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Originally Posted by calumniate
What I don't understand is that Zimmer was caught lying numerous times, hid the fact that he was training MMA and taking university level defense theory and law, is 29 years old and a SOLID 180 lbs, and he can't take on a 17 year old 155 pounder? Did he just toss the fight or was Martin actually capable of taking this guy?
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Martin was in the range of 6'1" or 6" 2" and in the range of 180 lbs. Although not in evidence for the jury to see, Martin's cellphone had these self-portraits:
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/23/justic...merman-defense
Zimmerman's MMA instructor testified at the trial. He described Zimmerman as a .5 - one half of a 1 - on a scale of ten in terms of fighting ability when he first arrived at his facility and Zimmerman left as a "1" (one) in terms of fighting capability, although he'd dropped a lot of weight. The MMA instructor called Zimmerman "soft" and said not at a level where he would have trusted putting him in the ring for further fight training. He called Zimmerman a "very nice man."
Detective Sorino and the other detective testified that Zimmerman's inconsistencies fell within the norm of their experience when someone is telling a story several times.
Probably one of the more devastating moments for the prosecution came when the defence asked Sorino. who was there testifying for the prosecution, if he believed Zimmernan's account, with the answer being "Yes." The jury was later instructed to ignore that comment but the damage was done.
Sorino, by the way, initially thought Zimmerman should have been prosecuted for Manslaughter.
Cowperson