PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes into the arena with Only One Can Judge blaring out of the sound system. Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Like a Boss kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Martinez
vs
Silva

170 cm
24
165 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derrick Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.

Martinez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Martinez showed some decent athleticism there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martinez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Martinez is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Martinez sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Martinez pulls his head out easily.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.

Martinez is looking for a kimura 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.

Silva looking for subs from the bottom but Martinez mounts him!
Silva looks gassed!
Martinez with good strikes from the mount here!

Martinez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Martinez has a good base and remains in mount.
Martinez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Martinez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva working to try and regain half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Martinez prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Martinez's attempts to control the action.

Martinez is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Silva is surviving well by controlling Martinez's body position as best he can.
Martinez wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.

Martinez is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Silva can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Martinez with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Martinez with shots to the head and body - Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Martinez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Martinez controlling from mount.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Martinez manages to capitalize on a mistake by Silva to take his back!

Martinez looking for the RNC.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Silva tries to break free.
Silva is trying to remain composed but Martinez is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Silva staying busy and making it hard for Martinez to control.
I really don't envy Silva right now.
Martinez trying to control momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva wants to escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Martinez keeps control of the position as Silva tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Martinez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Martinez has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva throws a head kick but Martinez moves out of range.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Ricky Martinez has been cut.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martinez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Martinez counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.

Martinez clinches.

Martinez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Martinez shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez lands with a punch from half guard.
Martinez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Silva is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez prevents Silva from improving his position.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Martinez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Martinez winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Martinez is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Silva tries to roll over but Martinez keeps him under control.
Martinez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Martinez wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez passes to full mount!
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Martinez scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Martinez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Martinez controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Martinez is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Silva has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Martinez is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to bum rush Martinez with a series of wild strikes but Martinez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Martinez shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Silva is trying to defend but Martinez finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Silva actively working from the bottom here.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Martinez pulls his head out easily.
Martinez wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.

Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Martinez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Martinez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
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.
Martinez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Silva is looking to improve his position but Martinez isn't that keen on the idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Martinez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Martinez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Martinez counters with a head kick.
Silva misses with a head kick.

Martinez forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Martinez keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Martinez is controlling the position.

Martinez pulls Silva into guard.
Martinez is trying to hold Silva in close to prevent damage but Silva has managed to pass into half guard.
Silva trying to pass the guard but Martinez defending well.
Martinez is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez wants to get back to his feet.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Silva seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Martinez has recovered full guard.
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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Ricky Martinez wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.

Martinez drives through with a takedown into Silva's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Martinez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Martinez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Martinez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Martinez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ricky Martinez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Silva working for submissions but it's allowed Martinez to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Martinez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Martinez lands with a punch from half guard.
Martinez tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Martinez pulls his head out easily.
Martinez tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Martinez prevents Silva from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva looking for subs from the bottom but Martinez mounts him!
Martinez tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Silva tries to improve his position but instead Martinez has taken his back!
Martinez 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martinez lands strikes to the head.
Martinez is landing with strikes. Silva can't take much more of this.
Derrick Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ricky Martinez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez keeps control of the position easily here as Silva tries to buck him off.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Martinez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Martinez 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Martinez!
A less than humble Ricky Martinez misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.