- Joined
- May 8, 2002
- Posts
- 1,243,735
- Reaction score
- 59
Robert Valentin continued to crawl out of his bad octagon start on Saturday with another win, this time against Dusko Todorovic at UFC Fight Night 283.
After starting his promotional tenure with three consecutive defeats, Valentin (12-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) now has consecutive wins on his record after he went into Belgrade Arena and upset Serbia's own Todorovic (13-7 MMA, 4-7 UFC) with a guillotine choke submission at the 4:14 mark of Round 1.
The crowd was "muted," in the words of play-by-play man Jon Anik after the local favorite lost in the middleweight bout, but Valentin achieved a successful night. Check out the replay of his win below (via X):
Valentin was fired up in the aftermath of the most notable result of his career so far, and he said he's looking forward to doing more. He did the post-fight interview alongside Todorovic in a wholesome moment.
"Why I bring Dusko here? Look at this guy next to me," Valentin said in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping, which was interpreted by Todorovic himself. "We're basically the same guy. We would be brothers, but unfortunately today we had to fight, and this is the job we chose."
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Belgrade video: Robert Valentin chokes Dusko Todorovic, makes him translate speech
Continue reading...
After starting his promotional tenure with three consecutive defeats, Valentin (12-6 MMA, 2-3 UFC) now has consecutive wins on his record after he went into Belgrade Arena and upset Serbia's own Todorovic (13-7 MMA, 4-7 UFC) with a guillotine choke submission at the 4:14 mark of Round 1.
The crowd was "muted," in the words of play-by-play man Jon Anik after the local favorite lost in the middleweight bout, but Valentin achieved a successful night. Check out the replay of his win below (via X):
Valentin was fired up in the aftermath of the most notable result of his career so far, and he said he's looking forward to doing more. He did the post-fight interview alongside Todorovic in a wholesome moment.
"Why I bring Dusko here? Look at this guy next to me," Valentin said in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping, which was interpreted by Todorovic himself. "We're basically the same guy. We would be brothers, but unfortunately today we had to fight, and this is the job we chose."
Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 283 results:
- Robert Valentin def. Dusko Todorovic via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 4:14
- Gilbert Urbina def. Vlasto Cepo via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 1:01
- Noah Gugnon def. Milos Janicic via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:21
- Tofiq Musayev def. Ludovit Klein via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:07
- Michael Oliveira def. Oban Elliott via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 1:49
- Borislav Nikolic def. Mark Vologdin via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-27)
- Bogdan Grad def. Dennis Buzukja via submission (arm-triangle) – Round 2, 4:33
- Mateusz Rebecki def. Kyle Prepolec via TKO (ground-and-pound) – Round 1, 4:41
- Nina Milosevic def. Hailey Cowan via TKO (body shot) – Round 1, 3:41
- Jovan Leka def. Alexander Poppeck via TKO (liver kick) – Round 1, 2:22
- Stephanie Luciano def. Marina Spasic via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:20
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Belgrade video: Robert Valentin chokes Dusko Todorovic, makes him translate speech
Continue reading...
