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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Romega Vartanein (ranked 777 p4p, 992 weight class) and Bald Martin (ranked 99 p4p, 125 weight class). Martin has chosen I�m Bald And I Know It as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Romega Vartanein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 2, fighting out of London, Bald Martin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vartanein on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Martin. Martin obviously looking to wear him down.
Martin checks a leg kick.
Martin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vartanein.
A head kick misses from Vartanein.
Vartanein misses the shot to the body.
Martin with the counter takedown but Vartanein avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Vartanein.
Vartanein looks to score with a jab to the body but Martin is just out of range.
Martin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vartanein's head backwards.
A telegraphed right hand from Vartanein misses the target.
Vartanein misses with an uppercut
and Martin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vartanein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Martin moves into range and clinches up with Vartanein.
Martin tries a body shot but Vartanein blocks it.
Vartanein working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Vartanein gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vartanein swings wildly with an uppercut but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vartanein on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martin can't get the takedown.
Martin has Vartanein pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Vartanein manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Romega Vartanein has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bald Martin.
Martin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martin tries to work over Vartanein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vartanein lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vartanein scores with a shot to the side of Martin's head.
Vartanein really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Martin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vartanein blocking some punches.
Martin misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martin just leaning against Vartanein, taking a breather.
Martin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vartanein works on Martin's body with a couple of short punches.
Vartanein throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Vartanein is defending well.
Vartanein misses with a knee to the head.
Martin working aggressively here.
Vartanein blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martin wants a takedown but no success here.
Vartanein wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Vartanein prevents it.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bald Martin will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Martin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vartanein swings for the body but Martin moves out of range.
Martin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nice shot lands for Vartanein.
Vartanein takes a swing at Martin's ribcage but misses.
Vartanein connects with a jab.
Martin drives through and clinches with Vartanein against the cage.
Vartanein tries to break free but Martin pushes him back against the cage.
Vartanein tries to break the clinch but Martin is controlling the position.
Martin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin is stalling here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Vartanein can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
Martin tries to throw a body punch but Vartanein avoids it by throwing Martin back against the cage.
Bald Martin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martin struggles to land a body shot inside as Vartanein controls his hands.
Vartanein scores with a shoulder strike.
Martin blocking some punches.
Martin scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Vartanein takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Martin tries to work over Vartanein's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vartanein tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martin has Vartanein pressed against the cage, preventing Vartanein from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Martin stalling against the cage.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Martin misses with an elbow strike.
Vartanein scores with a shoulder strike.
Vartanein tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Vartanein backwards.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin wants a takedown.
A bit of stalling here from Vartanein.
Martin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vartanein avoids it.
Martin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vartanein.
Vartanein avoiding damage as Martin throws knees to the body.
Martin tries a body shot but Vartanein blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vartanein tries to throw a body punch but Martin avoids it by throwing Vartanein back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vartanein.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Romega Vartanein will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Martin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vartanein.
Vartanein swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Vartanein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martin.
Vartanein misses with a body shot.
Jab from Vartanein.
Vartanein jabs at Martin's body.
Vartanein throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Vartanein misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martin.
Vartanein drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Martin looks to land a left hand but Vartanein moved out of range nicely.
Vartanein swings widly with a right hand
and Martin counters with a nice uppercut.
Martin connects with a leg kick.
Martin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vartanein.
A little jabbing left from Martin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Martin throws a lazy right hand but Vartanein sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Romega Vartanein seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vartanein scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping leg kick lands for Martin.
Vartanein scores with the left hand. Martin knows he should have avoided that one.
Vartanein misses with a hook. Martin ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin needs to keep his hands up - Vartanein had a free shot at his head there.
Martin takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Martin wants to clinch.
Vartanein lands with a nice body punch.
Martin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Vartanein misses.
Martin tries to clinch there but Vartanein circles away.
Vartanein swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Martin misses with a wild body shot.
Vartanein fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martin manages to avoid it.
Martin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Vartanein lands an overhand right.
Martin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Vartanein looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Martin.
Martin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vartanein.
Martin staying out of range there.
Vartanein rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Martin counters with a good low kick that Vartanein was not able to check.
Vartanein cracks Martin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Martin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Vartanein is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Martin can do to turn this around?
Martin has Vartanein up against the cage in a clinch.
Vartanein gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Martin.
Vartanein fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vartanein blocks an uppercut.
Martin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vartanein up against the cage.
Martin misses with a punch on the inside.
Martin lands a left hand.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Martin blocks a body shot from Vartanein.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vartanein tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martin pushes off an throws an elbow but Vartanein leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vartanein blocks an uppercut.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Romega Vartanein showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Vartanein has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romega Vartanein!
Romega Vartanein seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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