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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 270 p4p, 672 weight class) and Lyoha Nagibatel (ranked 35 p4p, 88 weight class). Lyoha Nagibatel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 53 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyoha Nagibatel!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nagibatel tried to score with a low kick but Martinez checks it.
Martinez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ironbound MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Martinez misses with a right hand
and Nagibatel counters with a slapping leg kick.
Martinez clinches with his opponent.
Nagibatel is stalling here.
Nagibatel leaning his opponent against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Martinez up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Nagibatel enables Martinez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Nagibatel manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Nagibatel is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Nagibatel controlling the position.
Martinez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Nagibatel keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Martinez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Nagibatel has control of Martinez's left arm, preventing Martinez from doing any damage.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Lyoha Nagibatel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nagibatel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez pushes Nagibatel up against the cage in a clinch.
Nagibatel stalling against the cage.
Nagibatel dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Nagibatel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Nagibatel avoiding damage as Martinez throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel stalling.
Martinez tries to stall but Nagibatel uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Martinez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Martinez letting Nagibatel take a breather here.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nagibatel - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Martinez just leaning against Nagibatel, taking a breather.
Martinez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Martinez looking to slow down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nagibatel dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Stalling in the clinch from Martinez.
Nagibatel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nagibatel slowing the pace effectively.
Nagibatel is looking to control Martinez's arms but Martinez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nagibatel has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
A nice leg kick from Nagibatel, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nagibatel gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Martinez to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Martinez trying to control but Nagibatel is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez throws a big right hand that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that 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.
Martinez checks the leg kick.
Martinez throwing a counter right hand but Nagibatel manages to avoid it.
Martinez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nagibatel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nagibatel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nagibatel.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nagibatel can do to turn this around?
Martinez moves into range and clinches up with Nagibatel.
Nagibatel blocks the elbow strike.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Nagibatel stalls.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martinez.
Nagibatel taking a breather.
Nagibatel leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagibatel content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nagibatel continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Nagibatel effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Martinez thuds his right hand into Nagibatel's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Martinez misses with a body shot.
Nagibatel misses with a double jab.
Martinez wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nagibatel attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez misses the jab.
Martinez clinches with his opponent.
Nagibatel controlling the action here for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nagibatel's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel slowing the pace effectively.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Nagibatel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Martinez misses with a body punch.
The referee calls for Nagibatel to work.
Martinez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nagibatel is looking to control Martinez's arms but Martinez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nagibatel has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Martinez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nagibatel slips under a jab.
Nagibatel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez moves into the clinch successfully.
Nagibatel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nagibatel slowing the pace effectively.
Nagibatel receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Nagibatel blocks the elbow strike.
Nagibatel managing to block the knees to the body from Martinez.
Nagibatel controlling the action here for a moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
Martinez is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Martinez being controlled against the cage.
Nagibatel dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel leaning his opponent against the cage.
Martinez wants to stall.
Javier Martinez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nagibatel dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez missing with knees to the body.
Martinez taking a breather.
Nagibatel pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nagibatel leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nagibatel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nagibatel blocks a jab.
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!
The ground and pound from Martinez seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Martinez laying and praying for a moment but Nagibatel takes advantage and regains half guard.
Martinez is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nagibatel is just riding it out for now. Martinez eventually gives up the hold.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez is nestled in close to Nagibatel, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez controlling the action here.
Nagibatel tries to roll over but Martinez keeps him under control.
Martinez stalling away here and it's allowed Nagibatel to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Martinez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Martinez postures up and lands a big shot to Nagibatel's brow.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Nagibatel keeps moving.
That's two 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.
Martinez is really struggling to control Nagibatel but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Martinez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Martinez throws a big right hand that misses.
Martinez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Martinez's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Martinez has Nagibatel up against the cage in a clinch.
Nagibatel stalling the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez stalling against the cage.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Nagibatel avoiding damage as Martinez throws knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nagibatel avoiding damage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nagibatel avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
Nagibatel'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 misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lands a damaging elbow.
Martinez wants to stall.
Martinez lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Lyoha Nagibatel has been cut.
Martinez trying to stall but Nagibatel improves his position.
Martinez is looking to control Nagibatel's arms but Nagibatel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Martinez has his back to the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nagibatel - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nagibatel leaning his opponent against the cage.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Lyoha Nagibatel's cut.
That's time! Martinez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nagibatel is looking to slow Martinez down with leg kicks.
Martinez feints and as Nagibatel raises his hands in defense, Martinez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Nagibatel seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Martinez lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Martinez sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez scoring with some ground and pound.
Martinez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nagibatel can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Martinez controls the pace.
Nagibatel controlling the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
An inside leg kick lands from Nagibatel.
Martinez moves into the clinch.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez tries to work over Nagibatel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Martinez taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Nagibatel.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nagibatel's brow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Martinez.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nagibatel controlling the action here for a moment.
Nagibatel dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Nagibatel slows down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Nagibatel's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Nagibatel stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Nagibatel chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab, jab by Nagibatel - just one landing.
Nagibatel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Nagibatel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martinez instigates a clinch.
Nagibatel'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 letting Nagibatel take a breather here.
Come on Martinez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez has Nagibatel pushed against the cage.
Nagibatel stalling against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Martinez being controlled against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Nagibatel is looking to slow Martinez down with leg kicks.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
That kick from Nagibatel tenderised Martinez's leg. Martinez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Martinez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nagibatel.
Martinez misses with an uppercut. Nagibatel saw that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez had his way with Lyoha Nagibatel in that round.
The cut man is working on Lyoha Nagibatel's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Martinez closes the distance and pushes Nagibatel back into the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nagibatel takes an elbow to the temple.
Nagibatel is trying to stall.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Martinez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez taking a breather.
Martinez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nagibatel'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.
Come on Nagibatel - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagibatel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Nagibatel fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Martinez.
Martinez rushes Nagibatel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Martinez is stalling here.
Nagibatel avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
Nagibatel is struggling to control the position.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Nagibatel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nagibatel taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike.
Nagibatel looking to stall.
Nagibatel is trying to stall.
Nagibatel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Martinez up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Nagibatel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Martinez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nagibatel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Martinez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martinez checks the leg kick.
Nagibatel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Martinez's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel tries to sprawl but Martinez drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Well, if Martinez is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Javier Martinez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nagibatel is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Nagibatel wants to control but Martinez is keeping busy.
Martinez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez wants to take a breather but Nagibatel is having none of it.
Martinez content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Martinez trying to control the action but Nagibatel is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Martinez clinches with his opponent.
Lyoha Nagibatel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nagibatel avoids it.
Martinez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Martinez trying to stall but Nagibatel improves his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Javier Martinez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Martinez, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 50:45
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 50:45
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Martinez!
Javier Martinez retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Javier Martinez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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