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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Rodrigo Valdez (ranked 3904 p4p, 454 weight class) and Cameron Watts (ranked 21965 p4p, 614 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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193 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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196 cm
24
208 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible
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Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Valdez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cameron Watts!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valdez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Cameron Watts has been cut.
Watts throws a nice looking combination but Valdez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Valdez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A leg kick checked by Valdez.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Watts.
Watts misses with a straight right.
Good leg kick by Valdez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Watts throws a sloppy head kick and Valdez moves out of range easily.
Watts misses with a body shot.
Watts slips a jab and a cross from Valdez.
Valdez looks to throw the jab but Watts is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valdez gets a clinch.
Watts lands with a left to the head.
Watts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Watts misses with a looping right.
Valdez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watts.
Watts throws a lazy right hand but Valdez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Valdez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watts.
Watts looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Valdez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez catches Watts with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Watts tries a head kick but it misses.
Valdez throwing a counter right hand but Watts manages to avoid it.
Valdez clobbers Watts with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Valdez slips a jab from Watts.
Watts misses with a head kick.
Valdez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brazilian Elite Team in the buildup to the fight.
Valdez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Watts eats them both and turns towards Valdez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Watts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Valdez throws a lazy right hand but Watts sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Valdez takes one to the side of the head.
Valdez misses with the combination.
Watts looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rodrigo Valdez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheers as Valdez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Watts doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts scores with a sloppy right hand. Valdez should have avoided that one.
Watts pivots, looking for a leg kick but Valdez is out of range and Watts settles back down.
Watts walks into a left hand.
Watts avoids the body shot from Valdez.
Watts waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Valdez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez drives through and clinches with Watts against the ropes.
Watts told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Valdez lands with a light punch inside.
Valdez digs a right hand into Watts's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Watts's gas tank.
Valdez scores with a shot to the side of Watts's head.
Watts tries to circle away but Valdez has him pinned against the ropes.
Valdez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Watts backwards.
Valdez tries a body shot but Watts blocks it.
Valdez throws a punch but it's blocked by Watts.
Watts misses with a punch to the body.
Valdez lands with a short shot to the head.
Watts works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watts.
Valdez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watts breaks the clinch.
Watts misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watts throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Watts tests Valdez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Valdez slips under a jab from Watts.
Valdez looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Watts fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Watts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Valdez tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Watts manages to circle out of the way.
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 Rodrigo Valdez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cameron Watts's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A slapping body kick lands there for Valdez.
Watts lands with an overhand left.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valdez moves away.
Valdez gets a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Valdez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Watts pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Valdez has Watts up against the ropes in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Valdez.
Valdez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Valdez misses with some punches.
Watts is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Watts blocking some punches.
Valdez lands with a light punch inside.
Watts breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts swats away the attempt to clinch by Valdez.
Watts connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts throws a low kick but Valdez moves out of range easily.
Valdez drops his hands momentarily and Watts takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Valdez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Valdez lands with a right hand.
Watts does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Valdez lands a head shot.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Valdez.
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valdez tries to counter by clinching up but Watts breaks away and moves out of range.
Valdez lands a nice looking body shot.
Watts misses the shot to the body.
Watts scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valdez jabs Watts to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Watts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Valdez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Valdez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slow jab from Watts misses its intended target.
Valdez seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Cameron Watts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watts lands a really nice looking cross but Valdez seems unphased.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Watts.
Watts gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Valdez throws a good cross that connects.
Watts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valdez was well out of range. Poor timing from Watts.
Watts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Valdez here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Watts takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Valdez closes the distance and clinches.
Valdez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Watts.
A short body shot lands from Valdez as the two fighters clinch.
Valdez tries to throw a body punch but Watts avoids it by throwing Valdez back against the ropes.
Valdez lands a nice uppercut.
Watts blocking some punches.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Valdez's elbow.
Rodrigo Valdez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Watts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watts lands the left hand.
Watts checks a leg kick.
Watts throws a looping overhand right but Valdez ducks down to avoid it.
As Watts tries to get set, Valdez tries to push him back and clinch up but Watts manages to avoid the attempt.
Valdez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Valdez there as he acknowledges the shot.
A left lands for Valdez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Valdez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cameron Watts's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Valdez drives through and clinches with Watts against the ropes.
Valdez lands a shoulder strike.
Still in the clinch, Valdez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Watts has had enough of the clinch but Valdez keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Valdez.
Valdez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Watts.
Valdez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Watts backwards.
Watts is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A left hand lands to the body for Valdez.
A short uppercut from Watts.
Valdez can't find room to land a body shot as Watts controls the action.
Valdez keeps control of Watts as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Watts blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice left hand lands by Valdez.
Valdez throws a head punch that misses.
Valdez swings wildly with an uppercut but Watts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Valdez digs a right hand underneath Watts's ribcage. Watts let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Valdez.
Valdez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Valdez.
Watts misses with a body punch.
Watts blocks an uppercut.
Watts misses with the head strike.
Watts can't break the clinch.
Valdez misses with a punch on the inside.
Watts is trying to push Valdez away but Valdez has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Valdez tries a body shot but Watts blocks it.
Valdez lands with a light punch inside.
Valdez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Watts manages to break the clinch.
Watts throws a sloppy head kick and Valdez moves out of range easily.
Valdez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watts can do to turn this around?
Watts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watts misses with a straight right.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Valdez. Watts shrugs it off though.
Watts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Valdez.
Nice jab there from Valdez.
Valdez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
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!
Nice shot lands for Valdez.
Watts is rocked!
Valdez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Watts is still on wobbly legs! Can Valdez finish him?
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Valdez.
Valdez scores with a shot to the side of Watts's head.
Valdez scores with a hook to the body.
Watts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Still in the clinch, Valdez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Watts blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Valdez.
Valdez cracks Watts with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Watts goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Watts wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Rodrigo Valdez!
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energy
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RATING
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