald's head.
A head punch on the inside from Valo fails to land.
Fitzgerald lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fitzgerald lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Valo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fitzgerald lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Valo backwards.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzgerald throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Valo blocks it with crossed arms.
Andy Fitzgerald has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Valo managing to block the knees to the body from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Valo working aggressively here.
Fitzgerald working aggressively here.
Fitzgerald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valo is looking to control Fitzgerald's arms but Fitzgerald gets an underhook and turns him. Now Valo has his back to the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valo scores with a shot to the side of Fitzgerald's head.
Valo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valo misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fitzgerald tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valo's elbow.
Fitzgerald tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzgerald lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Valo backwards.
Fitzgerald swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzgerald softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fitzgerald unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Valo! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Fitzgerald is unloading with more strikes now! Valo drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andy Fitzgerald!
Andy Fitzgerald retains his middleweight title!
Andy Fitzgerald bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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