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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 935 p4p, 23603 weight class) and Davide Farina (ranked 125 p4p, 520 weight class). Javier Martinez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 43 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Davide Farina!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Farina.
Farina throws a quick inside leg kick.
Farina gets tackled into the cage by Martinez. Martinez maintains the clinch.
Nice elbow from Martinez.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Farina leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martinez landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Martinez - that landed with a thud.
Farina looks winded!
Martinez trying to land knees to the body.
Farina blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martinez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Farina lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Farina on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Farina leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Martinez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Martinez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farina tries to throw a body punch but Martinez avoids it by throwing Farina back against the cage.
Martinez lands an elbow that stopped Farina in his tracks for a moment.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martinez.
Martinez misses with a body punch.
Martinez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Farina tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Farina avoids it.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Farina takes an elbow to the temple.
Farina has a couple of punches blocked by Martinez.
Farina gets control of Martinez's arms and successfully pulls guard. Farina will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Martinez content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez won't allow Farina to sweep him here.
Farina not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Martinez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Farina is trying to keep Martinez in close.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farina takes a swing at Martinez's ribcage but misses.
Farina attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Martinez drops down looking for a counter takedown but Farina sprawls and moves away.
Farina throws a low kick but it's checked well by Martinez.
Davide Farina is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Farina takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Martinez swings widly with a right hand
and Farina counters with a nice low kick that buckles Martinez's knee momentarily.
Farina misses with a leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Farina.
Martinez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Martinez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Farina moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Martinez throws a hook but Farina blocks it.
Martinez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Farina is trying to defend but Martinez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Farina tries to roll over but Martinez keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Martinez working over Farina with some ground and pound. Farina looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Farina trying to control here.
Farina wants to improve his position but Martinez is controlling well.
Martinez controlling the pace.
Martinez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Farina tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Martinez is able to avoid easily.
Farina throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Martinez cracks Farina with a right hand to the side of the head.
Martinez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Martinez shoots in and bounces Farina off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Farina wants to sweep but no luck.
Martinez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Farina trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez drops back looking for a leg! Farina is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Farina manages to kick Martinez off! Martinez jumps back into Farina's guard.
Martinez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Farina controls Martinez momentarily but Martinez frees himself.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Farina tries to clinch but Martinez is having none of it.
Martinez takes one to the chin there.
Martinez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Martinez checks a leg kick.
Martinez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Farina's head backwards.
Martinez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Farina on the side of the head.
A low kick from Farina misses
and Farina takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Farina can do to turn this around?
Farina throws a leg kick
and Martinez counters with a stiff right hand.
Farina is rocked!
Javier Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Martinez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Farina is still in real trouble! Can Martinez finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Farina's shoulder. That is not cool.
Martinez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Martinez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Farina seems to have recovered his senses.
Martinez working away.
Farina is trying to get back to half guard.
Farina striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Martinez trying to control the position but Farina is working away.
Farina is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Martinez's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is controlling the pace.
Martinez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Martinez is thwarting Farina's attempts to control the position.
Martinez takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Javier Martinez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Farina trying to control but Martinez postures up.
Martinez is looking to take a break and control but Farina is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Martinez lands strikes from half guard.
Farina is looking to control Martinez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Farina avoid being mounted?
Martinez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Martinez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Farina does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martinez shoots in and gets a takedown into Farina's guard.
Farina looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Martinez trying to control but Farina is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Martinez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Farina preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Farina really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Martinez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Martinez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez is trying to control. Farina wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Farina trying to control from the bottom.
Martinez drops an elbow to the side of Farina's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Farina holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Martinez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Martinez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Martinez working the head and body with strikes.
Farina can't do much from the bottom here.
Davide Farina has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farina might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Martinez haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Farina is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Martinez content to control rather than advance.
Farina is doing well to control the position and prevent Martinez from advancing to side control.
Martinez working the head and body with strikes.
Martinez lands with a punch from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Farina has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Martinez is working away from the top position though.
Martinez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
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. Martinez connects with a nice short shot to Farina's temple.
Farina trying to hold on to Martinez's head to control him but Martinez postures up.
Martinez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Farina holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Martinez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Martinez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Martinez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Farina to see if he's OK.
Martinez lands a few punches from side control.
Martinez working away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
You can see the frustration on Farina's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Javier Martinez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Martinez 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Martinez!
Javier Martinez thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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