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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Swole Ricky Martin (ranked 582 p4p, 904 weight class) and Musa Vitalik (ranked 77 p4p, 120 weight class). Vitalik has chosen Planet Purge - Midnight Tyrannosaurus & Ehide as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Swole Ricky Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Musa Vitalik!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vitalik misses with a takedown
letting Martin counter with a right hand.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Vitalik moves away.
Swole Ricky Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Vitalik finds it's way round the side to connect with Martin's head.
Vitalik takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vitalik misses with a looping right.
Martin scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Martin misses with a hook
so Vitalik counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Vitalik throws a strike but Martin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vitalik looking for a sweep. Not yet Vitalik, not yet.
Martin is stalling in the full guard.
Martin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vitalik can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Martin controls the pace.
Vitalik has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Martin has passed into side control.
Vitalik is trying to improve his position.
The referee asks Martin politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Martin prefers to stall for the moment though.
Vitalik is looking to reverse the position.
Vitalik can't do much from the bottom here.
Vitalik is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Martin controlling from side mount.
Vitalik is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Vitalik moves into full guard.
Vitalik looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vitalik is adopting a defensive guard.
Vitalik looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Martin misses with an uppercut.
Martin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vitalik feints the counter takedown.
A low kick from Martin misses
and Vitalik decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Martin's guard.
Martin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vitalik throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vitalik postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vitalik throws a big elbow that misses.
Vitalik is looking to work some ground and pound but Martin has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vitalik trying to control but Martin is working from the bottom.
Vitalik throwing strikes but missing.
Vitalik trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vitalik throwing strikes but missing.
Vitalik wants to pass the guard but Martin is keeping the position.
Vitalik throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vitalik throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Vitalik trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Musa Vitalik dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Vitalik shoots for a double leg takedown but Martin sprawls well. He's pushed Vitalik's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Vitalik feints and as Martin raises his hands in defense, Vitalik changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Martin looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Vitalik puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Vitalik missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vitalik thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Martin's head.
Martin tries to roll over but Vitalik keeps him under control.
Martin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin works his way to full guard. Good work.
Martin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vitalik looking to sit in guard and control but Martin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Vitalik throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vitalik trying to control the position here.
Vitalik looking for a sweep. Not yet Vitalik, not yet.
Vitalik working a defensive guard here.
Vitalik looking for a sweep. Not yet Vitalik, not yet.
Vitalik not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Vitalik is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vitalik looking for a sweep. Not yet Vitalik, not yet.
That's two 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.
Martin trying to control but Vitalik is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Martin scores with a jab to the body.
Vitalik cracks Martin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Martin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Martin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Martin looks to land a left hand but Vitalik moved out of range nicely.
And Vitalik tries to counter it with a takedown but Martin pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Martin throws a poor cross that misses
and Vitalik counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Martin trying to control from the bottom.
Vitalik throws a strike but Martin avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Vitalik in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vitalik postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitalik postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vitalik throws an elbow that misses. Martin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Vitalik's guard. Nice move by Martin!
Vitalik looking to control.
Vitalik looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Martin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vitalik is keeping the position for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Vitalik is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vitalik won't allow Martin to sweep him here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vitalik accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vitalik lands a couple of digs.
Vitalik trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vitalik is working Martin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Vitalik working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vitalik tries to free his leg and advance position but Martin is retaining full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vitalik postures up.
Vitalik is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Vitalik lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Musa Vitalik showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Martin moves out of range of the strikes.
Martin is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Martin misses with a hook. Vitalik ducked under it nicely.
Martin is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Vitalik's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Vitalik moves out of range of the strikes.
Vitalik with the counter takedown but Martin avoids it easily.
Vitalik tests Martin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Vitalik ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Vitalik changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Martin looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Vitalik tries to advance to mount but can't.
Vitalik misses with the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An elbow from Vitalik crashes against the mat.
Vitalik working the ground and pound but Martin is defending the strikes.
Vitalik is putting a hurting on Martin here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vitalik working the ground and pound but Martin is defending the strikes.
Vitalik tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Martin regains half guard there - taking advantage of Vitalik's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Vitalik is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Vitalik wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
Vitalik missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Martin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Vitalik is one step ahead there.
That's two 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.
Martin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Vitalik stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Martin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Martin pulls Vitalik in close to his closed guard and prevents Vitalik from doing any damage or advancing position.
Vitalik is pushing down on Martin's leg trying to pass to half guard. Martin is fighting to maintain full guard but Vitalik has managed to sneak the leg through.
Vitalik has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vitalik throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vitalik thows a huge punch but Martin dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vitalik not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Vitalik working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Martin's thigh. Martin counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Vitalik missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Martin keeping full guard, as Vitalik tries to pass.
Vitalik keeps trying to improve his position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Martin misses with a wild combination.
Vitalik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big left from Martin misses.
Swole Ricky Martin is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vitalik slips a jab from Martin.
Vitalik shoots for a double leg takedown but Martin sprawls well. He's pushed Vitalik's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Martin misses with the body kick
and Vitalik counters with a shoot takedown. Martin fights it but they end up in guard.
Vitalik working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vitalik stopping the sweep attempt from Martin.
Vitalik throws a big right hand that misses.
Vitalik scoring with some ground and pound.
Martin seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martin has momentary wrist control but Vitalik slips an elbow through the middle.
Swole Ricky Martin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Musa Vitalik is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Vitalik wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
Musa Vitalik comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vitalik 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Musa Vitalik!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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