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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martez Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Izuagbe Ugoh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ugoh comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Inner Circle - Bad Boys kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Martez Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Izuagbe Ugoh!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ugoh looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ugoh throws a body shot but no joy.
Lopez cracks Ugoh with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Ugoh looks to land a combination. Lopez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Martez Lopez has been cut.
Lopez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've been hearing reports that Lopez has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lopez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ugoh pinned against the cage. Ugoh gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ugoh misses with an uppercut. Lopez saw that one coming.
Lopez punishes Ugoh's body with a nice straight punch.
Ugoh misses with a leg kick
and Lopez counters with a single leg into guard. Ugoh didn't expect that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lopez throwing strikes from guard but Ugoh blocks nicely.
Lopez wants to control from the top but Ugoh keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ugoh holds on and takes a little breather.
Lopez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ugoh working a defensive guard here.
Lopez is pushing down on Ugoh's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ugoh is fighting to maintain full guard but Lopez has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ugoh tries to get to full guard but Lopez has control of the leg.
Lopez wants to take a breather but Ugoh is having none of it.
Lopez lands strikes from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Lopez connects with a nice short shot to Ugoh's temple.
Lopez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ugoh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lopez.
Lopez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lopez is looking to take a break and control but Ugoh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lopez working over Ugoh with some ground and pound. Ugoh looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ugoh is holding on to half guard well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lopez in particular looking to stall.
Lopez moves nicely into side control.
Lopez trying to control the position but Ugoh is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is staying tight to Ugoh's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Ugoh takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Lopez is looking to take a break and control but Ugoh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lopez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ugoh to see if he's OK.
Ugoh felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ugoh is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lopez connects with a decent elbow.
Ugoh is looking to reverse the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martez Lopez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Martez Lopez's cut.
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.
Ugoh feints and then cracks Lopez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lopez down.
Ugoh with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ugoh avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ugoh throws a lazy uppercut
and Lopez counters with a shoot takedown. Ugoh fights it but they end up in guard.
Ugoh is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ugoh keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.
Ugoh working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez trying to control but Ugoh is working from the bottom.
Ugoh being controlled here, momentarily.
Ugoh keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A low kick from Ugoh is predictable there
and Lopez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lopez is looking to take a break and control but Ugoh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lopez tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ugoh knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Martez Lopez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez winds up and cracks Ugoh with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Lopez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ugoh does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ugoh avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lopez.
Lopez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lopez in particular looking to stall.
Ugoh won't allow Lopez to pass to mount.
Ugoh is in trouble now - Lopez has advanced to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez controlling his opponent.
Lopez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ugoh?
Lopez looking to finish with strikes here!
Lopez looking to finish Ugoh with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ugoh!
Lopez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Lopez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ugoh is looking to escape.
Lopez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ugoh looks a forlorn figure.
Ugoh regains half guard.
Ugoh is refusing to be controlled, as Lopez sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez is really struggling to control Ugoh but he's trying to hold on to the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lopez controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martez Lopez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Martez Lopez's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Ugoh thuds a left hand into Lopez's body.
Ugoh throws the left hand but Lopez avoids the punch easily.
Lopez tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Ugoh manages to circle out of the way.
Ugoh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ugoh throws a leg kick
and Lopez counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Ugoh!
Ugoh struggling a bit here.
Lopez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ugoh keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Ugoh works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Lopez throwing shots but Ugoh is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ugoh is refusing to be controlled, as Lopez sits in half guard.
Lopez throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Ugoh to regain full guard.
Lopez passes Ugoh's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Lopez wants to control but Ugoh is keeping him busy.
Lopez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Izuagbe Ugoh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lopez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lopez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lopez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ugoh keeps working.
Ugoh is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lopez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ugoh trying to hold on to Lopez's head to control him but Lopez postures up.
Lopez is trying to control the action in half guard but Ugoh is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez is just content to waste time from the top position. Ugoh takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Lopez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Lopez advances to half guard.
Lopez controlling the action here.
Lopez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ugoh does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ugoh on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lopez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Lopez.
Lopez throwing shots but Ugoh is blocking nicely.
Ugoh has hold of Lopez's hands but Lopez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lopez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lopez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ugoh can do to turn this around?
Lopez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lopez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lopez moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Ugoh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Martez Lopez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lopez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martez Lopez!
An out of breath Martez Lopez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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