PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samuel St Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sal Tony (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Martin comes to the cage accompanied by Drop the world - Lil'Wayne. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Martin
vs
Tony

182 cm
20
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
21
155 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Samuel St Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sal Tony!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Martin wants to clinch.
Tony looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
St Martin doesn't manage to clinch there - Tony circles away.
Tony shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tony shoots for a double leg takedown but St Martin sprawls well. He's pushed Tony's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

St Martin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
St Martin working Tony over with knees to the body.
St Martin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from St Martin.

St Martin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Martin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

St Martin instigates a clinch.
St Martin with a knee to the head.
St Martin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tony's face.
A short body shot lands from St Martin as the two fighters clinch.
St Martin lands an elbow inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tony takes a knee right on the jaw!
St Martin landing knees to the head.
St Martin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tony backwards.

St Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

St Martin clinches.
St Martin scores with a shoulder strike.
St Martin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

St Martin jumps guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Martin looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
St Martin wants to stand but Tony is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tony wants to control from the top but St Martin keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
St Martin wants to sweep but no luck.

Sal Tony has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

St Martin moves into range and clinches up with Tony.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Martin with a knee to the head.
St Martin tries for a takedown but Tony manages to get underhooks.
St Martin scores with a knee to the head.
St Martin has Tony pushed against the cage.
Tony fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Samuel St Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sal Tony.

St Martin breaks from the clinch.
St Martin shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tony pinned against the cage. Tony gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tony shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as St Martin sprawls well. St Martin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tony gets slowly back to his feet.
St Martin fails with the takedown

and Tony counters with a takedown into side control.
St Martin tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Tony easily slips into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tony can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as St Martin is looking to escape.
Tony manages to capitalize on a mistake by St Martin to take his back!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tony tries to get the hooks in deep but St Martin pushed the leg off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Samuel St Martin dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

St Martin has managed to clinch.
St Martin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
St Martin prevents the takedown attempt.
St Martin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tony in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
St Martin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
St Martin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tony's face.
Tony takes a knee right on the jaw!
St Martin landing knees to the head.
Tony fails to pull guard.

St Martin breaks the clinch.

St Martin closes the distance and pushes Tony back into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from St Martin.
St Martin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

St Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Martin displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tony.
Samuel St Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sal Tony.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
St Martin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
St Martin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tony lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
St Martin working Tony over with knees to the body.
Tony jumps guard but St Martin stands there with Tony around his waist. Tony gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
St Martin prevents a body shot from Tony.
Tony takes a shot to the head.
Tony goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
St Martin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tony lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

St Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
St Martin tries to clinch up but Tony circles away and keeps his distance.

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.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Martin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

St Martin rushes Tony and presses him up against the cage.

St Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tony fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

St Martin clinches up with Tony and pushes him back against the cage.

St Martin drags the fight down to the ground.
Tony wants to pass the guard but St Martin is keeping the position.

St Martin has his feet on Tony's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Martin throws a lazy head kick

and Tony decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in St Martin's guard.
Tony wants to get up but he can't break St Martin's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Tony trying to control the position from guard on top but St Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tony wants to pass the guard but St Martin is keeping the position.
Tony trying to control but St Martin is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Tony drops back looking for a leg! St Martin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and St Martin manages to kick Tony off! Tony jumps back into St Martin's guard.
Tony stopping the sweep attempt from St Martin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

St Martin lands with a kick to the temple. Tony shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tony tries for a takedown but St Martin circles away easily
and St Martin counters with a nice body kick.

St Martin drives through and clinches with Tony against the cage.
St Martin is pressed up against the cage. Tony has hold of a leg and is looking to drag St Martin down to the mat. St Martin avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
St Martin scores with a head kick. Tony tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by St Martin.

St Martin moves into range and clinches up with Tony.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
St Martin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St Martin lands a damaging elbow.
St Martin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

St Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.

St Martin has managed to clinch.

St Martin jumps guard.
Tony being controlled here momentarily.
Tony wants to control from the top but St Martin keeps moving.

Tony drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tony jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tony trying to control the position from guard on top but St Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St Martin is controlling Tony's posture.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Samuel St Martin wasn't doing enough on the ground.

St Martin closes the distance and pushes Tony back into the cage.
Samuel St Martin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Tony.
St Martin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
St Martin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tony lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

St Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

St Martin clinches up with Tony and pushes him back against the cage.

St Martin breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

St Martin decides to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tony stopping the sweep attempt from St Martin.
Tony stops St Martin from standing up.
St Martin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tony on the ground.
St Martin wants to sweep here but Tony controlling him for the moment.
Tony looking to pass the guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Samuel St Martin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for St Martin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27

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