{"id":483086,"date":"2026-02-16T06:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/483086\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T06:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T06:01:07","slug":"highlights-ajagba-stops-martin-via-fourth-round-tko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/483086\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights! Ajagba Stops Martin Via Fourth-Round TKO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Efe Ajagba started off rather slow in the first two rounds against Charles Martin in the main event of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/zuffa-boxing-news\/421383\/zuffa-boxing-3-full-fight-card-paramount-start-time-ajagba-vs-martin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zuffa Boxing 3<\/a> inside the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, but as is the case in the Heavyweight division all it takes is one big punch to turn the tides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">And that\u2019s just what Ajagba did in round three, flooring Martin with a vicious right hand that dropped him. Martin was able to survive the round and even tagged Ajagba with a big shot of his won, but it was only a temporary shining moment for Martin, as the end came soon enough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Indeed, in round four, Ajagba once again dropped Martin thanks to his powerful right hands. After managing to get back up, Martin was once again on the receiving end of a barrage of strikes from the Nigerian-born boxer, who eventually forced the referee on duty to put an end to the fight late in the fourth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The win improves Ajagba\u2019s record to 21-1-1, all while living up to his promise of delivering a knockout performance for his late father, who passed away in late 2025. As for Martin, he suffers his third loss in last five fights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">To checkout the latest Zuffa boxing-related news and notes click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/zuffa-boxing-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Efe Ajagba started off rather slow in the first two rounds against Charles Martin in the main event&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85,114155],"class_list":["post-483086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-zuffa-boxing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}