PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hank Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Beecher Meetz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martin comes to the cage accompanied by I drink alone. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Martin
vs
Meetz

186 cm
19
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
24
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hank Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Beecher Meetz!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meetz fails to land the takedown.
Martin misses with a combination

and Meetz counters by clinching up.
Martin is looking to control Meetz's arms but Meetz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Martin has his back to the cage.
A short left from Martin.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.

Meetz drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Martin stays in close to Meetz's body and controls the position.
Meetz looking for a sweep. Not yet Meetz, not yet.
Martin controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Meetz pulls Martin in close to prevent any damage.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Hank Martin.

Meetz closes the distance and pushes Martin back into the cage.
Meetz fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Meetz scores a nice knee to the body.
Meetz wants a takedown but no success here.
Hank Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Beecher Meetz.
Martin gets underhooks to prevent Meetz's takedown attempt.
Martin misses with a body punch.
Martin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Meetz has closed the distance and engaged Martin in a clinch.
Meetz tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Martin looking to stall.
Martin trying to land knees to the body.
Meetz tries to score a body lock takedown but Martin shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Meetz.
Martin wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Martin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Meetz blocks an uppercut.
Meetz looking to throw knees to the head but Martin is blocking nicely.
Meetz takes a shot to the head.
Meetz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Martin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Martin misses with an elbow over the top.
Meetz tries to land a knee to the head but Martin blocks with his arms.
Meetz jumps guard but Martin stands there with Meetz around his waist. Meetz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Martin has had enough of the clinch but Meetz keeps him there for the moment.
Meetz takes a shot to the head.
Martin is trying to push Meetz away but Meetz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Martin avoiding damage as Meetz throws knees to the body.
Meetz misses with a knee strike.
Martin lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meetz prevents Martin from breaking the clinch.
Martin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Martin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Meetz misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Meetz as Martin tries to tie him up.
Meetz looking to throw knees to the head but Martin is blocking nicely.

Meetz pulls guard successfully.

Meetz is working an open guard so Martin takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Martin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Beecher Meetz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin misses with a series of wild punches.
Martin misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Meetz walks into a straight right hand from Martin.

Meetz is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin misses with the combination.

Meetz takes the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Meetz landing knees to the body.
Martin trying to stall but Meetz improves his position.
Martin is trying to break free.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meetz misses with a knee strike.
Meetz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Martin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Meetz missing with knees to the body.
Meetz tries to pull guard but Martin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hank Martin dominated that round.
That's time! Martin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Meetz shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Meetz was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Meetz controlling from mount.
Martin wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Meetz.
Meetz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Martin looks a forlorn figure.
Meetz cracks Martin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Meetz moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Martin has worked his arm free - good work by Martin!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martin struggling a bit here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Meetz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Martin has escaped the position, nice work there.

Meetz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Martin has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Meetz grinds an elbow into Martin's temple.
Meetz lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Martin down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meetz misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Martin tries to escape but Meetz is in control.
Meetz cracks Martin with a big elbow.
Beecher Meetz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Meetz advances to mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Meetz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Meetz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meetz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Martin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Meetz landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Meetz looking to control but Martin is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Martin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Meetz on the ground.
Meetz cracks Martin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Meetz lands a big shot there that rocks Martin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Martin is squirming around, avoiding Meetz's attempts to control the action.
Martin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Meetz punishing his opponent with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martin tries to hold on but Meetz postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin tries to control Meetz's body but Meetz pushes him off. Martin squirms to his side and now Meetz has his back!
Meetz avoiding Martin 's attempts to control his hands.

Meetz patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Meetz scores with punches and elbows.
Meetz is landing with strikes from the back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meetz lands a shot to the head.
Martin trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beecher Meetz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Martin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Meetz moves into the clinch.
Meetz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Beecher Meetz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martin looking to slow down the pace here.
Martin blocks a body shot from Meetz.
Meetz tries for a takedown but Martin manages to get underhooks.
Martin tries to land knees in the clinch but Meetz avoids the damage to the body.
Meetz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meetz misses with a punch to the body.
Martin working aggressively here.
Meetz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Meetz prevents Martin from breaking the clinch.
Meetz is working for takedown but Martin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Martin is stalling here.
Martin gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Meetz.
Hank Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Beecher Meetz.
Meetz landing knees to the head.

It looks like Hank Martin has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Meetz backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Martin breaks the clinch.
Hank Martin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Martin lands a left and a right that send Meetz crashing to the mat, dazed. Martin thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Meetz is still on wobbly legs! Can Martin finish him?

It looks like Beecher Meetz has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Meetz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Meetz backs away from a small jab... but Martin lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Meetz crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Martin with a spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Hank Martin!
Hank Martin was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.