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Ryan Martin vs. Matthew Baca, 4 rounds @ lightweight

 

Round 1

Martin is sticking the jab and circling to his left. Baca rolls on the outside and moves in with a 1-2 on the body, caught and released. Martin cuts a wide swath around Baca and buzzes his scalp with jabs. Baca ducks a flurry and moves in to grab Martin around the waist.

10-9 Martin

 

Round 2

Martin is jabbing from long range, making short adjustments with his feet sliding and pivoting. Combinations by Martin catch Baca diving in. Clinches broken up by Smoger. Right uppercut by Martin, followed by a jab and cross. Baca is falling in on Martin and strong-arming him into the ropes. Long swipes at the body falling in by Baca.

10-9 Martin

20-18 Martin

 

Round 3

Martin is sticking the left jab on Baca and leaning back, taking chops along his biceps. 1-2-3 by Martin stepping around Baca. Sidewinder flurries on the body by Baca, held out by the jab and footwork of Martin.

10-9 Martin

30-27 Martin

 

Round 4

Martin is working long right hands on the outside as he drifts around Baca, going left, moving in to greet Baca's dives halfway and working light but well-placed and thereby debilitating uppercuts on the ribs and diaphragm. Baca is breathing heavily as he mushes in close, forearms pinned in front of his face, and clinches. Smoger pries him off. Martin has Baca a bit hurt. 1-2-2 by Martin, the second right hand whipping Baca over the skull. Baca wrestles in and squeezes Martin's arms down by his sides against the ropes. Martin pops in jabs and uppercuts as Baca keeps shoving him across the ring. Baca tries pecking in with a jab and takes an uppercut below it, on the ribs. Baca tries working the body while they're up close but Martin is already stepping out and flashing a combo. Smoger tells Martin to get his long arms off Baca's neck while reaching down to flurry on his flanks. Baca is floundering, barely able to stay upright as he tries cloying to Martin and slapping the body.

10-9 Martin

40-36 Martin

 

Official cards:

Don Ackerman 40-36
Dan Esso 40-36
Clark Sammartino 40-36

UD for Ryan "Blue Chip" Martin

 

The kid from Albuquerque is gutsy but hardly seems equipped to be the next Tapia and put 'em back on the map...

He only has two losses now but seems destined to make a living as someone known to be "good for unbeaten prospects to get some rounds in with" in 4-rounders...

 

Cent. Not cents, plural. That is how white folk talk. :nono