PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Martinez (ranked 7526 p4p, 6204 weight class) and Trent Punchy (ranked 644 p4p, 580 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Martinez
vs
Punchy

188 cm
37
197
10 - 24 - 0

186 cm
47
209
45 - 30 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 45 - 30 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trent Punchy!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Punchy gets off balance looking for a body kick

and Martinez counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Punchy!
Punchy is looking for a sweep.
Martinez is looking to take a break and control but Punchy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Martinez moves into full mount!
Punchy is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Punchy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Martinez punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Martinez working for a submission but Punchy is keeping him at bay.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez working Punchy over with strikes here.

Martinez wants to finish this one by submission but Punchy is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Martinez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punchy tries to hold on but Martinez pushes him away.
Martinez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Martinez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Martinez looking to control but Punchy is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Martinez landing strikes, looking to finish!
Punchy in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Martinez controlling his opponent.
Martinez working Punchy over with strikes here.
Martinez looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Punchy really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Punchy regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez works his way into side control.

Martinez is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Punchy has escaped the position, nice work there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Punchy is trying to work for a sweep but Martinez has mounted him!
Martinez lands a nice shot to the head.
Punchy wants to hold on but Martinez pushes him away.

Martinez is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Punchy has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Punchy regains half guard.

Martinez is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Punchy sees it coming and defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martinez stands up and beckons Punchy to join him on the feet.
Martinez shoots in but Punchy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Punchy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Punchy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martinez was well out of range. Poor timing from Punchy.
Martinez attempts a counter takedown but Punchy avoids it well and moves away.
Punchy throws a right hand that Martinez ducks under and follows up with a left that Martinez also avoids with ease.
Trent Punchy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Punchy stuns Martinez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Punchy throws a hook but Martinez blocks it.
Martinez appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Martinez avoids the body shot from Punchy.
Punchy throws a looping overhand right but Martinez ducks down to avoid it.
Punchy slaps away a takedown attempt from Martinez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcos Martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez darts in looking for a takedown but Punchy gets double underhooks and turns Martinez into the cage.
Martinez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Punchy circles away quickly and effectively.
Punchy scores with a punch to the head.
Martinez shoots for a double leg takedown but Punchy sprawls well. He's pushed Martinez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Martinez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Punchy lands with a hook. Martinez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot by Punchy.
A lazy body kick from Martinez
letting Punchy counter with a right hand.
Punchy looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinez is just out of range.
Martinez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Martinez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice defenses there by Martinez.
Martinez throws a big counter combination but Punchy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Martinez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The fighters circling - Punchy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martinez is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Punchy.
Punchy throws a hook but Martinez blocks it.

Punchy gets caught napping as Martinez dives in and scores a takedown. Punchy manages to retain guard.

Punchy is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Martinez is aware though and is defending well.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Punchy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Punchy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Martinez defends well.
Marcos Martinez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Punchy can't keep his opponent in guard - Martinez advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Punchy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Martinez is looking for a kimura but Punchy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Martinez to get the leverage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Punchy trying to control here.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Martinez here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

Martinez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Punchy is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Martinez pulls his head out easily.

Martinez is looking for a kimura here.

Punchy actively working from the bottom here.
Martinez passes to side control.
Punchy regains half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Martinez is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Punchy defends it well.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Punchy can do to turn this around?

Martinez is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Punchy sees it coming and defends easily.

Martinez wants to work for an arm triangle but Punchy is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Punchy looking for submissions off his back.

Punchy looking for submissions off his back.
Martinez trying to control the action but Punchy is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martinez seems to be working for a kimura but Punchy defends the submission attempt.
Martinez prevents Punchy from improving his position.
Punchy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Martinez is working away from the top position though.
Punchy is looking to improve his position.

Punchy actively working from the bottom here.
Punchy tries to get to full guard but Martinez has control of the leg.
Martinez works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Punchy has given up his back.
Martinez softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Martinez slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.

Punchy is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Punchy tries to escape the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marcos Martinez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Martinez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Punchy's half guard.
Martinez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Punchy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Punchy gets full guard.
Punchy working a defensive guard here.
Punchy wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez connects with a couple of short punches.
Martinez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Martinez content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Punchy is trying to keep Martinez in close.

Punchy looking for a guillotine here but Martinez defends easily.
Punchy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Martinez landing some decent shots from guard.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Punchy keeps moving.

Martinez drops back looking for a leg! Punchy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Punchy manages to kick Martinez off! Martinez jumps back into Punchy's guard.
Martinez with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Martinez is stalling in the full guard.
Martinez tries to free his leg and advance position but Punchy is retaining full guard.
Martinez works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Martinez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Punchy is trying to control but can't.
Punchy is refusing to be controlled, as Martinez sits in half guard.
Martinez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Martinez is looking for a kimura but Punchy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Martinez to get the leverage.

Punchy looking for a kimura from the bottom but Martinez passes into side control!
Martinez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martinez wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Punchy, who protects the arm well.

Martinez has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Punchy is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Martinez yanks on the arm and Punchy is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Martinez.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcos Martinez!
The defeated Trent Punchy had this to say: 'Me Mum... she had it pretty hard ay. Lots of cock for cash.'.