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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Huffy Sanna (ranked 2574 p4p, 319 weight class) and Corwin Valentine (ranked 3955 p4p, 452 weight class). Valentine has chosen I'm the Man as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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196 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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182 cm
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185 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin |
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Huffy Sanna!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Corwin Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sanna misses with a double jab.
Valentine lands a lovely overhand right.
It looks like Huffy Sanna has been cut.
A head kick misses from Sanna.
Valentine has closed the distance and engaged Sanna in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Valentine.
Sanna breaks the clinch.
Valentine looks to score with a jab to the body but Sanna is just out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Sanna. Those never looked like landing.
Valentine on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Valentine moves into the clinch successfully.
Valentine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanna is defending well for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valentine is working for takedown but Sanna is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sanna lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sanna on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Valentine landing knees to the body.
Valentine missing with knees to the body.
Valentine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanna.
Valentine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanna.
Sanna is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanna lands a hook that snaps the head of Valentine backwards.
Valentine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanna.
Sanna struggles to land a body shot inside as Valentine controls his hands.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Valentine jumps into guard, dragging Sanna to the mat.
Sanna throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Valentine works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Valentine working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sanna doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sanna manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Valentine looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Valentine escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sanna gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sanna wanted to stand there but Valentine had control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanna trying to control the position from guard on top but Valentine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Valentine has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanna can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sanna showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Valentine throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sanna stands up and waves to Valentine to follow him.
Sanna connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanna looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanna cracks Valentine with a good jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sanna.
Valentine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Valentine cracks Sanna with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sanna cracks Valentine with a right hand to the side of the head.
It looks like Corwin Valentine has been cut.
Sanna lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Valentine misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanna takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Valentine walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanna takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Huffy Sanna's cut is getting worse.
Sanna throws a nice outside leg kick.
Valentine has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Sanna moves away from the strike by Valentine.
Sanna moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanna keeps the fight on the outside.
Sanna fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Huffy Sanna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sanna, right into the meat.
Sanna takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sanna misses with a two punch combination.
Valentine looks to land a right hand but Sanna moved out of range.
Valentine doesn't manage to clinch there - Sanna circles away.
Valentine ducks right into an uppercut from Sanna.
Valentine rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sanna moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch but Sanna swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanna connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Valentine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sanna. Sanna obviously looking to wear him down.
Sanna throws a low kick, looking for Valentine's leg but Valentine calmly moves out of range.
Sanna tries to keep at a distance but Valentine has taken the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Sanna's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sanna wants to break free but Valentine has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Huffy Sanna will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sanna scores with a decent looking hook.
Valentine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sanna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Sanna was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sanna lands a nice hook to Valentine's body. Valentine takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sanna swinging wildly here.
Sanna lands with a nice body kick.
Sanna connects with a jab.
Valentine cracks Sanna with a good jab.
Sanna blocks a jab.
Sanna slips under a jab from Valentine.
Valentine takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sanna darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valentine looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Valentine is rocked!
Sanna connects with a nice looking jab.
Valentine is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanna finish him?
Valentine misses with a hook
and Sanna counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Valentine! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Sanna!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Huffy Sanna!
Huffy Sanna is the new middleweight champion!
The defeated Corwin Valentine had this to say: 'I will have to take some time off to train and prepare myself mentally before I come back. Props to my opponent! '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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