PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mongo Martensite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and cameron hopper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martensite comes to the ring accompanied by the Hellacopters - (Gotta Get Some Action) Now! . cameron hopper acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.

Martensite
vs
hopper

175 cm
20
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
hopper tries to close the distance and clinch but Martensite swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
hopper lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by hopper.

Martensite shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
hopper tries to lock up and control but Martensite gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
hopper is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Martensite is staying active.
hopper takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
hopper is working to get back to half guard.
hopper tries to lock up and control but Martensite gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Martensite can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as hopper is looking to escape.
Martensite avoids the attempt from hopper to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
hopper holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Martensite tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Martensite cracks hopper with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
hopper is working to get back to half guard.
hopper tries to lock up and control but Martensite gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
hopper is desperately trying to improve his position but Martensite has a good base and remains in mount.
Martensite postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. hopper looks a forlorn figure.
hopper bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Martensite is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martensite wants to stand but hopper is controlling the position.
Martensite tries to land a sweep but no joy.
hopper looking to sit in guard and control but Martensite gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Martensite postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Martensite stands and steps away. hopper gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
A chopping leg kick lands by Martensite.
hopper looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

hopper shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Martensite regains half guard.

Martensite looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Martensite tries to kick hopper off but hopper keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Martensite trying to control but hopper postures up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
hopper wants to control but Martensite is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martensite keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

hopper is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Martensite blocking the ground and pound attempt from hopper.
Martensite landing small, sideways elbows.
Martensite 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.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Martensite shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Martensite working hopper over with strikes.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
hopper is looking to control Martensite's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can hopper avoid being mounted?
hopper is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Martensite scores with a couple of nice shots.
Martensite is pressing down on hopper's thigh, looking to free his foot. hopper is holding on for now.
hopper is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Martensite scores with a couple of nice shots.
Martensite is trying to control. hopper wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Martensite throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Martensite fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's six 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.
hopper tries for a takedown but Martensite circles away easily

and Martensite counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Martensite lands with a punch from half guard.
Martensite sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. hopper defending well though.

Martensite wants to work for an arm triangle but hopper is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
hopper is looking to improve his position.
hopper is trying to control but can't.
Martensite moves nicely into side control.
Martensite moves into full mount!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Martensite in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Martensite avoids the attempt from hopper to control.
hopper keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The referee warns hopper that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Martensite is landing with some decent strikes but hopper is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
hopper is looking to get to half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Martensite controlling the pace for now.
hopper is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Martensite is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. hopper can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Martensite scoring with strikes but hopper is staying in there.
hopper tries to lock up and control but Martensite gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
hopper takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Martensite is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. hopper can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Martensite controlling from the full mount.
Martensite trying to control but hopper is having none of it.
Martensite scores with a couple of good head shots there.
hopper avoids a series of strikes thrown by Martensite.
Martensite with shots to the head and body - hopper looks very uncomfortable down there.
hopper regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mongo Martensite dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Martensite tries to clinch

and hopper counters with a single leg into guard. Martensite didn't expect that.
hopper would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
hopper forces his way into half guard.
hopper trying to mount his opponent but Martensite defends it.
Martensite makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Martensite.
Mongo Martensite overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martensite wants to sweep here but hopper controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martensite is trying to control the position but hopper postures up.
Martensite is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Martensite manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Martensite punching from mount but hopper doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Martensite avoids the attempt from hopper to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Martensite tries to control but hopper wriggling away.
hopper tries to lock up and control but Martensite gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Martensite in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Martensite content just to control the position here.
Martensite lands with some vicious ground and pound - can hopper hang on?
hopper is working to get back to half guard.
Martensite working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
hopper tries to lock up and control but Martensite gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
hopper is trying to escape the mount.
hopper is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Martensite landing strikes from the mount and hopper is in trouble!
Martensite working hopper over with strikes here.
BOOM! Martensite connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Martensite trying to control but hopper is having none of it.
hopper is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
hopper is wriggling around trying to escape.
The referee warns hopper that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Martensite cracks hopper with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
hopper is working to get back to half guard.
hopper sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
hopper trying to hold on to Martensite's head to control him but Martensite postures up.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Martensite tries to stand and escape but hopper is controlling the position.
Martensite trying to control the action but hopper is working from the bottom.
hopper wants to get back to full guard.
Martensite prevents hopper from standing back up.
Martensite wants to pass the guard but hopper is defending well.
Martensite thows a huge punch but hopper dodges it nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Martensite has his takedown stuffed

so hopper counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

hopper stands and steps away. Martensite gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

hopper closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Martensite wants to control but hopper postures up.
Martensite manages to get back to half guard.

hopper looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Martensite is staying active underneath hopper, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Martensite pushes hopper off and gets back to his feet.
Martensite wants to clinch

and hopper counters with a takedown into side control.
hopper throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Martensite works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Martensite pushes hopper off looking to stand but hopper dives back in and keeps control.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
hopper wants to stand up but Martensite has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Martensite is looking to improve his position.
Martensite wants to get back to his feet.
Martensite is staying active underneath hopper, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Martensite kicks off hopper and gets to his feet.
Martensite wants to clinch up but hopper keeps it at a distance.
Mongo Martensite is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Martensite has closed the distance and engaged hopper in a clinch.
hopper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martensite avoids it.
Martensite with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

hopper breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martensite closes the distance but hopper moves to the side

and hopper counters with a shoot takedown. Martensite fights it but they end up in guard.
hopper postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Martensite is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
hopper stops Martensite from standing up.

And that's the end of the fight!
cameron hopper comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight for Mongo Martensite!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for cameron hopper!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Mongo Martensite!

Mongo Martensite wins by split decision!