PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Boner Patrol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mongo Martensite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patrol's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, monster - Kanye West. Martensite has chosen the Hellacopters - (Gotta Get Some Action) Now! as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Patrol
vs
Martensite

183 cm
31
177 lbs
16 - 8 - 1

175 cm
26
175 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Boner Patrol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mongo Martensite!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Patrol shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Patrol with good strikes from the mount here!
Patrol 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.
Patrol misses with a head shot.
Patrol lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Patrol misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Patrol with a couple of short strikes.
Patrol throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Patrol thowing shots but they're missing.
Patrol punishing his opponent with strikes.
Patrol scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Patrol is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Martensite has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Patrol misses with some ground and pound and Martensite recovers position to half guard.
Martensite on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrol misses with a head shot. Martensite uses the momentum to regain guard.
Patrol keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Martensite's head.
Patrol throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Martensite keeping moving, preventing Patrol from controlling successfully.
Patrol stays in close to Martensite's body and controls the position.
Patrol is looking to work some ground and pound but Martensite has wrist control.
Patrol tries to free his leg and advance position but Martensite is retaining full guard.
Patrol throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martensite works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Patrol prevents Martensite from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Patrol postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Martensite is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Patrol, into his guard.

Patrol looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Martensite looking to sit in guard and control but Patrol gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Patrol tries to free his leg and advance position but Martensite is retaining full guard.
Martensite avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martensite looking to hit a scissor sweep but Patrol is one step ahead there.
Patrol in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patrol cracks Martensite with a solid left hand.
Patrol landing some decent shots from guard.
Patrol is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Patrol wants to control from the top but Martensite keeps moving.
Martensite utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Patrol with a flurry of punches that miss.
Patrol throwing strikes but missing.
Martensite wants to stand but Patrol is controlling the position.
Martensite is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patrol wants to control from the top but Martensite keeps moving.
Patrol throwing strikes but missing.

Martensite pushes Patrol off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Patrol darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Patrol is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martensite is not content to let Patrol control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boner Patrol dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Martensite scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Patrol actively working from the bottom here.

Patrol looking for submissions off his back.
Martensite missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Martensite not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Patrol is not content to let Martensite control the position.
Patrol wants to control but Martensite is keeping busy.
Patrol tries to get to full guard but Martensite has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martensite seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Patrol does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Patrol is trying to get back to full guard.

Martensite is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Patrol defends it well.
Patrol trying to control from the bottom.
Martensite not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Patrol makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Patrol.
Martensite stopping the sweep attempt from Patrol.
Martensite throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patrol tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Patrol is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Martensite defends well.
Martensite trying to control but Patrol is working from the bottom.

Patrol looking for a guillotine here but Martensite defends easily.
Martensite stopping the sweep attempt from Patrol.
Martensite throws a big elbow that misses.
Patrol looking to hit a scissor sweep but Martensite is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patrol trying to control the position.
Patrol wants to improve his position but instead Martensite has moved into half guard.

Patrol is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Martensite pulls his head out easily.
Martensite is controlling the pace.
Patrol works his way to full guard. Good work.

Patrol has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martensite can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Martensite working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martensite working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Martensite must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Patrol working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Martensite has passed into half guard!
Patrol on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Martensite passes the guard and advances to mount!
Patrol is desperately trying to improve his position but Martensite has a good base and remains in mount.
Martensite wants to control the pace but Patrol is squirming around nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Patrol tries to lock up and control but Martensite gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martensite landing strikes from the mount and Patrol is in trouble!
Patrol keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mongo Martensite showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Patrol shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Patrol is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Patrol looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Martensite with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Martensite is trying to stand.
Patrol misses with a head shot. Martensite uses the momentum to regain guard.

Patrol is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Martensite is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Martensite has escaped and now he's on top!
Martensite stopping the sweep attempt from Patrol.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Patrol throws his legs up looking for a submission but Martensite uses it to pass to side control.

Martensite is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Patrol is trying to escape and Martensite transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Patrol is forced to tap! Nice work there by Martensite! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mongo Martensite!