PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sean Trueman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Macho Martel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martel has chosen The Original Techno Viking as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Trueman
vs
Martel

190 cm
27
250 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

199 cm
24
237 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean Trueman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Macho Martel!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Martel shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Trueman punching from the bottom.
Trueman connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Trueman missing with punches from the bottom.
Trueman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Trueman tries to get out of the position.
Trueman missing with punches from the bottom.
Martel moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Trueman.
Trueman looks to move to half guard but instead Martel has passed into mount! Damn!
Martel blocks Trueman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Trueman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Martel is trying to take his opponent's back.
Trueman throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martel thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Trueman is desperately trying to improve his position but Martel has a good base and remains in mount.
Martel blocks Trueman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Martel can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Trueman is looking to escape.
Trueman is trying to escape the mount.
Trueman throwing hammer fists to the chest of Martel. What's that going to do exactly?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trueman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Martel trying to control but Trueman is having none of it.
Martel content just to control the position here.
Martel blocks Trueman's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Martel lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Martel controlling from mount.
Trueman swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Martel throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Trueman because Martel loaded up on that one.
Trueman throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Martel controlling from mount.
Martel tries to control but Trueman wriggling away.
Trueman blocking the ground and pound.
Trueman throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

Martel has hold of Trueman's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Trueman manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trueman is working to get back to half guard.
Martel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trueman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Martel looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Trueman is in all sorts of trouble here.
Trueman bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Trueman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Martel is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Martel looking for a guillotine here but Trueman defends easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trueman wants to pass the guard but Martel is keeping the position.
Martel is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Trueman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Trueman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Trueman misses with a takedown attempt

and Martel counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Martel is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Trueman tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.

Martel is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Trueman has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Macho Martel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Macho Martel's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Trueman with a poor takedown

and Martel counters with a shoot takedown. Trueman fights it but they end up in guard.
Trueman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Martel on the ground.
Trueman throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Trueman lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Trueman is striking off his back. Martel thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Trueman misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Martel not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Martel is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Trueman sees it coming and defends easily.
Martel is controlling the pace.
Trueman strikes from the bottom but Martel passes into mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trueman throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Trueman flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Martel sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Trueman throwing hammer fists to the chest of Martel. What's that going to do exactly?
Trueman throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Martel landing strikes from the mount and Trueman is in trouble!
Martel controlling the position easily from mount.
Trueman throwing hammer fists to the chest of Martel. What's that going to do exactly?

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.
Trueman slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Martel is trying to control. Trueman wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Martel wants to free his trapped foot but Trueman is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Martel is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Trueman defends it well.
Martel is breathing heavily.
Trueman tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Martel content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Martel blocks the strikes from Trueman.
Martel seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Trueman does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Trueman landing strikes from the bottom.
Trueman throws a strike from the bottom but Martel passes into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trueman lands an elbow from the bottom.
Trueman is trying to improve his position.

Martel tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Martel has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Martel postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

Martel has an Americana. Trueman didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Martel is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Martel hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Macho Martel!