PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Grotesk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vladimir Grotesk had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.6lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Grotesk
vs
Martinez

174 cm
18
166 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vladimir Grotesk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shane Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grotesk misses with a double jab.
Grotesk tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martinez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but Grotesk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grotesk moves in looking to clinch but Martinez pushes him off.
Grotesk stuffs the takedown.
Grotesk misses with a double jab.
Martinez throws a head kick that misses.
Grotesk throws the kick towards the body but Martinez avoids it.
Grotesk throws a shot from downtown. Martinez moves away and avoids it.

Grotesk closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Martinez lands a knee to the head.
Martinez landing knees to the body.
Martinez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Grotesk tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Martinez smiles and moves away.
Grotesk scores with a leg kick.
Martinez plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Grotesk just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grotesk misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinez.

Grotesk closes the distance and clinches.
Martinez looking for a takedown.
Martinez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Grotesk avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Vladimir Grotesk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shane Martinez.
Grotesk tries for a takedown but Martinez manages to get underhooks.
Martinez controlling the action here for a moment.

Grotesk breaks from the clinch.
Grotesk is looking to clinch.
Grotesk fakes the leg kick and cracks Martinez in the body.
Grotesk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Martinez keeps the fight on the outside.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Martinez can't break the clinch.
Martinez avoids the elbow strike from Grotesk, against the cage.
Martinez pushes Grotesk back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grotesk wants to stall.
Nice elbow from Martinez.
Martinez wants a takedown.

Grotesk decides to pull guard.
Grotesk is breathing heavily.
Grotesk will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Grotesk keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martinez chips away with some ground and pound.
Grotesk looking for a sweep. Not yet Grotesk, not yet.
Grotesk 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.
Grotesk trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Martinez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Grotesk tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Grotesk throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes 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.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Martinez can't get the takedown.
Grotesk gets underhooks to prevent Martinez's takedown attempt.
Grotesk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Grotesk missing with knees to the body.

Martinez turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Martinez manages to end up in side control.
Grotesk gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Grotesk lands with a few short shots to the body.
Martinez wants to control but Grotesk is keeping him busy.
Grotesk regains full guard. Nicely done.
Martinez wants to stand but Grotesk has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Grotesk utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Grotesk keeping full guard, as Martinez tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grotesk strikes from his own guard.
Grotesk trying to keep a closed guard but Martinez is proving a slippery customer.
Grotesk bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Martinez's guard.
Martinez is striking off his back. Grotesk thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Grotesk tries to pass to full mount but Martinez defends it.
Martinez misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Grotesk is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Martinez has hold of Grotesk's hands but Grotesk slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Grotesk blocks the strikes from Martinez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Grotesk dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Martinez shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Grotesk but Grotesk pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt.

Grotesk shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Grotesk prevents Martinez from getting the reversal.
Grotesk is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Grotesk controlling from mount.
Martinez tries to hold on but Grotesk postures up.

Grotesk is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Martinez is surviving well by controlling Grotesk's body position as best he can.
Grotesk is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez is trying to escape the mount.
BOOM! Grotesk connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Grotesk landing strikes from the mount.
Grotesk is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Grotesk won't let Martinez get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Grotesk is landing with some decent strikes but Martinez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Grotesk unloading with bombs!
Martinez is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Grotesk is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Martinez tries to lock up and control but Grotesk gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Grotesk landing punches.
Martinez is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grotesk in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Grotesk avoids the attempt from Martinez to control.
Grotesk dominating with strikes here.
Martinez is trying to escape the mount.
Grotesk trying to control but Martinez is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Grotesk.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grotesk in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Grotesk can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Martinez is looking to escape.
Grotesk has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Martinez's face.
Grotesk putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Martinez is looking to improve his position but Grotesk isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Grotesk.
Grotesk raining down shots from the mount!
Martinez manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Grotesk's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Grotesk's back!

Martinez is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Grotesk staying busy and making it hard for Martinez to control.
You can see the frustration on Grotesk's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.

Grotesk showing good submission defense here.
You can see the frustration on Grotesk's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Martinez struggling to keep hold of the position.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Martinez. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Martinez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vladimir Grotesk dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Grotesk wants to clinch.
Grotesk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Grotesk scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Grotesk lands strikes from half guard.
Martinez gets full guard.
Martinez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Grotesk manages to get himself to full guard.
Martinez looking to pass the guard.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Grotesk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Martinez drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Grotesk manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Martinez has Grotesk in his guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grotesk working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez wants to stand but Grotesk is controlling the position.
Martinez is trying to control the position but Grotesk postures up.
Martinez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Grotesk lands a couple of elbows.
Martinez will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Martinez wants to sweep here but Grotesk controlling him for the moment.

Martinez working for a triangle but Grotesk defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Martinez wants to get back to his feet but Grotesk is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Martinez can't keep his opponent in guard - Grotesk advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Martinez is staying active underneath Grotesk, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Martinez is looking to control Grotesk's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Martinez avoid being mounted?
Grotesk trying to control from half guard but Martinez is working away.

Martinez is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Grotesk pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is trying to get back to full guard.
Grotesk is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Martinez has one foot on Grotesk's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Martinez tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Grotesk counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Grotesk.
Martinez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martinez wants to get back to striking at distance but Grotesk won't allow it.
Martinez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Grotesk avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Grotesk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Grotesk gets underhooks to prevent Martinez's takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is pressed up against the cage. Grotesk has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Martinez down to the mat. Martinez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Martinez avoids a punch combination nicely.

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

Grotesk breaks from the clinch.

Grotesk rushes Martinez and presses him up against the cage.
Grotesk throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grotesk.
Grotesk lands with a left to the head.
Grotesk lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Grotesk landing knees to the body.

Grotesk turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Martinez is looking to regain half guard here but Grotesk keeps moving and retains side control.
Vladimir Grotesk overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martinez is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Martinez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Grotesk.
Shane Martinez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grotesk trying to control the action but Martinez is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vladimir Grotesk showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grotesk 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Vladimir Grotesk!
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Vladimir Grotesk!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Vladimir Grotesk!

Vladimir Grotesk wins by unanimous decision!