I'm surprised people were picking Berchelt. He's been slipping for a little bit now. He sticks his chin out in combos and stands in front of his opponent. Valdez is still a one tempo puncher but it was right there for him.
Valdez was matched against him to make Valdez look good.
Unsurprising.
7-1 Valdez
Berchelt is absolutely primitive in there. if it werent for his size, he would have been out of there a long time ago.
Bring all the drama you want Valdez, you ran like a bitch, Mexican warrior my nuts...
Ho. Lee. Shit. What a fight.
Berchelt looked drained as shit at the weigh in and seemed slow all fight, but what a performance by Valdez.
When he switched stance in the 9th and then landed a lead right uppercut - brilliant.
I thought he’d killed him at the end. Scary shit.
Guess I’ll watch the Broner fight now.
Ho. Lee. Shit. What a fight.
Berchelt looked drained as shit at the weigh in and seemed slow all fight, but what a performance by Valdez.
When he switched stance in the 9th and then landed a lead right uppercut - brilliant.
I thought he’d killed him at the end. Scary shit.
Guess I’ll watch the Broner fight now.
Eh, hindsight is awesome but Berchelt was the seasoned title holder and the bigger guy while Valdez had a well documented tendency to get sucked into the very kind of brawls Berchelt thrived on. He also had struggled against inferior opponents. It’s rather uncommon to put a fighter against a -340 favorite to make him look good. Props to you if you picked Valdez, though.
Fwiw Berchelt losing was my guess going into it. Just timing and styles.
Props to you indeed.
Some you get right, some you don't.
Eddy Reynosos not the the guy too bet against right now.
He did a great job with Valdez and should get alot of credit for this win.
Throw in the fact that he took a long beating and never really recovered from the first time he was hurt.Pretty bad ko. I think worse than the leo santa cruz one
I hope you were drunk, 'cos this is a cuntingly awful take.
Brother with Top rank you never know. They might pin him against a bum next. I think he should wait for Herring vs Frampton imo