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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Creed might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Welcome To The Jungle. Jake Creed had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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172 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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176 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lenny Martin!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Reed Andrews and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creed with a poor takedown
and Martin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Creed throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Martin was covering up waiting for the punch and Creed finishes the takedown easily into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Creed accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Creed has gone for a leg lock! Martin slips out almost immediately though and dives into Creed's guard.
Martin postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Creed is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Martin, into his guard.
Creed working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Creed preventing the sweep.
Creed scoring with some ground and pound.
Martin keeping full guard, as Creed tries to pass.
Creed throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Creed's guard.
Creed has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Creed scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Martin looks to throw a body kick
and Creed counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Creed will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Martin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Martin lands in his opponent's guard.
Creed is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Creed tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Martin is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Creed is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Creed has escaped and now he's on top!
Martin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Creed defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creed throwing strikes from guard but Martin blocks nicely.
Martin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Creed!
Creed is desperately trying to improve his position but Martin has a good base and remains in mount.
Martin tries to control but Creed wriggling away.
Martin with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Creed tries to reverse the position but Martin maintains control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Creed is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Creed and Martin has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Creed is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Martin is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Creed doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Martin.
Creed gets full guard.
Creed keeping full guard, as Martin tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin wants to control from the top but Creed keeps moving.
Creed trying to control the position.
Creed looking to hit a scissor sweep but Martin is one step ahead there.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Creed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Martin shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Creed defends it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jake Creed will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Creed throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Martin was covering up waiting for the punch and Creed finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Creed thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Martin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Creed defends well.
Martin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Creed landing some decent shots from guard.
Creed has gone for a leg lock! Martin slips out almost immediately though and dives into Creed's guard.
Martin stands and throws Creed's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Martin looking to control but instead Creed has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Creed wants to improve his position but Martin is controlling well.
Creed is defending against the submission attempts here by Martin.
Martin is trying to work for a kimura but Creed is defending well.
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.
Creed is trying to maintain the position but Martin is very close to passing his half guard.
Martin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Creed keeps working.
Creed looking for submissions off his back.
Creed is looking for a sweep. Martin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed regains full guard. Nicely done.
Creed controls Martin momentarily but Martin frees himself.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Creed is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martin has gone for a leg lock! Creed slips out almost immediately though and dives into Martin's guard.
Creed postures up.
Creed postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Creed is pushing down on Martin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Martin is fighting to maintain full guard but Creed has managed to sneak the leg through.
Creed scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Creed prevents Martin from improving his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Creed is looking for a kimura here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin trying to control but Creed postures up.
Martin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Martin is breathing heavily.
Martin taking some punishment here, with Creed in his half guard.
Martin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Creed drops an elbow to the side of Martin's head.
Martin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Martin trying to hold on to Creed's head to control him but Creed postures up.
Creed is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Martin sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Creed dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Creed closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Creed lands in his opponent's guard.
Martin keeping full guard, as Creed tries to pass.
Creed missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jake Creed overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Martin is looking for a triangle but Creed pushes his legs off easily.
Creed pushing down on Martin's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Martin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Creed is looking for a kimura but Martin is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Creed to get the leverage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Creed lands a nice short elbow.
Martin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Creed wants to pass the guard but Martin is defending well.
Martin is trying to control but can't.
Creed lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Creed passes to full mount!
Creed lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Martin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Creed landing strikes from the mount and Martin is in trouble!
Martin is trying to escape the mount.
Martin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Creed working the ground and pound effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creed raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Creed has control of Martin's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Martin regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Creed working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Creed dominating with strikes here.
Martin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Creed has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Martin's face.
Martin regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Creed winds up and cracks Martin with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Creed lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Martin taking some punishment here, with Creed in his half guard.
Martin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Creed there.
Creed wants to pass the guard but Martin is defending well.
Martin tries to get to full guard but Creed has control of the leg.
Jake Creed is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Creed is trying to control the action in half guard but Martin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Well, if Creed 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.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Creed is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Martin wants to improve his position but Creed is controlling well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Creed in particular looking to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Creed is pressing down on Martin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Martin is holding on for now.
Lenny Martin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Creed showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Creed 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Creed!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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