PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between DeMario Valdez (ranked 852 p4p, 356 weight class) and Lincoln Storm (ranked 95 p4p, 40 weight class). Valdez kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Era - Ameno. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Valdez
vs
Storm

180 cm
37
154
29 - 19 - 1

171 cm
36
147
34 - 17 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Voodoo Nutrition

HELLBENT

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 29 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, DeMario Valdez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lincoln Storm!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valdez thows a left - swing and a miss!
A looping hook to the body misses from Storm. Valdez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Storm will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Storm throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Valdez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Storm uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valdez.
Storm flicks out a counter leg kick but Valdez steps away.
Storm fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Valdez is out of range.
Storm throws a body shot but no joy.
Storm attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Storm looks to land a right hand but Valdez moved out of range.
Storm staying out of range there.
Valdez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Storm counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Valdez digs a good hook to Storm's body.
Valdez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Valdez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Storm walks into a stiff left hand from Valdez.
Storm lands a nice hook to Valdez's body. Valdez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Valdez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Valdez defending well as Storm loads up on a big left hand.
Valdez tries to land a leg kick but Storm saw it coming and moves away.
Valdez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Storm.
Valdez throws a looping overhand right but Storm ducks down to avoid it.
Storm pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Storm lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Valdez at a distance.
Valdez 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.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm is looking to slow Valdez down with leg kicks.
Valdez loads up on a big right hand but Storm slips the punch.
Valdez throws a big shot that misses.
Storm throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Valdez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Storm moves out of range as Valdez strikes.
Storm works Valdez's body with a nice hook.
Valdez is looking to chop away at Storm's legs.
Valdez looks to throw the jab but Storm is out of range.
Storm throws a front kick aimed at Valdez's knee but Valdez avoids it well.
Storm thows a left - swing and a miss!
Valdez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Storm slips under a jab.
Storm thuds a left hand into Valdez's body.
Storm tries to move into range but Valdez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Storm throws a low kick but Valdez moves out of range easily.
Storm jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Storm is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Valdez rather than just go for the knockout.
Storm misses with a low kick.
Valdez looks to score with a jab to the body but Storm is just out of range.
Storm ducks under a wild hook from Valdez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Storm takes a swing at Valdez's ribcage but misses.
Storm lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Valdez at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valdez throws a shot from downtown. Storm moves away and avoids it.
Storm now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Valdez throws a low kick, looking for Storm's leg but Storm calmly moves out of range.
Valdez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Storm lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Storm throws a body shot but no joy.
Valdez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Storm slips under a jab.
Valdez jabs Storm to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Storm lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Valdez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Storm has time to react.
Storm throws a hook but Valdez blocks it.
Storm keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Valdez.
Valdez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Storm manages to avoid it.
Valdez backing away here, and Storm unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Valdez throws the left hand but Storm avoids the punch easily.
Valdez throws a hook but Storm blocks it.
Valdez misses with an uppercut.
Storm appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Storm bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Storm steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Valdez.
Valdez blocks a jab.
A jab from Valdez misses.
Storm doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Storm looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm connects with an inside leg kick.
Valdez throws out a loose jab but Storm uses good head movement to avoid it.
Storm tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Valdez is able to avoid easily.
Storm with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Valdez to score with a decent uppercut.
Storm throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Valdez on the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Valdez.
It seemed like Storm was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Storm connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Storm. Valdez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valdez throws a head kick that misses.
Storm bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Valdez checks a leg kick.
Valdez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Valdez misses with a looping right.
Storm dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Valdez. That did some damage!
Valdez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Storm. Storm circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Storm connects with a good right hand that stumbles Valdez. Valdez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Valdez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
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!
Storm paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A cross from Storm lands.
Valdez lands a head shot.
Storm moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Valdez throws a lazy right hand but Storm sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valdez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Storm.
Valdez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Storms jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Valdez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Valdez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Storm lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Valdez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Valdez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
DeMario Valdez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Storm throws a lazy right hand but Valdez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Valdez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Storm ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Valdez moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Storm. Valdez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valdez connects with a jab.
A clash of legs there as Valdez blocks the low kick.
Valdez tried to counter with a leg kick but Storm avoided it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Storm. Valdez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Valdez moves into range and connects with a jab.
A clash of legs there as Valdez blocks the low kick.
Valdez swings for the body but Storm moves out of range.
Valdez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Storm has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Storm sizes up Valdez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Storm ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Storm displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valdez throws out the jab.
A slow jab from Valdez misses its intended target.
Storm misses with a wild body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lincoln Storm dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Valdez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Storm throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Storm slips a jab from Valdez.
Storm fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Valdez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Valdez missing with a left hand there. Storm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Storm scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Valdez doesn't seem bothered though.
Storm throws a leg kick but Valdez checks it.
Nice body kick there by Storm.
Valdez throws a chopping leg kick but Storm manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lincoln Storm seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slow jab from Storm misses its intended target.
Valdez catches Storm with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Storm moves forwards but Valdez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Valdez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Storm can pounce on him.
Storm connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A good leg kick by Storm.
Valdez cracks Storm with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Valdez moves out of range of the leg kick from Storm.
Storm misses with a low kick.
Storm takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Valdez 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 throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm misses the shot to the body.
Storm throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Storm has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Storm misses with a looping right.
Storm thumps Valdez with a low kick.
Valdez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Storm.
A low kick from Valdez misses
and Storm makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Valdez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Storm uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Valdez.
A telegraphed right hand from Valdez misses the target.
Storm throws a series of strikes that have Valdez backpedaling.
Valdez throws an overhand right that lands on Storm's shoulder, as Storm tries to avoid the shot.
Valdez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Storm lands with a thumping leg kick.
Valdez lands a body shot.
Valdez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
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!
Valdez throws a lazy right hand but Storm sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Storm uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Valdez.
Valdez missing with a left hand there. Storm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Storm thumps Valdez with a low kick.
Valdez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Storm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm throws a jab but it's blocked by Valdez.
Valdez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Storm looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Storm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Valdez manages to avoid it.
Valdez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Storm misses the shot to the body.
Storm ducks under a wild hook from Valdez.
Storm lands a nice leg kick that just misses Valdez's sensitive parts.
Valdez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Valdez checks a low kick from Storm.
Storm ducks under a wild hook from Valdez.
Valdez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Valdez misses with a jab to the body
and Storm counters with an outside leg kick.
Valdez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Valdez misses with a hook
and Storm counters with an inside leg kick.
Valdez scores with a jab. Storm acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Valdez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Storm ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Valdez throws a jab when Storm was well out of range.
Valdez misses with the body kick
and Storm counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Storm takes a jab right on the kisser.
Storm fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valdez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Storm staying out of range there.
Storm looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Valdez swings widly with a right hand
and Storm counters with an inside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Storm - just one landing.
A good leg kick by Storm.
Storm just misses with a punch to the body.
Storm lands with a thumping leg kick.
Valdez throws a leg kick but Storm sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Storm bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Storm.

Valdez moves into range and clinches up with Storm.
Valdez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Storm misses with an elbow strike.
Valdez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Valdez tries to throw a body punch but Storm avoids it by throwing Valdez back against the cage.
Valdez blocks an uppercut.
Storm blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Storm misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Storm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Valdez working aggressively here.
Storm misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Valdez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Storm tries to work over Valdez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Valdez is looking to break free of the clinch but Storm has double underhooks.
Storm lands a left hand that snaps the head of Valdez backwards.
Storm lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Valdez lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Valdez.
Storm using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Valdez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Storm.
Valdez prevents a body shot from Storm.
Valdez throws a head punch that misses.
Valdez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Storm blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Storm is leaning against Valdez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Storm keeps control of Valdez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Valdez is trying to force a seperation but Storm has the dominant position.
Storm lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Storm misses with a short punch on the inside.
Valdez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lincoln Storm showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Storm lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Storm.
A nice leg kick lands there from Valdez.
A slow jab from Valdez misses its intended target.
Valdez misses with a looping left.
Storm will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Storm misses with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Valdez.
Storm moves out of range as Valdez strikes.
A nice side step and Storm releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Valdez swings for the body but Storm moves out of range.
Storm thumps Valdez with a low kick.
Valdez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Storm looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Storm throws out a loose jab but Valdez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Storm will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Storm bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Storm misses with a two punch combination.
It looked like Valdez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Storm.
Storm slips under a jab from Valdez.
Valdez misses with a low kick.
Storm lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Valdez misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valdez.
Storm dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Storm cracks a nice hook into Valdez's ribs.
Storm swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Valdez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Storm. Storm obviously looking to wear him down.
Valdez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Storm.
Valdez's corner calls for a 1-2. Valdez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Valdez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Storm.
Valdez misses with a low kick as Storm jumps back.
Storm moves out of range of the strikes.
Storm was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Storm throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Storm throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Valdez with a hook.
Storm misses with a body kick.
Valdez avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Storm connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A jab from Valdez misses.
Valdez misses with a straight right.
DeMario Valdez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm pivots, looking for a leg kick but Valdez is out of range and Storm settles back down.
Storm throws a leg kick but Valdez moved away.
Valdez misses with a hook to the body
and Storm counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Storm throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Valdez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Storm is looking to score with low kicks.
Valdez misses with a looping left.
Nice body punch from Storm.
Storm digs a good hook to Valdez's body.
Valdez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Storm.
Valdez throws a jab but it's blocked by Storm.
Valdez throws a lazy uppercut
and Storm cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Valdez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A jab from Valdez misses.
Valdez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Storm.
Valdez misses with a body punch
and Storm counters with a slapping leg kick.
Valdez throws an overhand right that lands on Storm's shoulder, as Storm tries to avoid the shot.
Storm throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Storm throws a hook but Valdez avoids it easily.
Valdez checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Valdez.
Storm looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Storm lands a body shot.
Valdez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Valdez checks a low kick from Storm.
Storm misses the shot to the body.
Storm blocks a jab.
Nice defenses there by Valdez.
Valdez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Valdez feints and then cracks Storm's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Storm down.
Some bone on bone action there as Valdez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Storm tries to land a leg kick but Valdez saw it coming and moves away.
Storm throws a body punch but Valdez moves out of range.
Valdez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Valdez lands with a good body shot.
Nice body kick from Valdez.
Storm tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Valdez is able to avoid easily.
Valdez just misses with a punch to the body.
Valdez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Valdez tries to clinch
and Storm counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Valdez thinking.
Valdez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Valdez misses the target.
Storm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Valdez.
A counter left hand to the body from Valdez misses its target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Valdez.
Storm avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valdez cracks Storm with a right hand to the side of the head.
Storm scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Valdez lands a jab.
Valdez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Valdez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Storm.
Storm slips a straight right by Valdez.
Valdez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lincoln Storm is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Storm moves out of range of the strikes.
Valdez lands with a nice body punch.
Storm fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Valdez on the side of the head.
Valdez throws a right hand that misses
and Storm counters with a nice low kick that buckles Valdez's knee momentarily.
Storm feints and then cracks Valdez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Valdez down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Storm tries to land a leg kick but Valdez saw it coming and moves away.
Valdez throwing a counter right hand but Storm manages to avoid it.
Storm throws a chopping leg kick but Valdez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Valdez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like Storm was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A bone on bone clash there as Valdez blocks the leg kick.
Storm lands a nice shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lincoln Storm comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Storm has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Gold scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lincoln Storm!
A victorious Lincoln Storm thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.