MMA Twitter Reacts To Martinez’s Low Kick Knockout Of Swanson

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…

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Jonathan Martinez stops Cub Swanson with brutal leg kick TKO victory – UFC Vegas 62 Highlights

Jonathan MartinezCo-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 […]

Jonathan Martinez

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

UFC Vegas 62 Betting Tips and Plays

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…

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Report: Cub Swanson Moving Down To BW Against Jonathan Martinez

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…

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Davey Grant Comes Back From Knockdown To KO Jonathan Martinez – UFC Vegas 21 Results

Martinez GrantNext up on the UFC Vegas 21 main card is a bantamweight fight between Jonathan Martinez and Davey Grant. Round 1: Martinez lands a few kicks. Grant returns with his own. Martinez continues to blast head kicks. He lands a big leg kick soon after. Grant lands a front kick to the body before seeing […]

Martinez Grant

Next up on the UFC Vegas 21 main card is a bantamweight fight between Jonathan Martinez and Davey Grant.

Round 1: Martinez lands a few kicks. Grant returns with his own. Martinez continues to blast head kicks. He lands a big leg kick soon after. Grant lands a front kick to the body before seeing a spinning wheel kick to the head blocked. Martinez lands another leg kick. Martinez connects with a left hook as Grant advances forward. Martinez lands two big leg kicks in a row. Grant misses another spinning wheel kick. Martinez blocks a head kick. Grant misses another spinning back kick. Martinez responds with a jab. Grant lands a big right. Martinez drops Grant with a big left hand! Grant survives to the end.

Round 2: Grant is putting the pressure on early in the second round. He seems to have caught Martinez and goes for a takedown. Martinez does well to defend though and they return to striking. Grant is the much more active striker but Martinez starts to throw more. Grant connects with a right in a combo but Martinez eats it. Grant throws a body shot and follows it up with a huge left hook that drops Martinez! Grant goes for the kill and gets the finish!

Official result: Davey Grant defeats Jonathan Martinez via KO (R2, 3:03).

Jonathan Martinez Hopes Thomas Almeida Win Gets Him Credit He Deserves, Calls For Luke Sanders Fight

Jonathan Martinez immediately jumped at the chance to fight Thomas Almeida. At UFC Fight Island 6, Martinez stepped up on just over a week’s notice to fight the returning Almeida. When he got the call for the fight, it was an immediate yes. For M…

Jonathan Martinez immediately jumped at the chance to fight Thomas Almeida. At UFC Fight Island 6, Martinez stepped up on just over a week’s notice to fight the returning Almeida. When he got the call for the fight, it was an immediate yes. For Martinez, he says the Brazilian was someone he grew up watching. […]

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