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Josh Neer's "Bully" Patrick Martin submits opponent in 24 seconds at True Revelation 24.


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Credit : True Revelation MMA

There were fights in more places than Rio de Janeiro last night. Iowa, long time amatuer and regional MMA hotbed, played host to True Revelation 24 in Ottumwa. On the card was none other than Josh Neer's so called "Bully" Patrick Martin. Promoted as "The Dental Assistant", it took Martin just 24 seconds to channel Mirco Crocop vs Bat Barry, and secure a no-hook rear naked choke submission over amatuer Dave Minor.



I caught up with Martin to get his feedback on the fight.


Emmery Myers: Congrats on the fast win. No one can say you're just "a bully" now. I bet you celebrated last night?

Patrick Martin: [Celebrate?] no not really! I'm hungry I want more fights! Lol I'm back in the gym! They will start taking me serious!

EM: A fight like that definitely will cause people to take notice. So where you training at now?

PM : I'm training myself with a private trainer! Anthony Wharton is my trainer. He's like a step before master in the Tae Kwon Do he's really great with working on my footwork and technique.

EM: Do you have any sparring partners? Are are affiliated with any team right now?

PM: No affiliation with any team and I sparred with Joe Cason, but he just caught a mcl injury and I will sparr win Donovan Dennis. Hes a professional boxer currently In the heavyweight HBO tournament at the moment. I'll always represent my home Pena's Boxing Club.

EM: So tell me about your fight. That was a great performance. Was this a pro fight or ammy?

PM: It was Ammy! No one will give me a pro bout. They don't believe I can fight! Lol so my pro debut will be June 19th. I have 3 more Ammy bouts before then!

I understand this was a 4 man heavyweight tournament? Who was your opponent? PM : My opponent was Dave Minor. I don't know too much about him the promoter Bob Jolley set it up.

EM : Who will you be meeting in the final?

PM: Well I was supposed to fight twice last night for but the other fighter didn't clear the physical. Idk who I will be fighting but it's suppose to be the opponent that didn't clear but I'm sure he won't be the challenger!

But I'm ready for whatever! I'm on they attack and I will prove to the world I have world class hands and I'm and expert counter puncher!

EM: From the video, it looked like you dazed him with a counter punch, dropped him with a body kick and finished him with a choke. Can you walk us through the finish?

PM : Yeah! Well I figure I had to be the first striker because he looked a bit nervous. So I gave him a quick straight left and that really caught his attention, he threw a right, which never Reached me after my left, so I shoved him back to create some distance. I knew he was gonna comeback with a couple power punches so I saw his left coming, I made him miss with that left, caught him with my right hook/uppercutish type punch. Then I came back with my left that punch, the fight told me later "noodled his legs" as he claimed that no one has ever done that. So I backed off and let him gather to see if he was gonna attack saw no attempt body kicked him he caught my leg and went high on his takedown I caught his head and slightly sprawled and he went to his belly. I recovered to his back saw his neck and out there and went for it

EM: Is that your fastest win?

PM: Yes, that's my fastest win of my two MMA bouts but the first one was stopped after the 1st round because cause I fractured my opponents eye socket and jaw bone. He went to the ER with a concussion. And that's nothing I'm proud of. Its never a victory to me when I hurt another person in the cage or ring!

EM: Do you know the dates of your next fights?

PM: April 24 Knoxville, IA, May 8th Kirksville, MO and June 19th Des Moines, IA

EM: I saw you advertised as Patrick "The Dental Assistant" Martin. Is that really your nickname?

PM: No that's not. The promoter thought that would be funny! I'm not into all that nicknaming... call me what you want. All I want is wins! And fights!

EM: Last question, are you still interested in fighting Neer?

PM: I never wanted to fight Neer, just a sparr. I know I have weight and reach on him so I wasn't trying to take advantage of a someone I have 60lbs on. I just wanted to let him know I'm a fighter too, hence why I wore 16oz compared to his 4oz. I proved during the 3 minutes they refuse to show he can hit or take me down! But Josh Neer would be thrown into a cage with a Silverback Gorilla for will if he ever agreed to fight me! So no I'm noting wanting to fight that dude unless he wanna make it happen!

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