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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Alvarez (ranked 4174 p4p, 3459 weight class) and Diogo Martins (ranked 348 p4p, 289 weight class). Alvarez comes to the cage accompanied by Juan Luis Guerra - Soldado. Martins has chosen Monte Tiene Garabato as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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145
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jackson Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diogo Martins!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Martins.
Martins looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Martins tries to close the distance and clinch but Alvarez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martins's coach down at Gold Samurai's Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Martins's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Martins has closed the distance and engaged Alvarez in a clinch.
Alvarez working hard to break the clinch.
Martins slows down the pace here.
Alvarez has had enough of the clinch but Martins keeps him there for the moment.
Alvarez trying to stall but Martins improves his position.
Alvarez has had enough of the clinch but Martins keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez working aggressively here.
Alvarez tries to break the clinch but Martins is controlling the position.
Alvarez misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Alvarez's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Martins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Alvarez misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez is stalling here.
Martins leaning his opponent against the cage.
Martins slowing the pace effectively.
The crowd are getting on Martins's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Martins scores a nice knee to the body.
Alvarez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Martins has him pressed against the cage.
Alvarez avoiding damage.
Alvarez misses with some punches.
Martins landing knees to the head.
Alvarez is trying to break the clinch but Martins is controlling him.
Alvarez taking a breather.
Martins leaning against his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martins has Alvarez pressed against the cage, preventing Alvarez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alvarez throws a head punch that misses.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alvarez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Alvarez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Alvarez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Diogo Martins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez lands a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martins dodges the punch combination from Alvarez.
Alvarez gets a takedown into half guard.
Martins has one foot on Alvarez's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Martins finds it's way through Alvarez's defenses.
Martins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Alvarez as he jumps to the side.
Martins pushes Alvarez up against the cage in a clinch.
Alvarez wants to break free but Martins has control.
Alvarez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Alvarez stalling against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martins tries to land a knee to the head but Alvarez blocks with his arms.
Martins misses with a knee to the head.
Alvarez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Alvarez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Alvarez wants to stall.
Martins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alvarez blocks it with crossed arms.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martins lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alvarez.
Martins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alvarez's face.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Martins stalling against the cage.
Alvarez tries to break free but Martins pushes him back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diogo Martins dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Martins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez throws a hook to the side of Martins's head but Martins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alvarez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Martins defending well as Alvarez loads up on a big left hand.
Martins misses with a takedown
and Alvarez counters with a thumping low kick.
Martins closes the distance and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Alvarez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Martins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez scores with a shot to the side of Martins's head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Martins tries to pull guard but Alvarez won't allow it.
Alvarez stalling the fight.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Diogo Martins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Martins connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alvarez's hands.
Martins throws a nice head kick!
A looping hook to the body misses from Martins. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Alvarez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jackson Alvarez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alvarez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Martins has closed the distance and engaged Alvarez in a clinch.
Diogo Martins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alvarez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short uppercut from Martins.
Martins lands an uppercut.
Alvarez tries to break the clinch but Martins is controlling the position.
Martins has Alvarez pressed against the cage, preventing Alvarez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alvarez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alvarez throws a big counter combination but Martins scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Martins throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martins lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Alvarez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alvarez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Alvarez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Alvarez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alvarez takes one to the side of the head.
Martins tries a head kick but it misses.
Alvarez swats away the attempt to clinch by Martins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Martins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martins misses with a two punch combination.
Martins tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Alvarez decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Martins's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvarez content to stall in guard here.
Martins wriggles free and stands up.
Martins doesn't manage to clinch there - Alvarez circles away.
Martins wants to clinch up but Alvarez keeps it at a distance.
Martins uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez throws out a loose jab but Martins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alvarez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez slips a jab from Martins.
Martins throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.
Martins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alvarez throws out a leg kick but Martins moves out of range and Alvarez only half commits.
Alvarez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Martins as he avoids it easily.
Martins clinches with his opponent.
A knee to the head by Martins.
Martins tries to land a knee to the head but Alvarez blocks with his arms.
Alvarez tries to break the clinch but Martins is controlling the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diogo Martins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Martins tries to clinch there but Alvarez circles away.
Martins throws a jab when Alvarez was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Alvarez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Martins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alvarez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martins lands a nice shot that snaps Alvarez's head back.
Martins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alvarez dives in and scores a takedown into Martins's guard.
Alvarez scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Martins has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Alvarez has managed to get both his arms back between Martins's legs - danger averted.
Alvarez preventing the sweep.
Martins is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Alvarez is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez wants to control from the top but Martins keeps moving.
Alvarez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Martins is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Alvarez presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Martins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Alvarez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Martins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alvarez's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Martins.
Martins looking to throw knees to the head but Alvarez is blocking nicely.
Martins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Martins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Martins is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Martins connects with a knee to the head.
Alvarez taking a breather.
Martins misses with a knee strike.
Martins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Alvarez blocks it with crossed arms.
Alvarez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Alvarez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martins with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martins throws a lazy right hand but Alvarez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Alvarez throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Martins counter with a right hand.
Martins is looking to clinch.
Alvarez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Martins tries to clinch but Alvarez is having none of it.
Martins feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alvarezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Martins scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Martins might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Alvarez slips a jab and a cross from Martins.
Alvarez avoids the head kick by Martins.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martins misses with a wild combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martins tries to clinch there but Alvarez circles away.
It looked like Alvarez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Alvarez moves out of range of the strikes.
Martins tries to clinch up but Alvarez circles away and keeps his distance.
Alvarez seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Martins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvarez manages to avoid it.
Alvarez is looking to counter punch.
Alvarez shoots and misses
and Martins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jackson Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martins closes the distance and clinches.
Martins tries to land a knee to the head but Alvarez blocks with his arms.
Diogo Martins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Alvarez leaning against his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diogo Martins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Martins 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diogo Martins!
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hype
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