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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Martyn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Diaz's entrance music is Take My Hand. A fine choice. Martyn has chosen Live For The Moment as his entrance music. On his way into the cage it seems that Nick Diaz has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Nick Diaz seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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194 lbs
11 - 13 - 0 |
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205 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Martyn!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martyn looks to land a combination but Diaz avoids it well.
Diaz scores with a takedown into Martyn's guard.
Diaz tries to free his leg and advance position but Martyn is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martyn has momentary wrist control but Diaz slips an elbow through the middle.
Diaz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Martyn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martyn wants to stand but Diaz is controlling the position.
Diaz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Martyn's head.
Diaz with a nice head shot there.
Diaz stops Martyn from standing up.
Diaz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Diaz drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Martyn manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Diaz has Martyn in his guard.
Martyn looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martyn wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
Diaz is trying to keep Martyn in close.
Diaz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martyn can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Diaz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Diaz has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martyn can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Martyn trying to control but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Martyn missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Martyn working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Martyn wants to stand but Diaz has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Diaz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Martyn avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Diaz is breathing heavily.
Martyn thows a big elbow that misses.
Diaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Martyn cracks Diaz with a solid left hand.
Diaz keeping full guard, as Martyn tries to pass.
Diaz trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Martyn postures up.
Diaz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martyn stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diaz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Martyn decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Diaz, up you get!
Martyn fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Diaz, pushing him back against the cage.
Martyn is leaning against Diaz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martyn tries to score a body lock takedown but Diaz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Martyn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Martyn does no damage.
Martyn throws a head kick but Diaz moves out of range.
Diaz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Diaz takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Martyn.
Martyn wants to clinch.
Martyn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diaz at a distance.
Martyn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Martyn lands a nice shot that snaps Diaz's head back.
Martyn lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Diaz at a distance.
Martyn throws a series of strikes that have Diaz backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martyn closes the distance and clinches.
Martyn using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Martyn is trying to push Diaz away but Diaz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Martyn lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Diaz is staying active underneath Martyn, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Diaz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Martyn pulls his head out easily.
Diaz is looking for a sweep. Martyn is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Diaz gets back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Diaz looking for a sweep. Not yet Diaz, not yet.
Martyn content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Martyn dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Martyn scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Martyn throws a head kick but Diaz moves out of range.
Martyn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Good shot there by Martyn.
Martyn throws a big shot that misses.
Martyn throws a lazy head kick
and Diaz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Diaz scoring with some ground and pound.
Diaz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martyn works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Diaz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Martyn is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Martyn looking to control.
Martyn wants to stand but Diaz is controlling the position.
Diaz is pushing down on Martyn's leg trying to pass to half guard. Martyn is fighting to maintain full guard but Diaz has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martyn has hold of Diaz's hands but Diaz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Diaz throws a strike but Martyn avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Martyn had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Diaz defends it easily.
Martyn keeping full guard, as Diaz tries to pass.
Diaz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Diaz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Martyn is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Diaz is controlling him.
Diaz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Diaz trying to control but Martyn is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Diaz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martyn works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Martyn is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Martyn scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Diaz wants to get back to full guard but Martyn has passed into side control.
Martyn is working Diaz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Martyn scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Diaz to see if he's OK.
Diaz tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Martyn working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is looking to regain half guard here but Martyn keeps moving and retains side control.
Check out the look on Martyn's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Martyn is trying to get an arm triangle but Diaz is defending well.
Diaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Diaz is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Martyn trying to control the action but Diaz is working from the bottom.
Martyn is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Diaz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Diaz is trying to get back to half guard.
Martyn grinds an elbow into Diaz's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Nick Diaz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Martyn shoots in and bounces Diaz off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Diaz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martyn.
Martyn throwing strikes but missing.
Martyn is looking to work some ground and pound but Diaz has wrist control.
Diaz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Diaz throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Martyn throws a big right hand that misses.
Diaz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Martyn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.
Diaz trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martyn is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martyn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Martyn must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Martyn stands up over Diaz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Martyn trying to control the position from guard on top but Diaz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Diaz trying to keep a closed guard but Martyn is proving a slippery customer.
Martyn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martyn gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Martyn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martyn closes the distance and clinches up with Diaz, looking for a takedown. Martyn pushes Diaz against the cage but Diaz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Diaz fails with the takedown
and Martyn counters with a single leg into guard. Diaz didn't expect that.
Diaz working a defensive guard but Martyn manages to pass into side control anyway.
Diaz tries to improve position but can't.
Martyn is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Diaz has escaped the position, nice work there.
Martyn throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Diaz sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Thomas Martyn has got the better of the ground game so far.
Martyn is looking to take a break and control but Diaz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Diaz tries to roll over but Martyn keeps him under control.
Martyn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martyn is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Diaz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Martyn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Diaz keeping full guard, as Martyn tries to pass.
Diaz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Martyn doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Martyn manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Martyn got a little sloppy there for a moment and Diaz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Martyn has managed to get both his arms back between Diaz's legs - danger averted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martyn in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Diaz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Martyn manages to get himself to full guard.
Martyn wants to sweep here but Diaz controlling him for the moment.
Diaz stops Martyn from standing up.
Diaz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Diaz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Diaz postures up in Martyn's guard and throws a big left but Martyn blocks it.
Martyn wants to stand but Diaz is controlling the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Martyn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Martyn 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Martyn!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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