Hobart’s Stuart Dare will square off with Valor welterweight champion Callan Potter in November, after submitting Melbourne’s Hoshi Friedrich with a second round rear-naked choke on Saturday night.
The title eliminator topped the promotion’s C-Series 6 offering at the Grandstand Hall in Hobart.
With the win, Dare gets back in the winners column following a decision loss to UFC fighter Jake Matthews in July, and will now look ahead to the Valor 9 main event on November 22 in Launceston.
Potter captured the welterweight strap in impressive fashion, defeating Damon Upton-Greer and Nick Denholm in the promotion’s one-night title tournament at Valor 5. Both fights lasted a total of just 49 seconds. The Melbourne based fighter went on to stop David Butt with a brutal head kick knockout at Valor 7 to successfully defend the title. Most recently however, Potter suffered a first round knockout loss to Corey Nelson in the AFC 9 main event. This appearance will be his fifth for the promotion, in which he remains undefeated.
Watch the Valor 9 LIVE STREAM here on November 22.
Valor C-Series 6 Results:
A-Class:
- Stuart Dare def Hoshi Friedrich via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), Rd 2
B-Class:
- David Simmons def Perrin Meir-Anderson via Decision (Unanimous)
- Bayden Mandich def Jayden Bohdal via Submission (Arm-Bar), Rd 1
- Kahn Sandy def Stephan Friedrich via TKO, Rd 1
C-Class:
- Trent Alkemade def Ant Poke via Decision (Unanimous)
- Hamish McLaren def Taz Sibley via Submission (Arm-Bar), Rd 2
- Dillan North def Brent Bingly via Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), Rd 2
- David Cutcliffe def Andrew Pritchett via Decision (Unanimous)
- Jolon van Santen def Matt Dunne via Submission (Arm-Bar), Rd 1
* Image Credit: Joshua Stebbings
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