PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horst Kneifer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dustin Martin has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Martin
vs
Kneifer

205 cm
23
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dustin Martin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Horst Kneifer!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin tries a head kick but it misses.
Martin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kneifer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martin.

Martin tries to keep at a distance but Kneifer has taken the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Kneifer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kneifer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Martin trying to land knees to the body.
Kneifer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneifer landing knees to the head.

It looks like Dustin Martin has been cut.
Martin tries a knee to the head but Kneifer blocks it.
Kneifer wants to break free but Martin has control.
Kneifer managing to block the knees to the body from Martin.
Martin tries to land knees in the clinch but Kneifer avoids the damage to the body.
Kneifer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneifer managing to block the knees to the body from Martin.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneifer managing to block the knees to the body from Martin.
Martin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kneifer.
Martin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Martin is trying to stall.
Kneifer lands a nice elbow.
Kneifer lands a nice knee to the body.
Martin is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneifer tries to circle away but Martin has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneifer missing with knees to the body.
Kneifer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Kneifer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kneifer throws a leg kick but Martin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kneifer misses with a body shot.
Kneifer tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
Martin fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Martin.
A telegraphed right hand from Kneifer misses the target.
Kneifer throws a jab but it's blocked by Martin.
Martin throws a leg kick which misses Kneifer's front leg but catches the back leg as Kneifer tries to avoid it.
Kneifer misses with a wild body shot.
Kneifer doesn't manage to clinch there - Martin circles away.
Martin fails with an attempt to clinch.

Kneifer closes the distance and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice elbow from Kneifer.
Kneifer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneifer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Kneifer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martin lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kneifer will feel that in the morning.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kneifer checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneifer chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Martin can pounce on him.
Horst Kneifer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kneifer throws a jab but it's blocked by Martin.

Kneifer moves into the clinch.
Martin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kneifer avoids it.
Kneifer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Martin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Kneifer breaks the clinch.
A jab from Kneifer misses.
Martin moves out of range of the body kick from Kneifer.

Kneifer moves into the clinch successfully.
Martin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Kneifer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kneifer looks to land a body kick but Martin moved away.
Martin blocks a jab.
Kneifer fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Martin.
Martin pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kneifer is out of range and Martin settles back down.
Martin misses with a kick to the body

and Kneifer counters by moving into the clinch.

Martin breaks the clinch.
Martin checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin scoring well with a low kick there.
Kneifer throws a leg kick but Martin sees it coming and moves out of range.

Martin has managed to clinch.

Martin breaks from the clinch.
An inside leg kick from Martin misses.
Kneifer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A leg kick checked by Martin.
Martin wants to clinch but Kneifer slips to the side

and Kneifer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kneifer.
Kneifer throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on Kneifer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kneifer trying to land knees to the body.
Martin takes an elbow to the temple.
Martin tries to land knees in the clinch but Kneifer avoids the damage to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Martin obliges.
Martin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Martin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Martin manages to break the clinch.
Martin misses with a body kick.
Kneifer misses with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin doesn't manage to clinch there - Kneifer circles away.
Martin tries a low kick but Kneifer avoids it.
Martin tries to clinch up but Kneifer circles away and keeps his distance.
Kneifer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Martin.

Kneifer takes the fight into the clinch.
Martin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Martin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kneifer's efforts to push away.
Kneifer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martin throws an elbow that misses.
Kneifer is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Martin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Martin avoiding damage as Kneifer throws knees to the body.
Martin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Kneifer breaks the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Martin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kneifer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Martin has managed to clinch.

Kneifer manages to break the clinch.
Dustin Martin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kneifer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kneifer tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
Kneifer throws a leg kick
and Martin counters with an outside leg kick.
Kneifer checks a leg kick.
A jab from Kneifer misses.
Martin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martin throws and low kick but Kneifer moves out of range easily.

Martin has taken the fight to the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kneifer is trying to force a seperation but Martin has the dominant position.
Kneifer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Martin tries to land knees in the clinch but Kneifer avoids the damage to the body.
Kneifer avoiding damage as Martin throws knees to the body.
Kneifer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martin avoids it.
Kneifer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Martin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneifer is trying to break the clinch but Martin has him pressed against the cage.
Kneifer is trying to force a seperation but Martin has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kneifer breaks from the clinch.

Kneifer closes the distance and clinches.
Kneifer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Martin blocks it with crossed arms.

Kneifer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some bone on bone action there as Kneifer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Martin checks a low kick from Kneifer.
Martin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Martin tried to score with a low kick but Kneifer checks it.
Martin lands a head kick!

It looks like Horst Kneifer has been cut.

Kneifer closes the distance and clinches.
Kneifer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneifer tries to land a knee to the head but Martin blocks with his arms.
Kneifer avoiding damage as Martin throws knees to the body.
Martin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneifer is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin lands a knee to the body.
Kneifer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneifer lands an elbow inside.

Martin breaks from the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kneifer.
Kneifer missing with a left hand there. Martin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Kneifer is out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Martin.
Kneifer looks for the body kick but Martin saw that one coming.
Martin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Martin looks to land a body kick but Kneifer moved away.
Martin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kneifer checks it well.
Martin throws a head kick that misses.
Martin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kneifer.

Kneifer has closed the distance and engaged Martin in a clinch.
Kneifer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneifer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneifer landing knees to the body.
Kneifer tries to circle away but Martin has him pinned against the cage.

Kneifer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martin throws out a leg kick but Kneifer moves out of range and Martin only half commits.
Kneifer scores with a body shot.
Martin throws a front kick aimed at Kneifer's knee but Kneifer avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin defending well as Kneifer loads up on a big left hand.
Martin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kneifer.
Martin does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kneifer misses with a straight right.
Kneifer throws a hook but Martin avoids it easily.
Kneifer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Kneifer.
Martin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Martin.
Good leg kick by Kneifer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Martin ducks under a wild hook from Kneifer.

Kneifer instigates a clinch.
Martin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kneifer avoids it.

Kneifer manages to break the clinch.
Martin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kneifer.
Martin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kneifer.
Kneifer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Martin misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneifer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martin.
Martin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kneifer blocks a head kick by Martin.
Martin motions for Kneifer to come forward. Martin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kneifer misses with a body punch
and Martin counters with an inside leg kick.
Martin takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Martin tries to clinch there but Kneifer circles away.
Kneifer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Martin counters with a low kick, right behind Kneifer 's knee.
Kneifer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Martin. Martin obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kneifer closes the distance but Martin moves to the side

and Martin moves into the clinch.

Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martin slips a jab from Kneifer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dustin Martin dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Martin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Martin walks into a stiff left hand from Kneifer.
Martin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martin moves away from the strike by Kneifer.
Kneifer throws a leg kick
and Martin counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Kneifer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kneifer is looking to clinch but Martin is avoiding it.
Kneifer misses with a hook. Martin ducked under it nicely.
Dustin Martin is winning the standup battle so far.
Martin shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martin misses with a low kick.
Kneifer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Martin throws a sloppy head kick and Kneifer moves out of range easily.
Martin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kneifer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kneifer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kneifer connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kneifer moves into the clinch.
Martin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kneifer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneifer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kneifer is trying to break the clinch but Martin has him pressed against the cage.

Martin breaks the clinch.
Kneifer throws a sloppy head kick
and Martin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kneifer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Martin - the referee stops the clock and Kneifer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Martin. Kneifer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Martin throws a sloppy head kick and Kneifer moves out of range easily.

Martin has managed to clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Martin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Martin breaks from the clinch.
Martin throws the kick towards the body but Kneifer avoids it.
Martin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kneifer avoids the head kick by Martin.
Kneifer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Martin.
Martin thumps Kneifer with a low kick.
Martin scores with a head kick.

Martin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneifer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Martin obliges.
Martin tries to land knees in the clinch but Kneifer avoids the damage to the body.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Kneifer.
Martin missing with knees to the body.
Kneifer tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Kneifer avoiding damage as Martin throws knees to the body.
Kneifer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kneifer missing with knees to the body.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Kneifer.
Martin trying to land knees to the body.
Kneifer working hard to break the clinch.
Martin keeps control of Kneifer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kneifer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Martin avoids a wild elbow strike from Kneifer.
Kneifer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Martin.
Kneifer managing to block the knees to the body from Martin.
Knees in the clinch landing for Martin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin tries to land a knee to the head but Kneifer blocks with his arms.

Martin breaks the clinch.
Kneifer clinches but Martin breaks the clinch
and Martin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kneifer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Martin wants to land a leg kick but Kneifer is out of range.
Kneifer thows a leg kick but Martin checks it

and Martin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Martin.
Horst Kneifer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Martin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Martin has Kneifer pressed against the cage, preventing Kneifer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kneifer trying to land knees to the body.
Martin missing with knees to the body.
Kneifer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kneifer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Martin misses with a knee to the head.
Martin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneifer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Martin looking to throw knees to the head but Kneifer is blocking nicely.
Kneifer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneifer missing with knees to the body.
Martin avoiding damage as Kneifer throws knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kneifer wants to get back to striking at distance but Martin won't allow it.

Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Martin.
Martin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kneifer counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kneifer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martin.
Martin tries to clinch up but Kneifer circles away and keeps his distance.
Kneifer throws a hook but Martin blocks it.
Martin throws a low kick, looking for Kneifer's leg but Kneifer calmly moves out of range.

Martin tries to keep at a distance but Kneifer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kneifer lands a nice elbow.

Kneifer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Kneifer moves in looking to clinch but Martin pushes him off.
Martin swats away the attempt to clinch by Kneifer.
A head kick misses from Martin.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dustin Martin showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Martin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dustin Martin!
Dustin Martin is the new heavyweight champion!