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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Warwick Martigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Cronos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martigan's entrance music is Safety Dance. A fine choice. Cronos has chosen Sandstorm as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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178 cm
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145 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Warwick Martigan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Cronos!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cronos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sloppy strikes from Martigan. Those never looked like landing.
We've been told by Martigan's head coaches at Hey Steve's Fight Shack that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cronos works over Martigan's head and body with a nice combination.
Cronos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cronos gets tackled into the cage by Martigan. Martigan maintains the clinch.
Martigan throws an elbow that misses.
Martigan misses with a punch on the inside.
Martigan misses with a body punch.
Martigan just leaning against Cronos, taking a breather.
Martigan lands an uppercut.
Martigan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martigan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martigan seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Cronos is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Cronos is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Martigan can't fight it off and eventually Cronos manages to take the fight to the floor. Martigan looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Martigan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cronos's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martigan wants to control from the top but Cronos keeps moving.
Cronos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Martigan passes into half guard.
Martigan throws a strike but Cronos avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Martigan stopping the sweep attempt from Cronos.
Martigan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martigan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martigan throwing strikes from guard but Cronos blocks nicely.
Martigan stopping the sweep attempt from Cronos.
Cronos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Martigan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cronos trying to control but Martigan is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cronos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Martigan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Martigan trying to control the position.
Cronos looking to sit in guard and control but Martigan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cronos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Martigan defends it easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martigan throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cronos 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.
Martigan trying to control but Cronos is working from the bottom.
Cronos 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.
Martigan postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Cronos is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Martigan, into his guard.
Martigan keeping full guard, as Cronos tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jose Cronos will probably get the nod.
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.
Martigan tries to clinch but Cronos is having none of it.
Cronos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Martigan circles away.
Cronos misses with a takedown attempt - Martigan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Martigan loads up on a big right hand but Cronos slips the punch.
Warwick Martigan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martigan throws a hook but Cronos avoids it easily.
Warwick Martigan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Cronos misses.
Martigan misses with a wild combination.
Martigan misses with an uppercut
and Cronos counters with a nice body shot.
Cronos moves out of range as Martigan strikes.
Cronos lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Martigan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Martigan punishes Cronos's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cronos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Martigan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Warwick Martigan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cronos shoots for a takedown but Martigan saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Warwick Martigan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Cronos.
Martigan scores with a jab to the body.
Cronos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Martigan looks for the body kick but Cronos saw that one coming.
Martigan tries to close the distance and clinch but Cronos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Martigan. Those never looked like landing.
Martigan misses with a body shot.
Cronos scores with a jab to the head.
Martigan slips a jab and a cross from Cronos.
Martigan throws a shot from downtown. Cronos moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martigan feints and then cracks Cronos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cronos down.
Martigan misses with a lunging right hand
and Cronos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Martigan is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Martigan is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martigan wants to clinch
and Cronos rattles Martigan with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Martigan tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Cronos dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Martigan stiff and motionless on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jose Cronos!
Jose Cronos was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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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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