PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kai Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Josh Holmes will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Martinez
vs
Holmes

170 cm
20
179 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kai Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Holmes!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Holmes as Martinez shoots in.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Martinez.
Martinez circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Martinez misses.
Holmes misses with a head kick.
Holmes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Martinez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Martinez gets the takedown into side control.
Holmes is not content to let Martinez control the position.
Martinez grinds an elbow into Holmes's temple.
Martinez is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Holmes will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Martinez sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Holmes is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
An elbow from Martinez crashes against the mat.
Martinez in side control, throwing shots but Holmes defends.
Holmes is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Sloppy strikes there by Martinez.
Holmes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Martinez.
Holmes tries to escape but Martinez is in control.
Martinez working the head with strikes.
An elbow from Martinez crashes against the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez cracks Holmes with a big right hand but Holmes just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Martinez tries to score with some ground and pound. Holmes controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Martinez landing a few strikes.
Martinez tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Martinez grinds an elbow into Holmes's temple.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Holmes can do anything to dispel that myth.
Martinez remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Martinez has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Holmes!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Martinez landing strikes from the mount and Holmes is in trouble!
Martinez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

It looks like Josh Holmes has been cut.
Martinez working Holmes over with strikes here.
Martinez with the ground and pound from mount.

The cut above Josh Holmes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Holmes is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Martinez cracks Holmes with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Josh Holmes's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kai Martinez!