PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rick Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Welcome To The Jungle. Rick Martin is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Martin
vs
Johnson

180 cm
20
180 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
175 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rick Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zach Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Johnson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Johnson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martin.
Martin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Martin from controlling successfully.
Martin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Martin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Martin wants to work for an arm triangle but Johnson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Martin not doing much here.
Johnson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Martin.
Martin controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Martin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Johnson's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martin working the head and body with strikes.
Johnson looks gassed!
Martin perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Martin is keen to just control but Johnson is a slippery customer.
Martin uses his free foot to push down on Johnson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Johnson.
Martin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Martin cracks Johnson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Martin with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Johnson wants to hold on but Martin pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Martin trying to control from half guard but Johnson is working away.

Martin looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Martin passes the guard and advances to mount!
Martin working the ground and pound effectively.
BOOM! Martin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Martin landing strikes from the mount and Johnson is in trouble!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin prevents Johnson from getting the reversal.
A nice elbow there by Martin.
Johnson is trying to escape the mount.
Martin unloading with bombs!
Martin wants to control the pace but Johnson is squirming around nicely.
Martin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Martin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Martin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnson hang on?
Martin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Martin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Johnson?
Martin is landing with some decent strikes but Johnson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Martin controlling from the full mount.
Martin lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Martin breaks from Johnson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Martin working the ground and pound effectively.
Martin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Johnson is squirming around, avoiding Martin's attempts to control the action.
Martin looking to finish with strikes here!
Johnson is working to get back to half guard.
Martin breaks from Johnson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Johnson wants to control but Martin is having none of it.
Martin throwing strikes here but Johnson is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rick Martin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Johnson with a poor takedown

and Martin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Martin.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Martin from controlling successfully.

Martin drops back looking for a leg! Johnson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Johnson manages to kick Martin off! Martin jumps back into Johnson's guard.
Martin trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Martin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Johnson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Martin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Martin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Johnson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Johnson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martin controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Johnson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Martin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Martin lands in his opponent's guard.
Martin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Martin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Martin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Martin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Johnson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rick Martin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Martin from controlling successfully.
Martin distracts Johnson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Martin trying to control but Johnson is working from the bottom.

Martin drops back looking for a leg! Johnson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Johnson manages to kick Martin off! Martin jumps back into Johnson's guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Johnson has his takedown stuffed

and Martin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Martin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Martin trying to control the action but Johnson is working from the bottom.
Johnson trying to control but Martin postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson is not content to let Martin control the position.
Martin works his foot free and advances to mount.
Johnson taking shots to the head.
Martin lands a big shot there that rocks Johnson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Johnson is rocked!
Martin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Johnson is still in real trouble! Can Martin finish him?
Martin postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Johnson badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Martin around the waist but Martin pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Martin is the winner by TKO! Martin jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Martin!