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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Martinez (ranked 2491 p4p, 4012 weight class) and Saba Bedoidze (ranked 221 p4p, 0 weight class). Saba Bedoidze told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angelo Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saba Bedoidze!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bedoidze forces Martinez back against the cage and clinches.
Bedoidze gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Martinez.
Bedoidze has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Martinez clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Martinez is keeping busy.
You can see the frustration on Martinez's face� He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Bedoidze is trying to stick to Martinez's back but Martinez is turning into Bedoidze. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Bedoidze's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Martinez.
Bedoidze is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Bedoidze controls Martinez momentarily but Martinez frees himself.
Martinez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Martinez lands a couple of digs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bedoidze has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martinez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Martinez with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez with a nice head shot there.
Martinez postures up and lands a big shot to Bedoidze's brow.
Bedoidze throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Martinez lands a couple of elbows.
Martinez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bedoidze trying to control the position.
Martinez passes Bedoidze's left leg - he's now in half guard.
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.
Bedoidze flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Martinez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Martinez lands a nice short elbow.
Martinez slips a nice elbow through Bedoidze's hands, connecting with Bedoidze's forehead.
Bedoidze is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Martinez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bedoidze is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez winds up and cracks Bedoidze with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bedoidze is still in real trouble! Can Martinez finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bedoidze wants to get back to full guard.
Martinez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bedoidze on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bedoidze flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Martinez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Martinez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Martinez is nestled in close to Bedoidze, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bedoidze on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bedoidze is trying to control but can't.
Martinez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bedoidze is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Martinez scores with a couple of nice shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nice strikes from Martinez there.
Bedoidze punching from the bottom.
Bedoidze taking some punishment here, with Martinez in his half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Martinez lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lands a big elbow - Bedoidze is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Martinez!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angelo Martinez!
Our winner, Angelo Martinez, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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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