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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuya Inoue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Estoban Valquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Inoue comes to the ring accompanied by Viikate - Viina, terva & hauta. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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215 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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195 cm
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210 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuya Inoue!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Estoban Valquez!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Inoue throws a sloppy head kick and Valquez moves out of range easily.
Inoue thuds his right hand into Valquez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Valquez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Valquez throws a head kick that misses.
Inoue shoots in looking for a takedown. Valquez tries to sprawl out of it but Inoue keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Valquez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Inoue 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 Valquez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Valquez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Inoue.
Inoue attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Inoue shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Valquez defends it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Inoue misses the target.
Valquez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Inoue scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Inoue is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Valquez has managed to free his arm - good work.
Valquez trying to control from the bottom.
Inoue moves nicely into side control.
Inoue tries to move to mount but Valquez blocks the move with his legs.
Inoue is working hard here to advance position.
Valquez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Inoue. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valquez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Inoue tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Inoue has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Inoue is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Valquez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Inoue is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Valquez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valquez is looking for a sweep.
Inoue is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Valquez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Inoue looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Inoue has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Valquez is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Inoue yanks on the arm and Valquez is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Inoue.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yuya Inoue!
Yuya Inoue took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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