PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Finny Gussa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martin
vs
Gussa

166 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
164 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Santiago Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Finny Gussa!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gussa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Martin shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Gussa is trying to defend but Martin finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Martin is stalling here. Gussa is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Martin seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Gussa has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Gussa in side control lands a decent elbow.

Gussa thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Gussa swings around for an armbar but Martin sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Gussa's guard.
Gussa keeping moving, preventing Martin from controlling successfully.
Martin tries to free his leg and advance position but Gussa is retaining full guard.
Gussa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Martin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin wants to control from the top but Gussa keeps moving.
Gussa is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Gussa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Santiago Martin has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Martin tries to close the distance and clinch but Gussa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santiago Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

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 tries to close the distance and clinch but Gussa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Martin drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Martin controlling the position.
Gussa is looking to get back to his feet here but Martin is keeping cool and he's managed to take Gussa's back.
Martin controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Gussa looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

Martin is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
What can Gussa do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gussa avoids the strikes from Martin.
Gussa holding both Martin 's hands and preventing any damage.
Gussa looking very determined here, making life difficult for Martin.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martin is controlling the position but Gussa somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gussa moves out of range of the strikes.
Martin misses with a few strikes there.

Martin shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Gussa napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gussa managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Martin.

Martin tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Martin controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin trying to control the action but Gussa is working from the bottom.
Martin creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Gussa sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Martin trying to control the position but Gussa is working away.
Martin is really struggling to control Gussa but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Martin decides to stand back up.

Martin drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Martin misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martin decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Gussa fails with a takedown attempt.
Gussa is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martin. Gussa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gussa misses the shot to the body.

Martin shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gussa really wants to buck Martin off and get back to his feet.

Martin looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Martin is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Gussa just misses with a punch to the body.

Martin drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Martin with a flurry of punches that miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Santiago Martin dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Martin throws a right hand that Gussa ducks under and follows up with a left that Gussa also avoids with ease.

Martin scores with a takedown into Gussa's guard.
Martin is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gussa keeping moving, preventing Martin from controlling successfully.
Gussa can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Martin controls the pace.
Gussa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin trying to control but Gussa is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Santiago Martin wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Martin throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Gussa was covering up waiting for the punch and Martin finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Gussa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martin works a leg free and moves into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Martin postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Gussa to stand up.
Martin throws a sloppy head kick and Gussa moves out of range easily.
Gussa throws a body punch but Martin moves out of range.

Martin scores with a takedown into Gussa's guard.
Martin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Gussa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martin tries to stand but Gussa is controlling from the bottom.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Gussa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

We're going to have a standup here because Santiago Martin wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Martin drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gussa keeping moving, preventing Martin from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin tries to stand but Gussa is controlling from the bottom.
Martin thows a big elbow that misses.
Martin wants to control from the top but Gussa keeps moving.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Santiago Martin has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Gussa tries to bum rush Martin with a series of wild strikes but Martin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

And that's the end of the fight!
Santiago Martin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Martin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

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