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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 1921 p4p, 230 weight class) and Ladera Hawthorne (ranked 2077 p4p, 245 weight class). Hawthorne has chosen Beef Rap - MF DOOM as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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240 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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270 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ladera Hawthorne!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Hawthorne.
Martinyuk waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hawthorne.
Hawthorne misses with a hook. Martinyuk ducked under it nicely.
Hawthorne takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martinyuk looks to land a body kick but Hawthorne moved away.
Martinyuk looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Martinyuk keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Martinyuk on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Martinyuk lands a body shot.
Hawthorne lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinyuk scores with a punch to the head.
Hawthorne scores with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawthorne misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Martinyuk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Ladera Hawthorne has been cut.
Martinyuk lands a nice hook to Hawthorne's body. Hawthorne takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Martinyuk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hawthorne throws a lazy uppercut
and Hawthorne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martinyuk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hawthorne.
And Martinyuk counters with a quick kick to the body but Hawthorne blocks it.
Martinyuk with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hawthorne missing with a left hand there. Martinyuk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hawthorne misses with an uppercut.
Martinyuk throwing a counter right hand but Hawthorne manages to avoid it.
Martinyuk darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne gets tackled into the ropes by Martinyuk. Martinyuk maintains the clinch.
Hawthorne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hawthorne breaks the clinch.
Martinyuk avoids the body shot from Hawthorne.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawthorne misses with a looping left.
Martinyuk half committed to a counter leg kick.
Martinyuk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hawthorne throws a lazy head kick
letting Martinyuk counter with a right hand.
Hawthorne throws a lazy uppercut
and Martinyuk counters with a nice uppercut.
Martinyuk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hawthorne.
A big right from Hawthorne misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne throws a leg kick
and Martinyuk counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hawthorne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hawthorne takes a swing at Martinyuk's ribcage but misses.
Hawthorne misses with a body shot.
Martinyuk fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hawthorne just manages to avoid it.
Martinyuk swings for the body but Hawthorne moves out of range.
Hawthorne takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Martinyuk.
Martinyuk lands with a nice body kick.
Hawthorne looks winded!
Martinyuk throws a hook but Hawthorne blocks it.
Hawthorne let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawthorne tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hawthorne drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hawthorne moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinyuk comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hawthorne on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Martinyuk is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Martinyuk sends Hawthorne crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Martinyuk is motioning to the referee to let Hawthorne up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Hawthorne is rocked!
Hawthorne misses with a straight left.
It looked like Martinyuk wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Martinyuk dips to his left and cracks Hawthorne with an uppercut!
Hawthorne is still on wobbly legs! Can Martinyuk finish him?
Martinyuk with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hawthorne seems to have recovered his senses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk cracks Hawthorne with a good jab.
Martinyuk misses with a lunging right hand
and Hawthorne counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hawthorne throws a hook but Martinyuk blocks it.
Martinyuk feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hawthorne waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martinyuk.
Martinyuk is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hawthorne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martinyuk was well out of range. Poor timing from Hawthorne.
Martinyuk thuds his shin into the meat of Hawthorne's side.
Martinyuk takes the fight into the clinch.
Martinyuk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Hawthorne is trying to force a seperation but Martinyuk has the dominant position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk tries a body shot but Hawthorne blocks it.
Hawthorne tries to throw a body punch but Martinyuk avoids it by throwing Hawthorne back against the ropes.
Martinyuk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Martinyuk scores with a shot to the side of Hawthorne's head.
Martinyuk scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A body shot lands from Hawthorne.
Martinyuk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hawthorne is keeping his hands low and just asking to be knocked out. Martinyuk Raises his leg and lands a stunning axe kick! Hawthorne is out cold, face down on the mat!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Leonid Martinyuk!
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hype
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pop
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