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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glen Quagmire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quagmire's entrance music is Die MotherFucker Die. A fine choice. Martinez has chosen Juicy 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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215 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
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196 cm
26
223 lbs
10 - 4 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
World class boxer
KO power |
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ADCC Champion
World class boxer
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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
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Glen Quagmire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rafael Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quagmire on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Quagmire doesn't manage to clinch there - Martinez circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Martinez.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Martinez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Quagmire can't break the clinch.
Quagmire stalling the fight.
Still in the clinch, Martinez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Martinez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Quagmire is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Martinez lands a right hand.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Quagmire is trying to push Martinez away but Martinez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Quagmire is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Martinez scores with a shot to the side of Quagmire's head.
Martinez lands an elbow inside that Quagmire shrugs off.
It looks like Glen Quagmire has been cut.
Martinez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Quagmire blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Quagmire prevents the takedown attempt.
Glen Quagmire has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Martinez.
Quagmire throws a punch but it's blocked by Martinez.
Martinez lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quagmire breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Quagmire fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Quagmire lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Martinez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Martinez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Martinez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quagmire.
Quagmire ducks under a wild hook from Martinez.
Quagmire tries to clinch up but Martinez circles away and keeps his distance.
Quagmire looks to clinch
and Martinez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Quagmire wants to clinch.
Quagmire moves in looking to clinch but Martinez pushes him off.
A combination from Martinez does no damage.
Glen Quagmire is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Quagmire tries to clinch
and Martinez counters with a leg kick.
Martinez misses with a series of wild punches.
Quagmire takes one to the side of the head.
Martinez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Quagmire tries to clinch up but Martinez circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quagmire circles away quickly and effectively.
Quagmire showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Martinez.
Quagmire doesn't manage to clinch there - Martinez circles away.
Quagmire fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quagmire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Glen Quagmire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quagmire tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Martinez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Quagmire tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Martinez counters with a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quagmire keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Quagmire checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Quagmire fails in his attempt to clinch.
Martinez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Martinez counters by clinching up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Quagmire.
Martinez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez wants to stall.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martinez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Quagmire's efforts to push away.
Martinez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Quagmire fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martinez slips under a jab from Quagmire.
Quagmire tries to clinch up but Martinez circles away and keeps his distance.
Martinez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Quagmire closes the distance and clinches.
Quagmire stalls.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Martinez lands a nice uppercut.
Quagmire throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Quagmire throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez has Quagmire pressed against the cage, preventing Quagmire from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Quagmire misses with a hook to the ribs.
Quagmire wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Quagmire breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quagmire wants to clinch but Martinez slips to the side
and Martinez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Martinez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A combination from Martinez does no damage.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Martinez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Martinez won't let Quagmire get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Martinez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Quagmire knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Martinez on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Quagmire manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Martinez has an Americana. Quagmire didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Martinez is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Martinez hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Rafael Martinez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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