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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alun James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes into the arena with Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying James's choice of entrance music: Mustasch - The Man, The Myth, The Wreck. Alun James is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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175 lbs
29 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
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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
27 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alun James!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez tries to clinch up.
Martinez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A right-left combo lands from Martinez.
Martinez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. James looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Martinez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
James lands with a thumping leg kick.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
Martinez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
Martinez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
A solid leg kick lands there for James.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James connects with a single shot there.
A telegraphed right hand from Martinez misses the target.
Martinez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from James.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James avoids the body shot from Martinez.
Martinez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
James missing with a left hand there. Martinez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martinez rushes James and presses him up against the cage.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
James gets control of Martinez's arms and successfully pulls guard. James will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Martinez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
James looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Martinez trying to control but James is working from the bottom.
James has a closed guard, preventing Martinez from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James looking to hit a scissor sweep but Martinez is one step ahead there.
Martinez wants to stand but James has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jose Martinez wasn't doing enough on the ground.
James throws a front kick aimed at Martinez's knee but Martinez avoids it well.
James misses the shot to the body.
Martinez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from James.
Nice body punch from James.
Martinez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
Martinez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez works over James's head and body with a nice combination.
Martinez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by James.
James scores with a crisp jab that stopped Martinez in his tracks.
James with a lazy takedown attempt
and Martinez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martinez takes a swing at James's ribcage but misses.
James tries to clinch there but Martinez circles away.
James connects with a leg kick. Martinez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Horrible takedown by James or perhaps it was just good defense by Martinez which made him look bad.
Jose Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alun James.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martinez swings widly with a right hand
and James counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martinez looks to score with a jab to the body but James is just out of range.
James closes this distance looking for a takedown but Martinez circles away.
A lazy left from Martinez finds it's target.
James takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
James scores with a jab. Martinez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez throws a looping overhand right but James ducks down to avoid it.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinez.
Martinez throws a shot from downtown. James moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Martinez dominated that 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.
Martinez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martinez pushes James up against the cage in a clinch.
Martinez is working James over against the cage.
James working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
James breaks the clinch.
Jose Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinez.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinez manages to avoid it.
James moves away from the strike by Martinez.
Martinez throws a combination that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Martinez clinches with his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for James.
Martinez scores with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
James is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martinez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martinez lands a jab to the head.
Martinez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but James was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martinez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of James's head.
James takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
James shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Martinez sprawls well. Martinez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. James gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
James gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Martinez.
Martinez moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
James moves away from the strike by Martinez.
Martinez misses with a series of wild punches.
James slips a straight right by Martinez.
Martinez throws a lazy right hand but James sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.
James digs a good body shot into Martinez's ribs.
James lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Martinez misses with a jab to the body
and James counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
James scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Martinez doesn't seem bothered though.
James getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
James misses with a double jab
letting Martinez counter with a right hand.
James takes one to the side of the head.
Martinez misses with the combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martinez misses with a hook
and James counters with a left to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James shoots in for a takedown but Martinez shows good takedown defense.
Jose Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Martinez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Martinez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
James is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Martinez rather than just go for the knockout.
Martinez tries to clinch up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by James!
James misses with a low kick.
James missing with a left hand there. Martinez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Martinez closes the distance looking to clinch
and James counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Martinez dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action!
James steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martinez.
James tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Martinez swivels and escapes.
Martinez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
James scores with a jab to the body.
Martinez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Martinez wants it to stay on the feet.
James wants to slow Martinez down by chopping away at his legs.
Martinez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Martinez leaves James with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jose Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alun James.
Sloppy strikes from Martinez. Those never looked like landing.
Martinez clobbers James with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The fighters circling - Martinez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martinez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martinez thows a body shot but no joy.
Martinez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
James throws the left hand but Martinez avoids the punch easily.
James misses with the combination.
Martinez takes a swing at James's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James keeps the fight on the outside.
James lands with a nice body punch.
Jose Martinez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
James misses with a jab, cross combination.
James circles away from the clinch attempt.
Martinez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed James momentarily.
Martinez drives through and clinches with James against the cage.
A body shot lands from Martinez.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with James's elbow.
James taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from James fails to land.
Martinez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
James lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez blocks an uppercut.
Martinez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
James tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martinez works on James's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Martinez.
James throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez lands a nice shot to the body.
James takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Martinez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Martinez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Martinez tries to throw a body punch but James avoids it by throwing Martinez back against the cage.
James blocks a body shot from Martinez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lands with a short shot to the head.
Martinez cracks James with a nice body shot.
Martinez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Martinez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Martinez lands with a left to the head.
Martinez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Martinez.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martinez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martinez.
Martinez tries a body shot but James blocks it.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Martinez.
A hook to the body from Martinez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Martinez.
Martinez scores with a shoulder strike.
Martinez works on James's body with a couple of short punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Martinez clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nice shot lands for Martinez.
James closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Martinez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from James.
James takes one to the chin there.
A left lands for Martinez.
A big left from James misses.
James misses with a takedown attempt - Martinez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
James wants to slow Martinez down by chopping away at his legs.
Martinez's corner calls for a 1-2. Martinez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez tries to clinch up.
A shot to the liver by James. Beautiful body shot.
Martinez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Martinez misses with a straight left.
Martinez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martinez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and James counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martinez punishes James's body with a nice straight punch.
James steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martinez.
Martinez throws a hook but James avoids it easily.
James throws a body punch but Martinez moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from James.
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A left and a right from James both land. Nice combination.
Martinez instigates a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
Martinez can't find room to land a body shot as James controls the action.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martinez struggles to land a body shot inside as James controls his hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James swings away with an uppercut that misses.
James tries a body shot but Martinez blocks it.
Good body shot from Martinez.
James has a couple of punches blocked by Martinez.
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
James is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
James doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martinez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez struggles to land a body shot inside as James controls his hands.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.
James's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Martinez on the inside.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
James prevents a body shot from Martinez.
Martinez can't find room to land a body shot as James controls the action.
Martinez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martinez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Martinez presses James against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Martinez 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.
A shot in the inside from Martinez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James throws a punch but it's blocked by Martinez.
Martinez lands a right hand.
Martinez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
James is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
James blocks a body shot from Martinez.
Martinez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Martinez.
Martinez prevents a body shot from James.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinez cracks James with a nice body shot.
James taking a breather.
James wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martinez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of James backwards.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martinez.
James tries to pull guard but Martinez forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
James swings wildly with an uppercut but Martinez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez tries a body shot but James blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Martinez had his way with Alun James in that round.
That's time! Martinez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
James moves into range and connects with a jab.
Martinez misses with a body shot.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
James looks to land a right hand but Martinez moved out of range.
Martinez punishes James's body with a nice straight punch.
Martinez punishes James's body with a nice straight punch.
James tries to bum rush Martinez with a series of wild strikes but Martinez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
James gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Martinez counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a left hand
and James counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martinez scores with a hook to the body. James takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
James defending well as Martinez loads up on a big left hand.
Martinez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed James momentarily.
Martinez tries to clinch there but James circles away.
James is looking to score with low kicks.
Martinez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that James can do to turn this around?
James wants to slow Martinez down by chopping away at his legs.
Martinez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and James counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martinez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Alun James has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a looping left.
James tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martinez was well out of range. Poor timing from James.
James slips a jab from Martinez.
James misses with a wild body shot.
James shoots in but no luck this time.
James has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Martinez throws the left hand but James avoids the punch easily.
Martinez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martinez thuds a left hand into James's body.
James bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Martinez's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Martinez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
James throws a shot from downtown. Martinez moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by James.
James throws a poor cross that misses
and Martinez counters with a nice uppercut.
James steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martinez.
James drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
James looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinez is just out of range.
James throws an off balance right hand
and Martinez counters with a stiff right hand.
Martinez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a right hand that James ducks under and follows up with a left that James also avoids with ease.
Martinez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and James counters with a nice body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martinez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by James.
James misses with a wild combination.
Martinez fails to land with a series of punches.
Jose Martinez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
James swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Martinez misses with an uppercut. James saw that one coming.
James misses the shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Martinez showed his dominance in that final round.
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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 50:45
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 50:45
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Martinez!
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