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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Max Martello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Topi Retale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Retale is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Se on. Max Martello has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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179 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Martello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Topi Retale!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Retale fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
It looks like Max Martello has been cut.
Martello clinches with his opponent.
Martello pulls guard successfully.
Retale wants to get up but he can't break Martello's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Retale prevents Martello from getting back to his feet.
Retale wants to stand but Martello is controlling his posture from full guard.
Martello is pulling down on Retale's head. It's preventing any offense from Retale, at least for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martello lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Retale!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martello sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Martello lands a nice shot to the head.
Martello lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Martello lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Martello looking to control and managing it successfully.
Martello goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Retale turns into him and now he's in Martello's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martello pulls Retale in close to prevent any damage.
Retale tries to stand but Martello is controlling from the bottom.
Martello wants to get back to his feet but Retale passes into half guard.
Retale seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Martello is trying to stand.
Martello is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Retale tries to stand and escape but Martello is controlling the position.
Retale looks gassed!
Martello wants to control but Retale is keeping busy.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Retale pushes Martello up against the cage in a clinch.
Martello breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Retale.
Retale lands a jab to Martello's midsection.
Martello drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Martello trying to control but Retale is working from the bottom.
Martellois looking to pass into half guard but Retale pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Retale is in guard.
Martello really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Retale gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Retale throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Martello shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Retale's guard.
Martello trying to control the position from guard on top but Retale is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martello stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Retale swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Martello gets to his feet - Retale follows without any prompting.
Martello has Retale up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martello lands an elbow inside that Retale shrugs off.
Come on Martello - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Retale tries a knee to the head but Martello blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martello lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Topi Retale has been cut.
Martello breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Retale throws a jab but it's blocked by Martello.
Retale stuffs the takedown attempt from Martello. Martello gets slowly back to his feet.
A jab from Retale misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Martello dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Martello gets a clinch.
Martello tightens his grip and picks Retale up, before dumping him to the ground. Retale manages to land in guard.
Martello looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Martello prevents Retale from getting back to his feet.
Martello throws a big right hand that misses.
Martello drops back, looking for a kneebar! Retale looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Retale looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Retale!
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Martello's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Retale stands up and beckons Martello to his feet.
Retale is breathing heavily.
Retale looks to score with a jab to the body but Martello is just out of range.
Retale closes the distance looking to clinch
and Martello counters with a shoot takedown. Retale fights it but they end up in guard.
Martello has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Martello scoring with punches to the head and body.
Martello is looking to work some ground and pound but Retale has wrist control.
Martello passes into half guard.
Martello is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martello is keen to just control but Retale is a slippery customer.
Retale on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Retale makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Topi Retale is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martello moves into the clinch.
Martello is stalling here.
Retale tries to land knees in the clinch but Martello avoids the damage to the body.
Retale misses with an elbow strike.
Martello tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Retale misses with a knee strike.
Martello avoiding damage as Retale throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Retale.
Retale pushes off an throws an elbow but Martello leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martello wants to get back to striking at distance but Retale won't allow it.
Retale misses with an elbow strike.
Retale tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martello blocks an elbow strike.
Retale is looking to break free of the clinch but Martello has double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martello drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Retale gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Retale landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Martello successfully pulls guard.
Martello is trying to keep Retale in close.
Martello wants to stand but Retale is controlling the position.
Retale postures up.
Martello working for a triangle but Retale defends it easily.
Max Martello overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martello bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Retale's guard.
Martello stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Martello misses.
Martello tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martello pushes Retale up against the cage in a clinch.
Retale has had enough of the clinch but Martello keeps him there for the moment.
Retale tries to break the clinch but Martello is controlling the position.
Retale wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Retale wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Martello breaks the clinch.
Martello tries to clinch up.
Max Martello is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martello dodges the punch combination from Retale.
Martello fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Martello closes the distance and clinches.
Martello wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Martello. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martello avoids the elbow strike from Retale, against the cage.
Retale looking to throw knees to the head but Martello is blocking nicely.
Retale throws a knee to the head but misses.
Retale tries to land a knee to the head but Martello blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Martello dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Martello shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Martello showed some decent athleticism there.
Martello looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Retale is trying to stand back up but Martello is controlling him
Martello tries to pass to full mount but Retale defends it.
Martello is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Retale is trying to stand up here but Martello is controlling him well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martello is looking to advance position but Retale won't allow it.
Retale tries to kick Martello off but Martello keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Martello needs to keep his hands up - Retale had a free shot at his head there.
Martello shoots in and bounces Retale off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Martello will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Martello is looking to stand up but Retale won't let him.
Martello not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Martello gets to his feet - Retale follows without any prompting.
Martello lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Retale at a distance.
Martello shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martello wants to free his trapped foot but Retale is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martello works his way into side control.
Retale is pushing Martello's head away, looking to escape. Martello manages to hold on to the position though.
Martello looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Martello decides to stand back up. Martello steps back and let's Retale get back to his feet.
Martello wants to clinch
and Retale holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Martello tries to pull guard but Retale won't allow it.
Retale with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Martello looking for a takedown.
Retale can't break the clinch.
Martello lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martello lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Martello escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martello throws a head kick that misses.
Retale is looking to clinch but Martello is avoiding it.
Martello moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Martello throws a left and a right that both miss
and Retale counters with a slapping leg kick.
Martello staying out of range there.
Retale moves out of range of the body kick from Martello.
Martello doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Retale counters with a thumping low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Martello. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martello avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Retale misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martello.
Martello fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martello fails with a takedown attempt.
Retale thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Retale misses with the combination.
No luck for Martello with that takedown attempt.
Retale tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Martello counters by clinching up.
Topi Retale has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martello tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Retale smiles and moves away.
A jab from Martello does it's job there.
Retale fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martello shoots in and drives through. Retale sprawls well.
Retale thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martello moves into the clinch successfully.
Martello has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Retale regains guard immediately.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martello looking to sit in guard and control but Retale gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that's the end of the fight!
Max Martello showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Martello has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Martello!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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