PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vijzera Wangva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kai Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Wangva
vs
Martinez

178 cm
26
183 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

170 cm
23
184 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vijzera Wangva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kai Martinez!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wangva throws a head kick that Martinez semi-blocks.
Wangva lands with a slapping head kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Wangva!
Wangva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wangva throws a wild body kick that Martinez sees coming a mile off.
Wangva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Martinez's calf.
Martinez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wangva defends it nicely.
Wangva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Wangva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wangva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wangva wants it to stay on the feet.
Vijzera Wangva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kai Martinez.
Martinez looks gassed!
Wangva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wangva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wangva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Martinez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wangva.
Wangva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martinez.
Wangva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wangva is looking to slow Martinez down with leg kicks.
Martinez is trying desperately to land a takedown but Wangva is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Martinez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wangva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wangva cracks the inside of Martinez's front leg.
Wangva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wangva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A nice leg kick lands there from Wangva.

Wangva darts in and clinches Martinez up against the ropes.
Martinez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wangva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Martinez.
Wangva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Martinez's face.
Wangva lands a good knee to the midsection. Martinez won't want to take too many of those.
Wangva lands a shoulder strike.
Wangva misses with a knee strike.
Martinez takes a shot to the head.
Wangva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wangva missing with knees to the body.

Wangva breaks from the clinch.
Wangva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vijzera Wangva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wangva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wangva throws a leg kick which misses Martinez's front leg but catches the back leg as Martinez tries to avoid it.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wangva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Martinez's hands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Wangva.
Martinez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wangva misses with a head kick.
Martinez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wangva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Martinez if he has to take too many more of those.
Wangva throws a head kick that misses.
Wangva moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Wangva connects with a high kick.
Martinez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Wangva cracks the inside of Martinez's front leg.
Wangva throws a head kick that half lands.
Wangva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Martinez.
Wangva scoring well with a low kick there.
A jab lands there for Wangva.

Wangva moves into range and clinches up with Martinez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Wangva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wangva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Wangva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wangva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Martinez managing to block the knees to the body from Wangva.
Martinez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Wangva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Martinez checks a leg kick.
Wangva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Martinez is able to avoid easily.
Wangva cracks the inside of Martinez's front leg.

Martinez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Martinez looks to land a strike but Wangva avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Martinez prevents Wangva from getting back to his feet.
Wangva wants to sweep but no luck.
Wangva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Martinez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Martinez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez chips away with some ground and pound.
Martinez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Martinez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wangva is keeping the position for now.
Wangva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martinez.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Martinez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Martinez throws a big right hand that misses.
Wangva is trying to control the position but Martinez postures up.
Wangva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wangva looking for a sweep. Not yet Wangva, not yet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Martinez lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Martinez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Martinez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Martinez throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vijzera Wangva dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Martinez moves out of range of the leg kick from Wangva.
Wangva throws the kick towards the body but Martinez avoids it.

Martinez tries to keep at a distance but Wangva has taken the fight into the clinch.

Wangva breaks the clinch.
Wangva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wangva misses with a low kick.
Wangva throws a low kick but Martinez moves out of range easily.
Wangva pushes Martinez away with a front kick.
Kai Martinez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wangva looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Wangva clinches with his opponent.
Wangva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Martinez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Martinez works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wangva is on top in guard.

Martinez is looking for a triangle but Wangva pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wangva trying to control but Martinez is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martinez is looking for a triangle but Wangva pushes his legs off easily.

Martinez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Martinez pushes a forearm under Wangva's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Wangva is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kai Martinez!