Jonathan Martinez had a point to prove when he met Cub Swanson at UFC Vegas 62 last night. Martinez earned a statement win against the UFC legend in their co-main event bout. And he almost got it done in the first round after landing a huge knee that s…
Jonathan Martinez had a point to prove when he met Cub Swanson at UFC Vegas 62 last night. Martinez earned a statement win against the UFC legend in their co-main event bout. And he almost got it done in the first round after landing a huge knee that sent Swanson to the canvas. But the…
The UFC returned from an off week with a solid card at UFC Vegas 62 that delivered some notable finishes and a few closely-contested fights. Even after one of the night’s most anticipated bouts fell through, the event still provided the kind of a…
The UFC returned from an off week with a solid card at UFC Vegas 62 that delivered some notable finishes and a few closely-contested fights. Even after one of the night’s most anticipated bouts fell through, the event still provided the kind of action that will no doubt leave fans primed for next week’s UFC…
UFC bantamweight Jonathan Martinez earned the biggest win of his career in a unique fashion at UFC Vegas 62 against Cub Swanson. Martinez welcomed Swanson to the bantamweight division after the veteran fought at featherweight for the majority of his UF…
UFC bantamweight Jonathan Martinez earned the biggest win of his career in a unique fashion at UFC Vegas 62 against Cub Swanson. Martinez welcomed Swanson to the bantamweight division after the veteran fought at featherweight for the majority of his UFC career. He won three in a row entering the matchup and was looking to…
Co-headlining UFC Vegas 62 against long-time featherweight division mainstay, Cub Swanson in his bantamweight division debut — emerging 135lbs prospect, Jonathan Martinez turns in a career-best performance and victory — taking out the veteran fan-favorite with a series of leg kicks for a second round finish in the co-main event slot. Martinez, who entered tonight’s […]
Co-headlining UFC Vegas 62 against long-time featherweight division mainstay, Cub Swanson in his bantamweight division debut — emerging 135lbs prospect, Jonathan Martinez turns in a career-best performance and victory — taking out the veteran fan-favorite with a series of leg kicks for a second round finish in the co-main event slot.
Martinez, who entered tonight’s fight with Swanson off the back of victories against Zviad Lazishvili, Alejandro Martinez, and Vince Morales, Martinez managed to show his speed difference and technical prowess in the first round against Swanson — beating the WEC veteran to the punch on occasion.
Dropping Swanson at the fence in the final moments of the first frame, Martinez would force the issue in the early goings of the second, firing off a series of leg kicks with felled Swanson and landed himself a TKO victory over the division newcomer.
Below, catch the highlights from Jonathan Martinez’s win over Cub Swanson at UFC Vegas 62
Welcome to the first edition of the MMANews.com betting preview, first up we have this week’s UFC Vegas 62 card. In what could be another sleeper card, as is the trend with a lot of the UFC Apex-held events, in the main event, two rising prospect…
Welcome to the first edition of the MMANews.com betting preview, first up we have this week’s UFC Vegas 62 card. In what could be another sleeper card, as is the trend with a lot of the UFC Apex-held events, in the main event, two rising prospects on the cusp of a title shot face off…
UFC veteran Cub Swanson is making the move down to 135lbs to take on surging contender Jonathan Martinez at an October event. News of Swanson’s decision to move down a weight class was first reported by Meni Mayer. An exact date has not been publ…
UFC veteran Cub Swanson is making the move down to 135lbs to take on surging contender Jonathan Martinez at an October event. News of Swanson’s decision to move down a weight class was first reported by Meni Mayer. An exact date has not been publicized for the reported Swanson/Martinez matchup, but that is expected to…