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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Willy Valenzuela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Hardy will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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178 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Willy Valenzuela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Hardy!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardy fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Valenzuela to the ground. Hardy is now in Valenzuela's guard.
Hardy looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Valenzuela holds on and takes a little breather.
Valenzuela's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Valenzuela might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Willy Valenzuela has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Hardy swats away the attempt to clinch by Valenzuela.
Hardy scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hardy stops Valenzuela from getting back to his feet.
Valenzuela could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Valenzuela is positioning himself well to prevent Hardy advancing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valenzuela has one foot on Hardy's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Hardy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Valenzuela.
Hardy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Valenzuela throws a low kick, looking for Hardy's leg but Hardy calmly moves out of range.
Hardy drives through with a takedown into guard.
Valenzuela has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Willy Valenzuela wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Valenzuela closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Valenzuela tries a knee to the head but Hardy blocks it.
Hardy is fighting off a takedown attempt but Valenzuela is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Hardy to the mat. Hardy regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valenzuela makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Valenzuela postures up in Hardy's guard and throws a big left but Hardy blocks it.
Hardy is working an open guard so Valenzuela takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Valenzuela tries to close the distance and clinch but Hardy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela is looking to clinch but Hardy is avoiding it.
Valenzuela tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Valenzuela rushes Hardy and presses him up against the cage.
Valenzuela is trying to push Hardy away but Hardy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Valenzuela stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Valenzuela jumps into guard, dragging Hardy to the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Valenzuela is on top in guard.
Valenzuela scoring with punches to the head and body.
Valenzuela makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela stands up over Hardy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Valenzuela wants to stand but Hardy is controlling his posture from full guard.
Valenzuela gets to his feet. Hardy looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Valenzuela gets caught flat footed, as Hardy shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valenzuela tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Valenzuela holds on and takes a little breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valenzuela is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willy Valenzuela dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Valenzuela tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Valenzuela fails with an attempt to clinch.
Valenzuela doesn't manage to clinch there - Hardy circles away.
Hardy moves in looking to clinch but Valenzuela pushes him off.
Valenzuela avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy misses with a kick to the body.
Valenzuela fails to land with a series of punches.
Hardy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Valenzuela's half guard.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Valenzuela is concentrating on defense, preventing Hardy from advancing position.
Hardy is keen to just control but Valenzuela is a slippery customer.
Hardy is stalling here. Valenzuela is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Hardy seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Valenzuela has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Valenzuela has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Valenzuela scoring with punches and elbows.
Hardy is working to avoid the ground and pound but Valenzuela connects with a decent elbow.
Valenzuela scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hardy to see if he's OK.
Valenzuela working the head and body with strikes.
Valenzuela lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Valenzuela is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hardy is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hardy takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Valenzuela scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hardy to see if he's OK.
Valenzuela decides to stand back up. Valenzuela steps back and let's Hardy get back to his feet.
Valenzuela clinches with his opponent.
Valenzuela tightens his grip and picks Hardy up, before dumping him to the ground. Hardy manages to land in guard.
Valenzuela scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela postures up and lands a big shot to Hardy's brow.
Valenzuela connects with a couple of short punches.
Valenzuela lands a couple of elbows.
Valenzuela stands up over Hardy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Willy Valenzuela overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Valenzuela with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hardy is working an open guard so Valenzuela takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Valenzuela clinches up against the cage.
Valenzuela has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hardy after a bit of a struggle.
Valenzuela is looking to take this one to the mat.
Valenzuela has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hardy clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Valenzuela keeps control of the position as Hardy tries to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela is looking for the choke from the back position but Hardy is controlling his hands well.
Valenzuela is not going to allow Hardy to sit and survive in this position.
Valenzuela has his arm under Hardy's chin here. Game over son! Valenzuela squeezes tightly and Hardy is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Willy Valenzuela!
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