It was one of those transcendent battles that forever changes the two participants. Entram Gym’s Juan Adrian Luna Martinetti on Tuesday outlasted Allstars Training Center rep Mark Vologdin to a three-round unanimous decision in an unforgettable bantamweight barnburner during Week 9 of Dana White’s Contender Series at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. All three cageside judges scored it the same: 29-28 for Marinetti (17-1, 1-0 DWCS). Afterward, UFC CEO Dana White awarded Ultimate Fighting Championship contracts to both men, along with $25,000 bonuses.
Neither Martinetti nor Vologdin man gave much ground in a 15-minute war of attrition that saw them combine to land more than 400 strikes against each other.