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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Ulpius Traianus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes to the cage accompanied by McFadden and Whitehead - Ain't no stopping us now. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Ulpius Traianus!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez takes one to the side of the head.
Traianus checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Martinez throws a lazy uppercut
and Traianus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martinez throws a right hand that misses
and Traianus counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Traianus moves out of range as Martinez strikes.
Traianus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Martinez throws a looping overhand right but Traianus ducks down to avoid it.
Traianus ducks under a wild hook from Martinez.
Martinez misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martinez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Martinez showed some decent athleticism there.
Traianus avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Martinez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws a strike but Traianus avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Martinez trying to control but Traianus is working from the bottom.
Martinez scoring with some ground and pound.
Martinez throws a big elbow that misses.
Martinez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Traianus is trying to control the position but Martinez postures up.
That's two 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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Martinez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Traianus utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Martinez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martinez throws a big right hand that misses.
Traianus wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Traianus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Martinez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Martinez throwing strikes from guard but Traianus blocks nicely.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Martinez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Traianus.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a hook to the side of Traianus's head but Traianus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Martinez.
Martinez trying to control the position but Traianus is working away.
Martinez postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Martinez with the ground and pound but Traianus regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Martinez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Traianus's head.
Martinez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Traianus is trying to stand back up but Martinez is controlling him
Martinez with the ground and pound but Traianus uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Martinez throws a big right hand that misses.
Martinez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Traianus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martinez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Martinez postures up in Traianus's guard and throws a big left but Traianus blocks it.
Martinez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Traianus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sloppy strikes from Traianus. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that round.
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.
Martinez throws a right hand that misses
letting Traianus counter with a right hand.
Traianus throws a jab when Martinez was well out of range.
Martinez gets a double leg takedown into Traianus's guard.
Martinez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Traianus preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Martinez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Martinez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Javier Martinez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Traianus utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Traianus avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Traianus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Martinez landing with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Martinez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Traianus controls Martinez momentarily but Martinez frees himself.
Martinez is in close to Traianus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Martinez throwing strikes but missing.
Traianus utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Traianus has momentary wrist control but Martinez slips an elbow through the middle.
Martinez postures up in Traianus's guard and throws a big left but Traianus blocks it.
Martinez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Martinez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Traianus's head.
Martinez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Martinez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Traianus 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.
Martinez cracks Traianus with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Traianus is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martinez postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Martinez throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Martinez tests Traianus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Martinez misses with a hook.
Traianus slips a straight right by Martinez.
Javier Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Traianus moves out of range of the strikes.
Martinez misses with an uppercut. Traianus saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Martinez lands an elbow.
Martinez is working Traianus over with some ground and pound from side control.
Traianus is rocked!
It looks like Marcus Ulpius Traianus has been cut.
Martinez cracks Traianus with a big elbow.
Traianus is still in real trouble! Can Martinez finish him?
A big shot lands for Martinez! That's hurt Traianus! Will he recover? Martinez fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Javier Martinez!
A victorious Javier Martinez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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