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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Shimazu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lorenzo Valenta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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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230 lbs
22 - 16 - 1 |
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169 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, William Shimazu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lorenzo Valenta!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shimazu takes one to the side of the head.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Valenta has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A swing and a miss from Shimazu.
Shimazu blocks a leg kick.
Shimazu tries to clinch there but Valenta circles away.
Shimazu wants to clinch
and Valenta counters with a nice body shot.
Valenta keeps the fight on the outside.
Shimazu has closed the distance and engaged Valenta in a clinch.
Shimazu swings wildly with an uppercut but Valenta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shimazu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Shimazu misses with an elbow over the top.
Shimazu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Valentas head.
Shimazu using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valenta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valenta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shimazu misses with a knee to the head.
Shimazu avoiding damage as Valenta throws knees to the body.
Shimazu throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valenta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shimazu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Valenta blocks it with crossed arms.
A left hand lands to the body for Valenta.
Shimazu gets through Valenta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shimazu 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.
Shimazu has a couple of punches blocked by Valenta.
Valenta missing with knees to the body.
Shimazu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shimazu throws a head punch that misses.
Shimazu blocks an uppercut.
Valenta blocks an elbow strike from Shimazu.
Valenta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shimazu lands a hook that snaps the head of Valenta backwards.
Valenta has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Shimazu avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Shimazu misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shimazu.
Shimazu misses with the head strike.
Shimazu tries a knee to the head but Valenta blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valenta lands a knee to the head.
Valenta blocking some punches.
Valenta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valenta tries to work over Shimazu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Valenta landing knees to the head.
Valenta taking a breather.
Valenta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shimazu backwards.
Nice body punch from Valenta - that landed with a thud.
Shimazu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shimazu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shimazu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Valenta.
Valenta pushes Shimazu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Shimazu.
Shimazu working aggressively here.
Valenta tightens his grip and picks Shimazu up, before dumping him to the ground. Shimazu manages to land in guard.
Shimazu avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valenta content to stall in guard here.
Valenta postures up and lands a big shot to Shimazu's brow.
Valenta is looking to work some ground and pound but Shimazu has wrist control.
Valenta stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shimazu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Valenta throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Valenta wants to control from the top but Shimazu keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valenta working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Valenta trying to control the position from guard on top but Shimazu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shimazu can't keep his opponent in guard - Valenta advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Valenta trying to control the action but Shimazu is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valenta is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Shimazu doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Valenta.
Valenta is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Valenta dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Shimazu scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Valenta keeps the fight on the outside.
Shimazu wants to clinch but Valenta slips to the side
and Valenta counters with an inside leg kick.
Valenta lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shimazu tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Valenta counters with a nice low kick that buckles Shimazu's knee momentarily.
Shimazu tries to clinch but Valenta moves out of range.
Valenta moves into range and connects with a jab.
Valenta lands a jab to the head.
Valenta throws a quick inside leg kick.
Shimazu clinches up with Valenta and pushes him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valenta blocking some punches.
Valenta avoiding damage as Shimazu throws knees to the body.
Valenta tries a body shot but Shimazu blocks it.
Valenta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shimazu backwards.
Valenta tries to land knees in the clinch but Shimazu avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimazu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Valenta blocking some punches.
Shimazu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shimazu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Valenta misses with a hook to the ribs.
Valenta blocking some punches.
Shimazu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Valenta lands a left hand.
Valenta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Valenta avoids a wild elbow strike from Shimazu.
Valenta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shimazu backwards.
Nice body punch from Valenta.
Shimazu gets underhooks to prevent Valenta's takedown attempt.
Shimazu looking to throw knees to the head but Valenta is blocking nicely.
Shimazu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shimazu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Valenta misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valenta blocking some punches.
Lorenzo Valenta seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shimazu throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A body shot lands from Valenta.
Valenta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shimazu's elbow.
Shimazu scores a nice knee to the body.
Shimazu blocks a body shot from Valenta.
Valenta jumps guard but Shimazu turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Valenta scores with a hook to the body.
Shimazu avoiding damage as Valenta throws knees to the body.
Shimazu misses with a punch on the inside.
Shimazu tries a knee to the head but Valenta blocks it.
Shimazu throws an elbow but it misses.
Shimazu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Valenta lands a hook to the side of the head.
Valenta lands a body punch in the clinch.
Valenta blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Valenta fails to land.
Valenta blocking some punches.
Valenta avoids the elbow strike from Shimazu, against the cage.
Shimazu takes a shot to the head.
Valenta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shimazu landing knees to the body.
Shimazu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shimazu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Valenta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shimazu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Valenta lands a left hand that snaps the head of Shimazu backwards.
Shimazu tries to land a knee to the head but Valenta blocks with his arms.
Shimazu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Valenta drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Shimazu gets the underhooks and prevents it.
William Shimazu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lorenzo Valenta.
Shimazu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shimazu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Valenta managing to block the knees to the body from Shimazu.
Shimazu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valenta backwards.
Shimazu blocks an uppercut.
Valenta has clasped his hands together around Shimazu's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Valenta tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Valenta has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Shimazu is trying to buck Valenta off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shimazu taking a bit of punishment here - Valenta scoring with strikes.
Valenta in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lorenzo Valenta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Valenta scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Valenta.
Valenta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Valenta lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shimazu on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Shimazu tries to close the distance and clinch but Valenta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shimazu tries to close the distance and clinch up but Valenta swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Valenta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shimazu.
Shimazu is looking to clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Valenta. Shimazu shrugs it off though.
Shimazu tries to clinch but Valenta is having none of it.
Shimazu is looking to clinch.
Shimazu tries to clinch but Valenta is having none of it.
Shimazu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Valenta throws a leg kick which misses Shimazu's front leg but catches the back leg as Shimazu tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valenta throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shimazu on the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Shimazu.
Shimazu tries to clinch but Valenta moves out of range.
Shimazu tries to close the distance and clinch but Valenta swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Valenta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Valenta lands a body shot.
Shimazu clobbers Valenta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Shimazu wants to clinch.
Shimazu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Valenta takes a step back to recover.
Shimazu cracks Valenta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Shimazu looks to land a left hand but Valenta moved out of range nicely.
William Shimazu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lorenzo Valenta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valenta lands a jab.
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!
Shimazu rushes Valenta and presses him up against the cage.
Valenta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Valenta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shimazu scores a nice knee to the body.
Valenta takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Shimazu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Valenta doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shimazu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Lorenzo Valenta has been cut.
Shimazu lands a nice elbow.
Shimazu is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Shimazu is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Valenta is defending well for now.
Valenta struggles to land a body shot inside as Shimazu controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Valenta.
Shimazu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimazu can't find room to land a body shot as Valenta controls the action.
Valenta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shimazu.
Valenta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Shimazu.
Valenta tries to score a body lock takedown but Shimazu shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Shimazu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shimazu lands an uppercut.
Shimazu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Valenta blocks it with crossed arms.
Valenta lands a knee to the body.
Shimazu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shimazu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shimazu tries to work over Valenta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Valenta lands a knee to the head.
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!
Shimazu misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valenta is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
William Shimazu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lorenzo Valenta.
Shimazu gets through Valenta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Valenta scores with a knee to the head.
Shimazu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Valenta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Valenta scores with a knee to the head.
Shimazu looking to throw knees to the head but Valenta is blocking nicely.
Shimazu lands with a left to the head.
Shimazu misses with a knee strike.
Valenta tries for a takedown. No joy.
Shimazu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shimazu lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shimazu misses with a punch on the inside.
Shimazu throws a punch but it's blocked by Valenta.
Shimazu lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shimazu throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
William Shimazu showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Valenta 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lorenzo Valenta!
Lorenzo Valenta tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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