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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alex Martinez (ranked 3102 p4p, 3375 weight class) and Frank Anderson (ranked 297 p4p, 318 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Anderson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Anderson.
Martinez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Martinez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Martinez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Anderson is keeping the position for now.
Martinez throws a big right hand that misses.
Martinez landing some decent shots from guard.
Martinez stands and throws Anderson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Martinez scoring with punches and elbows.
Martinez throws a strike aimed at the side of Anderson's head but Anderson avoids it well.
Anderson is not content to let Martinez control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martinez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Anderson, who protects the arm well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez controls the position from side control.
Martinez in side control, throwing shots but Anderson defends.
Martinez misses with the ground and pound.
Martinez throws an elbow but Anderson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Anderson tries to buck Martinez off but Martinez is having none of it.
Martinez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Anderson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Anderson to see if he's OK.
Martinez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Martinez postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Martinez working the head and body with strikes.
Martinez trying to control the position but Anderson is working away.
Martinez lands a few punches from side control.
Martinez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Martinez in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Martinez tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Martinez lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Martinez remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martinez in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez taking a breather here.
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.
Martinez swings around for an armbar but Anderson sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Martinez's guard.
Martinez throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Martinez trying to control the position.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Martinez manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Anderson is pressed up against the cage. Martinez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Anderson down to the mat. Anderson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Martinez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Martinez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Martinez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Anderson's head.
Anderson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Martinez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Martinez throwing shots but Anderson is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinez moves nicely into side control.
Martinez taking a breather here.
Martinez misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Martinez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Anderson gets caught napping as Martinez dives in and scores a takedown. Anderson manages to retain guard.
Anderson is looking to stand back up but Martinez counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Anderson.
Martinez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Anderson is refusing to be controlled, as Martinez sits in half guard.
Martinez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Anderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Still in half guard, Martinez seems content to control.
Martinez with the ground and pound but Anderson uses the opportunity to regain guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez is working Anderson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?
Anderson wants to sweep but no luck.
Martinez throws a big right hand that misses.
Anderson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Martinez trying to control but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Anderson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Martinez is one step ahead there.
Martinez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Martinez advances position into side control!
Anderson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Alex Martinez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martinez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Anderson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Anderson is not content to let Martinez control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is working Anderson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Check out the look on Martinez's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Martinez scoring with punches from side control.
Anderson taking a bit of punishment here - Martinez scoring with strikes.
Anderson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Martinez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Martinez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Anderson is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Martinez is controlling him well.
Martinez is working Anderson over with some ground and pound from side control.
Anderson dodges the ground and pound from Martinez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez trying to control the action but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Anderson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Martinez.
Anderson is not content to let Martinez control the position.
Martinez landing a few strikes.
Martinez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Martinez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Martinez is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Anderson knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Martinez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Martinez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Anderson is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martinez lands an elbow.
Martinez working the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Martinez dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Anderson leaves Martinez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
It seemed like Anderson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Martinez fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Anderson avoids it really well and circles away.
Martinez throws a jab when Anderson was well out of range.
Martinez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Anderson counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt
and Anderson counters with a nice body shot.
Martinez swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson gets caught napping as Martinez dives in and scores a takedown. Anderson manages to retain guard.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Anderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Martinez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Martinez advances to half guard.
Anderson taking some punishment here, with Martinez in his half guard.
Martinez is keen to just control but Anderson is a slippery customer.
Anderson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Martinez is trying to control. Anderson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Martinez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Martinez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Martinez is pressing down on Anderson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Anderson is holding on for now.
Martinez thows a huge punch but Anderson dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Anderson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
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 Anderson's temple.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Martinez in particular looking to stall.
Martinez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Martinez wants to take a breather but Anderson is having none of it.
Martinez is looking to advance position but Anderson won't allow it.
Martinez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Martinez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Martinez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Martinez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Martinez throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Anderson to regain full guard.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
Anderson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Anderson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martinez.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Martinez from controlling successfully.
Martinez distracts Anderson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez works over Anderson with some ground and pound from guard.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
Martinez works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Frank Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Martinez is working away from the top position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Martinez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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