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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Kven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kven has chosen The Captain Entrace as his entrance music. Martinez has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. This should be a great matchup!
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190 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
18
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jason Martinez! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stephen Kven! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Martinez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Martinez is breathing heavily. Kven is not content to let Martinez control the position. Martinez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Martinez tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Kven. Kven really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Martinez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Kven wants to get back to full guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Kven punching from the bottom.
Martinez winds up and cracks Kven with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Martinez is trying to control. Kven wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. Martinez tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Kven. Kven works his way to full guard. Good work. Kven looking to hit a scissor sweep but Martinez is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kven trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage. Kven keeping moving, preventing Martinez from controlling successfully. Martinez works over Kven with some ground and pound from guard. Martinez is looking to stand up but Kven won't let him. Martinez wants to control from the top but Kven keeps moving. Martinez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jason Martinez has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet. Kven feints and as Martinez raises his hands in defense, Kven changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Martinez has his foot on Kven's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kven works his way back into a safe position though. Martinez manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kven will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kven fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Martinez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kven looks to clinch and Martinez counters with a single leg into guard. Kven didn't expect that. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Kven striking off his back. Martinez slips nicely into half guard. Martinez is trying to control the action in half guard but Kven is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Kven is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Martinez scores with a couple of nice shots. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Martinez connects with a nice short shot to Kven's temple. Kven has hold of Martinez's hands but Martinez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Kven punching from the bottom.
Martinez stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kven throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Kven flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Martinez drops an elbow to the side of Kven's head. Kven tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land. Kven has hold of Martinez's hands but Martinez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Martinez has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Martinez lands with some strikes. Martinez lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kven hang on? Martinez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kven's face.
Martinez 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. Kven tries to reverse the position but Martinez maintains control. Martinez controlling the position easily from mount. Kven swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Martinez landing strikes from the mount and Kven is in trouble! Martinez working for a submission but Kven is keeping him at bay. Martinez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Martinez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Martinez scoring with strikes but Kven is staying in there. Martinez lands a big elbow. Martinez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Martinez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kven is looking to escape. Martinez working Kven over with strikes here. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason Martinez dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Kven closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kven as Martinez tries to tie him up. Martinez scores with a hook to the body. Kven lands with a short shot to the head. Martinez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kven is defending well for now. Kven wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Martinez has him pressed against the cage. Kven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kven paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Martinez rushes Kven and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Kven tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Martinez successfully pulls guard.
Martinez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kven loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Martinez uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Sloppy strikes from Martinez. Those never looked like landing. Martinez scores with a three punch combo!
That's one minute gone in the round. Martinez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Kven throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land. Martinez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kven to see if he's OK. Martinez avoids the strikes from the bottom by Kven. Martinez lands a nice forearm strike. Kven is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard. Martinez lands with a punch from half guard. Kven flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Martinez works his way into full mount! Martinez cracks Kven with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kven flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Martinez blocks Kven's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom. Martinez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Martinez with shots to the head and body - Kven looks very uncomfortable down there. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kven throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing. Martinez is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kven to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kven shrugs it off. Kven is desperately trying to improve his position but Martinez has a good base and remains in mount. Kven throwing hammer fists to the chest of Martinez. What's that going to do exactly? Martinez is in the full mount, landing strikes. Kven is desperately trying to improve his position but Martinez has a good base and remains in mount. Kven is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Martinez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kven's face.
Kven takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Martinez with the ground and pound from mount. Kven swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. Kven swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing. Kven taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kven is in all sorts of trouble here.
Martinez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Martinez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Martinez punishing his opponent with strikes. Martinez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kven throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing. Martinez wants to control the pace but Kven is squirming around nicely. Kven really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Martinez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Martinez with shots to the head and body - Kven looks very uncomfortable down there. Kven throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing. Kven takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Kven is looking to improve his position but Martinez isn't that keen on the idea. Martinez breaks from Kven's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Martinez working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Kven turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Martinez off and cradles Kven's limp body as Martinez celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Jason Martinez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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