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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neville Southall (ranked 406 p4p, 58 weight class) and Remy Valentine (ranked 479 p4p, 68 weight class). Valentine comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Man with the Harmonica by Ennio Morricone kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 cm
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286 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
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195 cm
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265 lbs
16 - 11 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Neville Southall! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Remy Valentine! The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Southall rushes Valentine and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Valentine is leaning against Southall and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. A head punch blocked on the inside by Valentine. A quick uppercut on the inside from Valentine.
It looks like Neville Southall has been cut. Southall lands a body shot. Southall has hold of one of Valentine's legs. Valentine is fighting the takedown attempt but Southall gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard. Valentine manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Southall takes the fight into the clinch. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A head punch blocked on the inside by Southall. Southall is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Southall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valentine misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Valentine. Southall tries to throw a body punch but Valentine avoids it by throwing Southall back against the cage. Southall 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. Valentine misses with a body punch.
Valentine lands a left hand that snaps the head of Southall backwards. Southall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've been informed that Valentine has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Valentine lands with a short shot to the head. Southall fails to pull guard.
A right hand to the body from Valentine.
Southall is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Valentine lands a left hand that snaps the head of Southall backwards. Valentine lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Southall blocks a body shot from Valentine. Southall stalling in the clinch but Valentine improves position. Valentine throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Valentine lands a hook that snaps the head of Southall backwards. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Valentine. Valentine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Valentine misses with a punch to the body.
Valentine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Valentine scores with a shoulder strike. Southall doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Southall throws a punch but it's blocked by Valentine. Valentine throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Valentine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Valentine. Valentine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Southall is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Valentine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Valentine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Southall backwards. Southall has a couple of punches blocked by Valentine.
A short left from Valentine.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Valentine lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Valentine lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Southall or not. Southall prevents a body shot from Valentine. Valentine blocks an uppercut.
Valentine lands a nice uppercut. Valentine lands with a right to the head. Valentine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Southall is rocked! Good anti-grappling being displayed by Valentine as Southall tries to tie him up. Valentine pushes Southall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. A right hand to the body from Valentine.
Valentine lands on the inside with an uppercut. Oh Southall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Good body shot from Valentine.
Valentine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Southall seems to have got his legs back now. Valentine working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Valentine creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Southall's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Southall drops to his knees and Valentine pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Remy Valentine! Remy Valentine seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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