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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Little Guy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes to the cage accompanied by McFadden and Whitehead - Ain't no stopping us now. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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222 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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215 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Little Guy!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Kavanagh and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Guy misses with an uppercut.
Martinez attempts a counter takedown but Guy avoids it well and moves away.
Guy takes a swing at Martinez's ribcage but misses.
Martinez changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Guy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martinez moves away.
Martinez drops down looking for a counter takedown but Guy sprawls and moves away.
Guy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Martinez changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Guy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martinez.
Martinez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Guy as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Guy has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy misses with a hook. Martinez ducked under it nicely.
Martinez tries to counter with a takedown but Guy is quick to defend against it.
Guy looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinez is just out of range.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Javier Martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Guy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martinez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Martinez feinted with a counter takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Martinez.
Guy trying to control from the bottom.
Martinez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Martinez.
Guy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Martinez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Guy wants to control but Martinez is keeping busy.
Martinez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Martinez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Guy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Guy can do anything to dispel that myth.
Guy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Martinez scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez thows a huge punch but Guy dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Martinez.
Martinez working over Guy with some ground and pound. Guy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Martinez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Martinez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Martinez is nestled in close to Guy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Martinez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Martinez 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.
Guy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Martinez.
Guy is trying to control but can't.
Martinez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Martinez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Martinez thows a huge punch but Guy dodges it nicely.
Martinez prevents Guy from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez working the head and body with strikes.
Guy has hold of Martinez's hands but Martinez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Martinez working over Guy with some ground and pound. Guy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Martinez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Guy is rocked!
Guy is staying active underneath Martinez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Guy is looking to improve his position.
Ground and pound from Martinez.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martinez lands strikes from half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Martinez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Guy is looking for a sweep. Martinez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Martinez ducks under a wild hook from Guy.
Javier Martinez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Guy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Guy wants it to stay on the feet.
It seemed like Guy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Martinez swinging wildly here.
Guy jabs at Martinez's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guy is looking to clinch.
Martinez misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez scores with a nice strike.
Martinez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Guy circles away.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown but Guy shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Javier Martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez avoids the body shot from Guy.
No luck for Martinez with that takedown attempt.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Guy enables Martinez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Guy manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez trying to control but Guy is working from the bottom.
Martinez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Martinez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Martinez works over Guy with some ground and pound from guard.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Guy can do to turn this around?
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Guy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Guy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Martinez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Martinez throws a big elbow that misses.
Martinez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Guy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Martinez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Martinez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Guy can't keep his opponent in guard - Martinez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Martinez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Martinez frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Martinez landing strikes from the mount and Guy is in trouble!
Martinez cracks Guy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Martinez landing strikes from the mount.
Guy is still in real trouble! Can Martinez finish him?
Martinez is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Guy goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Martinez!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Javier Martinez!
Javier Martinez is the new light heavyweight champion!
A victorious Javier Martinez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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