|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Heung Min Choi (ranked 880 p4p, 1753 weight class) and Diogo Martins (ranked 68 p4p, 134 weight class). Choi comes to the cage accompanied by Black Eyed Bruiser. Martins has chosen Monte Tiene Garabato as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
 |
|
 |
| 175 cm
25
148
14 - 6 - 0 |
|
175 cm
25
145
10 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
|
Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Heung Min Choi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Diogo Martins!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Choi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Martins misses with an uppercut.
Diogo Martins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Choi throws a sloppy body shot
and Martins makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Martins throws a shot from downtown. Choi moves away and avoids it.
Martins has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Choi throws out a loose jab but Martins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martins closes the distance and pushes Choi back into the cage.
Choi misses with some punches.
Martins tries to land a knee to the head but Choi blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Choi fails to land.
Martins lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short left from Choi.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Choi avoids a wild elbow strike from Martins.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Choi scores with a shoulder strike.
Choi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Martins up against the cage.
Martins looking to throw knees to the head but Choi is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Choi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Choi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martins backwards.
Choi misses with the head strike.
Martins throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Choi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Choi.
A nice right hand lands inside from Choi.
Choi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martins stalling in the clinch but Choi improves position.
Martins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Choi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martins with a knee to the head.
Martins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Martins misses with a knee strike.
Choi has a couple of punches blocked by Martins.
Choi working aggressively here.
Choi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Martins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Choi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Choi swings wildly with an uppercut but Martins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martins looking to throw knees to the head but Choi is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Choi fails to land.
Martins blocking some punches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Martins.
Martins misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Choi.
Martins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Choi's face.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Choi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Choi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martins backwards.
Choi swings wildly with an uppercut but Martins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martins lands a shoulder strike.
Martins has had enough of the clinch but Choi keeps him there for the moment.
Choi swings wildly with an uppercut but Martins uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martins looking to throw knees to the head but Choi is blocking nicely.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Choi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Choi swings for the body but Martins moves out of range.
Martins walks into a left hand.
Martins clinches.
A knee to the head by Martins.
A head punch on the inside from Choi fails to land.
Choi lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martins backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martins.
Choi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Choi avoiding damage as Martins throws knees to the body.
Martins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martins landing knees to the body.
Martins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Choi wants to get back to striking at distance but Martins won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Choi blocks it with crossed arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martins prevents a body shot from Choi.
Choi working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Choi fails to land.
Choi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Choi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martins.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Choi.
Choi lands a left hand that snaps the head of Martins backwards.
Choi misses with a punch on the inside.
Choi has a couple of punches blocked by Martins.
A head punch on the inside from Choi fails to land.
Martins blocks an uppercut.
Martins blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Choi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Choi misses with the head strike.
Martins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Choi blocks it with crossed arms.
Martins lands a knee to the body.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Heung Min Choi dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Martins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Choi misses.
Martins wants to clinch up but Choi keeps it at a distance.
Jab by Martins.
Martins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Choi.
Choi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Choi lands with a hook. Martins tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Choi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martins is looking to clinch but Choi is avoiding it.
Martins has managed to clinch.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Choi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Choi throws a head punch that misses.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Choi manages to break the clinch.
Martins pushes Choi up against the cage in a clinch.
Martins blocking some punches.
Choi misses with some punches.
Choi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martins moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Choi.
Choi has a couple of punches blocked by Martins.
A short uppercut from Choi.
Choi misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Martins - that landed with a thud.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Choi.
Choi misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Choi throws a head punch that misses.
Martins connects with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Choi manages to break the clinch.
Martins looks to land a combination but Choi avoids it well.
An attempted straight right counter from Choi misses the target.
Martins moves forwards but Choi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Martins takes one on the button.
Choi jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A low kick from Choi misses
and Martins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martins instigates a clinch.
Martins landing knees to the head.
It looks like Heung Min Choi has been cut.
Choi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martins closes the distance and pushes Choi back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choi has a couple of punches blocked by Martins.
Martins blocks an uppercut.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Choi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Choi scores with a nice short uppercut.
Choi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Choi breaks from the clinch.
Choi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martins moves away.
Choi avoids a kick to the body.
Martins slips under a jab.
Martins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Choi throws a chopping leg kick but Martins manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Martins moves out of range as Choi strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martins tries to clinch but Choi is having none of it.
Choi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Choi circles away from the clinch attempt
and Choi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martins on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Martins tries to clinch but Choi is having none of it.
Martins doesn't manage to clinch there - Choi circles away.
Choi shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Choi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Martins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Heung Min Choi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Heung Min Choi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Choi tries to clinch but Martins is having none of it.
Martins lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Heung Min Choi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Martins tries to clinch up but Choi circles away and keeps his distance.
Choi swings for the body but Martins moves out of range.
Choi lands the left hand.
Martins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Choi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Choi misses with a straight left.
Martins misses with an uppercut.
Choi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Martins blocks a low kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Choi misses with a low kick.
A little jabbing left from Martins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Martins defending well as Choi loads up on a big left hand.
Martins throws out a counter right but Choi avoids it with no problem.
Martins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Choi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Choi counters with a three punch combo that has Martins backing up. Martins nods at Choi to acknowledge the strikes.
Martins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Choi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Choi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Martins can do to turn this around?
Choi attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Choi lands a body shot.
Choi misses with an uppercut.
Martins staying out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Martins! But no joy.
A punch combination from Choi misses.
Choi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martins tries to clinch but Choi moves away
and Choi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Choi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martins moves away.
Martins closes the distance and pushes Choi back into the cage.
Choi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Martins using the Thai clinch to land knees 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!
Martins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Martins looking to throw knees to the head but Choi is blocking nicely.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Choi blocks it with crossed arms.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martins misses with a knee to the head.
Diogo Martins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Choi dodges an elbow strike from Martins.
Choi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martins misses with a knee to the head.
Choi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martins wants to break free but Choi has control.
Martins is struggling to control the position.
Choi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martins backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martins takes a shot to the head.
Martins takes a shot to the head.
Martins tries a knee to the head but Choi blocks it.
Choi has a couple of punches blocked by Martins.
Choi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Choi thumps Martins with a low kick.
Martins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Choi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Diogo Martins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Choi moves out of range of the strikes.
Choi is looking to counter punch.
Choi misses with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heung Min Choi showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Choi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 for Heung Min Choi!
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight for Heung Min Choi!
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight for Heung Min Choi!
Heung Min Choi wins by unanimous decision!
Heung Min Choi thanked the fans post fight for their support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
61% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
