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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between JJ Martinez (ranked 23325 p4p, 639 weight class) and Alex Swain (ranked 6900 p4p, 603 weight class). Alex Swain looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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149 lbs
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135 lbs
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Solid boxing
KO power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, JJ Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Swain!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez rushes Swain and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Swain blocks an uppercut.
Swain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Swain blocking some punches.
Swain blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Martinez.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Swain.
Swain managing to block the knees to the body from Martinez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Swain.
Martinez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swain.
Martinez really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Swain is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Swain working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but Swain blocks with his arms.
Swain lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martinez or not.
Swain dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Swain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short body shot lands from Swain as the two fighters clinch.
Martinez missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Swain looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Swain tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martinez avoids it.
Swain tries to circle away but Martinez has him pinned against the ropes.
Martinez prevents Swain from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Swain tries to circle away but Martinez has him pinned against the ropes.
Martinez lands with a right to the head.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Swain.
Martinez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swain.
Martinez tries to throw a body punch but Swain avoids it by throwing Martinez back against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez controlling the action here for a moment.
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Swain's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Swain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Swain.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Swain.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Swain.
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Swain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swain lands a nice uppercut.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Martinez misses with a body punch.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swain avoids it.
Martinez scores with a shot to the side of Swain's head.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swain avoids it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez tries to throw a body punch but Swain avoids it by throwing Martinez back against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Swain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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 is not successful on this occasion.
Swain is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Swain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martinez tries to clinch
and Swain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Swain scores with a kick to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martinez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Swain is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Martinez with a body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
JJ Martinez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Swain pushes Martinez back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Swain has had enough of the clinch but Martinez keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Swain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Swain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martinez keeps control of Swain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Swain can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Martinez struggles to land a body shot inside as Swain controls his hands.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Martinez lands a right hand.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Swain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Swain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Martinez.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Martinez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Swain blocks it with crossed arms.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Swain avoiding damage as Martinez throws knees to the body.
Martinez tries to land knees in the clinch but Swain avoids the damage to the body.
Martinez tries a body shot but Swain blocks it.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Swain is trying to break the clinch but Martinez has him pressed against the ropes.
Swain can't break the clinch.
Swain tries to circle away but Martinez has him pinned against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Swain.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Swain tries to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling the position.
Martinez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Swain's efforts to push away.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Swain prevents a body shot from Martinez.
That's four 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.
Swain blocks an uppercut.
Martinez missing with knees to the body.
Martinez tries to work over Swain's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Swain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinez trying to land knees to the body.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Swain.
Martinez leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Swain is trying to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Swain blocks a body shot from Martinez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
JJ Martinez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Martinez tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Swain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Swain swats away the attempt to clinch by Martinez.
A little jabbing left from Swain on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Swain keeps it at a distance.
Swain cracks Martinez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Martinez tries to clinch but Swain is having none of it.
Martinez pushes Swain up against the ropes in a clinch.
Martinez has Swain pressed against the ropes, preventing Swain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Swain avoids it.
Still in the clinch, Martinez scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Swain.
Martinez scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez tries to work over Swain's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martinez scores with a shoulder strike.
Martinez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Swain is defending well for now.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez tries to work over Swain's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swain lands a nice knee to the body.
Swain tries to circle away but Martinez has him pinned against the ropes.
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez has Swain pressed against the ropes, preventing Swain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Martinez tries to land knees in the clinch but Swain avoids the damage to the body.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Swain.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Swain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Swain.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Swain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Swain blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Swain tries to circle away but Martinez has him pinned against the ropes.
Swain blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Swain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Martinez - that landed with a thud.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Swain uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Swain blocking some punches.
Martinez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martinez has Swain pressed against the ropes, preventing Swain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Swain wants to break free but Martinez has control.
Swain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martinez tries to clinch but Swain is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Swain misses with a body kick.
JJ Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Swain wants to break free but Martinez has control.
Alex Swain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
JJ Martinez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Martinez, 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... JJ Martinez!
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energy
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