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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Juan Martinez (ranked 25569 p4p, 4476 weight class) and Jermaine Saunders (ranked 321 p4p, 283 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Saunders's choice of entrance music: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tBKYI3-3lMg&t=0s. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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174 cm 19 145 0 - 2 - 0 |
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175 cm 19 135 0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Excellent MT Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt Good low kicks Powerful |
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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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Juan Martinez! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jermaine Saunders! The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez closes the distance and clinches. Martinez lands with a short head shot on the inside. Martinez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Saunders tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Martinez smiles and moves away.
Martinez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Martinez closes the distance and pushes Saunders back into the cage. A short left from Martinez. Saunders trying to control the position but instead, Martinez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Saunders into the cage. Saunders tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Saunders blocking some punches.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Saunders uses good head movement to avoid it. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Saunders blocking some punches.
Saunders fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martinez. Saunders missing with knees to the body.
Martinez lands a hook that snaps the head of Saunders backwards. Martinez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Martinez pushes Saunders back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Still in the clinch, Martinez scores with a nice short uppercut. Saunders is trying to pull guard but Martinez has him pressed against the cage. Martinez gets through Saunders's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Martinez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Saunders is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Saunders blocks an uppercut.
Martinez lands with a right to the head. Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside. Saunders tries to pull guard but Martinez forces him back to his feet, against the cage. Juan Martinez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jermaine Saunders. Martinez lands a hook to the side of the head. Saunders throws an elbow that misses.
Martinez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Martinez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Saunders blocks an uppercut.
Martinez scores with a nice hook to the head. Still in the clinch, Martinez scores with a nice short uppercut. A short right from Martinez.
 Saunders is rocked! Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Saunders is still on wobbly legs! Can Martinez finish him? Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Saunders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez. Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside. Saunders seems to have recovered his senses. Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Saunders uses good head movement to avoid it. Saunders tries to pull guard but Martinez holds him up against the cage and eventually Saunders drops back down to his feet.
Martinez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Saunders jumps guard.
Martinez gets to his feet. Saunders looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Martinez clinches. Martinez lands with a short shot to the head. Martinez lands a right hand. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martinez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Saunders tries to pull guard but Martinez holds him up against the cage and eventually Saunders drops back down to his feet.
Martinez pushes Saunders against the cage. Martinez is working some dirty boxing. Martinez pushes off with a quick right hook! Saunders goes down! Saunders tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Martinez moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Martinez! Jermaine Saunders spoke after the fight, saying 'Im be something and I'm fuck him up next time bitch'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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