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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeke Titus (ranked 10 p4p, 36 weight class) and Swole Ricky Martin (ranked 3 p4p, 7 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 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 23 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Zeke Titus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Swole Ricky Martin!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Titus fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Martin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Titus if he has to take too many more of those.
Martin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Titus misses with a shot to the body
and Martin counters with an inside leg kick.
Titus shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Martin napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Titus looking to control but instead Martin has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Martin won't allow Titus to pass to mount.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Titus connects with a nice short shot to Martin's temple.
Titus is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Titus is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Martin reverses the position - he's now on top in Titus's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Titus bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Martin's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Titus tries to free his leg and advance position but Martin is retaining full guard.
Martin pulls Titus in close to prevent any damage.
Titus missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Titus trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've been hearing that Titus has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Titus is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Titus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Martin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Titus is working hard here to advance position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Martin lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Titus has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Titus and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Martin misses the jab.
Titus was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Martin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Martin has closed the distance and engaged Titus in a clinch.
Martin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Titus fails to land.
Titus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Titus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Martin lands a shoulder strike.
Martin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Titus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Titus lands with a left to the head.
A short body shot lands from Titus as the two fighters clinch.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin trying to stall but Titus improves his position.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Titus cracks Martin with a nice body shot.
Titus misses with some punches.
Martin trying to stall but Titus improves his position.
Titus can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
Martin lands with a right to the head.
Titus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martin is trying to stall.
Martin tries to work over Titus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Titus's elbow.
Titus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Titus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Titus trying to stall but Martin improves his position.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as Titus controls the action.
Martin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Martin enables Titus to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Martin manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Titus is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zeke Titus dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Titus misses with a combination
and Martin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martin throws a right and a left that Titus avoids nicely.
Martin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Titus lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Swole Ricky Martin has been cut.
Martin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Titus closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Martin's guard.
Titus controls from within his opponent's guard.
Martin keeping moving, preventing Titus from controlling successfully.
Titus content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Titus trying to control but Martin is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
No joy there for Titus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tituss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Martin connects with an inside leg kick.
Martin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Titus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Swole Ricky Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Titus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Martin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Martin ducks under a wild hook from Titus.
Martin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Titus dives in and grabs Martin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Martin pushes down on Titus's head and hops out.
Martin wants to clinch but Titus slips to the side
and Titus counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body kick from Martin.
Titus lands an overhand right.
Martin connects with the punch.
Titus scores with a crisp jab that stopped Martin in his tracks.
Titus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Martin. Martin obviously looking to wear him down.
Titus misses with a straight left.
Titus throws a big shot that misses.
Martin jabs Titus right on the nose. Titus blinks but takes it well.
Titus scores with the left hand. Martin knows he should have avoided that one.
Martin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Titus.
Titus slips a jab from Martin.
Titus takes a swing at Martin's ribcage but misses.
Martin connects with a solid leg kick.
Martin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martin jabs Titus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Titus is trying hard to land a takedown here. Martin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Titus throws a jab but it's blocked by Martin.
Titus has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zeke Titus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Titus crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Martin - the referee stops the clock and Titus gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Martin. Titus manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Martin misses the shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Martin with a jab.
Titus misses with a shot to the body
letting Martin counter with a right hand.
Titus takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Martin has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
Titus breaks the clinch.
Martin cracks Titus with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Martin works the jab nicely.
Martin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Martin.
Titus throws a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Swole Ricky Martin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Swole Ricky Martin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A combination from Titus does no damage.
Titus misses with a two punch combination.
Titus throws a series of punches but Martin avoids them all with ease.
Martin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Martin digs a good hook to Titus's body.
Martin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Titus's head.
Titus throws an off balance right hand
and Martin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Martin throws a looping overhand right but Titus ducks down to avoid it.
Titus attempts a counter takedown but Martin avoids it well and moves away.
Titus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martin has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Titus throws out a loose jab but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Titus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martin throws out the jab.
Martin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Titus.
Martin cracks Titus with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Titus looks to score with a jab to the body but Martin is just out of range.
Martin throws a looping overhand right but Titus ducks down to avoid it.
Titus went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Titus will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Martin takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Martin with the inside leg kick.
Good exchange - Martin coming out on top.
Martin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Titus sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Titus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Titus moves away.
Titus darts in looking for a takedown but Martin gets double underhooks and turns Titus into the cage.
Titus misses with the head strike.
Titus drops down looking for an ankle pick but Martin pulls his leg out and moves away.
Martin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Titus throws a hook but Martin avoids it easily.
Titus is trying hard to land a takedown here. Martin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zeke Titus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Titus misses its intended target.
Martin follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Martin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Titus.
Martin throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice shot lands for Martin.
Titus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martin thuds his shin into the meat of Titus's side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Titus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Martin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Martin cracks Titus with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Martin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Martin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Martin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Titus backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin is leaning against Titus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martin blocks an uppercut.
Titus prevents a body shot from Martin.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Titus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Martin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Titus is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Titus prevents a body shot from Martin.
Titus can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
Martin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Martin looking to stall.
Martin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Titus misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Martin.
Swole Ricky Martin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Martin tries a body shot but Titus blocks it.
Martin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Martin breaks from the clinch.
Martin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Martin lands with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Martin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Titus connects with a crisp jab.
Titus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martin manages to avoid it.
Titus shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Martin pulls Titus in close to prevent any damage.
Titus postures up in Martin's guard and throws a big left but Martin blocks it.
Titus throwing strikes but missing.
Martin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Swole Ricky Martin really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Swole Ricky Martin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Titus takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Titus walks into a straight right hand from Martin.
Titus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Martin scores with a nice right hand.
Martin lands a nice looking kick to the body. Titus takes a step back to recover.
Titus misses with a series of wild punches.
Martin flicks out a counter leg kick but Titus steps away.
Titus's jab looks to have found its range, popping Martin under the eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin misses with a kick to the body.
Titus changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Martin throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Martin throws the left hand but Titus avoids the punch easily.
Martin throws a leg kick which misses Titus's front leg but catches the back leg as Titus tries to avoid it.
Titus missing with a left hand there. Martin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Martin.
Martin throws a half hearted mid kick.
Titus forces Martin back against the cage and clinches.
Titus is trying to push Martin away but Martin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Titus looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Titus takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Titus tries for a takedown but Martin circles away easily
and Martin counters with a nice uppercut.
Titus fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Martin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Titus throws a poor cross that misses
and Martin counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Titus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Titus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Martin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martin lands with an overhand left.
Martin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Titus manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A nice leg kick from Martin, right into the meat of the thigh.
Titus lands a nice hook to Martin's body. Martin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Titus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Martin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Martin takes the fight into the clinch.
Martin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Titus misses with the head strike.
Martin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Titus misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin gets through Titus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Titus struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Titus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Martin gets the underhooks and prevents it.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Titus has a couple of punches blocked by Martin.
Titus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Martin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Titus scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Martin connects with a jab.
Martin lands a glancing blow to the side of Titus's head.
Martin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Martin finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Martin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Titus shoots and misses
enabling Martin to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zeke Titus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Titus misses with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Titus misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A nice leg kick from Martin, right into the meat of the thigh.
Martin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Titus misses with a lunging right hand
and Martin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martin tries to clinch but Titus is having none of it.
Titus drops his hands momentarily and Martin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Titus takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That kick from Martin tenderised Titus's leg. Titus is trying to keep his angry face on.
Martin moves into the clinch.
Martin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Swole Ricky Martin dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Swole Ricky Martin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Martin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Zeke Titus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Martin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Titus moves out of range as Martin strikes.
Titus sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Martin connects with a solid leg kick.
Martin fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Titus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Martin moves in looking to clinch but Titus pushes him off.
Titus takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Martin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Titus misses with a jab to the body
and Martin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Swole Ricky Martin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Titus shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Martin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martin misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin with a nice calf kick.
Martin cracks Titus with a good jab.
Martin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Titus misses with a hook
and Martin counters with a nice uppercut.
Martin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Martin feints and then cracks Titus's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Titus down.
Martin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Martin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Martin misses.
Titus walks forward, straight into a front kick from Martin.
Titus rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martin tries to land a front kick but Titus steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Titus looks for a takedown but Martin sprawls well.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Titus.
An inside leg kick lands from Martin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Titus shoots in and bounces Martin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Titus trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martin is pulling down on Titus's head. It's preventing any offense from Titus, at least for the moment.
Titus scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titus lands a couple of digs.
Titus wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
Titus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Martin gets caught flat footed, as Titus shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Titus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Titus throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Titus with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Titus wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
Martin is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Titus wants to pass the guard but Martin is keeping the position.
Titus throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
Swole Ricky Martin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Martin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 46:49
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 46:49
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Swole Ricky Martin!
Swole Ricky Martin is the new light heavyweight champion!
A victorious Swole Ricky Martin thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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