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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bald Martin (ranked 3962 p4p, 21078 weight class) and Phol Boxaaja (ranked 477 p4p, 687 weight class). Martin comes to the cage accompanied by I�m Bald And I Know It . Phol Boxaaja is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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182 cm 28 169 10 - 7 - 1 |
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180 cm 34 173 24 - 18 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Granite chin |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Good gas tank |
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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 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Bald Martin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phol Boxaaja! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! No luck for Boxaaja with that takedown attempt. Boxaaja is trying hard to land a takedown here. Martin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. We've been told by Martin's head coaches at Is It Avatary Enough? that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Excellent takedown into side control there by Martin. Martin is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Boxaaja knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. Martin wants to control but Boxaaja is keeping him busy. Martin looks up at the clock and then as Boxaaja takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Martin smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Boxaaja wants to get back to his feet but Martin drags him back down. Boxaaja is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Martin working the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Boxaaja seems a little lost for a moment, as Martin dominates the positioning. Martin seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Boxaaja for as long as he can get away with. Boxaaja tries to bench press Martin off him but Martin keeps the position. Martin working the head with strikes. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Martin happy to just control the position for now. Martin scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Boxaaja to see if he's OK. Boxaaja is trying to improve his position. Boxaaja is not content to let Martin control the position. Boxaaja felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Martin lands a decent elbow from side control. Boxaaja looks to move to half guard but instead Martin has passed into mount! Damn! Martin unloading with bombs! Martin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Martin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Boxaaja is in all sorts of trouble here.
Martin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Boxaaja is rocked! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Martin postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Boxaaja in real trouble here! The ref calls for Boxaaja to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bald Martin! A very excited looking Bald Martin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
40% |
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