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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 495 p4p, 2359 weight class) and Eli Vieira (ranked 63 p4p, 291 weight class). Javier Martinez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 32 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eli Vieira!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez scores with a nice right hand.
Vieira throws out a loose jab but Martinez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez's corner calls for a 1-2. Martinez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Martinez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Martinez breaks from the clinch.
Donk. Martinez catches Vieira right on the button with a cross.
Martinez misses with an uppercut
and Vieira counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vieira scores with a nice strike.
Eli Vieira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez closes the distance and clinches.
Vieira avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Vieira breaks the clinch.
Martinez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vieira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martinez gets a clinch.
Martinez gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Eli Vieira has been cut.
Vieira dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez trying to land knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Martinez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Martinez prevents Vieira from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vieira's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira taking a breather.
Martinez slowing the pace effectively.
Martinez stalling in the clinch but Vieira improves position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vieira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martinez closes the distance and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vieira avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Vieira controlling the action here for a moment.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vieira dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Vieira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vieira jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Martinez avoids the body shot from Vieira.
Vieira lands a nice looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Vieira. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vieira.
Vieira misses with a body shot.
Vieira avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vieira connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vieira misses with a right hand
and Martinez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vieira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martinez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martinez instigates a clinch.
Vieira avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
Vieira avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Vieira dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez lands an elbow that stopped Vieira in his tracks for a moment.
Vieira manages to break the clinch.
A left lands for Vieira.
Martinez rushes Vieira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Martinez prevents Vieira from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.
Vieira is trying to stall.
Martinez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Martinez has Vieira pushed against the cage.
Martinez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Vieira leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vieira avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
Vieira manages to break the clinch.
Vieira has Martinez up against the cage in a clinch.
Vieira slowing the pace effectively.
Martinez looking to slow down the pace here.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Vieira avoiding damage.
Vieira avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez slows down the pace here.
Vieira avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Vieira pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vieira looks to land a right hand but Martinez moved out of range.
Martinez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vieira throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Martinez to counter with a crisp jab.
Vieira misses with a hook to the body
and Martinez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vieira lands with a good body shot.
Vieira is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Martinez rather than just go for the knockout.
Vieira lands a jab to Martinez's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vieira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vieira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vieira throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vieira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinez.
Martinez lands a lovely overhand right.
Vieira jabs Martinez right on the nose. Martinez blinks but takes it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eli Vieira's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Martinez misses the shot to the body.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vieira darts in and clinches Martinez up against the cage.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vieira is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Martinez lands a nice elbow.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Javier Martinez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Vieira trying to control the position but instead, Martinez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Vieira into the cage.
Vieira stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez lands a damaging elbow.
Vieira manages to break the clinch.
Nice shot by Vieira.
Vieira throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Martinez to counter with a crisp jab.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vieira can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira misses the body punch
and Vieira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vieira slips under a jab from Martinez.
Eli Vieira seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vieira throws a body punch but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez throwing a counter right hand but Vieira manages to avoid it.
Vieira throws a good cross that connects.
Vieira closes the distance and clinches.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Martinez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Martinez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vieira is keeping busy.
Martinez can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vieira dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Vieira pressing his opponent against the cage.
Vieira displaying some good clinch control by pressing Martinez up against the cage.
Vieira blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vieira avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vieira's brow.
Nice elbow from Martinez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vieira blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Vieira is trying to maintain a safe position but Martinez gets an underhook and turns Vieira into the cage.
Vieira blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Vieira stalling in the clinch but Martinez improves position.
Martinez stalling the fight.
Vieira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vieira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martinez.
Martinez closes the distance and pushes Vieira back into the cage.
Martinez stalling.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Vieira is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Vieira dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses.
Vieira avoiding damage.
Martinez slowing the pace effectively.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Vieira - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Martinez lands an elbow inside that Vieira shrugs off.
Vieira trying to stall but Martinez improves his position.
Martinez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That has opened up Eli Vieira's cut even more.
Vieira stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Vieira looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Eli Vieira.
Vieira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martinez was well out of range. Poor timing from Vieira.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Martinez lands.
Vieira gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Martinez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vieira blocks an elbow strike.
Vieira stalling against the cage.
Vieira taking a breather.
Martinez lands a nice elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Vieira as Martinez tries to tie him up.
Vieira is trying to stall.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vieira is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Martinez is keeping busy.
Vieira dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Vieira takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vieira blocks an elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eli Vieira's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Vieira takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Martinez gets a clinch.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vieira's brow.
Martinez looking to slow down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vieira's brow.
Vieira stalls.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Vieira wants to stall.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vieira is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Martinez has denied him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Martinez has him pressed against the cage.
Vieira takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses.
Martinez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Vieira is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vieira is still on wobbly legs! Can Martinez finish him?
Martinez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Vieira seems to have recovered his senses.
Vieira is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Martinez is keeping busy.
Vieira looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Vieira is trying to stall.
Martinez is trying to maintain a safe position but Vieira gets an underhook and turns Martinez into the cage.
Vieira breaks the clinch.
Vieira misses with a left hand
and Martinez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.
Vieira scores with a jab.
Martinez scores with a sloppy right hand. Vieira should have avoided that one.
Left hook, right uppercut from Vieira.
Vieira tries to keep at a distance but Martinez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Vieira is struggling to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vieira avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Vieira breaks the clinch.
It looks like Martinez has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Vieira in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice cross by Vieira.
Vieira has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Martinez finds it's way round the side to connect with Vieira's head.
Vieira clinches up against the cage.
Martinez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vieira is trying to stall.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Martinez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Vieira leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martinez taking a breather.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vieira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vieira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinez.
Vieira misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinez.
Martinez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Vieira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinez manages to avoid it.
Martinez misses with a hook. Vieira ducked under it nicely.
Vieira follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Martinez tries to stall but Vieira uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martinez is trying to maintain a safe position but Vieira gets an underhook and turns Martinez into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vieira dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
A short left from Martinez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martinez is trying to maintain a safe position but Vieira gets an underhook and turns Martinez into the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martinez.
The cut above Eli Vieira's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls for Vieira to work.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Vieira stalling the fight.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Vieira tries to stall but Martinez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Vieira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vieira misses with the combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Martinez misses the target.
Vieira lands a jab.
Eli Vieira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vieira misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Martinez counters with a stiff right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Javier 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Martinez!
During a confident post fight interview, Javier Martinez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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