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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Martinsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victorio comes to the cage accompanied by Massive Attack - Angel. Martinsson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bleach - Fade to Black B13A. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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193 cm
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266 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
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200 cm
27
231 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonny Victorio! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fedor Martinsson! The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Victorio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martinsson moves away. Martinsson throws a front kick aimed at Victorio's knee but Victorio avoids it well. Martinsson moves into range and connects with a jab.
It looks like Jonny Victorio has been cut. Nice shot by Victorio. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Martinsson swings and misses with a shot to the body and Victorio counters with a low kick, right behind Martinsson 's knee. Victorio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Martinsson checks a low kick from Victorio. Martinsson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Martinsson drops his hands momentarily and Victorio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Victorio misses with the combination.
Victorio looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Martinsson swings for the body but Victorio moves out of range.
Victorio lands a nice looking kick to the body. Martinsson takes a step back to recover. Martinsson lands with a good body shot. Victorio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Martinsson.
That's one minute gone in the round. Victorio drives through with a takedown into Martinsson's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Victorio preventing the sweep. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Victorio slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Victorio postures up.
Martinsson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Victorio defends it easily. Martinsson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Victorio. Victorio looking to pass the guard. Martinsson has his foot on Victorio's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Victorio works his way back into a safe position though. Victorio passes Martinsson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Martinsson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Victorio scores with a couple of nice shots. Victorio wants to control but Martinsson is keeping him busy. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Victorio moves into full mount! Martinsson won't be happy about that! Victorio sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Victorio looking to finish Martinsson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Martinsson! Martinsson tries to improve his position but instead Victorio has taken his back! Victorio wants to control but Martinsson is keeping busy. Martinsson wants to control his opponent's hands but Victorio gets his hands free. Victorio working for a choke but Martinsson is defending well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Martinsson is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Victorio gets his way!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Martinsson is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Victorio lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Victorio is persistently looking for the submission but Martinsson is defending it well.
Martinsson trying to control the hands but Victorio breaks the grip. Victorio is landing with strikes. Martinsson can't take much more of this. Victorio goes for a risky armbar from back mount and it's not paid off. Martinsson escapes and is now in half guard on top. Victorio is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Martinsson is working for a submission of some sort.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Victorio is in trouble now - Martinsson has advanced to mount! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Martinsson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Victorio is looking to escape. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonny Victorio dominated that round. The cut man is working on Jonny Victorio's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Martinsson lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Victorio has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Victorio and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. A looping hook to the body misses from Martinsson. Victorio does a little dance to reset his feet. Martinsson misses with a body punch
enabling Victorio to counter with a crisp jab. Victorio misses the jab. Martinsson on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Martinsson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. A head kick misses from Martinsson. Martinsson avoids the head kick by Victorio.
Martinsson avoids the body shot from Victorio.
Martinsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Victorio manages to avoid it. Victorio lands with a cross. Martinsson tries to work over Victorio's front leg with a kick but Victorio checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Victorio looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinsson is just out of range. Victorio moves out of range as Martinsson strikes. Martinsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Victorio manages to avoid it. Victorio ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Martinsson is breathing heavily. Victorio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martinsson.
Victorio drops Martinsson with a beautiful combination! Martinsson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Victorio is looking for the KO!
Martinsson is rocked!
It looks like Fedor Martinsson has been cut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Victorio lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Martinsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Victorio finish him? Victorio scores with a jab to the body. Martinsson seems to have recovered his senses. Victorio lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Victorio lands a brutal head kick. Martinsson looks out on his feet and Victorio throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Jonny Victorio! Jonny Victorio retains his heavyweight title! Jonny Victorio very nearly forgot to thank Perkele! amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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