PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fuck Life (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Life
vs
Martin

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Transformer Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fuck Life!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rick Martin!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Life looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Life swats away the attempt to clinch by Martin.
Life throws a nice looking combination but Martin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Life throws a series of punches but Martin moves out of range.
Martin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Life.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Life swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Life throws a nice looking combination but Martin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Martin wants to clinch up but Life keeps it at a distance.
Life swinging wilding here.
Martin fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Martin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fuck Life has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Martin.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Martin.
Life wants to get back to his feet.
Life is breathing heavily.
Martin lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Life down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martin trying to control the action but Life is working from the bottom.
Martin is putting a hurting on Life here, landing some big shots from side control.
Martin advances nicely into full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin working the ground and pound effectively.
Life is trying to stand.
Martin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin tries to control but Life wriggling away.
Life is trying to stand up.

Martin looking for a guillotine from mount but Life is having none of it.
Martin controlling from the full mount.
Life wants to try and get back to his feet.
Martin scoring with strikes but Life is staying in there.
You get the feeling that Life really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Martin unloading with bombs!
Life is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

Life somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Life misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fuck Life is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Life misses with the combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martin moves out of range of the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Martin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Martin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Life as he jumps to the side.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Life!

It looks like Rick Martin has been cut.
Martin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Martin fails with the takedown.
Life throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martin.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Life fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin closes the distance and clinches up with Life, looking for a takedown. Martin pushes Life against the cage but Life circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Fuck Life has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Martin.
Life fails to land with a series of punches.
Martin fails with the takedown.
A punch combination from Life misses.
Martin moves out of range of the body kick from Life.

Martin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Life to the mat! Life manages to get full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Life wants to stand up but Martin is controlling him.
Martin chips away with some ground and pound.
Martin passes Life's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Martin trying to mount his opponent but Life defends it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Martin is working for a kimura but Life is defending it quite comfortably.
Martin seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Life is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Martin scores with a couple of nice shots.
Martin not doing much here.
Martin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Martin is tying to control. Life wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Martin is tying to control. Life wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Martin trying to pass the guard but Life defending well.
Martin is keen to just control but Life is a slippery customer.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Martin connects with a nice short shot to Life's temple.
Martin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Life is trying to stand.
Martin is keen to just control but Life is a slippery customer.
Life wants to get back to his feet.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Life throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Martin on the side of the head.
Nice sprawl there from Life as Martin shoots in.
Life throws a nice looking combination but Martin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life throws a series of punches but Martin avoids them all with ease.
Life dodges the punch combination from Martin.
Life misses with a combination

so Martin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Life is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Martin is controlling him.
Life keeping moving, preventing Martin from controlling successfully.
Life is looking to stand up but Martin isn't so interested in that idea.
Martin advances position into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin cracks Life with a big elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Life pushes Martin away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Martin gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Martin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rick Martin's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Martin wants to clinch.
Martin shoots in looking for a takedown. Life tries to sprawl out of it but Martin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Life manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Life throws a left and a right that both miss

so Martin counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Martin won't allow Life to get back to his feet.
Life avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Life wants to stand and escape but Martin is having none of it.
Martin trying to control but Life is working from the bottom.
Life wants to stand but Martin is controlling the position.
Martin cracks Life with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin is in close to Life's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Martin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Life working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martin.
Rick Martin has got the better of the ground game so far.
Martin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Martin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martin wants to control from the top but Life keeps moving.

Life scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Martin scores a takedown into full mount!
Martin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Life is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Martin unloads with some shots from mount but Life bucks and avoids them well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Life wants to try and get back to his feet.
Martin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Life is rocked!

It looks like Fuck Life has been cut.
Life trying desperately to get to his feet.
Oh Life is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martin is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Life can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Life is trying to stand up.
Martin controlling from the full mount.
Life is bucking up trying to escape but Martin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Life wants to try and get back to his feet.
Martin trying to control but Life is having none of it.
Life is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Life seems to have got his legs back now.
Martin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Life is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Martin looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin looking to finish Life with some ground and pound. This is bad for Life!

Martin looking for a guillotine from mount but Life is having none of it.
Martin working the ground and pound effectively.
Life is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Life is squirming around, avoiding Martin's attempts to control the action.
You get the feeling that Life really doesn't like being in this position too much.

Life bucks Martin off and manages to get back to his feet!
Life misses with a double jab

and Martin counters with a single leg into guard. Life didn't expect that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life is looking to stand up but Martin isn't so interested in that idea.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Life is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martin won't allow Life to get back to his feet.

Life scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Rick Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Life's waist but Life gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Martin off to one side.
Fuck Life has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Life swinging wilding here.
Life throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Martin counters with a shoot takedown. Life fights it but they end up in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martin is looking to work some ground and pound but Life has wrist control.
Martin is stalling in the full guard.
Martin won't allow Life to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rick Martin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Martin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rick Martin!