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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 611 p4p, 673 weight class) and Ciro Terranova (ranked 86 p4p, 97 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martinez
vs
Terranova

188 cm
26
200
17 - 3 - 0

181 cm
40
193
36 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 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 36 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ciro Terranova!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Terranova lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Martinez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Martinez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Martinez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Terranova throws a leg kick which misses Martinez's front leg but catches the back leg as Martinez tries to avoid it.
Martinez checks a leg kick.

Martinez rushes Terranova and presses him up against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Martinez has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Terranova.
Terranova on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Terranova's brow.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Martinez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Martinez.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.

Terranova manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez throws an off balance right hand
and Terranova connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Martinez rushes Terranova and presses him up against the cage.
Martinez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Martinez controlling the action here for a moment.
Terranova takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Martinez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martinez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Martinez gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Terranova prevents a body shot from Martinez.

Terranova pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Terranova misses with a low kick.
Martinez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Terranova.
Terranova defending well as Martinez loads up on a big left hand.
Martinez throws a jab but it's blocked by Terranova.
Terranova lands with a thumping leg kick.
Terranova throws a leg kick that misses.
Terranova fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Terranova misses.
Martinez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A nice inside leg kick there by Terranova. That's going to slow Martinez down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Terranova lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Martinez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Martinez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Martinez pushes Terranova up against the cage in a clinch.
Martinez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Martinez has had enough of the clinch but Terranova keeps him there for the moment.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Terranova breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A good leg kick by Terranova.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Martinez forces Terranova back against the cage and clinches.
Terranova avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
Terranova avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Martinez stalling in the clinch but Terranova improves position.
Martinez has Terranova pushed against the cage.
Terranova avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.

Martinez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Terranova is trying to keep an underhook but Martinez manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Terranova throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Martinez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Terranova on the ground.
Terranova keeping control of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terranova keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Terranova trying to control from the bottom.
Martinez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Terranova is looking to control Martinez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Terranova avoid being mounted?
Terranova keeping control of the position.
Terranova has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Terranova trying to hold on to Martinez's head to control him but Martinez postures up.
Terranova has his hands clasped together around Martinez's back. He's all about the action.
Martinez winds up and cracks Terranova with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Terranova is not content to let Martinez control the position.
Terranova wants to control but Martinez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Terranova desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Terranova's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Martinez connects with a nice short shot to Terranova's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Terranova is not content to let Martinez control the position.
Terranova punching from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Martinez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Martinez throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Terranova was covering up waiting for the punch and Martinez finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Terranova pulls Martinez in close to his closed guard and prevents Martinez from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martinez postures up.
Terranova might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Martinez haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Martinez distracts Terranova with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Terranova not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Terranova trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Martinez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Terranova managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Terranova working a defensive guard here.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses. Terranova uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Martinez's guard. Nice move by Terranova!

Terranova stands and steps away. Martinez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Martinez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Terranova.
Terranova with a nice calf kick.
Ciro Terranova is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Terranova moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ciro Terranova seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Martinez misses with a wild combination.
Terranova dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martinez. That did some damage!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Terranova.

Martinez gets a clinch.
Terranova being controlled against the cage.
Terranova avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Terranova's brow.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Terranova leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Terranova's defenses.
Martinez landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Terranova pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Martinez gets the takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is looking to take a break and control but Terranova is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Martinez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Terranova struggling a bit here.
Martinez wants to control but Terranova is keeping him busy.
Terranova wants to control but Martinez postures up.
Martinez trying to control the action but Terranova is working from the bottom.
Terranova defending against the ground and pound.

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.
Martinez trying to control the position but Terranova is working away.
Martinez working away.
Martinez throws a strike aimed at the side of Terranova's head but Terranova avoids it well.
Terranova throws up a few punches.
Terranova parries the strikes from Martinez easily there. Martinez is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Terranova to escape.
Terranova is looking to reverse the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martinez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Terranova keeps working.
Terranova is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Martinez dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Terranova enables Martinez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Terranova manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Terranova looking to control.
Terranova has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Terranova looking to control.
Terranova lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Terranova gets to his feet. Martinez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from Terranova.
The fighters circling - Martinez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Terranova uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martinez.
Terranova avoids the body shot from Martinez.
Martinez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jab, jab by Terranova - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Terranova.
Martinez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Terranova sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Martinez throws a jab when Terranova was well out of range.

Martinez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Martinez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Terranova can do to turn this around?

Terranova manages to break the clinch.
Terranova throws a big shot that misses.
Martinez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Terranova does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The fighters circling - Terranova throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martinez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Terranova was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Good exchange - Martinez coming out on top.

Martinez moves into the clinch.

Terranova manages to break the clinch.

Martinez drives through and clinches with Terranova against the cage.
Terranova blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to land knees in the clinch but Terranova avoids the damage to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Terranova breaks the clinch.
Terranova attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez checks a leg kick.
Terranova attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Martinez scores with a takedown into Terranova's guard.
Terranova trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Terranova trying to keep a closed guard but Martinez is proving a slippery customer.
Martinez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Terranova throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Martinez postures up and lands a big shot to Terranova's brow.
Terranova doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Terranova striking off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez trying to control but Terranova is working from the bottom.
Martinez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Terranova working a defensive guard here.
Terranova looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Martinez preventing the sweep.
Martinez postures up in Terranova's guard and throws a big left but Terranova blocks it.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.

Martinez takes the fight into the clinch.
Martinez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Terranova breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Terranova wants to land a leg kick but Martinez is out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Terranova.
Terranova with a nice calf kick.
Martinez throws a series of punches but Terranova moves out of range.
Terranova throws a quick inside leg kick.
Terranova lands an overhand right.

Martinez looking to score a takedown here. Terranova is defending well but Martinez drives through and ends up in Terranova's guard.
Terranova has his hands on Martinez's head, controlling the position.
Terranova looking for a sweep. Not yet Terranova, not yet.
Terranova throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Terranova trying to strike off his back.
Terranova keeping moving, preventing Martinez from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Martinez clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Terranova tries to work over Martinez's front leg with a kick but Martinez checks it.
Martinez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Martinez.
Terranova throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Terranova chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Martinez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Terranova throws a leg kick
and Martinez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Martinez checks a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Martinez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Martinez.
Terranova turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Terranova shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Terranova throws a leg kick which misses Martinez's front leg but catches the back leg as Martinez tries to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terranova throws a looping overhand right but Martinez ducks down to avoid it.
Terranova with the inside leg kick.
Terranova clobbers Martinez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Ciro Terranova seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Terranova throws a leg kick but Martinez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Terranova dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martinez. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez checks a low kick from Terranova.
Terranova throws a quick inside leg kick.
Martinez throws the left hand but Terranova avoids the punch easily.
Terranova defending well as Martinez loads up on a big left hand.
No joy there for Martinez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martinez checks a leg kick.
Terranova shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Terranova attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Good work by Martinez as he checks the leg kick.
Terranova uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martinez.
Terranova dodges the punch combination from Martinez.
That kick from Terranova tenderised Martinez's leg. Martinez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Martinez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Martinez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Terranova throws a low kick but Martinez moves out of range easily.
Terranova moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terranova tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
An inside leg kick from Terranova misses.
Good work by Martinez as he checks the leg kick.

Martinez clinches.
Martinez is trying to stall.
Terranova blocks an elbow strike.

Martinez breaks from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinez checks a leg kick nicely.
A low kick lands for Terranova.

Martinez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Terranova sprawls well initially but Martinez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Terranova is trying to control but can't.
Martinez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Martinez trying to control from half guard but Terranova is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terranova is trying to control but can't.
Terranova is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Terranova misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Martinez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Martinez wants to control but Terranova is keeping him busy.
Martinez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Terranova trying to control from the bottom.
Martinez is trying to control. Terranova wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Terranova controlling the position well.
Martinez trying to control from Terranova's half guard. Terranova has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Martinez being controlled here momentarily.
Martinez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Terranova throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Martinez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Martinez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Terranova will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Javier Martinez will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A nice inside leg kick there by Terranova. That's going to slow Martinez down.
That kick from Terranova tenderised Martinez's leg. Martinez is trying to keep his angry face on.
A low kick from Terranova misses
and Martinez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
An inside leg kick lands from Terranova.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Martinez checks a leg kick.
Terranova wants to slow Martinez down by chopping away at his legs.
Martinez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Terranova can pounce on him.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Martinez checks a leg kick.
Martinez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Terranova takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Martinez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Martinez pushes Terranova up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Terranova is struggling to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez looking to slow down the pace here.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Terranova blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martinez looking to slow down the pace here.

Terranova manages to break the clinch.

Martinez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Terranova wants to control but Martinez postures up.
Terranova looks to move to half guard but instead Martinez has passed into mount! Damn!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez with the ground and pound from mount.
Terranova is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Martinez cracks Terranova with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Martinez avoids the attempt from Terranova to control.
Javier Martinez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Terranova is bucking up trying to escape but Martinez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Terranova?
Terranova flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Terranova is bucking up trying to escape but Martinez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Terranova is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Terranova working to try and regain half guard.
Terranova tries to hold on but Martinez postures up.
Martinez blocks Terranova's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Terranova tries to hold on but Martinez postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terranova throwing hammer fists to the chest of Martinez. What's that going to do exactly?
Terranova wants to hold on but Martinez pushes him away.
Terranova is in a horrible position here. Martinez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Terranova tries to lock up and control but Martinez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Terranova is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Martinez is staying active.
Martinez lands a nice shot to the head.
Ciro Terranova has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Terranova tries to hold on but Martinez pushes him away.
Martinez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Terranova's face.
Martinez blocks Terranova's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 50:45
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 50:46
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Martinez!
Javier Martinez was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.