He signed a contract for a sponsorship deal with Maximum Human Performance which also sponsors Michael Kefalianos.
[2] Martínez's career was launched when he competed in the 1997 National Physique Committee (NPC) New York Metro Championships as a light heavyweight, where he placed first.
[8] In January 2008, Martínez underwent surgery to repair his left patellar tendon which ruptured while he was performing warm-up lunges.
His permanent resident card had expired and, due to his criminal record for selling steroids in 2004, it was not renewed.
Instead, he was sent to a detention center in New Jersey to await a deportation hearing that could have sent him back to his native Dominican Republic.
On April 27, he returned to court and was released from jail and permitted to remain in the U.S.[13] Martinez competed in the 2020 Arnold Classic taking 9th place.