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Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Teo Tui (ranked 5208 p4p, 374 weight class) and JJ Martinez (ranked 6109 p4p, 392 weight class). Teo Tui has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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149 lbs
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Excellent boxer
Big right hand
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Decent boxing
Heavy handed
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Teo Tui!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, JJ Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez moves in looking to clinch but Tui pushes him off.
Tui seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Martinez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martinez tries to clinch up.
Martinez tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tui connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martinez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tui definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tui gets tackled into the ropes by Martinez. Martinez maintains the clinch.
Tui blocking some punches.
Martinez tries to work over Tui's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tui blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tui tries to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling the position.
Tui is trying to push Martinez away but Martinez has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tui's elbow.
Tui can't break the clinch.
Martinez tries to land knees in the clinch but Tui avoids the damage to the body.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tui avoids it.
Tui blocks an elbow strike.
Tui blocks an uppercut.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Martinez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
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.
Tui dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Tui has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Martinez tries a body shot but Tui blocks it.
Tui wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Martinez has him pressed against the ropes.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Tui blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Tui managing to block the knees to the body from Martinez.
Tui can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JJ Martinez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Martinez tries to clinch but Tui is having none of it.
Teo Tui is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tui circles away from the clinch attempt
and Tui counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martinez moves into the clinch successfully.
Martinez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tui.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Tui is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.
Tui blocking some punches.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Tui.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tui blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Martinez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tui.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Tui uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but Tui blocks it.
Martinez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tui.
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tui's elbow.
Tui blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tui is trying to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling him.
Martinez working aggressively here.
JJ Martinez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martinez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Tui.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tui blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tui blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinez tries a body shot but Tui blocks it.
Tui blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JJ Martinez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but Tui swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martinez rushes Tui and presses him up against the ropes.
Martinez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tui backwards.
Tui blocking some punches.
Martinez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tui is defending well for now.
Martinez works on Tui's body with a couple of short punches.
Martinez pushes Tui back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tui blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinez struggles to land a body shot inside as Tui controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tui blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tui avoiding damage as Martinez throws knees to the body.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but Tui blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tui can't break the clinch.
Martinez gets through Tui's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Martinez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Martinez tries to land knees in the clinch but Tui avoids the damage to the body.
Martinez misses with some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tui's brow.
Martinez missing with knees to the body.
Tui wants to break free but Martinez has control.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martinez missing with knees to the body.
Tui wants to get back to striking at distance but Martinez won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tui on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tui blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tui prevents a body shot from Martinez.
Tui tries to circle away but Martinez has him pinned against the ropes.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Tui uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tui is trying to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling him.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Tui uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teo Tui has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
JJ Martinez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Martinez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 26:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JJ Martinez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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