Fighter of the week

Editorial by Bjorn O'Donnel

Charles "The Hammer" Martel  
When there is a forum thread set up about a fight and there is smacktalk going on, you can bet your house on it that I will have noticed it. 

Leroy Morris issued a challenge to the legendary Martel and got the answer he wanted. Martel doesn't duck fights and accepted the challlenge right away. 

As if Martel isn't a legend already, his manager has set up the goal of reaching 100 pro fights with him. In EPL, Martel suffered a not so great losing streak, but it must be said that he was clearly the smaller man in most of those fights

and it's not easy to deal with those heavier fighters. When he returned to Syn , still as their 135lbs champion, he embraced the challenge of Morris and a date was set up.   On the 30th of July 2015, the cage door closed once again behind Martel and he looked Morris in the eyes. What followed was a strong display by the challenger, but as the fight progressed, 

Martel became stronger and stronger and it looked as if his experience was playing to his advantage later in the fight. After little over 4 minutes in the 5th and final round, Martel landed a big straight left that rocked the challenger.

He followed it up with a monster uppercut and completely knocked out Morris. It was a punch from hell and illustrated the amount of willpower and fight that the legendary Martel still has in him.   

The fight was a blockbuster with an amazing 92% fight rating and millions around the world watched the show. People know that when Martel is on the card, great stuff happens.

#ANDSTILL seems to be a line that is directly related with the 45 year old legend as he just can't stop amazing the world.            

Honorable mention :    Dickie his win over Gracie, that secured him the win in the finals of the 155lbs Mad Cash Tournament, was a strong contender for this week's profile for sure, but

I decided not to write the profile about one of my own fighters. 

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