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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Martin Laird (ranked 7960 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Faldo (ranked 2694 p4p, 0 weight class). Laird comes to the cage accompanied by Chamillionaire - Price of Failure. Faldo has chosen Paparazzi Pone - Man Down as his entrance music. Nick Faldo is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Laird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Faldo!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laird scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
It looks like Nick Faldo has been cut.
Laird paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Laird.
Faldo tries to counter by closing the distance.
Laird connects with a solid leg kick.
Laird misses with a wild body shot.
Faldo steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Laird.
Laird throws the left hand but Faldo avoids the punch easily.
Faldo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Faldo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Faldo slips under a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Laird there.
Faldo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Faldo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laird.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faldo takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Faldo missing with a left hand there. Laird was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faldo blocks a head kick by Laird.
Faldo wants to counter with a clinch but Laird pushes him away.
Faldo looks to land a left hand but Laird moved out of range nicely.
Faldo moves into range and connects with a jab.
Faldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Laird is just out of range.
Faldo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big right from Laird misses.
Laird takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Laird connects with the punch.
Faldo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Faldo takes one to the side of the head.
Laird lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faldo misses with a wild body shot.
Laird swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Faldo looks to score with a jab to the body but Laird is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laird bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Faldo's head backwards.
Laird misses with a body kick.
Laird displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That has opened up Nick Faldo's cut even more.
Laird lands with a right hand.
A big right from Laird misses.
Nice defenses there by Faldo.
Faldo scores with a punch to the head.
Laird throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Faldo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Faldo.
Faldo digs a right hand into Laird's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Laird's gas tank.
Laird lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Laird.
Faldo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Laird backwards.
Faldo misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laird blocks a body shot from Faldo.
Laird blocks an uppercut.
Faldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Laird throws a punch but it's blocked by Faldo.
Faldo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laird misses with a hook from the clinch.
Faldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Laird throws an elbow but misses.
Laird lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Faldo lands a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Laird.
Faldo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Faldo fails to land.
Faldo misses with a punch to the body.
Faldo misses with a punch to the body.
Laird fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Laird.
Faldo lands a right hand.
Faldo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Faldo scores with a shot to the side of Laird's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Laird has a couple of punches blocked by Faldo.
Faldo lands with a light punch inside.
Laird prevents a body shot from Faldo.
Faldo blocks an elbow strike from Laird.
Faldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Laird.
Faldo avoiding damage as Laird throws knees to the body.
Faldo misses with a body punch.
Laird lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Faldo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Faldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Laird lands an uppercut.
The cut above Nick Faldo's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Faldo managing to block the knees to the body from Laird.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Laird dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Faldo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Faldo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Laird - the referee stops the clock and Faldo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Laird. Faldo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Faldo moves out of range of the strikes.
Faldo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Faldo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Faldo misses with an uppercut.
Laird throws a head kick but Faldo moves out of range.
Laird throws a big shot that misses.
Laird lands the left hand.
Laird lands a jab to Faldo's midsection.
Faldo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Laird is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Faldo can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laird moves out of range as Faldo strikes.
Laird misses with a body kick.
Laird throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Faldo is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faldo throws the left hand but Laird avoids the punch easily.
Faldo slips a straight right by Laird.
Faldo tries to counter by closing the distance.
Faldo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Faldo lands a right hook to the body.
Faldo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laird.
Faldo misses with a leg kick
and Laird counters with an inside leg kick.
Laird tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Faldo tries to counter with a clinch but Laird shakes him off and moves away.
A low kick from Faldo misses
and Laird counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Faldo throws a jab when Laird was well out of range.
Laird loads up on a big right hand but Faldo slips the punch.
Faldo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laird throws a low kick but Faldo avoids it.
Laird blocks a leg kick.
Faldo connects with an inside leg kick.
Faldo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Laird.
Martin Laird is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faldo misses with a looping right.
Laird dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Faldo. That did some damage!
Laird cracks a nice hook into Faldo's ribs.
Faldo checks a low kick from Laird.
Faldo cracks a nice hook into Laird's ribs.
Laird defending well as Faldo loads up on a big left hand.
Nice cross by Faldo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faldo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laird connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Laird thows a left - swing and a miss!
Faldo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Laird checks a low kick from Faldo.
Faldo feints a jab promting Laird to slip. Faldo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Laird slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Laird. That snapped Faldo's head back.
Laird tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Faldo wants to counter with a clinch but Laird pushes him away.
Laird cracks the inside of Faldo's front leg.
Faldo throws a leg kick but Laird sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Faldo misses with a left hand
and Laird counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Faldo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laird misses with the combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Faldo throws an overhand right that lands on Laird's shoulder, as Laird tries to avoid the shot.
Laird thinks about countering with a head kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Laird, right into the meat.
Faldo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Faldo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Faldo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laird.
Faldo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Faldo is looking to score with low kicks.
Laird misses with a leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Faldo moves out of range as Laird strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martin Laird dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nick Faldo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Faldo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Laird counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Faldo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Laird lands a jab to the head.
Faldo throws a hook to the side of Laird's head but Laird sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Laird looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Faldo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Laird.
Laird checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Laird swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A solid body kick from Laird.
Faldo misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faldo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Laird. Laird obviously looking to wear him down.
Laird looks to land a left hand but Faldo moved out of range nicely.
Laird swings for the body but Faldo moves out of range.
No joy there for Laird, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faldo misses with a low kick.
Laird fires out a quick counter leg kick but Faldo just manages to avoid it.
Faldo lands with a straight right. Laird didn't see that one coming.
Laird misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Faldo thows a body kick. Laird tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Faldo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Faldo misses with a right hand
and Laird counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Laird scores with a punch to the head.
Nick Faldo's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Laird connects with a single shot there.
Laird misses with a hook
and Faldo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Faldo.
Faldo wants to stall.
Faldo gets through Laird's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faldo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lairds head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Laird.
Faldo blocks an elbow strike from Laird.
Laird lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Laird just misses with a elbow thrown towards Faldo's brow.
Laird misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laird throws an elbow but it misses.
Faldo tries to throw a body punch but Laird avoids it by throwing Faldo back against the cage.
Laird throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Faldo.
Laird misses with a punch on the inside.
Faldo looking to stall.
Laird misses with a short punch on the inside.
Faldo misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faldo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Laird prevents a body shot from Faldo.
Faldo slowing the pace effectively.
Laird with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Faldo prevents a body shot from Laird.
Faldo pushes Laird back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Laird throws a punch but it's blocked by Faldo.
Faldo trying to control the position but instead, Laird has worked for underhooks and has pushed Faldo into the cage.
Faldo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Faldo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Laird misses with a short punch on the inside.
Faldo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Faldo has a couple of punches blocked by Laird.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faldo avoids a wild elbow strike from Laird.
Faldo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Faldo dodges an elbow strike from Laird.
Laird lands an elbow that stopped Faldo in his tracks for a moment.
Laird is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Faldo is defending well for now.
Laird misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Faldo.
Faldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Faldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Laird.
Faldo blocks an uppercut.
Faldo swings wildly with an uppercut but Laird uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faldo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Laird backwards.
Faldo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Laird.
Nick Faldo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Laird tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Faldo's elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Laird showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Laird, 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Martin Laird!
An out of breath Martin Laird 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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