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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gaspard Caderousse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Martinez's choice of entrance music: Rage against the machine - Wake Up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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169 cm
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150 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gaspard Caderousse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Martinez has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Caderousse dives in and grabs Martinez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Martinez pushes down on Caderousse's head and hops out.
Martinez throws a head kick but Caderousse moves out of range.
Martinez tries to clinch but Caderousse is having none of it.
Caderousse goes for a double leg but Martinez avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Martinez continues to drive forward.
Martinez working Caderousse over with knees to the body.
Martinez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Martinez lands a good knee to the midsection. Caderousse won't want to take too many of those.
Martinez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martinez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Caderousse lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Caderousse blocks the elbow strike.
Caderousse blocks the elbow strike.
Martinez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caderousse.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caderousse on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martinez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caderousse has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Caderousse jumps guard but Martinez turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaspard Caderousse. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caderousse blocks it with crossed arms.
Martinez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caderousse blocks it with crossed arms.
Martinez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Caderousse managing to block the knees to the body from Martinez.
Caderousse tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Martinez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Martinez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Caderousse drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Martinez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Caderousse wants to take the fight to the mat but Martinez manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caderousse avoiding damage as Martinez throws knees to the body.
Caderousse is trying to drag Martinez to the mat but Martinez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Martinez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Martinez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Caderousse.
Martinez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caderousse is defending well for now.
Caderousse blocks an elbow strike.
Caderousse avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Martinez is stalling here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Caderousse's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
Martinez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Caderousse's face.
Caderousse is trying to pull guard but Martinez has him pressed against the cage.
Martinez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Martinez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caderousse blocks it with crossed arms.
Caderousse letting Martinez take a breather here.
Martinez trying to land knees to the body.
Martinez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caderousse has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Caderousse blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Caderousse wants to take the fight to the mat but Martinez manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martinez taking a breather.
Caderousse tries to pull guard but Martinez holds him up against the cage and eventually Caderousse drops back down to his feet.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses.
Martinez missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martinez is pushing Caderousse up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Caderousse wants a takedown but no success here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Martinez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Caderousse blocks the body kick.
Caderousse looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Martinez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Caderousse takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Caderousse circles away from the clinch attempt.
Caderousse looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Caderousse shoots in looking for a takedown but Martinez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Caderousse's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Caderousse shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Martinez keeping control of the position.
Caderousse is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Caderousse 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 keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Martinez is trying to control but can't.
Ground and pound from Caderousse.
Caderousse prevents Martinez from improving his position.
Caderousse throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Caderousse not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caderousse throwing shots but Martinez is blocking nicely.
Caderousse is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Martinez doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Caderousse.
Martinez is trying to maintain the position but Caderousse is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caderousse throwing shots but Martinez is blocking nicely.
Caderousse lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caderousse drops an elbow to the side of Martinez's head.
Caderousse wants to control but Martinez is keeping him busy.
Caderousse looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Martinez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Caderousse seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Caderousse is trying to work for a kimura but Martinez is defending well.
Caderousse not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Caderousse passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Caderousse wants to control but instead Martinez manages to regain half guard.
Caderousse wants to pass to mount but Martinez is defending the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caderousse stalling away here and it's allowed Martinez to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Caderousse lands a couple of digs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gaspard Caderousse dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Martinez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Caderousse tries for a takedown but Martinez circles away easily
and Martinez counters with an inside leg kick.
Martinez has managed to clinch.
Martinez tries to land knees in the clinch but Caderousse avoids the damage to the body.
Martinez wants to stall.
Martinez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Caderousse's defenses.
Caderousse is trying to drag Martinez to the mat but Martinez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Martinez trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez lands a damaging elbow.
Caderousse drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Martinez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gaspard Caderousse. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Caderousse tries to pull guard but Martinez won't allow it.
Martinez crunches a lovely knee into Caderousse's ribcage.
Caderousse drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Martinez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Martinez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Caderousse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caderousse jumps guard but Martinez turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Martinez tries to stall but Caderousse uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Martinez looking to stall.
Martinez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez effectively controlling the action here.
Martinez breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caderousse has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Martinez.
Martinez throws a sloppy head kick and Caderousse moves out of range easily.
Martinez is looking to clinch but Caderousse is avoiding it.
Caderousse fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Caderousse avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Caderousse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martinez doesn't manage to clinch there - Caderousse circles away.
Martinez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Caderousse.
Caderousse closes this distance looking for a takedown but Martinez circles away.
Martinez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Caderousse.
Martinez scores with a shot to the body.
Martinez gets caught napping as Caderousse dives in and scores a takedown. Martinez manages to retain guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caderousse throws an elbow that misses. Martinez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Caderousse's guard. Nice move by Martinez!
Caderousse throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Caderousse escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Martinez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Caderousse looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Martinez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Caderousse is looking for a triangle but Martinez pushes his legs off easily.
Martinez looking to pass the guard.
Caderousse looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Victor Martinez.
I think Martinez has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Victor Martinez!
Post fight, Victor Martinez stared into the camera and said 'Who's next?...... Please don't send another " URBAN SAMURAY"..... Jajajaj...'.
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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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