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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Hardy (ranked 106 p4p, 502 weight class) and Javier Martinez (ranked 23 p4p, 70 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oliver Hardy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 60 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hardy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Martinez tries for a takedown but Hardy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hardy feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hardy is looking to clinch.
Martinez feints the counter takedown.
Hardy has closed the distance and engaged Martinez in a clinch.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hardy avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez being controlled against the cage.
Hardy tries to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Hardy is stalling here.
Martinez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hardy blocks the elbow strike.
Hardy takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Oliver Hardy has been cut.
Martinez pressing his opponent against the cage.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hardy.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hardy tries to circle away but Martinez has him pinned against the cage.
Hardy manages to break the clinch.
Martinez missing with a left hand there. Hardy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hardy half committed to a counter leg kick.
Martinez lands a jab to Hardy's midsection.
Martinez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Martinez darts in and clinches Hardy up against the cage.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Hardy has Martinez pushed against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Hardy for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hardy up against the cage.
Martinez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
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 misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martinez.
Martinez stalling against the cage.
Martinez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hardy blocks the elbow strike.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez leaning against his opponent.
Martinez is trying to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oliver Hardy's cut.
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.
Martinez rushes Hardy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Javier Martinez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hardy avoiding damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hardy is trying to break the clinch but Martinez has him pressed against the cage.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Martinez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A bit of stalling here from Hardy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martinez tries to stall but Hardy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martinez keeps control of Hardy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Martinez throws an elbow but misses.
Hardy looking to stall.
Hardy tries to break free but Martinez pushes him back against the cage.
Martinez stalling the fight.
Martinez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hardy's efforts to push away.
Come on Hardy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
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.
Hardy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Martinez.
Hardy slowing the pace effectively.
Martinez lands an elbow that stopped Hardy in his tracks for a moment.
Hardy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Martinez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Martinez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardy's brow.
Hardy is struggling to control the position.
Hardy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Hardy is struggling to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Oliver Hardy.
Martinez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown but Hardy shows good takedown defense.
Hardy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Martinez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Martinez stalling the fight.
Martinez just leaning against Hardy, taking a breather.
Martinez letting Hardy take a breather here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Hardy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Martinez up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Oliver Hardy's cut.
That's time! Hardy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Martinez moves into the clinch successfully.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hardy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Hardy working hard to break the clinch.
Martinez content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hardy has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Martinez takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A bit of stalling here from Hardy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Hardy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hardy tries to circle away but Martinez has him pinned against the cage.
Martinez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hardy blocks a body shot from Martinez.
A bit of stalling here from Martinez.
Martinez pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hardy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Martinez is looking to control Hardy's arms but Hardy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Martinez has his back to the cage.
Hardy avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Martinez prevents Hardy from breaking the clinch.
Hardy throws a head punch that misses.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hardy taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Martinez - that landed with a thud.
Martinez prevents Hardy from breaking the clinch.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike.
The referee is keeping an eye on Martinez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Hardy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Martinez misses with a punch to the body.
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.
Martinez throws an elbow that misses.
Martinez's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Martinez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martinez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardy's brow.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez taking a breather.
Martinez effectively controlling the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Oliver Hardy's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hardy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Javier Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez has managed to clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardy's brow.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike.
Martinez is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Martinez stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Javier Martinez.
Hardy clinches up against the cage.
Hardy looking to stall.
Hardy avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
Hardy avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez prevents a body shot from Hardy.
Hardy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A bit of stalling here from Martinez.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Martinez is looking to control Hardy's arms but Hardy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Martinez has his back to the cage.
Martinez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardy's brow.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
Hardy letting Martinez take a breather here.
Hardy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Martinez has him pressed against the cage.
Martinez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Martinez slows down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.
Martinez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martinez is stalling here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Javier Martinez.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike from Martinez.
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.
Hardy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Martinez is struggling to control the position.
Martinez wants to stall.
Hardy being controlled against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Martinez dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Oliver Hardy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Martinez closes the distance and pushes Hardy back into the cage.
Hardy slows down the pace here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hardy as Martinez tries to tie him up.
Hardy is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardy has Martinez pushed against the cage.
Martinez is struggling to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Javier Martinez.
Hardy wants to clinch.
Hardy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martinez.
As Martinez backs away, Hardy returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Hardy tries to keep at a distance but Martinez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hardy stalling in the clinch.
Martinez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Martinez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Hardy blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardy's brow.
Martinez pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Martinez dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Hardy working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Martinez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardy's defenses.
Martinez throws an elbow but it misses.
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Hardy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Martinez working Hardy over with knees to the body.
Hardy avoids the elbow strike from Martinez, against the cage.
Hardy is trying to break free.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Martinez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardy's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez avoiding damage.
Martinez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hardy backwards.
Martinez misses with an elbow over the top.
Oliver Hardy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinez misses with an elbow strike.
Martinez leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hardy controlling the action here for a moment.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hardy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Javier Martinez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Martinez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 45:50
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Martinez!
Javier Martinez is the new light heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Javier Martinez rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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