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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Erick Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Swayze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erick Martinez has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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175 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Erick Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Oscar Swayze!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Martinez avoids the attempt from Swayze to control.
Swayze might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Martinez kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Martinez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Swayze is looking to escape.
Martinez prevents Swayze from getting the reversal.
Swayze is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez avoids the attempt from Swayze to control.
Martinez content just to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swayze tries to hold on but Martinez postures up.
Martinez tries to control but Swayze wriggling away.
Swayze is in all sorts of trouble here.
Martinez looking to control but Swayze is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Martinez fails to take his opponent's back.
Swayze's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Martinez controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martinez gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Martinez shoots in but no luck this time.
Swayze buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez moves out of range as Swayze throws a body kick.
Swayze doesn't manage to clinch there - Martinez circles away.
Swayze is looking to clinch.
Swayze doesn't manage to clinch there - Martinez circles away.
Swayze gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Swayze breaks the clinch.
Swayze circles away from the clinch attempt
and Swayze counters with an inside leg kick.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Swayze wants to clinch.
Swayze does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Swayze scores with a leg kick.
Martinez misses with a takedown
and Swayze counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erick Martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Swayze stalling against the cage.
Swayze breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Oscar Swayze will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Swayze looks to clinch
so Martinez counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Swayze is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Swayze keeps moving.
Martinez looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Martinez wants to get up but he can't break Swayze's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Swayze wants to stand and escape but Martinez is having none of it.
Swayze is striking but Martinez is not phased and passes to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Swayze wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swayze tries to kick Martinez off but Martinez keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Swayze tries to clinch
and Martinez counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Martinez.
Swayze manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Swayze sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Swayze trying to control but Martinez is having none of it.
Swayze sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is working to get back to half guard.
Martinez is working hard here to advance position.
Swayze tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Martinez tries to hold on but Swayze pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swayze prevents Martinez from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martinez wants to control but Swayze is having none of it.
Swayze content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Swayze is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Martinez has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Martinez has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Swayze's lack of action.
Swayze is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Martinez defends it well.
Martinez is looking to control Swayze's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Martinez avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erick Martinez dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Martinez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Swayze regains half guard there - taking advantage of Martinez's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Martinez content to control rather than advance.
Martinez wants to free his trapped foot but Swayze is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Swayze is controlling Martinez's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swayze trying to control from the bottom.
Swayze is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Swayze is doing well to control the position and prevent Martinez from advancing to side control.
Martinez prevents Swayze from improving his position.
Martinez passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Swayze!
Martinez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
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.
Martinez wants to control the pace but Swayze is squirming around nicely.
Martinez is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Swayze wants to try and get back to his feet.
Swayze keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Martinez looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Martinez avoids the attempt from Swayze to control.
Martinez tries to control but Swayze wriggling away.
Swayze looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Martinez throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Swayze tries to break free.
Swayze wants to get back to his feet.
Martinez 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, Swayze has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Swayze holding both Martinez 's hands and preventing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Erick Martinez showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Martinez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erick Martinez!
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