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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lyoha Nagibatel (ranked 376 p4p, 232 weight class) and Javier Martinez (ranked 49 p4p, 29 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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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 34 - 27 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lyoha Nagibatel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 56 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez throws an off balance right hand
and Nagibatel makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Martinez misses with a straight right.
Nagibatel tried to counter with a leg kick but Martinez avoided it.
Nagibatel does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A leg kick checked by Martinez.
Martinez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Martinez clinches up against the cage.
Martinez lands a nice elbow.
Nagibatel stalling.
Martinez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagibatel taking a breather.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Martinez tries to throw a body punch but Nagibatel avoids it by throwing Martinez back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Nagibatel.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Nagibatel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martinez letting Nagibatel take a breather here.
Martinez slowing the pace effectively.
Martinez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nagibatel avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Martinez stalling in the clinch.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Nagibatel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez slowing the pace effectively.
Martinez effectively controlling the action here.
Nagibatel is stalling here.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Martinez tries to stall but Nagibatel uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martinez has Nagibatel pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Javier Martinez.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Martinez stalling in the clinch but Nagibatel improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
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.
Nagibatel avoiding damage as Martinez throws knees to the body.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nagibatel manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
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.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Come on Nagibatel - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nagibatel is pushing Martinez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martinez.
It looks like Lyoha Nagibatel has been cut.
Nagibatel dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nagibatel - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Martinez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nagibatel.
Nagibatel gets tackled into the cage by Martinez. Martinez maintains the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nagibatel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Martinez slows down the pace here.
Nagibatel stalling.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lyoha Nagibatel's cut.
That's time! Nagibatel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nagibatel lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nagibatel throws a quick inside leg kick.
Nagibatel moves out of range as Martinez strikes.
Nagibatel jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Martinez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Martinez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nagibatel throws a leg kick but Martinez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nagibatel avoids the body shot from Martinez.
As Martinez backs away, Nagibatel returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nagibatel tries a low kick but Martinez avoids it.
Martinez scores with the left hand. Nagibatel knows he should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.
Nagibatel looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Javier Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Nagibatel.
Martinez connects with a body shot that sends Nagibatel's belly button to the back.
Nagibatel throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez moves into the clinch successfully.
Martinez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
Martinez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Martinez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nagibatel dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez being controlled against the cage.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike.
Nagibatel just leaning against Martinez, taking a breather.
Martinez stalling.
Nagibatel just leaning against Martinez, taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike.
Nagibatel takes an elbow to the forehead.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Nagibatel taking a breather.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nagibatel.
Martinez leaning against his opponent.
Martinez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Javier Martinez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez stalling against the cage.
Martinez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nagibatel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Martinez being controlled against the cage.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nagibatel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Martinez up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nagibatel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Martinez forces Nagibatel back against the cage and clinches.
Nagibatel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Martinez up against the cage.
Nagibatel slows down the pace here.
Nagibatel gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nagibatel stalling against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lyoha Nagibatel's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Martinez blocks the body kick.
Martinez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nagibatel moves away.
Martinez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nagibatel.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Nagibatel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Martinez jabs at Nagibatel's body.
Martinez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Nagibatel rather than just go for the knockout.
Martinez moves into the clinch.
Martinez crunches a lovely knee into Nagibatel's ribcage.
Martinez trying to control the position but instead, Nagibatel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Martinez into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagibatel stalling against the cage.
Nagibatel trying to stall but Martinez improves his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nagibatel takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nagibatel's brow.
Nagibatel dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Nagibatel is looking to control Martinez's arms but Martinez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nagibatel has his back to the cage.
Nagibatel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martinez has Nagibatel pressed against the cage.
Martinez controlling the action here for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Nagibatel leaning his opponent against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Martinez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nagibatel trying to control the position but instead, Martinez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nagibatel into the cage.
Nagibatel controlling the action here for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nagibatel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Nagibatel moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Martinez checks a low kick from Nagibatel.
Martinez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Martinez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A big right from Martinez misses.
Nagibatel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nagibatel with a body shot.
Martinez forces Nagibatel back against the cage and clinches.
Martinez being controlled against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Nagibatel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagibatel controlling the action here for a moment.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Martinez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Martinez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nagibatel controlling the action here for a moment.
Nagibatel letting Martinez take a breather here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nagibatel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lyoha Nagibatel's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nagibatel avoids the body shot from Martinez.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nagibatel half committed to a counter leg kick.
Nagibatel avoids the body shot from Martinez.
Martinez loads up on a big right hand but Nagibatel slips the punch.
Nice body kick there by Nagibatel.
Nagibatel scores with a kick to the midsection.
Martinez blocks a leg kick.
Nagibatel misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez misses the shot to the body.
Nagibatel fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Martinez is out of range.
Nagibatel moves forwards but Martinez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Martinez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez blocks the body kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Nagibatel.
Nagibatel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Martinez looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Martinez closes the distance and pushes Nagibatel back into the cage.
Nagibatel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Martinez up against the cage.
Martinez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nagibatel is keeping busy.
Nagibatel avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez looking to slow down the pace here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nagibatel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nagibatel effectively controlling the action here.
Martinez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nagibatel up against the cage.
Nagibatel is trying to maintain a safe position but Martinez gets an underhook and turns Nagibatel into the cage.
Martinez tries to land knees in the clinch but Nagibatel avoids the damage to the body.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Nagibatel slows down the pace here.
Martinez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Nagibatel blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martinez.
Martinez taking a breather.
Nagibatel stalling in the clinch.
Nagibatel effectively controlling the action here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Martinez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nagibatel takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez checks a leg kick.
Martinez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nagibatel was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinez.
Martinez stuns Nagibatel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Javier Martinez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Martinez looks to score with a jab to the body but Nagibatel is just out of range.
Nagibatel feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Martinez misses with a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Martinez blocks the low kick.
Nagibatel slips a straight right by Martinez.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martinez drives through and clinches with Nagibatel against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Martinez being controlled against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Lyoha Nagibatel's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Martinez darts in and clinches Nagibatel up against the cage.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nagibatel blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Nagibatel dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Nagibatel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Nagibatel leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nagibatel being controlled against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagibatel is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Nagibatel.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Martinez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Come on Nagibatel - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nagibatel seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Nagibatel tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nagibatel tries to score with a low kick but Martinez moves his leg out of the way.
Martinez throws a body shot but no joy.
Martinez misses with a body shot.
Nagibatel throws a leg kick but Martinez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Martinez lands with an uppercut that bounces Nagibatel off the cage and back into range.
A bone on bone clash there as Martinez blocks the leg kick.
Martinez stuns Nagibatel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nagibatel throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Martinez rushes Nagibatel and presses him up against the cage.
Martinez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nagibatel is keeping busy.
Nagibatel looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Martinez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nagibatel slows down the pace here.
Nagibatel is struggling to control the position.
Nagibatel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Nagibatel for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
A bit of stalling here from Nagibatel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoha Nagibatel.
Nagibatel looks to throw a body kick
enabling Martinez to counter with a crisp jab.
Martinez moves into the clinch successfully.
Martinez just leaning against Nagibatel, taking a breather.
Nagibatel is looking to control Martinez's arms but Martinez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nagibatel has his back to the cage.
Martinez lands a nice elbow.
Martinez is looking to control Nagibatel's arms but Nagibatel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Martinez has his back to the cage.
Nagibatel taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lyoha Nagibatel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinez lands a damaging elbow.
Martinez has Nagibatel pressed against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nagibatel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Martinez up against the cage.
Nagibatel stalls.
And that's the end of the fight!
Javier Martinez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Martinez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 45:50
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Martinez!
Javier Martinez is the new middleweight champion!
Javier Martinez decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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RATING
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