PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between pied face (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

face
vs
Martinez

170 cm
23
155 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

190 cm
23
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, pied face!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sergio Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Martinez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Martinez throws a right hand that face ducks under and follows up with a left that face also avoids with ease.
A big left from face misses.
face thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
face throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martinez sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.
Martinez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
face throws a jab when Martinez was well out of range.
Martinez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by face.
face ducks under a wild hook from Martinez.
face takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
face thows a body shot but no joy.
face moves away from the strike by Martinez.
Martinez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Martinez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but face manages to avoid it.
Martinez works the jab nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
face throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Martinez looks to score with a jab to the body but face is just out of range.
Martinez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Martinez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
face takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by face.
face uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martinez.
face tried to score with a low kick but Martinez checks it.
Martinez misses with a looping left.
Martinez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Martinez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but face manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Martinez dominated that round.
That's time! face's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

face jabbing away but nothing is landing.
face throws a shot from downtown. Martinez moves away and avoids it.
face throws a looping overhand right but Martinez ducks down to avoid it.
face gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Martinez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez takes a swing at face's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez looks to land a left hand but face moved out of range nicely.
face is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Martinez's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Martinez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Martinez throws out a loose jab but face uses good head movement to avoid it.
No joy there for Martinez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sergio Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Martinez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martinez looks to score with a jab to the body but face is just out of range.
face slips under a jab from Martinez.
face misses with a straight right.
Martinez moves out of range as face strikes.
Martinez is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
face is looking to score with low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but face moves away.
face keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinez.
A jab from face misses.
Martinez slips under a jab from face.
Martinez slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Martinez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from face.
Martinez misses with a looping right.
Martinez misses with a looping right.
Martinez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from face.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
face throws a looping overhand right but Martinez ducks down to avoid it.
Martinez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. face sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Martinez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Martinez misses with a wild combination.
Martinez throws a shot from downtown. face moves away and avoids it.
Martinez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez throws a right hand that face ducks under and follows up with a left that face also avoids with ease.
face keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. face sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Martinez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as face throws out the jab.
face takes a jab right on the kisser.
face scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Sergio Martinez has been cut.
Martinez lands a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
face staying out of range there.
face slips a straight right by Martinez.
Martinez slips under a jab.
Martinez misses with a hook. face ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from face misses the target.
Martinez looks to land a left hand but face moved out of range nicely.
Martinez slips a straight right by face.
A big right from face misses.
Martinez connects with a good right hand that stumbles face. face circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's four 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.
face ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martinez moves away.
face slips under a jab from Martinez.
Martinez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
face scoring well with a low kick there.
face misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Martinez counters with a left and a right that stings face.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergio Martinez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Martinez has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Sergio Martinez!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Sergio Martinez!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Sergio Martinez!

Sergio Martinez wins by unanimous decision!