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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yap Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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198 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brandon Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yap Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin fails with a takedown attempt.
Taylor closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Martin to the mat! Martin manages to get full guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Martin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Taylor defending well though.
Martin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Taylor is looking for a sweep. Martin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Taylor trying to control from the bottom.
Martin trying to mount his opponent but Taylor defends it.
Taylor is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Martin pulls his head out easily.
Taylor is trying to maintain the position but Martin is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Martin there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martin working Taylor over with strikes.
Martin throwing shots but Taylor is blocking nicely.
Martin is trying to work for a kimura but Taylor is defending well.
Martin is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Taylor sees it coming and defends easily.
Taylor taking some punishment here, with Martin in his half guard.
Martin lands with a punch from half guard.
Taylor is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Martin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Martin's back!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taylor has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Martin has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor tries to keep control of the position but Martin is staying busy.
Martin is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Martin manages to reverse the position and now he's in Taylor's guard. Nice work there by Martin.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Martin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Martin stopping the sweep attempt from Taylor.
Martin looking to pass the guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Taylor can do anything to dispel that myth.
Martin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Martin is looking to work some ground and pound but Taylor has wrist control.
Martin passes into half guard.
Martin scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Taylor is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Martin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Martin's back!
Taylor tightening his grip on Martin, looking for the choke.
Martin manages to reverse the position and now he's in Taylor's guard. Nice work there by Martin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martin postures up.
Martin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Martin works over Taylor with some ground and pound from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Martin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
No luck for Martin with that takedown attempt.
Yap Taylor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martin drives through with a takedown into Taylor's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Martin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Taylor has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Martin is working away from the top position though.
Taylor moves into full guard.
Taylor is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Martin tries to get to full guard but Taylor has control of the leg.
Martin kicks off Taylor and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Taylor avoids it really well and circles away.
Martin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Martin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Taylor defending well though.
Martin is working for a kimura but Taylor is defending it quite comfortably.
Martin winds up and cracks Taylor with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Brandon Martin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Taylor knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Martin has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin prevents Taylor from getting the reversal.
Martin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taylor tries to lock up and control but Martin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Martin landing punches.
Martin landing punches.
Martin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Martin looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Taylor covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Martin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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