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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Avila (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonardo Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Oscar Avila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leonardo Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Avila throws a right and a left that Martinez avoids nicely.
Avila misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Avila. Those never looked like landing.
Martinez wants to clinch.
Avila looks to land a combination but Martinez avoids it well.
Avila swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Avila throws a nice looking combination but Martinez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Martinez tries to clinch but Avila is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martinez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martinez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Avila misses with a series of wild punches.
Avila misses with a double jab.
Martinez tries to clinch but Avila moves out of range.
Avila misses with a few strikes there.
Avila keeps the fight on the outside.
Avila throws a series of punches but Martinez avoids them all with ease.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Avila keeps it at a distance.
Martinez is looking to clinch but Avila is avoiding it.
Martinez wants to clinch.
Avila swats away the attempt to clinch by Martinez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avila throws a right and a left that Martinez avoids nicely.
Martinez doesn't manage to clinch there - Avila circles away.
Martinez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martinez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but Avila swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Avila avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Avila comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martinez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martinez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Avila throws a series of punches but Martinez avoids them all with ease.
Avila misses with a two punch combination.
Martinez tries to clinch up but Avila circles away and keeps his distance.
Martinez wants to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Avila escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Avila scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez tries to clinch up but Avila circles away and keeps his distance.
Avila jabs Martinez right on the nose. Martinez blinks but takes it well.
Avila rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martinez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Avila paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Martinez tries to clinch but Avila is having none of it.
Martinez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Martinez moves in looking to clinch but Avila pushes him off.
Avila throws a series of punches but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Avila keeps it at a distance.
Avila rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martinez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Avila lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Martinez backs up against the cage.
Avila is breathing heavily.
Avila avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Avila's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Avila duly obliges.
Martinez tries to clinch there but Avila circles away.
Martinez tries to clinch there but Avila circles away.
Martinez is looking to clinch but Avila is avoiding it.
Martinez tries to clinch but Avila is having none of it.
Martinez tries to clinch there but Avila circles away.
Martinez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Avila manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Avila looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Avila will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avila misses with a wild combination.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but Avila swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but Avila swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Avila looks to land a combination but Martinez avoids it well.
Avila throws a right and a left that both miss.
Martinez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Avila blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Avila.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinez pushes Avila back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Avila blocking some punches.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Avila.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Avila is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.
Avila blocking some punches.
Avila blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Avila wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Avila blocking some punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Avila.
Avila tries to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling the position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Leonardo Martinez will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Avila looks to land a combination but Martinez avoids it well.
Avila misses with the combination.
Avila with a nice cross.
Martinez moves in looking to clinch but Avila pushes him off.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Martinez moves in looking to clinch but Avila pushes him off.
Avila looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Avila misses with a jab, cross combination.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Avila looks to land a combination but Martinez avoids it well.
Martinez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Avila manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Avila throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Avila is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Martinez tries to clinch but Avila moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martinez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Avila circles away from the clinch attempt.
Avila throws a right hand that Martinez ducks under and follows up with a left that Martinez also avoids with ease.
Avila avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Avila tries to bum rush Martinez with a series of wild strikes but Martinez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Avila throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Avila fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martinez gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Avila.
Avila blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Avila tries to circle away but Martinez has him pinned against the cage.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Avila blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Avila.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Avila blocks an uppercut.
Avila is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Avila wants to break free but Martinez has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Avila.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Avila tries to break free but Martinez pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Martinez.
Avila blocks an uppercut.
Avila blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Avila.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Avila uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Avila.
Leonardo Martinez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martinez misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Avila.
Avila is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Avila is trying to force a seperation but Martinez has the dominant position.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Avila is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Avila.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Avila.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Martinez has Avila pressed against the cage, preventing Avila from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Avila has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Avila manages to break the clinch.
Avila throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Martinez doesn't manage to clinch there - Avila circles away.
Oscar Avila is winning the standup battle so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Avila throws a series of punches but Martinez moves out of range.
A combination from Avila does no damage.
Martinez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Avila keeps it at a distance.
Avila misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Martinez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Martinez tries to clinch up but Avila circles away and keeps his distance.
Martinez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Avila scores with a three punch combo!
Martinez wants to clinch up but Avila keeps it at a distance.
Martinez tries to clinch but Avila is having none of it.
Avila misses with a two punch combination.
Martinez is looking to clinch.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Martinez tries to clinch up but Avila circles away and keeps his distance.
Martinez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martinez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Martinez is looking to clinch but Avila is avoiding it.
Avila throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martinez.
Oscar Avila is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Avila throws a nice looking combination but Martinez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Martinez wants to clinch.
Avila scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Avila avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martinez moves in looking to clinch but Avila pushes him off.
Avila throws a series of punches but Martinez moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avila swats away the attempt to clinch by Martinez.
Martinez is looking to clinch.
Martinez dodges the punch combination from Avila.
Avila swats away the attempt to clinch by Martinez.
Martinez tries to clinch but Avila moves out of range.
Martinez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Avila swinging wildly here.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Avila keeps it at a distance.
Avila misses with a two punch combination.
Avila swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Martinez tries to clinch but Avila is having none of it.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Martinez wants to clinch.
Martinez tries to clinch there but Avila circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avila misses with a two punch combination.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Avila keeps it at a distance.
Avila keeps the fight on the outside.
Martinez wants to clinch.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Avila keeps it at a distance.
Martinez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Avila, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Avila.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Avila blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Avila blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Avila blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Avila is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Avila.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Avila.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Avila.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Avila.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avila blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez lands an uppercut.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Avila.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Avila.
Avila blocking some punches.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Avila uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oscar Avila has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leonardo Martinez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Avila breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Martinez!
Leonardo Martinez thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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