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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jeryl Christ (ranked 1780 p4p, 1634 weight class) and Diogo Martins (ranked 119 p4p, 113 weight class). Martins has chosen Monte Tiene Garabato as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jeryl Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Diogo Martins!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martins blocks a low kick nicely.
Christ's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Martins connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Christ scrambles back to his feet.
Christ wants to land a leg kick but Martins is out of range.
Christ will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Christ takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Martins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Martins swings for the body but Christ moves out of range.
Christ throws a nice looking combination but Martins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Martins drives through and clinches with Christ against the cage.
Martins pressing his opponent against the cage.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Christ's face.
Martins tries a knee to the head but Christ blocks it.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Christ misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Christ has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Christ doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martins.
Martins unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Christ pushes Martins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martins pushes Christ back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Christ has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Martins misses with an elbow over the top.
Martins lands a nice elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Christ.
Christ misses with a punch on the inside.
Christ throws a punch but it's blocked by Martins.
Martins taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Martins's coach down at Kaptajnernes Træningscenter was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Martins's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Martins throws a punch but it's blocked by Christ.
A head punch on the inside from Christ fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martins.
Martins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Christ misses with the head strike.
Christ tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Christ creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Christ tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martins's elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Christ swings wildly with an uppercut but Martins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martins misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Martins fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martins lands a shoulder strike.
Martins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Christ throws a punch but it's blocked by Martins.
Martins lands a left hand.
Martins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Christ gets through Martins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Christ doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martins lands an uppercut.
Martins misses with some punches.
Christ pushes Martins back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Christ blocks the elbow strike.
Martins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Christ is defending well for now.
Martins misses with some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martins throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Martins.
It looks like Jeryl Christ has been cut.
Christ tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martins's elbow.
Martins pushes Christ back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Christ working aggressively here.
Martins throws a head punch that misses.
Martins working aggressively here.
Christ lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ can't find room to land a body shot as Martins controls the action.
Martins scores with a shot to the side of Christ's head.
Martins blocking some punches.
Christ misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Christ.
Good body shot from Christ.
A shot in the inside from Christ.
Martins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Christ's elbow.
Christ blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Christ taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Martins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Christ has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Christ tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martins misses with the head strike.
Christ is looking to control Martins's arms but Martins gets an underhook and turns him. Now Christ has his back to the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Christ.
Martins is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Martins swings wildly with an uppercut but Christ uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Christ on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Christ.
Martins blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Christ makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Christ on the inside.
Martins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Christ avoids it.
Martins digs a right hand into Christ's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Christ's gas tank.
Christ misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Martins is looking to control Christ's arms but Christ gets an underhook and turns him. Now Martins has his back to the cage.
Christ lands a left hand that snaps the head of Martins backwards.
Martins misses with a punch on the inside.
Christ goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martins is trying to stall.
Christ working aggressively here.
Christ blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Christ misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martins blocks an uppercut.
Christ works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Martins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Diogo Martins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jeryl Christ's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Christ tries to clinch up.
Jeryl Christ is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Christ fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Christ cracks Martins with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Martins tries to close the distance and clinch but Christ swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Martins.
Martins misses with the combination.
Martins misses with a head kick.
Christ goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Christ connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Martins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Martins misses with a hook.
Martins misses with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christ throws a leg kick which misses Martins's front leg but catches the back leg as Martins tries to avoid it.
Martins slips a straight right by Christ.
Martins misses with a low kick.
Martins gets a clinch.
Christ tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martins lands a right hand.
Christ throws a punch but it's blocked by Martins.
Christ takes a knee to the side of the body.
Christ misses with some punches.
Diogo Martins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martins throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Christ.
Martins is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martins.
Christ stalls.
Martins scores with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martins.
Martins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Christ lands a hook that snaps the head of Martins backwards.
Christ struggles to land a body shot inside as Martins controls his hands.
A hook to the body from Christ.
Martins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Christs head.
Martins misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Christ.
Martins has a couple of punches blocked by Christ.
Martins misses with a knee strike.
Martins misses with an elbow over the top.
Christ misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martins scores 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!
Christ misses with a short punch on the inside.
Christ misses with a punch on the inside.
Martins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Christ is keeping busy.
Martins lands a knee to the body.
Christ stalling against the cage.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Christ tries to work over Martins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martins misses with a knee to the head.
Christ misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Christ scores with a nice short uppercut.
Christ softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Martins blocks an uppercut.
Christ swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Christ misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martins letting Christ take a breather here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martins lands a right hand.
Martins taking a breather.
Martins makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martins.
A hook to the body from Christ.
Christ throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martinss head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martins.
A left hand lands to the body for Christ.
Christ misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martins lands a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Christ.
Christ tries a body shot but Martins blocks it.
Martins missing with knees to the body.
Christ lands a shoulder strike.
Christ is stalling here.
Christ misses with a punch on the inside.
Martins unloads a knee to the mid-section. Christ lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martins lands an elbow just above Christ 's eye.
Martins blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Christ creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Christ lands a body punch.
Christ lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martins backwards.
Martins with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Christ tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Martins throws a punch but it's blocked by Christ.
Christ pressing his opponent against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Martins.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martins.
Nice body punch from Christ - that landed with a thud.
Martins blocking some punches.
Martins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christ lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martins backwards.
Christ is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martins.
Christ throws a head punch that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Diogo Martins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jeryl Christ'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. This is the final round!
Christ motions for Martins to come forward. Christ throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Christ.
Martins tries to clinch but Christ moves out of range.
Christ throws a right hand that Martins ducks under and follows up with a left that Martins also avoids with ease.
Christ throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Martins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christ.
Martins has managed to clinch.
Christ misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martins.
Christ tries to work over Martins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martins tries to work over Christ's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martins holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Martins misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Martins misses with some punches.
A short right from Martins.
Christ tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martins's elbow.
Martins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A knee to the head by Martins.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ tries to throw a body punch but Martins avoids it by throwing Christ back against the cage.
Martins lands with a left to the head.
Christ blocks an uppercut.
Christ lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Christ.
Martins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Christ can't find room to land a body shot as Martins controls the action.
Martins has a couple of punches blocked by Christ.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Martins as Christ tries to tie him up.
Christ scores with a shoulder strike.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Martins.
Christ takes a knee right on the jaw!
Christ misses with a hook from the clinch.
Christ blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martins misses with an elbow over the top.
Christ's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Christ.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christ pushes Martins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Christ.
Christ is leaning against Martins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Christ gets through Martins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Martins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Christ is defending well for now.
Christ lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Martins fails to land.
Christ working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Martins tries a knee to the head but Christ blocks it.
Christ scores with a hook to the body.
Christ lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martins or not.
Christ lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Martins.
Martins blocking some punches.
Martins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Christ stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Christ lands a hook to the side of the head.
Christ digs a right hand into Martins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Martins's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martins misses with the head strike.
Christ misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Christ.
Christ tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Christ scores with a hook to the body.
Christ makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Martins blocks an uppercut.
Christ lands a right hand.
Christ can't find room to land a body shot as Martins controls the action.
Christ swings wildly with an uppercut but Martins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Christ lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Martins lands an elbow just above Christ 's eye.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Christ misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martins blocking some punches.
Martins lands a good knee to the midsection. Christ won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Christ creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knees to the body from Martins.
Christ has a couple of punches blocked by Martins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ avoiding damage as Martins throws knees to the body.
Christ lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Christ tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Diogo Martins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A right hook to the body lands for Christ.
Martins prevents a body shot from Christ.
Martins blocks an uppercut.
Come on Martins - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Christ tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martins has a couple of punches blocked by Christ.
Martins landing knees to the head.
A short left from Christ.
Martins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jeryl Christ has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christ blocking some punches.
Christ misses with a body punch.
Christ lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Martins misses with a punch on the inside.
Martins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jeryl Christ showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Martins 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Diogo Martins!
Diogo Martins bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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