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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abdullah Zaire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes to the cage accompanied by Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abdullah Zaire!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez connects with a jab.
Martinez closes the distance and pushes Zaire back into the cage.
Zaire tries to land knees in the clinch but Martinez avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Martinez scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Martinez.
Zaire misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zaire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zaire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martinez's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zaire missing with knees to the body.
Martinez can't find room to land a body shot as Zaire controls the action.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zaire misses with some punches.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez can't find room to land a body shot as Zaire controls the action.
Martinez tries to work over Zaire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zaire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zaires head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez pushes Zaire back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Martinez.
Martinez pushes Zaire back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zaire is rocked!
Zaire lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Zaire throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Martinez lands a nice shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Martinez.
Martinez prevents a body shot from Zaire.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinez.
Zaire is still on wobbly legs! Can Martinez finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaire misses with some punches.
Zaire tries to work over Martinez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zaire seems to have recovered his senses.
Zaire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zaire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Zaire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zaire lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries a body shot but Zaire blocks it.
Martinez gets through Zaire's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zaire has a couple of punches blocked by Martinez.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez lands with a left to the head.
Martinez takes a shot to the head.
Zaire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Zaire.
Martinez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zaire goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zaire tries to throw a body punch but Martinez avoids it by throwing Zaire back against the cage.
Zaire prevents a body shot from Martinez.
Zaire tries to work over Martinez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zaire putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Martinez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Zaire landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Zaire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
Zaire stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zaire doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a body punch.
Zaire throws a punch but it's blocked by Martinez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Zaire.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Martinez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zaire.
Zaire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.
Zaire lands a nice uppercut.
Martinez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Zaire.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Zaire uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zaire working Martinez over with knees to the body.
Zaire lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zaire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez tries a body shot but Zaire blocks it.
Zaire throws a punch but it's blocked by Martinez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zaire.
Zaire misses with the head strike.
Martinez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zaire misses with the head strike.
Zaire blocks an uppercut.
Zaire working aggressively here.
Zaire tries to throw a body punch but Martinez avoids it by throwing Zaire back against the cage.
Martinez lands a right hand.
Zaire throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Zaire just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martinez's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Zaire throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Zaire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinez lands a shot to the body.
Martinez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Martinez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Martinez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Martinez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Martinez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zaire.
Martinez throws out a powerful jab.
Martinez jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zaire moves out of range as Martinez strikes.
Zaire slips a straight right by Martinez.
Zaire throws the kick towards the body but Martinez avoids it.
A good leg kick by Zaire.
Zaire buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Martinez misses with a hook.
Zaire takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Left hook, right uppercut from Martinez.
Zaire tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A cross from Martinez lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. Zaire does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Martinez misses.
Martinez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jose Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zaire throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Martinez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zaire swinging wildly here.
Martinez thows a body shot but no joy.
Martinez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Zaire misses with a straight left.
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zaire scores with a hook.
Martinez lands a lovely overhand right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez clinches with his opponent.
Zaire blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zaire.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zaire misses with a punch on the inside.
Zaire misses with a body punch.
Zaire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zaire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.
Zaire struggles to land a body shot inside as Martinez controls his hands.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martinez.
Martinez lands a left hand.
Martinez takes an elbow to the temple.
Martinez can't find room to land a body shot as Zaire controls the action.
Nice body punch from Zaire - that landed with a thud.
Zaire lands a knee to the head.
Jose Martinez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Martinez lands a hook that snaps the head of Zaire backwards.
Zaire scores with a nice hook to the head.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martinez tries to work over Zaire's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zaire lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Martinez lands a nice shot to the body.
Martinez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Zaire backwards.
Zaire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zaire throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez lands a hook that snaps the head of Zaire backwards.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Zaire.
Martinez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Zaire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zaire lands an elbow inside.
Zaire tries to land knees in the clinch but Martinez avoids the damage to the body.
Martinez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Zaire backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez lands a nice uppercut.
Zaire looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Zaire misses with a knee to the head.
Zaire tries a body shot but Martinez blocks it.
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martinez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zaire blocks an uppercut.
Martinez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Zaire's elbow.
Zaire tries to land knees in the clinch but Martinez avoids the damage to the body.
Martinez lands a shot to the body.
Zaire is breathing heavily.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Zaire using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Martinez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Zaire blocks a body shot from Martinez.
Zaire scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Martinez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Zaire misses with a low kick.
Zaire misses the shot to the body.
Martinez defending well as Zaire loads up on a big left hand.
Zaire misses with a kick to the body.
Jose Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Martinez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Zaire.
Martinez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Martinez.
Martinez misses with a looping right.
Martinez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Zaire counters with a good low kick that Martinez was not able to check.
Martinez walks into a jab.
Martinez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zaire manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from Martinez.
Martinez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Zaire counters with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez takes a swing at Zaire's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Zaire, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martinez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zaire.
Zaire takes one on the button.
Zaire ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Martinez swings for the body but Zaire moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Zaire. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zaire.
Zaire misses with a looping right.
Zaire keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinez.
Martinez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jose Martinez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Martinez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Martinez.
Martinez misses with a looping left.
Zaire throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Martinez's waist but Martinez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Zaire off to one side.
Zaire takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martinez lands a really nice looking cross but Zaire seems unphased.
Martinez swings for the body but Zaire moves out of range.
Martinez closes the distance and clinches.
Zaire takes a shot to the head.
Martinez managing to block the knees to the body from Zaire.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zaire.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good body shot from Martinez.
Zaire blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Martinez as the two fighters clinch.
Zaire tries to work over Martinez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Zaire.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zaire.
Zaire misses with an elbow strike.
Zaire misses with some punches.
Zaire tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zaire is working Martinez over against the cage.
Zaire lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Martinez is leaning against Zaire and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martinez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zaire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zaire tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Zaire softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaire tries to work over Martinez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Zaire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zaire gets through Martinez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Martinez presses Zaire against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Martinez avoids a wild elbow strike from Zaire.
Martinez misses with a body punch.
Zaire misses with a punch to the body.
Abdullah Zaire has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Zaire has a couple of punches blocked by Martinez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez managing to block the knees to the body from Zaire.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zaire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zaire throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Zaire tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jose Martinez.
Well Martinez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Martinez!
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