Robert Valentin’s debut as a UFC fighter will happen on August 24 on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Final Fighter season 32 finale bout between Valentin and his opponent Ryan Loder goes to be a featured bout for the UFC FIGHT NIGHT: CANNONIER vs BORRALHO. Whereas anticipating to see probably the most promising Swiss MMA prospect competing in an official UFC battle for the primary time, why not undergo the moments that ultimately led 29 12 months previous Robert to the long-awaited likelihood on TUF?
First time competing on the skilled degree in combined martial arts on November 26, 2016, ended up being extra than simply profitable for “Robzilla.” Valentin carried out a rear bare choke already within the first spherical, sending a message to the Central European MMA promoters. Stacking up two extra submission wins on a piece journey to Germany and one other one by way of unanimous choice in Austria, a now 4-0 prospect was set to face an up-and-comer in his personal proper, Ibo Aslan. Maybe probably the most completed opponent of Robert’s to this present day introduced every part he needed to put Valentin out within the third spherical. In comparison with the exact and technical model we see in Robert’s fights in the present day, this efficiency turned out to be extremely sloppy. Whereas exhibiting an incredible coronary heart and can, the Swiss simply wasn’t very technical but, trying like a drunk Jiri Prochazka that evening.
“Robzilla” suffered his second defeat whereas competing within the middleweight division for the primary time in his profession on February 16, 2019, in opposition to one more undefeated contender, Djati Mélan. After that, due to two back-to-back bout cancellations, Robert Valentin got here again in 2021, getting the signature spherical one rear bare choke at LFL 1. “Robzilla” stored the momentum going with a fast knockout win over Serbia’s Djordie Rajic on the home occasion held by Lions FC.
Valentin then misplaced his Ares FC promotional debut to Fernand Lopez’s coachee Akhmed Salamov, getting outwrestled and submitted within the third. Getting back from that loss, Robert confronted Remco Van Den Brink in a light-weight heavyweight showdown at LFL 5. Valentin was in a position to overcome a loopy storm by Van Den Brink originally of the battle and ultimately butchered his opponent sufficient to the place the referee didn’t let him proceed.
Within the subsequent bout, Robert got here again to Ares FC to scrap in opposition to Pietro Penini. After a very good grappling-heavy begin for “Robzilla,” Penini landed a number of unlawful elbows to the again of his opponent’s head, which led to the battle being declared a no-contest. The speedy rematch between the 2 was set for Ares FC 14. Robert Valentin sacrificed some blood for The Gods, as he promised earlier than the outing, dropping, slicing with elbows, and submitting Pietro Penini by way of rear bare choke within the very first spherical.
Robert was supplied to battle in Russia, at RCC: Intro 27 in opposition to native Samuil Shelest. Valentin broke each plan the promotion had for this battle by including one other rear bare choke to his identify, this time within the second phase of the competition.
Using a win streak, Robert was given the chance to headline Lions FC 10 in his dwelling nation of Switzerland. He acquired Zoran Dod to faucet within the first spherical, unleashing elbows and threatening submissions on the Croatian.
Identical to that, with a file of 10-3, Robert Valentin acquired his alternative to win the UFC contract on The Final Fighter. Robert has already proven his fascinating persona and unbreakable mentality, which made him a fan favourite all through the 12 episodes of this season. Earlier than his first contest on the present, “Robzilla” commented, “Victory or Valhalla,” relating to his plan for the battle. That is actually one of the simplest ways to explain Valentin’s model, as, by his phrases, he all the time goes on the market to entertain Odin.
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