PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Jennings
vs
Martin

185 cm
18
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Jennings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hank Martin!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jennings circles away quickly and effectively.
Martin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Martin misses with a series of wild punches.
Martin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martin misses with a hook.
A combination from Martin does no damage.
Left hook, right uppercut from Martin.
Jennings shoots in looking for a takedown but Martin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jennings's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Martin throws a right hand that Jennings ducks under and follows up with a left that Jennings also avoids with ease.
Martin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jennings misses with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Jennings has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jennings is looking to break free of the clinch but Martin has double underhooks.
Jennings is looking to break free of the clinch but Martin has double underhooks.
Jennings stalling against the cage.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Jennings jumps guard and drags Martin to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
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.
Martin wants to control from the top but Jennings keeps moving.
Jennings is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Jennings stands up from half guard.
Jennings uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martin.
Jennings cracks a nice hook into Martin's ribs.
Martin falls off balance throwing a combination

and Jennings counters by clinching up.

Martin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Oooooh!!! Martin has knocked Jennings down with a huge combo! Martin steps away and waves a wobbly Jennings back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Jennings is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jennings slips a jab and a cross from Martin.
Oh Jennings is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martin throws a nice looking combination but Jennings bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jennings shoots for a takedown but Martin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jennings moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jennings showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Martin.
Jennings changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Martin tries to avoid it but Jennings manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Martin to the ground. Martin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Jennings. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martin misses with a double jab.
No luck for Jennings with that takedown attempt.
Martin is stalking Jennings. Jennings circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Martin, and it's lights out! Jennings really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hank Martin!
A less than humble Hank Martin misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.