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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Andersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vincent Valverde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Valverde is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lil Blacky - I need a quete. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daniel Andersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vincent Valverde!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andersson closes the distance and clinches up with Valverde, looking for a takedown. Andersson pushes Valverde against the cage but Valverde circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Andersson fails with a takedown attempt.
Valverde scores with a three punch combo!
Valverde drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Valverde wants to control from the top but Andersson keeps moving.
Valverde preventing the sweep.
Valverde tries to free his leg and advance position but Andersson is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valverde passes into half guard.
Valverde frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Valverde looking to secure an arm triangle but Andersson defends it well.
Andersson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Valverde.
Andersson regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson is defending against the submission attempts here by Valverde.
Andersson is trying to control but can't.
Valverde wants to work for an arm triangle but Andersson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Valverde looks gassed!
Valverde seems to be working for a kimura but Andersson defends the submission attempt.
Andersson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Andersson tries to strike from the bottom.
Andersson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Valverde pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Andersson is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Andersson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Valverde!
Valverde is in all sorts of trouble here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andersson wants to control the pace but Valverde is squirming around nicely.
Andersson landing strikes from the mount and Valverde is in trouble!
Andersson misses with a head shot.
Valverde is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Andersson stands up from mount. Strange move.
Andersson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Andersson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Valverde decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Andersson's guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Andersson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valverde trying to control but Andersson is working from the bottom.
Valverde stopping the sweep attempt from Andersson.
Andersson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Valverde!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersson scoring with strikes but Valverde is staying in there.
Andersson dominating with strikes here.
Valverde is rocked!
Andersson is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Valverde is in real trouble.
Valverde is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Andersson is looking to control Valverde but Valverde is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Andersson lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Valverde is still in real trouble! Can Andersson finish him?
Andersson is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Valverde knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Valverde for a finish.
Andersson controlling from the back.
Valverde seems to have recovered his senses.
Andersson looking for the choke but no joy.
Will Andersson go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valverde tries to roll but Andersson sticks to his back.
Andersson looking for the choke from the back.
Valverde trying to control the hands but Andersson won't let him.
Valverde manages to reverse the position and now he's in Andersson's guard. Nice work there by Valverde.
Valverde wants to control from the top but Andersson keeps moving.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Andersson tries to clinch up
and Valverde counters with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valverde looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Vincent Valverde will probably get the nod.
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.
Valverde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Andersson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Valverde counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Andersson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Andersson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Andersson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Andersson tries to get out of the position.
Valverde wants to control from the top but Andersson keeps moving.
Valverde thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Andersson keeping full guard, as Valverde tries to pass.
Andersson wants to sweep here but Valverde controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valverde stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Andersson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Andersson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Valverde counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Valverde.
Andersson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Valverde on the ground.
Andersson trying to control the position.
Valverde stands up from Andersson's guard - Valverde perhaps looking for a knockout.
Daniel Andersson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Andersson with a poor takedown
and Valverde counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Valverde.
Andersson keeping moving, preventing Valverde from controlling successfully.
Valverde advances position into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valverde looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Valverde decides to stand back up.
Andersson with a poor takedown
and Valverde counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Andersson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Andersson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Andersson tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valverde decides to stand back up.
Valverde decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Valverde is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Andersson!
Valverde avoids the attempt from Andersson to control.
Andersson has given up his back.
Valverde is looking for the choke from the back position but Andersson is controlling his hands well.
Valverde throwing sloppy strikes.
Valverde doesn't have the hooks in and Andersson manages to turn into his guard.
Valverde working a defensive guard here.
Valverde manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Andersson manages to get himself to full guard.
Valverde stands up and waves to Andersson to follow him.
Valverde drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valverde thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Valverde stands and throws Andersson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Valverde thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Valverde wants to stand but Andersson is controlling his arm.
Andersson is looking for a sweep.
Andersson throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Andersson wants to control but Valverde postures up.
Andersson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Andersson wants to control but Valverde postures up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Valverde shoots in for a takedown but Andersson shows good takedown defense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Andersson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Andersson trying to control but Valverde is working from the bottom.
Andersson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Valverde trying to keep a closed guard but Andersson is proving a slippery customer.
Valverde is looking for a triangle but Andersson pushes his legs off easily.
Andersson trying to control but Valverde is working from the bottom.
Valverde has Andersson pulled in close to control his posture.
Valverde working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Andersson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Andersson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andersson is posturing up here but Valverde has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Andersson tries to roll out but it's too tight and Andersson has to tap! Slick submission there by Valverde!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vincent Valverde!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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