PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Valentine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodney Maurice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Valentine
vs
Maurice

190 cm
22
212 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

179 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

2KMMA Ultimate Nutrition 152 Quality

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Valentine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodney Maurice!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valentine is looking to clinch.
Valentine tries to clinch up.
Maurice misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch but Maurice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maurice paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valentine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Valentine is looking to clinch.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maurice paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valentine tries to clinch but Maurice moves out of range.
David Valentine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch but Maurice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Valentine tries to clinch up but Maurice circles away and keeps his distance.
Valentine misses with a takedown

and Maurice counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Maurice.
Valentine utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Maurice must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Maurice prevents Valentine from getting back to his feet.
Maurice with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maurice with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Maurice throwing strikes but missing.
Maurice cracks Valentine with a solid left hand.
Maurice with a flurry of punches that miss.
Maurice throws a strike but Valentine rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Valentine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Valentine is looking to stand up but Maurice won't let him.
Valentine passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maurice trying to control here.

Valentine stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Maurice to get to his feet.
Valentine looks to clinch

and Maurice counters with a nice double leg into side control. Valentine won't be happy with that.
Sloppy strikes there by Maurice.
Maurice looks gassed!
Maurice is trying to ground and pound but Valentine uses the momentary lack of control by Maurice to regain half guard.
Valentine is trying to stand.

Valentine kicks Maurice off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine tries to clinch up

and Maurice counters with a shoot takedown. Valentine fights it but they end up in guard.
Valentine wants to stand and escape but Maurice is having none of it.
Valentine is trying to keep Maurice in close.
Valentine manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Maurice manages to get himself to full guard.
Valentine stays in close to Maurice's body and controls the position.
Maurice tries to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valentine controlling from the top position.
Valentine wants to control from the top but Maurice keeps moving.
Maurice looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Valentine puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

Valentine escapes and gets back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Valentine tries to clinch but fails miserably

so Maurice counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maurice postures up in Valentine's guard and throws a big left but Valentine blocks it.
Maurice throws a strike but Valentine rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodney Maurice dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Valentine wants to clinch but Maurice slips to the side

and Maurice counters with a single leg into guard. Valentine didn't expect that.
Valentine is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Maurice should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Maurice trying to control but Valentine is working from the bottom.
Maurice throwing strikes from guard but Valentine blocks nicely.
Maurice stops Valentine from standing up.

Valentine wriggles free and stands up.
David Valentine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Maurice shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Maurice is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine wants to control but Maurice is keeping busy.
Valentine regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Maurice.
Maurice prevents Valentine from getting back to his feet.
Valentine not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Maurice postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Valentine throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Valentine working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maurice.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maurice paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Valentine gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Valentine can't get the takedown.
Valentine is working for takedown but Maurice is calmly controlling the position for now.
Valentine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Maurice is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Valentine lands an elbow inside that Maurice shrugs off.

It looks like Rodney Maurice has been cut.
Valentine lands a shoulder strike.
Maurice avoids the elbow strike from Valentine, against the cage.
Valentine changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Maurice fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Valentine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Valentine darts in trying to clinch

and Maurice counters with a single leg into guard. Valentine didn't expect that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valentine is trying to keep Maurice in close.
Maurice throwing strikes but missing.
Maurice in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Valentine scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Valentine tries to clinch but Maurice is having none of it.
Valentine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Maurice stuffs the takedown.
Valentine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Maurice swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Valentine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Valentine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Valentine wants to clinch but Maurice slips to the side

and Maurice counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Valentine moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Valentine avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Maurice throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maurice loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Valentine is pulling down on Maurice's head to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodney Maurice showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rodney Maurice's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Valentine tries to clinch

and Maurice decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Valentine's guard.
Maurice won't allow Valentine to get back to his feet.
Rodney Maurice has got the better of the ground game so far.
Maurice thows a big elbow that misses.
Maurice missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Valentine is pulling down on Maurice's head to control his posture.
Valentine trying to keep a closed guard but Maurice is proving a slippery customer.
Maurice takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Valentine manages to escape and get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valentine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Maurice. No joy for Valentine on that attempt.
Maurice keeps the fight on the outside.
Valentine tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Maurice counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Valentine is looking to escape.
Valentine is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Maurice's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Maurice's back!
Valentine scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Valentine has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Maurice's body.
A lull in the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maurice is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Valentine.
Valentine is looking to control Maurice but Maurice is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Maurice tries to escape the position.

Valentine looking for the choke but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Valentine is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Maurice is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
David Valentine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Valentine trying to control momentarily.
Rodney Maurice is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Valentine avoiding Maurice 's attempts to control his hands.
Maurice tries to roll but Valentine sticks to his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Maurice avoids the strikes from Valentine.
Maurice rolls, trying to escape but Valentine keeps control of the position.
Maurice trying to control the hands but Valentine won't let him.
Maurice is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Valentine is staying active.
Valentine missing with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodney Maurice comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Maurice 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 Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodney Maurice!