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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Martin (ranked 4707 p4p, 4036 weight class) and Moctesuma Khan (ranked 184 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moctesuma Khan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Khan scores with a nice head shot.
Martin tries to close the distance and clinch but Khan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Khan has eaten all the pies!
Khan lands a nice looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martin wants to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Khan.
Khan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Khan cracks Martin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Khan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Martin rushes Khan and presses him up against the cage.
Martin lands a nice uppercut.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Khan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin scores with a shoulder strike.
Khan is looking to take this one to the mat.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Martin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan has a couple of punches blocked by Martin.
A right handed body shot lands from Martin.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martin is leaning against Khan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Khan looks winded!
Khan prevents a body shot from Martin.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Martin is leaning against Khan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martin misses with a body punch.
Khan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Martin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Martin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Martin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Martin tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Khan working aggressively here.
A short left from Martin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Martin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan is looking to take this one to the mat.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan goes for a takedown attempt but Martin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pablo Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Moctesuma Khan.
Martin throws a right and a left that Khan avoids nicely.
Khan takes one to the chin there.
Martin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Khan moves forwards but Martin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Martin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Martin.
Martin misses with the combination.
Khan cracks Martin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Khan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Martin clobbers Khan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Khan walks into a jab.
Martin misses with a few strikes there.
Pablo Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khan misses with a hook. Martin ducked under it nicely.
Martin has managed to clinch.
Khan blocks a body shot from Martin.
Khan looking to slow down the pace here.
Martin misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin throws a head punch that misses.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Khan misses with a body punch.
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by Khan.
Martin misses with the head strike.
Khan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Khan.
Pablo Martin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khan, pushing him back against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Martin as the two fighters clinch.
A right hand to the body from Martin.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Martin.
A short left from Martin.
Martin slows down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martin working aggressively here.
Khan has picked Martin up - he's going for a ride! Khan dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into 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!
Martin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Martin controls Khan momentarily but Khan frees himself.
Khan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Martin is trying to keep Khan in close.
Khan throwing strikes but missing.
Martin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Martin tries to get out of the position.
Khan lands a couple of digs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Martin dominated that round.
That's time! Martin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Martin clinches.
Martin blocking some punches.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
Khan is looking to control Martin's arms but Martin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Khan has his back to the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Martin.
Martin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khan can do to turn this around?
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martin scores with a shoulder strike.
Martin swings wildly with an uppercut but Khan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pablo Martin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Martin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martin misses with a punch on the inside.
Martin misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Khan tries to work over Martin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan blocks a body shot from Martin.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
A frustrated look appears on Khan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Martin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Khan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Martin is keeping busy.
Martin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Khan is working for takedown but Martin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Martin misses with some punches.
Martin tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Martin back against the cage.
Martin blocking some punches.
Khan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martin lands a left hand.
Martin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Martin misses with a punch to the body.
Martin is pushing Khan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Khan blocks a body shot from Martin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Khan shoots in and drives through. Martin sprawls well.
Khan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Martin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Martin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Khan slips a jab and a cross from Martin.
Khan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Martin throws a body punch but Khan moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin misses with a straight left.
The fighters circling - Martin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Martin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Khan throws a shot from downtown. Martin moves away and avoids it.
Martin moves in looking to clinch but Khan pushes him off.
Khan throws a counter combo.
Khan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Martin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Khan dodges the punch combination from Martin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Martin's hands.
Khan looks to score with a jab to the body but Martin is just out of range.
Martin is looking to counter the offense by Khan and move into the clinch.
A cross from Martin lands.
Martin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Khan was well out of range. Poor timing from Martin.
Khan throws a series of punches but Martin moves out of range.
Khan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Martin tries to clinch up but Khan circles away and keeps his distance.
Martin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khan dives in for a single leg takedown but Martin sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Pablo Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Moctesuma Khan.
Martin misses with an uppercut.
Martin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Khan darts in looking for a takedown but Martin gets double underhooks and turns Khan into the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Khan throws the left hand but Martin avoids the punch easily.
Khan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A big left from Martin misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Martin.
Khan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Martin with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Khan. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters circling - Khan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Khan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
Khan doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martin looks to land a left hand but Khan moved out of range nicely.
Khan misses with a few strikes there.
Khan shoots in looking for a takedown. Martin tries to sprawl out of it but Khan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Martin manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Martin tries to clinch but Khan moves out of range.
Khan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Moctesuma Khan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice jab there from Martin.
Khan goes for a double leg but Martin avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Martin continues to drive forward.
Martin closes the distance and pushes Khan back into the cage.
Martin lands an uppercut.
Martin throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Martin dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Martin lands a slapping body shot.
Khan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Khan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good exchange - Martin coming out on top.
Khan misses with an uppercut.
Martin seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but Khan is just out of range.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martin slaps away a takedown attempt from Khan, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
Khan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Martin swivels and escapes.
Martin wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Martin misses with a wild body shot.
Martin clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Martin struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martin is struggling to control the position.
A left hand lands to the body for Martin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as Khan controls the action.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martin lands a hook that snaps the head of Khan backwards.
Martin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khan's elbow.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martin misses with a body punch.
Khan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Khan.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
Martin misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Khan working aggressively here.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martin misses with the head strike.
Martin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Martin working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Martin blocking some punches.
Martin misses with a punch on the inside.
Martin tries a body shot but Khan blocks it.
Martin tries to work over Khan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Khan as Martin tries to tie him up.
Martin struggles to land a body shot inside as Khan controls his hands.
Khan blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Martin.
A left hand lands to the body for Martin.
Khan is looking to break free of the clinch but Martin has double underhooks.
Khan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Martin.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Khan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The referee calls for Martin to work.
Martin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Martin.
Martin tries to throw a body punch but Khan avoids it by throwing Martin back against the cage.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
Khan has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Martin is trying to keep an underhook but Khan manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Martin tries to get to full guard but Khan has control of the leg.
Martin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Martin's head.
Martin can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Khan controls the pace.
Khan working some strikes from top position.
Martin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Khan is one step ahead there.
Khan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Khan stands up over Martin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Khan with a nice head shot there.
Khan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Khan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Moctesuma Khan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martin controls Khan momentarily but Khan frees himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Martin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Martin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Pablo Martin!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Pablo Martin!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Pablo Martin!
Pablo Martin wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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