PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cuncho Huerta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Martinez
vs
Huerta

193 cm
26
255 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

189 cm
25
245 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jackson Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cuncho Huerta!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huerta is looking to clinch but Martinez is avoiding it.

Huerta forces Martinez back against the cage and clinches.

Huerta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Huerta fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Martinez, pushing him back against the cage.
Huerta lands an elbow just above Martinez 's eye.

It looks like Jackson Martinez has been cut.
Huerta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Martinez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Martinez looking to throw knees to the head but Huerta is blocking nicely.
Martinez misses with a knee strike.
Martinez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Huerta has him pressed against the cage.
Martinez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Martinez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huerta blocks it with crossed arms.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martinez looking to throw knees to the head but Huerta is blocking nicely.
Martinez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but Huerta blocks it.

Huerta manages to break the clinch.
Huerta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martinez swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Huerta closes the distance and clinches.
Martinez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huerta blocks it with crossed arms.
Martinez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Huerta tries to circle away but Martinez has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martinez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Huerta with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Huerta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Huerta forces Martinez back against the cage and clinches.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Martinez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Huerta manages to break the clinch.

Huerta gets a clinch.

Huerta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martinez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Huerta.

Huerta fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Martinez, pushing him back against the cage.
Huerta unloads a knee to the mid-section. Martinez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Martinez throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but Huerta blocks with his arms.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Huerta lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Huerta closes the distance and clinches.
Huerta missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martinez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Martinez misses with the combination.

Huerta has Martinez up against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Huerta obliges.
A frustrated look appears on Martinez's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Huerta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Huerta darts in and clinches Martinez up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Martinez takes an elbow to the temple.
Martinez takes a knee to the side of the body.

Huerta breaks from the clinch.
Huerta moves in looking to clinch but Martinez pushes him off.

Huerta closes the distance and clinches.
Martinez throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Huerta breaks the clinch.

Huerta closes the distance and clinches.

Huerta manages to break the clinch.

Martinez tries to keep at a distance but Huerta has taken the fight into the clinch.
Huerta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but Huerta blocks it.
Huerta tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martinez avoids it.
Martinez looking to throw knees to the head but Huerta is blocking nicely.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Huerta wants to clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Huerta. Martinez shrugs it off though.

Huerta has Martinez up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez wants to break free but Huerta has control.
Huerta landing knees to the body.
Martinez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Martinez rushes Huerta and presses him up against the cage.
Huerta lands a nice elbow.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but Huerta blocks it.
Huerta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Huerta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martinez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Huerta will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Huerta is looking to clinch but Martinez is avoiding it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Huerta fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Martinez, pushing him back against the cage.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but Huerta blocks with his arms.
Martinez misses with a knee strike.

Huerta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Huerta clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cuncho Huerta dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jackson Martinez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Huerta throws a hook but Martinez blocks it.
Huerta goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Huerta tries to clinch up.

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

Martinez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Huerta misses the shot to the body.
Huerta finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Huerta fails with an attempt to clinch.

Huerta has closed the distance and engaged Martinez in a clinch.
Martinez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Huerta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Martinez misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martinez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Martinez dodges an elbow strike from Huerta.
Huerta dodges an elbow strike from Martinez.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Huerta moves into the clinch.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Huerta clinches.

Huerta breaks the clinch.
Martinez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cuncho Huerta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huerta tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Huerta has managed to clinch.
Huerta keeps control of Martinez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Huerta scores a nice knee to the body.
Cuncho Huerta seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but Huerta blocks with his arms.
Huerta landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Martinez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Huerta pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Huerta takes the fight into the clinch.

Martinez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Huerta takes the fight into the clinch.

Martinez breaks the clinch.
Huerta connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Huerta tries to clinch there but Martinez circles away.
Martinez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martinez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Huerta tries to clinch up
and Martinez counters with a head kick. That will keep Huerta thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Martinez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Huerta misses with a jab, cross combination.
Huerta darts in trying to clinch

and Martinez counters by clinching up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martinez tries a knee to the head but Huerta blocks it.
Martinez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but Huerta blocks it.
Martinez misses with a knee to the head.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Huerta clinches up with Martinez and pushes him back against the cage.

Huerta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martinez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Martinez counters with a leg kick.

Huerta fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Martinez, pushing him back against the cage.
Huerta tries to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling the position.

Huerta breaks the clinch.

Huerta takes the fight into the clinch.

Huerta escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Huerta scores with a kick to the midsection.
A combination from Huerta does no damage.
Huerta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Huerta pushes Martinez up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a knee strike.

Huerta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Huerta darts in trying to clinch
and Martinez counters with an inside leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Martinez blocks an elbow strike from Huerta.
Martinez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Martinez wants to break the clinch but can't.

Huerta manages to break the clinch.
Huerta throws a head kick that Martinez semi-blocks.

Huerta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huerta connects with a nasty looking knee right to Martinez's face.
Martinez tries to break free but Huerta pushes him back against the cage.
Huerta tries to land a knee to the head but Martinez blocks with his arms.
Huerta avoids a wild elbow strike from Martinez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cuncho Huerta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jackson Martinez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Huerta tries to clinch up
and Martinez counters with an inside leg kick.

Huerta clinches.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but Huerta blocks with his arms.
Martinez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Martinez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Huerta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Huerta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Martinez breaks the clinch.
Huerta throws a shot from downtown. Martinez moves away and avoids it.
Jackson Martinez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huerta closes the distance looking to clinch
and Martinez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Huerta throws a series of punches but Martinez moves out of range.
Huerta is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martinez.
Huerta tries to clinch but Martinez is having none of it.
Huerta wants to clinch but Martinez slips to the side

and Martinez counters by moving into the clinch.
Martinez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huerta blocks it with crossed arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Huerta closes the distance but Martinez moves to the side
and Martinez counters with a good low kick that Huerta was not able to check.
Martinez keeps the fight on the outside.

Huerta closes the distance and clinches.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martinez looking to throw knees to the head but Huerta is blocking nicely.
Martinez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Huerta breaks the clinch.
Huerta tries to clinch up
and Martinez counters with a big head kick but Huerta shrugs it off.
Huerta tries to clinch but Martinez moves out of range.
Huerta fails in his attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Martinez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Huerta has Martinez up against the cage in a clinch.
Martinez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Martinez throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Huerta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Martinez blocks it with crossed arms.
Martinez avoiding damage as Huerta throws knees to the body.
Huerta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Huerta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Huerta tries to clinch
and Martinez counters with an inside leg kick.
Huerta scores with a head kick.

Huerta clinches.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martinez looking to throw knees to the head but Huerta is blocking nicely.
Huerta lands an elbow inside that Martinez shrugs off.
Huerta looking to throw knees to the head but Martinez is blocking nicely.
Huerta scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martinez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huerta blocks it with crossed arms.

Huerta breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martinez takes a kick to the side of the head.

Huerta rushes Martinez and presses him up against the cage.
Huerta lands a nice elbow.
Martinez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Huerta tries to land a knee to the head but Martinez blocks with his arms.

Huerta breaks the clinch.
The fighters circling - Huerta throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Huerta darts in trying to clinch
and Martinez counters with an inside leg kick.
Huerta chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Huerta buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Martinez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huerta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martinez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Huerta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Huerta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martinez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Huerta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Huerta tries to clinch up.
Huerta throws a head kick but Martinez moves out of range.
Huerta swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Martinez counters with a thumping low kick.
Martinez tries to clinch but Huerta is having none of it.

Huerta closes the distance and clinches.
Huerta is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.
Martinez scores with a knee to the head.
Martinez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Martinez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Huerta breaks the clinch.
Jackson Martinez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cuncho Huerta is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Huerta clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cuncho Huerta.
Well Huerta 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cuncho Huerta!