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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daren Devilin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nolan Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Face the Pain. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daren Devilin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nolan Martin!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Devilin keeping moving, preventing Martin from controlling successfully.
Martin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Devilin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Martin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Devilin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Martin wants to control from the top but Devilin keeps moving.
Devilin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Devilin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Devilin misses with a two punch combination.
Devilin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Devilin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Martin has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nice uppercut lands for Martin. That snapped Devilin's head back.
Devilin looks for the body kick but Martin saw that one coming.
Martin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Daren Devilin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin fails with a takedown attempt.
Devilin connects with a solid leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Devilin.
Martin throws a leg kick but Devilin checks it.
Martin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Martin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Devilin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Martin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Devilin can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Martin sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Martin dominating with strikes here.
Martin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Devilin wants to control but Martin is having none of it.
Martin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Devilin is looking to escape.
Devilin defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Martin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Devilin is working to get back to half guard.
Devilin bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Martin is on top in guard.
Devilin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Devilin tries to control but Martin wriggling away.
Martin is in all sorts of trouble here.
Devilin tries to control but Martin wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nolan Martin dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Devilin throws a sloppy head kick and Martin moves out of range easily.
Devilin connects with a solid leg kick.
Martin shoots for a takedown but Devilin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Martin shoots in but no luck this time.
Devilin tries to score with a low kick but Martin moves his leg out of the way.
Devilin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Martin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Daren Devilin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nolan Martin.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but Devilin is just out of range.
Martin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Devilin is trying to control but can't.
Devilin tries to get to full guard but Martin has control of the leg.
Martin is breathing heavily.
Devilin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Devilin trying to control the position.
Devilin looking for a sweep. Not yet Devilin, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Devilin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Devilin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Martin is looking to escape.
Martin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Martin can't escape the position.
Devilin trying to control but Martin is having none of it.
Martin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Martin throwing hammer fists to the chest of Devilin. What's that going to do exactly?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Devilin controlling his opponent.
Martin is in all sorts of trouble here.
Martin is squirming around, avoiding Devilin's attempts to control the action.
Martin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Devilin looking to control but Martin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Martin tries to hold on but Devilin postures up.
Martin holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Devilin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Martin is working to get back to half guard.
Devilin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Martin avoids a series of strikes thrown by Devilin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daren Devilin dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Devilin misses with a wild combination.
Devilin misses with a double jab.
Martin lands a left and a right that sends Devilin crashing to the canvas! Martin dives into mount looking to finish!
Devilin is rocked!
It looks like Daren Devilin has been cut.
Devilin is looking to improve his position but Martin isn't that keen on the idea.
Martin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Devilin?
Martin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Devilin hang on?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martin looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Devilin is looking to improve his position but Martin isn't that keen on the idea.
Martin avoids the attempt from Devilin to control.
Martin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Martin lands a nice shot to the head.
Martin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Devilin looks a forlorn figure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin scoring with strikes but Devilin is staying in there.
Devilin is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Martin landing strikes from the mount and Devilin is in trouble!
Martin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Devilin keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Martin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Devilin is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Martin looking to control but Devilin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Martin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Devilin tries to hold on but Martin postures up.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Martin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Martin working the ground and pound effectively.
Martin working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Martin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Devilin is looking to escape.
Martin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Martin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Devilin looks a forlorn figure.
Devilin is in all sorts of trouble here.
Martin with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Devilin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Martin looking to finish Devilin with some ground and pound. This is bad for Devilin!
Martin with shots to the head and body - Devilin looks very uncomfortable down there.
Devilin is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nolan Martin really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daren Devilin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Martin.
Martin working the ground and pound.
Martin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Devilin some visible discomfort.
Devilin tries to escape but Martin is in control.
Martin working the ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on Devilin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Devilin manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Devilin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Martin.
Martin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Devilin's head.
Devilin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Martin trying to control from half guard but Devilin is working away.
Martin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Martin drives through and clinches with Devilin against the ropes.
Devilin tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Devilin missing with knees to the body.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Devilin backwards.
Martin turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Martin creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Devilin sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Martin trying to control the position but Devilin is working away.
Devilin managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Martin.
Devilin is trying to control Martin's posture but Martin avoids it.
Martin stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Devilin lands with a slapping head kick.
Devilin throws a nice inside leg kick.
Devilin throws a head kick that Martin semi-blocks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Devilin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Devilin is looking to score with low kicks.
Devilin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Martin is able to avoid easily.
A punch combination from Devilin misses.
Martin on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Devilin. Devilin obviously looking to wear him down.
Devilin misses with a body kick.
Devilin misses with a double jab.
Devilin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Devilin lands a front kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Devilin.
Martin blocks a leg kick.
Martin's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Martin fails to land the takedown.
Martin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Martin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Devilin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nolan Martin dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Daren Devilin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Devilin misses with a low kick.
No joy there for Martin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Devilin gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Devilin wants to get back to his feet but Martin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Devilin wants to sweep but no luck.
Devilin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martin.
Devilin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Martin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Martin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Devilin trying to control the position.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Devilin is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Devilin trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Devilin advances position into side control!
You can see the frustration on Martin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Devilin working the ground and pound but Martin is defending the strikes.
Martin manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Martin is trying to get back to full guard.
Devilin is keen to just control but Martin is a slippery customer.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Devilin is keen to just control but Martin is a slippery customer.
Martin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Martin is trying to control but can't.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Devilin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Devilin scores with a leg kick.
Devilin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but Devilin is just out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Devilin.
Devilin throws a nice looking combination but Martin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Martin looks to throw the jab but Devilin is out of range.
Devilin misses with the combination.
Martin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Devilin can pounce on him.
Daren Devilin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nolan Martin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Martin looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nolan Martin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Martin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 45:49
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 45:49
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 45:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nolan Martin!
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