PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martell Hennessey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Martin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Martin
vs
Hennessey

190 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

195 cm
20
213 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Beast Body
NFC War Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martell Hennessey!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hennessey moves out of range of the body kick.

Hennessey has closed the distance and engaged Martin in a clinch.

Hennessey jumps guard.

Martin gets to his feet - Hennessey follows without any prompting.
Hennessey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Martin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Martin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hennessey doesn't manage to clinch there - Martin circles away.
Martin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hennessey's head backwards.

Martin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Martin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hennessey knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Martin decides to stand up.
Martin misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin digs a good hook to Hennessey's body.
Martin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hennessey tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
Hennessey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martin scores with a nice strike.
Hennessey misses with a takedown attempt
and Martin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hennessey looks gassed!
Nice shot by Martin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some wild striking there from Martin.
A solid leg kick lands there for Martin.
Martin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hennessey shoots and misses

and Martin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hennessey's guard.
Frank Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Martell Hennessey.
Martin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Hennessey avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Martin content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Martin stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Hennessey on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Martin lands a nice shot to the body.
Martin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Martin tries to bum rush Hennessey with a series of wild strikes but Hennessey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Martin drops Hennessey with a right and a left! Martin comes rushing in but Hennessey regains his composure and manages to keep Martin in guard.

It looks like Martell Hennessey has been cut.
Martin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martin tries to free his leg and advance position but Hennessey is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Martin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Martell Hennessey's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Martin lands with a right that hurts Hennessey. Hennessey looks to clinch but Martin throws a short knee that drops Hennessey. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Frank Martin!