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Mike CoppingerESPN
WBC junior lightweight world titlist Oscar Valdez defended his belt against Robson Conceicao on Friday with a split decision victory in a hard-fought battle at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona.
Valdez (30-0, 23 KOs), 30, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, won the fight after being dominated in the first half of the fight by Conceicao.
Conceicao (16-1, 8 KOs), 32, of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, had won three of his past five fights by stoppage, including a seventh-round TKO victory over Jesus Antonio Ahumada in April, befor losing to Valdez.
"It makes the fight complicated when someone is trying to run the whole fight. I'm trying to put on a good show for my fans, give the fans what they want, which is a good fight. If he wants to run... you can't win a fight running like that.
"We all want the winner of Shakur Stevenson and Jamel Herring. Let's do it."
Valdez tested positive for the banned substance phentermine in August, but the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Athletic Commission allowed Valdez to fight at the Casino Del Sol. The WBC decided not to strip Valdez of his title, stating that "this is not a performance-enhancing drug" and that "Valdez will have absolutely no advantage and the challenger will have no risk."
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Oscar Valdez retains his 130-pound title via unanimous decision vs. Robson Conceicao: 117-110, 115-112 and 115-112. Conceicao was in control over the first five rounds but faded. I had Conceicao up 114-113. Could have gone either way. Good fight.
Round 12: Ultra-close Round 12, but Valdez edges it here. Far more aggressive in that round. Conceicao showboats to the final bell. 10-9, Valdez. 114-113, Conceicao.
Round 11: Conceicao with a very strong Round 11. Valdez busted open. Conceicao keeps firing the right hand and landing. Valdez hits Conceicao on the back of the head yet no point taken. 10-9, Conceicao. 105-103, Conceicao.
Round 10: Valdez ratcheting up the pressure now, but he's finally cut and is bleeding from the left cheekbone right under the eye. Anyone's fight heading into the championship rounds. 10-9, Valdez 95-94, Conceicao.
Round 9: One point deducted from Conceicao for hitting behind the head. Highly questionable decision from the referee, really stacking the deck against Conceicao. Conceicao did the better work in that round. 9-9. 86-84, Conceicao.
Round 8: Now it's Conceicao who has no answers; cardio is failing him. Valdez also punishing him with body shots. I've given Valdez three rounds in a row. Conceicao is now the one who needs to change the trajectory of this fight. 10-9, Valdez. 77-75, Conceicao.
Round 7: Valdez continues to press forward with big shots that meet their mark. Conceicao seems to be tiring and is no longer keeping Valdez at range. Good action fight. Going to be drama down the stretch. 10-9, Valdez. 68-65, Conceicao.
Round 6: Valdez's best round of the night. Far more pressure, some good body work and some big shots. Conceicao did land a huge right toward the end, but Valdez wins his first round of the fight. 10-9, Valdez. 59-54, Conceicao.
Round 5: Valdez's face starting to break now; lots of scar tissue there. Conceicao confidence soaring. Now he's starting to clown Valdez; doing whatever he wants in there. 10-9, Conceicao. 50-45, Conceicao.
Round 4: Conceicao hammers Valdez with a monster right uppercut and continues to go to work. Very confident behind that jab. Valdez is going to need to land something big to change the trajectory of this fight. 10-9, Conceicao. 40-36, Conceicao.
Round 3: Valdez landed a big right at the beginning of the round, but Conceicao fired back and went back to work, connecting on plenty of 1-2s that kept Valdez at the end of his jab. 10-9, Conceicao. 30-27, Conceicao.
Round 2: Conceicao in total control through two, but it's still early. Very patient approach, yet aggressive. Firing right hands through the guard and Valdez's face is already swelling and red. 10-9, Conceicao. 20-18, Conceicao.
Round 1: Conceicao connects on a bundle of right hands to the body and did a really nice job controlling range, using his superior height and reach. 10-9, Conceicao.
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Lopez (23-2, 12 KOs) was relentless and continued to march Flores down round after round. Before the 10th and final round, Flores' trainer and father, Gabriel Flores Sr., informed his son he was stopping the fight. The 130-pounder pleaded and pleaded; his father acquiesced. With about 10 seconds left in the round, with Flores absorbing more and more punishment, Flores Sr. informed the commission supervisor to stop the fight, but the referee never saw him on the apron.
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"I caught him in the first round right in the nose," Nakatani said through an interpreter. "... I knew [it was broken]. ... I want to unify the titles."
Nakatani (22-0, 17 KOs) was fighting for just the first time outside his native Japan. The 23-year-old was making the first defense of the 112-pound title he won in November with an eight-round KO of Giemel Magramo.
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