PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marco Brickowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Martinez's choice of entrance music: Puya -- Sal Pa' Fuera. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brickowski
vs
Martinez

169 cm
20
160 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

165 cm
30
165 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Brickowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jesus Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Brickowski walks into a left hand.
Brickowski works Martinez's body with a nice hook.
Martinez misses the jab.
A punch combination from Martinez misses.
Martinez misses with a few strikes there.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt - Brickowski sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brickowski swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Martinez counters with a big head kick but Brickowski shrugs it off.
Brickowski misses with an attempted mid kick.
A punch lands to the side of Brickowski 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Martinez closes the distance and pushes Brickowski back into the cage.

Martinez breaks the clinch.
Martinez fails with the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brickowski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Martinez throws a hook to the side of Brickowski's head but Brickowski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brickowski.
Brickowski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brickowski dodges the punch combination from Martinez.
Jesus Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brickowski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinez manages to avoid it.
Brickowski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Martinez misses the jab.
Marco Brickowski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martinez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brickowski. Brickowski obviously looking to wear him down.
Martinez throws a body punch but Brickowski moves out of range.
Brickowski has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Martinez.

Martinez shoots in and gets a takedown into Brickowski's guard.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Brickowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martinez is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Martinez trying to control but Brickowski is working from the bottom.
Brickowski knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Martinez on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez 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.
Brickowski trying to keep a closed guard but Martinez is proving a slippery customer.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A lazy body kick from Martinez
and Brickowski counters with a good low kick that Martinez was not able to check.
Martinez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Martinez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brickowski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Martinez checks a low kick from Brickowski.
Brickowski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Brickowski tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brickowski throws a low kick but Martinez moves out of range easily.
Martinez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brickowski circles away quickly and effectively.
Martinez wants to clinch up but Brickowski keeps it at a distance.
Brickowski avoids the head kick by Martinez.
Martinez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Martinez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brickowski shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Brickowski motions for Martinez to come forward. Brickowski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez moves out of range as Brickowski throws a body kick.
Brickowski cracks the inside of Martinez's front leg.
Martinez misses with an uppercut
and Brickowski counters with an outside leg kick.
Brickowski feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Martinez's calf.
Martinez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Brickowski.
Martinez looks gassed!
Martinez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brickowski throws a chopping leg kick but Martinez manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brickowski looks to land a body kick but Martinez moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brickowski tries to score with a low kick but Martinez moves his leg out of the way.
Brickowski scoring well with a low kick there.
Brickowski motions for Martinez to come forward. Brickowski throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez thows a body shot but no joy.
Brickowski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brickowski slaps away a takedown attempt from Martinez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Marco Brickowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Martinez.
Martinez misses the body punch
and Brickowski counters with a slapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Brickowski misses.
Brickowski fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brickowski looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez throws a head kick that misses
and Brickowski counters with a head kick.
Brickowski throws a head kick that misses.
Brickowski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Brickowski dominated that round.
That's time! Brickowski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Brickowski connects with a high kick.
Jesus Martinez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martinez lands with a right hand.
Brickowski throws a front kick aimed at Martinez's knee but Martinez avoids it well.
Martinez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brickowski counters with a thumping low kick.
Martinez checks a low kick from Brickowski.
Brickowski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brickowski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brickowski misses with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brickowski.
Martinez looks to score with a jab to the body but Brickowski is just out of range.
Brickowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martinez moves away.
Brickowski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
No joy there for Martinez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martinez misses with an uppercut
and Brickowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Martinez has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brickowski has had enough of the clinch but Martinez keeps him there for the moment.
Brickowski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Martinez.
Martinez is working for takedown but Brickowski is calmly controlling the position for now.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Brickowski tries to stall but Martinez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martinez has Brickowski pressed against the cage, preventing Brickowski from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brickowski dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Brickowski tries to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling the position.
Martinez managing to block the knees to the body from Brickowski.
Martinez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Brickowski prevents it.
Martinez stalling against the cage.
Martinez misses with a body punch.
Martinez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martinez is working Brickowski over against the cage.
Martinez avoiding damage as Brickowski throws knees to the body.
Brickowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Martinez has double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Martinez.

Martinez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martinez throws a shot to the body.
Brickowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

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.
Brickowski misses with a wild body shot.
Brickowski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Martinez takes a swing at Brickowski's ribcage but misses.
Martinez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brickowski counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brickowski throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Martinez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brickowski defends it nicely.
Marco Brickowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jesus Martinez.
Martinez checks a leg kick.
Martinez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Martinez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Brickowski makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Brickowski.
Martinez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Brickowski fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Martinez is out of range.
Martinez swings widly with a right hand
and Brickowski counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Martinez checks a low kick from Brickowski.
Marco Brickowski is winning the standup battle so far.
Martinez misses with a left hand
and Brickowski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Martinez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brickowski manages to avoid it.
Martinez blocks a low kick nicely.
Martinez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Martinez throws a hook but Brickowski avoids it easily.
Martinez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Martinez lands a jab to Brickowski's midsection.
Brickowski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brickowski slips a straight right by Martinez.
Brickowski is looking to wear down Martinez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Brickowski dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martinez. That did some damage!
Martinez misses with a kick to the body
and Brickowski counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Martinez throws a combination that misses
and Brickowski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brickowski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Martinez throws a series of punches but Brickowski avoids them all with ease.
Brickowski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A head kick misses from Brickowski.
Martinez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brickowski's waist but Brickowski gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Martinez off to one side.
Brickowski throws a head kick that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. Brickowski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Martinez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brickowski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Martinez misses with a body shot.
Brickowski throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Brickowski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brickowski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martinez was well out of range. Poor timing from Brickowski.
Brickowski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Brickowski dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Martinez blocks a leg kick.
Brickowski misses with a low kick as Martinez jumps back.
Brickowski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martinez lands a right hook to the body.
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.
Brickowski wants to land a leg kick but Martinez is out of range.
Brickowski throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Brickowski looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinez is just out of range.
Brickowski throws a head kick but Martinez moves out of range.
Martinez digs a good body shot into Brickowski's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez misses with a body shot
and Brickowski counters with a good, hard body kick but Martinez shrugs it off.
Brickowski misses with a wild body shot.
Martinez misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brickowski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martinez misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Martinez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brickowski throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
An inside leg kick from Brickowski misses.
Brickowski throws a low kick, looking for Martinez's leg but Martinez calmly moves out of range.
Brickowski moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Martinez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Martinez throws a body punch but Brickowski moves out of range.
Martinez misses with a looping left.
Martinez misses the jab.

Martinez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Brickowski to the ground. Martinez is now in Brickowski's guard.
Martinez won't allow Brickowski to sweep him here.
Martinez prevents Brickowski from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brickowski working a defensive guard but Martinez manages to pass into side control anyway.
Jesus Martinez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brickowski tries to improve position but can't.
Martinez tries to advance to mount but Brickowski denies him.
Martinez trying to control the position but Brickowski is working away.
Martinez passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Brickowski!
Martinez controlling his opponent.
Martinez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Martinez prevents Brickowski from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Brickowski tries to hold on but Martinez postures up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
BOOM! Martinez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Martinez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Brickowski tries to hold on but Martinez pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Martinez.
Martinez prevents Brickowski from getting the reversal.
Brickowski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Martinez looking for a guillotine from mount but Brickowski is having none of it.

Martinez looking for a guillotine from mount but Brickowski is having none of it.
Martinez breaks from Brickowski's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The referee warns Brickowski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Martinez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Brickowski?
Martinez avoids the attempt from Brickowski to control.
Brickowski is in a horrible position here. Martinez smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jesus Martinez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Brickowski has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Brickowski!