PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dohn Jodson (ranked 639 p4p, 1142 weight class) and DeMario Valdez (ranked 74 p4p, 126 weight class). Valdez has chosen Era - Ameno as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jodson
vs
Valdez

160 cm
38
156
28 - 11 - 0

180 cm
35
154
24 - 16 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dohn Jodson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, DeMario Valdez!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valdez with a nice cross.
Jodson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Valdez throws a head kick but Jodson moves out of range.
Valdez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jodson connects with a crisp jab.
Valdez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

It looks like DeMario Valdez has been cut.
Valdez jabs Jodson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Valdez lands a lovely overhand right.
Valdez misses with a low kick.
Jodson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valdez was well out of range. Poor timing from Jodson.
Valdez throws a shot from downtown. Jodson moves away and avoids it.
Jodson looks to throw the jab but Valdez is out of range.
Jodson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jodson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Valdez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
DeMario Valdez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valdez misses with the combination.
Valdez lands a right hook to the body.
Valdez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jodson on the side of the head.
Jodson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Valdez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jodson was well out of range. Poor timing from Valdez.
Jodson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Valdez on the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Valdez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jodson scores with a jab. Valdez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Valdez moves away from the strike by Jodson.
Valdez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jodson misses with a looping left.
Valdez connects with a right hand. Jodson shakes it off.
Valdez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Valdez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jodson counters with a straight right hand.

Valdez is rocked!
We've been told by Jodson's head coaches at 3Band MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jodson misses with an uppercut.
Valdez throws a leg kick which misses Jodson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jodson tries to avoid it.
Valdez lands with a cross.
Valdez looks to score with a jab to the body but Jodson is just out of range.
Valdez works Jodson's body with a nice hook.
A swing and a miss from Jodson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jodson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jodson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valdez.
Jodson misses with a body shot.
Jodson tries a head kick but it misses.
Valdez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Valdez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Valdez throws a hook but Jodson avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Valdez. That snapped Jodson's head back.
Valdez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Valdez is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jodson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Valdez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jodson.
Nice uppercut there from Valdez.
Valdez lands with a straight right. Jodson didn't see that one coming.
Valdez moves out of range of the body kick from Jodson.
Valdez throws a big shot that misses.
Jodson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jodson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Valdez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jodson tries to clinch up but Valdez circles away and keeps his distance.
Jodson throws the left hand but Valdez avoids the punch easily.
Valdez is looking for the big counter here.
Jodson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Valdez has Jodson up against the cage in a clinch.
Valdez wants to get back to striking at distance but Jodson won't allow it.
Valdez scores with a shoulder strike.

Valdez breaks the clinch.
Jodson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Valdez looks to throw the jab but Jodson is out of range.
Valdez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jodson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Valdez's head backwards.
Jodson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jodson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A cross from Valdez lands.
Valdez defending well as Jodson loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Jodson misses.
Valdez throws out a counter right but Jodson avoids it with no problem.
Valdez connects with a solid leg kick.
A jab from Jodson finds it's way through Valdez's defenses.
A big left from Jodson misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jodson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jodson throws a head kick that misses.
Valdez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jodson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valdez.
Valdez throws a push kick but Jodson slaps the foot to one side.
Jodson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Valdez doesn't manage to clinch there - Jodson circles away.
Valdez misses the jab.
Valdez scores with a jab to the head.
Valdez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valdez throws a hook but Jodson blocks it.
Valdez throws a wild body kick that Jodson sees coming a mile off.
Valdez jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jodson throws a big shot that misses.

Valdez closes the distance and pushes Jodson back into the cage.
Valdez is looking to break free of the clinch but Jodson has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jodson.
Valdez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jodsons head.
Valdez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Valdez is trying to force a seperation but Jodson has the dominant position.
Jodson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Valdez's efforts to push away.
Jodson can't find room to land a body shot as Valdez controls the action.

Jodson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Valdez slips under a jab from Jodson.
Valdez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Valdez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jodson to score with a decent uppercut.
Valdez lands an overhand right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jodson throws a looping overhand right but Valdez ducks down to avoid it.

Valdez has Jodson up against the cage in a clinch.
Jodson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Valdez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but DeMario Valdez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on DeMario Valdez's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Valdez punishes Jodson's body with a nice straight punch.
Jodson throws a hook to the side of Valdez's head but Valdez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
DeMario Valdez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jodson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Valdez.
A slow jab from Jodson misses its intended target.
A big right from Valdez misses.
Valdez misses with a looping right.
Valdez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jodson momentarily.
Valdez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jodson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Valdez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Valdez fakes the leg kick and cracks Jodson in the body.
Valdez misses with a hook. Jodson ducked under it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Valdez.
Jodson throws a jab when Valdez was well out of range.
Jodson throws a looping overhand right but Valdez ducks down to avoid it.
Valdez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jodson throws out the jab.
Valdez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jodson tries a head kick but it misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Jodson scores with a four punch combination!
Valdez throws a looping overhand right but Jodson ducks down to avoid it.
Valdez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Valdez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jodson throws out the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez throws a head kick that misses.
Valdez misses with a wild combination.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A solid body kick from Jodson.
Jodson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Valdez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jodson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jodson throws out a loose jab but Valdez uses good head movement to avoid it.

Jodson moves into range and clinches up with Valdez.

Valdez manages to break the clinch.
Valdez lands with a straight right. Jodson didn't see that one coming.
Valdez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jodson staying out of range there.
Valdez ducks under a wild hook from Jodson.
Jodson misses with a wild body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Jodson blocks the leg kick.
Valdez works the jab nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab by Valdez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez throws a body kick that misses.
Jodson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jodson lands with a nice body punch.
Jodson staying out of range there.
Valdez moves in looking to clinch but Jodson pushes him off.
Valdez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jodson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valdez.
Jodson misses with a looping left.
Jodson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valdez throws out the jab.
Jodson misses with a double jab.
Valdez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jodson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jodson looks to land a right hand but Valdez moved out of range.
Jodson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valdez can pounce on him.
Valdez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jodson missing with a left hand there. Valdez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Jodson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jodson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Valdezs head.
Jodson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jodson lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jodson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jodson has Valdez pressed against the cage, preventing Valdez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Valdez misses with some punches.
A bit of stalling here from Jodson.
Jodson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dohn Jodson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jodson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jodson lands with a left to the head.

Valdez breaks the clinch.
Valdez scores with a punch to the head.
Valdez jabs Jodson right on the nose. Jodson blinks but takes it well.
Jodson scoring well with a low kick there.
Valdez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jodson moves away.
Valdez connects with a nice looking jab.
Jodson misses with a hook
enabling Valdez to counter with a crisp jab.
Valdez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jodson throws an overhand right that lands on Valdez's shoulder, as Valdez tries to avoid the shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Valdez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jodson throws a series of punches but Valdez moves out of range.
Jodson throws a shot from downtown. Valdez moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valdez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jodson.
Jodson throws a hook but Valdez blocks it.
Valdez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Jodson throws a good cross that connects.
Jodson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Valdez counters with a straight right hand.
Valdez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Valdez slips a jab from Jodson.
Jodson tries to clinch up.
Valdez takes one on the button.
Valdez moves away from the strike by Jodson.
Valdez ducks under a wild hook from Jodson.
Valdez lands an overhand right.
Jodson cracks Valdez with a good jab.

That has opened up DeMario Valdez's cut even more.
A slow jab from Jodson misses its intended target.
Valdez defending well as Jodson loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jodson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Valdez, pushing him back against the cage.
Valdez blocking some punches.
Jodson misses with a punch on the inside.
Valdez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Valdez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but DeMario Valdez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on DeMario Valdez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Valdez pushes Jodson away with a front kick.
Valdez throws a head kick that Jodson semi-blocks.
Valdez jabs Jodson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jodson swinging wildly here.
Jodson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Valdez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jodson.
Valdez walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Jodson tries to bum rush Valdez with a series of wild strikes but Valdez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Valdez scores with a jab. Jodson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jodson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Valdez throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valdez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Valdez closes the distance and clinches.
Jodson lands a hook to the side of the head.

Valdez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jodson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valdez.
Jodson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Valdez counters with a left and a right that stings Jodson.
Valdez lands a nice hook to Jodson's body. Jodson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jodson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valdez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jodson loads up on a big right hand but Valdez slips the punch.
Jodson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Jodson misses.
Jodson cracks Valdez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Valdez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jodson.
Jodson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jodson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valdez.
It looked like Jodson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Valdez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jodson.
Jodson throws a body punch but Valdez moves out of range.
Jodson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Valdez. Jodson shrugs it off though.
Jodson throws out a loose jab but Valdez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jodson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valdez.
Jodson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valdez.
Jodson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valdez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Valdez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jodson missing with a left hand there. Valdez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jodson misses with a body shot.
Valdez lunges at Jodson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jodson's hand.
Jodson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Valdez clinches up against the cage.
Jodson looking to slow down the pace here.
Valdez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jodsons head.

Valdez breaks the clinch.
Valdez scores with a shot to the body.
Jodson scores with a jab.
Valdez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Valdez misses with a low kick.
Jodson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Valdez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jodson throws out the jab.
Valdez takes one to the chin there.
Valdez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jodson.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Valdez! But no joy.
Valdez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Valdez checks a leg kick.
Valdez tries to land a front kick but Jodson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jodson takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Valdez checks a low kick from Jodson.
Valdez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jodson has time to react.
Jodson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jodson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valdez scores with a kick to the body.
A big left from Valdez misses.
Jodson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jodson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Valdez can pounce on him.
Valdez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Valdez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Valdez lands a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valdez blocks a leg kick.
Valdez with a jab.
Jodson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Jodson drives through and clinches with Valdez against the cage.
Jodson is trying to force a seperation but Valdez has the dominant position.
Jodson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Valdez avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jodson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jodson drops his hands momentarily and Valdez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Valdez tries to work over Jodson's front leg with a kick but Jodson checks it.
The fighters circling - Jodson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Valdez throws a solid leg kick but Jodson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Valdez.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jodson crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Valdez - the referee stops the clock and Jodson gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Valdez. Jodson manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Valdez throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jodson misses with a looping right.
Jodson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valdez.
Valdez scores with a nice right hand.
Jodson misses with a looping right.
Valdez tries a head kick but it misses.
Jodson thinks about countering with a head kick.
Valdez lands a glancing blow to the side of Jodson's head.
Valdez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jodson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jodson misses with an uppercut.
Valdez slips under a jab.
Valdez defending well as Jodson loads up on a big left hand.
Dohn Jodson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jodson lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jodson throws a jab when Valdez was well out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
DeMario Valdez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Valdez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... DeMario Valdez!
After winning the bout, DeMario Valdez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.