Stuart Dare books welterweight title shot with win over Friedrich at Valor C-Series 6

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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