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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jan Paul Valens (ranked 1307 p4p, 164 weight class) and John Brown (ranked 2269 p4p, 296 weight class). Brown has chosen Somebody Gonna Get It as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
15 - 9 - 0 |
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166 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jan Paul Valens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 39 - 3, fighting out of Hilo, John Brown!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Kavanagh and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valens buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brown shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A punch combination from Brown misses.
Brown shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Valens manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Brown scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Valens is adopting a defensive guard.
Valens has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Brown throws a big right hand that misses.
Brown controlling from the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valens keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Brown is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown looking to sit in guard and control but Valens gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Brown managing to control the position.
Brown is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Nice strikes from Brown there.
Valens is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Brown scores with a couple of nice shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Brown slows the pace down in half guard.
Valens is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brown working over Valens with some ground and pound. Valens looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Valens wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.
Brown missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Brown frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Valens wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Brown.
Brown lands with some strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown unloads with some shots from mount but Valens bucks and avoids them well.
Valens is trying desperately to improve position.
Brown can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Valens is looking to escape.
Brown with a couple of short strikes.
Valens tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brown controlling from mount.
Brown misses with a head shot.
Valens is squirming around, avoiding Brown's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Valens is desperately trying to improve his position but Brown has a good base and remains in mount.
Brown landing strikes, looking to finish!
Valens blocking the ground and pound.
Brown looking to finish with strikes here!
Brown lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Brown landing punches.
Valens holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Brown tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brown throws some wild stikes that Valens manages to avoid easily.
Brown is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Valens can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Brown dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Valens just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown unleashes a big counter combination but Valens bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Valens scores with a hook to the body. Brown takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Valens throws a hook but Brown blocks it.
A combination from Valens does no damage.
Brown doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Valens works Brown's body with a nice hook.
Brown throws a nice looking combination but Valens bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brown on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Valens leaves Brown with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Valens throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Valens jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brown fails with a takedown attempt.
A slow jab from Valens misses its intended target.
Brown avoids the body shot from Valens.
And Brown responds with a good body kick, but Valens manages to step out the way in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from Valens.
Valens scores with a leg kick.
Valens throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Brown lands with a slapping head kick.
Valens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Brown shapes to counter with a head kick.
A shot to the body from Valens misses
and Brown counters with a series of strikes. Valens will be more careful next time no doubt.
Valens looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
Brown lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Valens lands with a nice body punch.
Valens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brown shoots in looking for a takedown. Valens tries to sprawl out of it but Brown keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Valens manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jan Paul Valens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Brown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valens paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Brown avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brown slips a straight right by Valens.
Valens clinches up against the cage.
Valens works on Brown's body with a couple of short punches.
Valens lands with a left to the head.
Valens pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valens.
Brown throws a right and a left that Valens avoids nicely.
It looked like Valens wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Valens misses its intended target.
Brown tries to counter by closing the distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brown.
Jan Paul Valens is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Valens throws a right hand that misses
and Brown counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Valens tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Brown.
Brown uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valens.
Brown slips a straight right by Valens.
Brown staying out of range there.
Brown tries to score a power double leg takedown but Valens sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Brown somewhat.
Valens just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Brown 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Valens lands with a nice body punch.
A swing and a miss from Valens.
Brown misses with a head kick.
Valens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brown.
Valens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Valens has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Brown.
John Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valens throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Brown.
Brown unleashes a big counter combination but Valens bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Brown tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice jab there from Valens.
Valens throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jan Paul Valens 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Brown tries for a takedown but Valens sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Brown looks to land a combination. Valens sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Valens misses with a looping left.
Brown lands a front kick.
Brown bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Brown.
An elbow from Brown crashes against the mat.
Brown misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Brown wants to lay and pray for a moment but Valens keeps working.
Valens is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Brown in side control, throwing shots but Valens defends.
Brown throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown misses with the ground and pound.
Brown working the head with strikes.
An elbow from Brown crashes against the mat.
Valens is looking for a sweep.
Brown lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Valens down.
Brown working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Brown misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Valens is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Valens parries the strikes from Brown easily there. Brown is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Valens to escape.
Brown working the ground and pound.
Brown landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Brown scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valens is being controlled here.
Brown throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Brown in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Brown is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Valens's shoulder. That is not cool.
An elbow from Brown crashes against the mat.
Brown scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Valens to see if he's OK.
John Brown has got the better of the ground game so far.
Brown lands a few punches from side control.
Brown lands an elbow.
Valens avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Brown.
Brown working the head with strikes.
Valens is working to avoid the ground and pound but Brown connects with a decent elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands an elbow.
Brown connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Valens some visible discomfort.
Brown has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brown lands a few punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Brown wants to control but Valens is keeping him busy.
Valens dodges the ground and pound from Brown.
Brown connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Valens some visible discomfort.
Valens being controlled for a moment.
Valens stops Brown from passing to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Brown wants to control but Valens is keeping him busy.
Valens parries the strikes from Brown easily there. Brown is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Valens to escape.
Brown working the ground and pound but Valens is defending the strikes.
Brown lands an elbow.
Brown looks up at the clock and then as Valens takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Brown smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Brown fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brown sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Valens is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Brown working the head with strikes.
Valens parries the strikes from Brown easily there. Brown is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Valens to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Brown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brown has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Brown!
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hype
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