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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Turbo Epicity (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osvaldo Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Epicity's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Semi Charmed Life. Osvaldo Martinez told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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181 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Turbo Epicity!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Osvaldo Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Martinez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Epicity is trying to keep Martinez in close.
Martinez scoring with some ground and pound.
Martinez has gone for a leg lock! Epicity slips out almost immediately though and dives into Martinez's guard.
Martinez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Epicity wants to pass the guard but Martinez is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epicity controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Martinez is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Epicity defends well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity wants to pass the guard but Martinez is keeping the position.
Epicity stands and throws Martinez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Martinez tries to bench press Epicity off him but Epicity keeps the position.
Martinez manages to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Martinez controlling the position for now.
Martinez wants to control but Epicity is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Epicity wants to lay and pray for a moment but Martinez keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Epicity is taking a breather. Martinez says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Martinez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Epicity is working away from the top position though.
Martinez keeps control of the position for the meantime.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Epicity misses with a wild combination.
Martinez throws a jab when Epicity was well out of range.
Martinez throws a shot from downtown. Epicity moves away and avoids it.
Martinez dodges the punch combination from Epicity.
Epicity keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crunch! Epicity slams his shin into Martinez's torso.
Martinez moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity lets loose with a powerful body kick. Martinez will feel that in the morning.
Epicity lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big right from Martinez misses.
Epicity bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Martinez's head backwards.
Epicity throws a good cross that connects.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Martinez. Epicity shrugs it off though.
A chopping leg kick lands by Epicity.
Martinez throws a solid leg kick but Epicity takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Martinez.
Epicity looks for the body kick but Martinez saw that one coming.
Epicity misses with a straight right.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Epicity scores with a leg kick.
Martinez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Epicity keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Turbo Epicity dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Some bone on bone action there as Epicity checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Good work by Martinez as he checks the leg kick.
Martinez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Epicity swivels and escapes.
Epicity misses with a low kick.
Epicity waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martinez.
Martinez misses with a body shot
and Epicity counters with an inside leg kick.
Martinez throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Epicity's head.
Epicity turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Epicity blocks the low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Epicity misses the target.
Epicity misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Epicity avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Martinez.
Epicity knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Martinez on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicity works his way to full guard. Good work.
My spies in Mello MMA inform me that Martinez has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Epicity seems keen to control Martinez's posture.
Martinez is in close to Epicity's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Epicity utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Epicity looking to control.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Epicity is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Epicity not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
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.
Epicity utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Martinez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Epicity utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Martinez throwing strikes but missing.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Martinez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Turbo Epicity is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martinez ducks right into an uppercut from Epicity.
Epicity slips a straight right by Martinez.
Epicity moves out of range as Martinez strikes.
Epicity misses with the combination.
Martinez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Epicity.
Martinez is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Epicity misses with a hook. Martinez ducked under it nicely.
Martinez with the counter takedown but Epicity avoids it easily.
A big right from Martinez misses.
Epicity was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity walks into a left hand.
Martinez lands with a straight right. Epicity didn't see that one coming.
Martinez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Epicity to the mat! Epicity manages to get full guard.
Martinez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Martinez with a nice head shot there.
Martinez is looking to work some ground and pound but Epicity has wrist control.
Martinez throwing strikes from guard but Epicity blocks nicely.
Osvaldo Martinez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Epicity bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Martinez's guard.
Epicity has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Martinez keeping moving, preventing Epicity from controlling successfully.
Martinez seems keen to control Epicity's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Epicity wants to control from the top but Martinez keeps moving.
Martinez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Epicity is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Epicity looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Osvaldo Martinez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Epicity throws a head kick that misses.
Martinez shoots in for a double leg but Epicity sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Martinez lands a nice hook to Epicity's body. Epicity takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Epicity takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Martinez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Martinez dives in for a single leg takedown but Epicity sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Epicity looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Epicity tries a head kick but it misses.
Epicity shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Epicity connects with a nice looking jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epicity scores with a shot to the body.
Epicity paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Epicity moves out of range of the strikes.
Epicity throws a quick counter kick to the body but Martinez avoids it.
Osvaldo Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez with a poor takedown
and Epicity connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Turbo Epicity has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Osvaldo Martinez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez shoots in and gets a takedown into Epicity's guard.
Epicity is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Epicity.
Martinez successfully pulls guard.
Epicity wants to control from the top but Martinez keeps moving.
Martinez is pulling down on Epicity's head to control his posture.
Martinez is trying to control the position but Epicity postures up.
Epicity engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity stopping the sweep attempt from Martinez.
Epicity advances position into side control!
Martinez manages to work his way to half guard, despite Epicity's best efforts.
The fighters are battling for position here. Martinez manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Epicity wants to pass the guard but Martinez is keeping the position.
Epicity postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Epicity wants to control from the top but Martinez keeps moving.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Martinez working a defensive guard here.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Martinez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Martinez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Epicity throws a quick inside leg kick.
Epicity is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Martinez scores with a hook.
Epicity looks to land a body kick but Martinez moved away.
Epicity takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a leg kick
and Epicity counters with a straight right hand.
Epicity feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Martinezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Epicity looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Epicity displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martinez throws out the jab.
It looked like Epicity was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Martinez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Epicity managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Martinez.
You can see the frustration on Epicity's face as Martinez controls the position.
Epicity taking punishment in the form of punches.
Epicity is not content to let Martinez control the position.
Epicity sneaks back into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Turbo Epicity clearly takes 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.
Nice defenses there by Martinez.
Martinez throws a poor cross that misses
and Epicity counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Martinez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Epicity.
Epicity blocks a head kick by Martinez.
Epicity looks to land a left hand but Martinez moved out of range nicely.
Horrible takedown attempt by Martinez or perhaps it was just good defense by Epicity, which made it look bad.
Epicity just misses with a punch to the body.
Epicity gets caught napping as Martinez dives in and scores a takedown. Epicity manages to retain guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Epicity is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Martinez throwing strikes but missing.
Epicity preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Martinez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Epicity pulls Martinez in close to prevent any damage.
Martinez trying to control but Epicity is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Epicity walks into a jab.
Epicity wants to slow Martinez down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice cross by Epicity.
Epicity takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Martinez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice sprawl there from Epicity as Martinez shoots in.
Epicity feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Martinezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Martinez staying out of range there.
Epicity jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Epicity takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Martinez lands a leg kick that knocks Epicity off balance momentarily.
Martinez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Epicity if he has to take too many more of those.
Martinez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Epicity manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Martinez keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
Epicity stops a takedown attempt from Martinez.
Turbo Epicity has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Osvaldo Martinez.
Martinez is trying to pull guard but Epicity has him pressed against the cage.
Epicity lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Epicity after a bit of a struggle.
Martinez is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Martinez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Epicity prevents it.
Epicity throws a head punch that misses.
Epicity lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martinez or not.
Epicity lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Epicity prevents the takedown attempt.
Epicity lands a shot to the body.
Epicity prevents the takedown attempt.
Epicity lands with a left to the head.
Epicity lands a body shot in the clinch.
Epicity softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Epicity.
Martinez takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Epicity.
Epicity scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Epicity lands with a left to the head.
Epicity scores with a shoulder strike.
Epicity scores with a nice hook to the head.
Martinez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Epicity throws a punch but it's blocked by Martinez.
Epicity scores with a shoulder strike.
Martinez fails to pull guard.
Epicity lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Epicity throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Turbo Epicity had his way with Osvaldo Martinez in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Martinez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Epicity. Epicity obviously looking to wear him down.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Epicity!
Martinez shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Martinez was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Epicity explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Martinez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Epicity ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martinez moves away.
Epicity looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinez is just out of range.
Epicity dips to his left and cracks Martinez with an uppercut!
A swing and a miss from Martinez.
Epicity dodges the punch combination from Martinez.
Epicity tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez blocks a head kick by Epicity.
Martinez misses with a left hand
and Epicity counters with a slapping leg kick.
Martinez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Epicity defends it nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Epicity. Those never looked like landing.
Martinez checks a low kick from Epicity.
Epicity connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Epicity looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinez is just out of range.
Epicity tries to clinch there but Martinez circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Martinez.
Martinez dives in and grabs Epicity's left leg, looking for a takedown. Epicity pushes down on Martinez's head and hops out.
Epicity swings for the body but Martinez moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Epicity on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice defenses there by Martinez.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Epicity blocks a head kick by Martinez.
Epicity feints and then cracks Martinez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Martinez down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Epicity.
Martinez cracks the inside of Epicity's front leg.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez checks a leg kick.
Epicity looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A slow jab from Epicity misses its intended target.
Martinez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt - Epicity sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Osvaldo Martinez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Turbo Epicity has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Osvaldo Martinez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a hook to the body
and Epicity counters with a stiff right hand.
Martinez throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Epicity to counter with a crisp jab.
Epicity scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Epicity throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martinez.
Epicity gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Epicity pulls Martinez in to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Martinez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Martinez looking to pass the guard.
Martinez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a big elbow that misses.
Epicity is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Martinez can do to turn this around?
Martinez being controlled here momentarily.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Martinez throws a strike but Epicity rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Martinez is trying to control the position but Epicity postures up.
Martinez wants to control but Epicity passes easily into half guard.
Martinez is trying is best to control the position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Turbo Epicity showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Epicity 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 49:46
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 49:46
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Turbo Epicity!
Turbo Epicity retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, Turbo Epicity, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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