PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samuel St Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barrington Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Martin comes to the cage accompanied by Drop the world - Lil'Wayne. Xavier has chosen Loud Hangover as his entrance music. Samuel St Martin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

St Martin
vs
Xavier

182 cm
20
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

168 cm
28
155 lbs
13 - 14 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 2 - 1 - 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 13 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Barrington Xavier!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from St Martin. Xavier does a little dance to reset his feet.
Xavier shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has St Martin pinned against the cage. St Martin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
St Martin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
St Martin tries a head kick but it misses.
St Martin tries a head kick but it misses.

St Martin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Xavier to score an easy takedown into full guard.
St Martin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Xavier postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Xavier is in close to St Martin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Xavier throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St Martin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Xavier stands up over St Martin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Xavier in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xavier is looking to work some ground and pound but St Martin has wrist control.
Xavier won't allow St Martin to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xavier throwing strikes but missing.
Xavier landing with the ground and pound.
Xavier throws a big right hand that misses.
Xavier working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Xavier postures up and lands a big shot to St Martin's brow.
St Martin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Xavier has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Xavier throws a big right hand that misses.
St Martin is breathing heavily.
Xavier is in close to St Martin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Xavier chips away with some ground and pound.
St Martin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Xavier postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xavier is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xavier loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Xavier in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Xavier distracts St Martin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
St Martin avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Xavier working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of St Martin's head.
Xavier chips away with some ground and pound.
Xavier landing with the ground and pound.
Xavier postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Xavier postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
St Martin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Xavier connects with a couple of short punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Xavier works over St Martin with some ground and pound from guard.
Xavier thows a big elbow that misses.
Xavier connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Martin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Xavier lands a couple of digs.
St Martin has momentary wrist control but Xavier slips an elbow through the middle.
Xavier lands a couple of digs.
Xavier scoring with punches to the head and body.
Xavier throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St Martin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Xavier with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Xavier is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Xavier postures up and lands a big shot to St Martin's brow.
Xavier lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

St Martin is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Martin has momentary wrist control but Xavier slips an elbow through the middle.
Oh St Martin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Xavier postures up and lands a big shot to St Martin's brow.
Xavier scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Xavier postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! St Martin covers up, he's hurt! Xavier keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Xavier and the ref steps in to end the fight! Xavier can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barrington Xavier!