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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rosco Ladd (ranked 1519 p4p, 196 weight class) and Corwin Valentine (ranked 1718 p4p, 223 weight class). Valentine is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I'm the Man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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198 lbs
11 - 10 - 1 |
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187 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rosco Ladd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Corwin Valentine!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine lands a jab.
Valentine instigates a clinch.
Ladd takes a knee to the side of the body.
Valentine prevents Ladd from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Valentine.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Valentine obliges.
Ladd wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Valentine throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ladd blocks it with crossed arms.
Valentine scores with a knee to the head.
Valentine missing with knees to the body.
Ladd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ladd bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Valentine misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ladd throws a jab but it's blocked by Valentine.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valentine is looking to clinch.
Valentine tries to clinch there but Ladd circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valentine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ladd throws a shot from downtown. Valentine moves away and avoids it.
Ladd connects with a right hand. Valentine shakes it off.
Valentine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ladd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little feinted left hand from Ladd on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Valentine lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ladd lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladd slips a jab from Valentine.
Valentine tries to clinch up.
Valentine wants to clinch.
Ladd jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
It looks like Corwin Valentine has been cut.
Valentine wants to clinch.
Valentine drives through and clinches with Ladd against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Valentine.
Ladd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Valentine forces Ladd back against the cage and clinches.
Ladd lands a body punch.
Valentine tries a knee to the head but Ladd blocks it.
Valentine crunches a lovely knee into Ladd's ribcage.
Ladd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ladd can't find room to land a body shot as Valentine controls the action.
Valentine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ladd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Valentine 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valentine rushes Ladd and presses him up against the cage.
Valentine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Valentine misses with a knee to the head.
Ladd breaks from the clinch.
Ladd throws a hook but Valentine avoids it easily.
Valentine looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ladd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valentine moves away.
Ladd swats away the attempt to clinch by Valentine.
Ladd changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Valentine finds it's way through Ladd's defenses.
Valentine fails in his attempt to clinch.
It looked like Ladd wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Valentine is looking to clinch but Ladd is avoiding it.
Valentine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ladd takes a swing at Valentine's ribcage but misses.
Ladd connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Valentine's hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Valentine is looking to clinch but Ladd is avoiding it.
Ladd takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ladd slips a jab from Valentine.
Valentine moves into the clinch successfully.
Ladd blocks an elbow strike.
Ladd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ladd throws a looping overhand right but Valentine ducks down to avoid it.
Valentine wants to clinch up but Ladd keeps it at a distance.
Valentine throws a looping overhand right but Ladd ducks down to avoid it.
Valentine connects with a right hand. Ladd shakes it off.
Valentine tries to clinch but Ladd moves out of range.
Ladd lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Valentine at a distance.
Ladd takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ladd avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ladd scores with a punch to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ladd scores with a nice strike.
That has opened up Corwin Valentine's cut even more.
Ladd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Valentine walks into a left hand.
Ladd darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Valentine is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ladd lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Valentine is still on wobbly legs! Can Ladd finish him?
Ladd sends Valentine crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Ladd is motioning to the referee to let Valentine up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Ladd throws a jab when Valentine was well out of range.
Valentine drives through and clinches with Ladd against the cage.
Valentine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ladd's defenses.
Valentine seems to have recovered his senses.
Valentine has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ladd seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Valentine can turn it around.
Valentine throws an elbow that misses.
Valentine with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ladd blocks an elbow strike from Valentine.
Ladd lands an uppercut.
Ladd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ladd connects with a nice looking jab.
Ladd loads up on a big right hand but Valentine slips the punch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Valentine wants to clinch up but Ladd keeps it at a distance.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch but Ladd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ladd scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ladd fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valentine manages to avoid it.
Ladd pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Valentine back to the cage. Ladd follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Valentine moves into the clinch.
Ladd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Valentine tries to clinch but Ladd moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rosco Ladd dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Corwin Valentine's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ladd circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rosco Ladd is winning the standup battle so far.
Valentine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ladd throws out a loose jab but Valentine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ladd circles away from the clinch attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ladd.
Valentine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheers as Ladd lands an impressive looking overhand right. Valentine doesn't seem phased though.
Valentine gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The cut above Corwin Valentine's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
It looks like Ladd has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Valentine wants to clinch up but Ladd keeps it at a distance.
Ladd swats away the attempt to clinch by Valentine.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ladd swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valentine is looking to clinch but Ladd is avoiding it.
Ladd with a jab.
Ladd waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valentine.
Ladd swats away the attempt to clinch by Valentine.
Valentine has Ladd up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladd struggles to land a body shot inside as Valentine controls his hands.
Valentine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ladd lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Ladd as the two fighters clinch.
Valentine is breathing heavily.
Valentine throws an elbow but it misses.
Ladd lands with a right to the head.
Valentine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ladd lands a left hand.
A short right from Ladd on the inside.
Corwin Valentine's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Valentine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ladd working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Valentine trying to land knees to the body.
Ladd breaks the clinch.
Ladd drops Valentine with a straight right hand, right on the button! Ladd follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rosco Ladd!
In defeat, Corwin Valentine stepped up to the mic, saying 'My career is not over, I will train harder and come back. Thank you to all my fans for your support!'.
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