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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tod Valenzuela (ranked 8790 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeshi Suzuki (ranked 10213 p4p, 0 weight class). Suzuki has chosen 悲しみのはてに-エレ&# as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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165 cm
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135 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tod Valenzuela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Takeshi Suzuki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Suzuki feints and as Valenzuela raises his hands in defense, Suzuki changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Valenzuela pushes Suzuki off and scrambles back to his feet.
Suzuki throws a nice looking combination but Valenzuela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Valenzuela ducks under a wild hook from Suzuki.
Valenzuela defending well as Suzuki loads up on a big left hand.
Suzuki throws a head kick but Valenzuela moves out of range.
Suzuki gets caught napping as Valenzuela dives in and scores a takedown. Suzuki manages to retain guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valenzuela landing with the ground and pound.
Valenzuela has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Valenzuela cracks Suzuki with a solid left hand.
Valenzuela lands a couple of elbows.
Valenzuela will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Suzuki is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Valenzuela is aware though and is defending well.
Valenzuela stopping the sweep attempt from Suzuki.
Suzuki controls Valenzuela momentarily but Valenzuela frees himself.
Valenzuela trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Valenzuela accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Suzuki can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Valenzuela controls the pace.
Valenzuela chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valenzuela postures up in Suzuki's guard and throws a big left but Suzuki blocks it.
Valenzuela is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Valenzuela in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Valenzuela lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Valenzuela in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Suzuki wants to stand but Valenzuela is controlling the position.
Suzuki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Valenzuela.
Valenzuela trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Valenzuela makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Valenzuela works over Suzuki with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Suzuki looks winded!
Valenzuela with a flurry of punches that miss.
Valenzuela lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Valenzuela working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Valenzuela throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Suzuki had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Valenzuela defends it easily.
Valenzuela distracts Suzuki with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Valenzuela thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Valenzuela works over Suzuki with some ground and pound from guard.
Valenzuela keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Suzuki's head.
Valenzuela scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Valenzuela throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Valenzuela postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Valenzuela landing some decent shots from guard.
Valenzuela keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Suzuki's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela is in close to Suzuki's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Valenzuela cracks Suzuki with a solid left hand.
Valenzuela cracks Suzuki with a solid left hand.
Valenzuela thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Valenzuela scoring with punches to the head and body.
Valenzuela lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Valenzuela is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Valenzuela with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Valenzuela postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Valenzuela postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Valenzuela working some strikes from top position.
Suzuki being controlled here, momentarily.
Valenzuela lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Valenzuela shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Valenzuela misses with a double jab.
Suzuki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Suzuki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Valenzuela finds it's way round the side to connect with Suzuki's head.
Valenzuela really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Valenzuela clinches up against the cage.
Suzuki tries to stall but Valenzuela uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Suzuki is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Valenzuela is defending well.
Valenzuela pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tod Valenzuela dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Valenzuela closes the distance and pushes Suzuki back into the cage.
Suzuki has had enough of the clinch but Valenzuela keeps him there for the moment.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Valenzuela is trying to pull guard but Suzuki has him pressed against the cage.
Suzuki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Valenzuela has him pressed against the cage.
Valenzuela breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Suzuki gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Suzuki is looking to break free of the clinch but Valenzuela has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valenzuela's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Suzuki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valenzuela manages to avoid it.
Tod Valenzuela is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Valenzuela moves out of range as Suzuki throws a body kick.
As Suzuki looks to move away, Valenzuela throws a big counter combo but Suzuki just gets out of the way.
Suzuki falls off balance throwing a combination
and Valenzuela counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valenzuela shoots in looking for a takedown but Suzuki manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Valenzuela's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Valenzuela drives through with a takedown into Suzuki's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Suzuki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Valenzuela content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Suzuki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Suzuki is breathing heavily.
Valenzuela is looking to work some ground and pound but Suzuki has wrist control.
Suzuki has momentary wrist control but Valenzuela slips an elbow through the middle.
Suzuki avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Valenzuela throws a strike but Suzuki rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Valenzuela bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Suzuki's guard.
Valenzuela postures up in Suzuki's guard and throws a big left but Suzuki blocks it.
Suzuki has momentary wrist control but Valenzuela slips an elbow through the middle.
Valenzuela postures up in Suzuki's guard and throws a big left but Suzuki blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki is trying to control the position but Valenzuela postures up.
Valenzuela gets to his feet - Suzuki follows without any prompting.
Suzuki just misses with a punch to the body.
Valenzuela shoots in for a takedown but Suzuki shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tod Valenzuela. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valenzuela shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Suzuki defends it nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valenzuela shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Suzuki as he jumps to the side.
Valenzuela shoots in for a takedown but Suzuki shows good takedown defense.
Suzuki throws a front kick that sends Valenzuela stumbling back into the cage.
Valenzuela is trying hard to land a takedown here. Suzuki sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Suzuki changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Valenzuela tries to avoid it but Suzuki manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Valenzuela to the ground. Valenzuela escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
It looked like Valenzuela was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela shoots in for a takedown but Suzuki shows good takedown defense.
Valenzuela is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Suzuki can do to turn this around?
Valenzuela shoots in for a double leg but Suzuki sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Suzuki slips a jab and a cross from Valenzuela.
Suzuki unleashes a big counter combination but Valenzuela bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Suzuki plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Valenzuela throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Suzuki moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Valenzuela closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Suzuki did well to prevent Valenzuela getting side control.
Valenzuela is thwarting Suzuki's attempts to control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Valenzuela lands a nice short elbow.
Valenzuela working over Suzuki with some ground and pound. Suzuki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Valenzuela seems to be working for a kimura but Suzuki defends the submission attempt.
Suzuki tries to get to full guard but Valenzuela has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Valenzuela takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Valenzuela working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice strikes from Valenzuela there.
Valenzuela keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Nice strikes from Valenzuela there.
Suzuki is defending against the submission attempts here by Valenzuela.
Suzuki keeping control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tod Valenzuela dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Valenzuela takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Valenzuela misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Valenzuela takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Suzuki drives through with a takedown into guard.
Valenzuela looking to hit a scissor sweep but Suzuki is one step ahead there.
Valenzuela is pulling down on Suzuki's head. It's preventing any offense from Suzuki, at least for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Suzuki wants to pass the guard but Valenzuela is keeping the position.
Suzuki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Valenzuela holds on and takes a little breather.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Valenzuela bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Suzuki's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Valenzuela's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Valenzuela working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Suzuki's head.
Valenzuela drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Valenzuela jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Valenzuela lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Suzuki not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Valenzuela content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Suzuki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Valenzuela throwing strikes but missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela scoring with some ground and pound.
Valenzuela working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Suzuki's head.
Valenzuela chips away with some ground and pound.
Valenzuela stands up over Suzuki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Valenzuela is working Suzuki over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Valenzuela works over Suzuki with some ground and pound from guard.
Valenzuela working some strikes from top position.
Valenzuela landing with the ground and pound.
Valenzuela lands a couple of elbows.
Suzuki has momentary wrist control but Valenzuela slips an elbow through the middle.
Valenzuela scoring with some ground and pound.
Suzuki is working an open guard so Valenzuela takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Valenzuela chips away with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Valenzuela's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Valenzuela scoring with punches to the head and body.
Valenzuela postures up and lands a big shot to Suzuki's brow.
Valenzuela is working Suzuki over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Valenzuela stands up over Suzuki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Valenzuela lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Valenzuela postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Valenzuela scoring with some ground and pound.
Valenzuela drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Valenzuela jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Valenzuela thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suzuki is trying to keep Valenzuela in close.
Valenzuela lands a couple of elbows.
Valenzuela working some strikes from top position.
Valenzuela makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Valenzuela distracts Suzuki with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Valenzuela postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Valenzuela stands up and waves to Suzuki to follow him.
Valenzuela shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Suzuki pinned against the cage. Suzuki gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Valenzuela tries to score a power double leg takedown but Suzuki sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Valenzuela somewhat.
Suzuki shapes to counter with a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tod Valenzuela showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Valenzuela, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tod Valenzuela!
Takeshi Suzuki spoke after the fight, saying 'ごめんねよ ! '.
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energy
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RATING
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