PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randal Pritchard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes into the arena with Major Lazer - Pon De Floor blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Pritchard's choice of entrance music: English Blood, Irish Heart - By Morrissey. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martinez
vs
Pritchard

183 cm
27
195 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

187 cm
27
191 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Santiago Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Randal Pritchard!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Martinez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pritchard.
Martinez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Martinez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pritchard.
A bone on bone clash there as Pritchard blocks the leg kick.
Martinez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pritchard's calf.

Martinez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pritchard utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Martinez passes into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martinez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Martinez throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Martinez is looking to advance position but Pritchard won't allow it.
Martinez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pritchard defending well though.
Martinez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

Martinez is trying to work for a kimura but Pritchard is defending well.
Martinez trying to mount his opponent but Pritchard defends it.
Martinez lands with a punch from half guard.
Pritchard tries to roll over but Martinez keeps him under control.
Martinez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Martinez controlling the action here.
Pritchard is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is keen to just control but Pritchard is a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martinez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Martinez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Martinez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pritchard is looking to improve his position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Martinez drops an elbow to the side of Pritchard's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Martinez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pritchard keeps working.

Martinez is working for a kimura but Pritchard is defending it quite comfortably.
Martinez works his way into full mount!
Martinez looking to ground and pound but Pritchard is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez looking to control but Pritchard is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Martinez throws some wild stikes that Pritchard manages to avoid easily.
Pritchard tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Pritchard is squirming around, avoiding Martinez's attempts to control the action.
Pritchard is wriggling around trying to escape.
A nice elbow there by Martinez.
Martinez punishing his opponent with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez dominating with strikes here.
Martinez lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

Pritchard is rocked!
Martinez looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Pritchard covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santiago Martinez!
Santiago Martinez really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Conviction logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.