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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Newmark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes to the cage accompanied by Non Phixion - The CIA Is Trying To Kill Me. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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12 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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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
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Bobby Newmark!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newmark throws a series of punches but Martinez moves out of range.
Newmark turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Martinez throws a body punch but Newmark moves out of range.
Newmark takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Newmark looks to land a left hand but Martinez moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Newmark darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. Newmark does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Newmark.
Bobby Newmark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newmark throws a leg kick which misses Martinez's front leg but catches the back leg as Martinez tries to avoid it.
Martinez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Martinez connects with a solid leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Newmark.
Martinez throws a leg kick but Newmark moved away.
Newmark fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Newmark takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Newmark moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez is looking to score with low kicks.
Newmark misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newmark misses with a right hand
and Martinez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Newmark lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Newmark using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Newmark misses with a punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Martinez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Newmark up against the cage.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Martinez takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Ricardo Martinez has been cut.
Newmark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Newmark avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Martinez stalling in the clinch but Newmark improves position.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
Newmark is struggling to control the position.
Newmark can't find room to land a body shot as Martinez controls the action.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Newmark trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez blocks an elbow strike.
Newmark misses with a punch on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Newmark lands with a right to the head.
Newmark lands a nice uppercut.
Newmark tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Newmark misses with a body punch.
Newmark lands a body shot.
Newmark tries to land a knee to the head but Martinez blocks with his arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Newmark's elbow.
Newmark lands with a left to the head.
Knees to the body from Newmark.
A left hand lands to the body for Newmark.
Newmark lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Newmark with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Martinez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newmark tries a knee to the head but Martinez blocks it.
Martinez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Newmark avoiding damage as Martinez throws knees to the body.
Newmark scores with a hook to the body.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Newmark crunches a lovely knee into Martinez's ribcage.
Newmark misses with a body punch.
Newmark lands a knee to the body.
Martinez avoiding damage as Newmark throws knees to the body.
Newmark tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Newmark tries to land knees in the clinch but Martinez avoids the damage to the body.
Martinez lands an elbow that stopped Newmark in his tracks for a moment.
Martinez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Martinez blocks an elbow strike.
Newmark misses with a knee to the head.
Newmark struggles to land a body shot inside as Martinez controls his hands.
Newmark looking to throw knees to the head but Martinez is blocking nicely.
Newmark trying to stall but Martinez improves his position.
Newmark pushes off an throws an elbow but Martinez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a knee to the head.
Newmark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Martinez blocks it with crossed arms.
Newmark lands a nice uppercut.
Martinez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Newmark tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martinez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Martinez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Newmark is trying to maintain a safe position but Martinez gets an underhook and turns Newmark into the cage.
Newmark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Martinez blocks it with crossed arms.
Martinez avoiding damage as Newmark throws knees to the body.
Newmark managing to block the knees to the body from Martinez.
Martinez blocking some punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez blocks an uppercut.
Newmark misses with some punches.
Newmark can't find room to land a body shot as Martinez controls the action.
Martinez lands a knee to the body.
Martinez lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Newmark dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Martinez's cut.
That's time! Martinez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Martinez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Newmark throws an overhand right that lands on Martinez's shoulder, as Martinez tries to avoid the shot.
Newmark fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Martinez on the side of the head.
Newmark throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Newmark tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Newmark is looking to clinch.
Martinez checks a low kick from Newmark.
Martinez tries to clinch up but Newmark circles away and keeps his distance.
Newmark throws a leg kick
and Martinez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
Martinez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Martinez lands a nice knee to the body.
Martinez scores with a shot to the side of Newmark's head.
Newmark tries a body shot but Martinez blocks it.
Bobby Newmark seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martinez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Newmark using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Martinez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez blocks an elbow strike from Newmark.
Martinez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Newmark.
Martinez trying to land knees to the body.
Martinez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Newmark lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martinez or not.
Nice elbow from Martinez.
Newmark missing with knees to the body.
Martinez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Newmark with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Newmark connects with a nasty looking knee right to Martinez's face.
A knee to the head by Newmark.
Newmark blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez managing to block the knees to the body from Newmark.
Martinez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Newmark is breathing heavily.
Martinez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Martinez lands a hook that snaps the head of Newmark backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Newmark goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Newmark.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newmark blocks an elbow strike.
Newmark misses with a knee strike.
Newmark using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Martinez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martinez lands an elbow that stopped Newmark in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Bobby Newmark has been cut.
Martinez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Newmark trying to land knees to the body.
Newmark misses with a knee strike.
Martinez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martinez scores with a shoulder strike.
Martinez landing knees to the head.
Martinez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Newmark's defenses.
Newmark tries to land knees in the clinch but Martinez avoids the damage to the body.
Newmark struggles to land a body shot inside as Martinez controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
Martinez lands an elbow inside.
Martinez digs a right hand underneath Newmark's ribcage. Newmark let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newmark throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Newmark leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martinez gets through Newmark's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Newmark leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Newmark throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Martinez blocks it with crossed arms.
Martinez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martinez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Newmark misses with some punches.
Martinez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Martinez blocks an elbow strike from Newmark.
Martinez lands an elbow just above Newmark 's eye.
Martinez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Newmark backwards.
Martinez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Newmark backwards.
Martinez lands an elbow just above Newmark 's eye.
Newmark tries to stall but Martinez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A knee to the head by Newmark.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Martinez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Newmark in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Martinez.
Newmark throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Newmark on the inside.
Newmark misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Martinez.
Martinez trying to land knees to the body.
Martinez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The referee is keeping an eye on Martinez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Martinez lands an elbow just above Newmark 's eye.
Newmark wants to stall.
Martinez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez lands a nice elbow.
A short right from Martinez on the inside.
Martinez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Newmarks head.
Newmark is rocked!
Martinez lands a nice uppercut.
Newmark is still on wobbly legs! Can Martinez finish him?
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martinez.
Newmark misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez lands a big knee to the head and Newmark goes down! Martinez pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Martinez!
During a confident post fight interview, Ricardo 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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