PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Adam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Martinez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling. Adam is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Grateful Deads- Truckin'. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martinez
vs
Adam

186 cm
27
182 lbs
19 - 6 - 2

177 cm
30
181 lbs
23 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

-OVERDOSE Factory-

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Martinez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rob Adam!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez staying out of range there.
Adam throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Martinez blocks a jab.
Adam misses with a straight left.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but Adam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martinez throws out a loose jab but Adam uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez lands with a nice combination. Adam backs away looking to recover.
Adam feints a jab promting Martinez to slip. Adam then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Martinez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez tries to clinch but Adam moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Adam. That's going to slow Martinez down.
Adam throws a big shot that misses.
Adam throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martinez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Adam with a jab.
Adam throws a push kick but Martinez slaps the foot to one side.
Martinez misses with a two punch combination.

Martinez clinches up against the cage.
Martinez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Adam is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A short body shot lands from Adam as the two fighters clinch.
Adam lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adam blocks an uppercut.
Adam tries a body shot but Martinez blocks it.
Adam scores a nice knee to the body.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Martinez can't find room to land a body shot as Adam controls the action.
Adam scores with a shot to the side of Martinez's head.
Martinez takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Adam on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Adam throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martinezs head.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Adam.
Martinez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Adam blocks an uppercut.
Martinez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martinez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Adam's elbow.
Martinez lands a right hand.
Adam tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.

Adam escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adam throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martinez.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adam swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rob Adam seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adam lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Martinez throws a one two combo.
Adam throws a jab but it's blocked by Martinez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Martinez.
Adam misses with a right hand
and Martinez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Adam misses with a body kick.
Adam thows a body shot but no joy.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Martinez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Adam doesn't seem phased though.
Martinez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Adam avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Adam throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martinez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Adam throws out the jab.
A left and a right from Adam both land. Nice combination.
Martinez tests Adam's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Adam misses with a hook.
Martinez throws a body punch but Adam moves out of range.
Adam throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martinez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Adam throws a right and a left that Martinez avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adam throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Adam tries to score with a low kick but Martinez moves his leg out of the way.
Adam misses with a body shot.
Adam swats away the attempt to clinch by Martinez.
Adam misses with a double jab.
Adam pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martinez thuds a left hand into Adam's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Adam. Martinez does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Adam, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Adam throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martinez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Adam walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Martinez fails to land with a series of punches.

Martinez closes the distance and clinches.
Adam tries to throw a body punch but Martinez avoids it by throwing Adam back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adam swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Adam can't find room to land a body shot as Martinez controls the action.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Martinez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martinez takes a shot to the head.
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 misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adam gets through Martinez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Adam misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Martinez.
Martinez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Adam blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Martinez.
Martinez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martinez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martinez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Martinez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Adam tries to work over Martinez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Adam lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Adam lands a body shot in the clinch.

Adam manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rob Adam dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Adam on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Martinez misses with a straight left.
Adam digs a good body shot into Martinez's ribs.
Adam misses with a series of wild punches.
Adam throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Adam lands a two punch combo.
Martinez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Adam misses with a double jab.
Adam looks to land a right hand but Martinez moved out of range.
Martinez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adam paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Adam lands a right hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Adam throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martinez slips a jab from Adam.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Adam misses with a low kick.
Martinez thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez lands with a nice combination. Adam backs away looking to recover.
Martinez tries to clinch but Adam moves out of range.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Martinez clinches with his opponent.
Martinez digs a right hand into Adam's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Adam's gas tank.
Adam fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Adam swings wildly with an uppercut but Martinez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez lands with a short shot to the head.
Martinez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Martinez lands with a right to the head.
Rob Adam seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Adam tries to break free but Martinez pushes him back against the cage.
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Martinez.
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 throws a head punch that misses.
Adam throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Martinez blocks it with crossed arms.
Adam throws a punch but it's blocked by Martinez.
Martinez scores with a shot to the side of Adam's head.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Adam lands with a right to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with the head strike.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martinez scores with a shoulder strike.
Martinez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Adam.
A body shot lands from Martinez.
Adam is trying to break free.
Martinez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Adams head.
Martinez prevents Adam from breaking the clinch.
Adam lands a body shot.
Adam blocking some punches.
Adam throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Martinez blocks it with crossed arms.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez lands a nice shot to the body.
Adam is breathing heavily.
Adam lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martinez backwards.
Martinez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Martinez can't find room to land a body shot as Adam controls the action.

Adam breaks the clinch.
Martinez misses with a body shot.
Martinez doesn't manage to clinch there - Adam circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a nice looking combination but Adam bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Martinez moves out of range as Adam strikes.
Adam throws a jab when Martinez was well out of range.
Adam misses the shot to the body.
Rob Adam seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Adam takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Adam waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martinez.
Adam's corner calls for a 1-2. Adam obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Adam lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Martinez circles away quickly and effectively.
Martinez missing with a left hand there. Adam was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martinez tries to clinch there but Adam circles away.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Adam paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Martinez moves away from the strike by Adam.
Adam throws a poor cross that misses
and Adam takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martinez avoids the body shot from Adam.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Adam lands a two punch combo.
Adam misses with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut there from Adam.
Martinez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Adam.
A left lands for Martinez.
Adam will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martinez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Martinez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Martinez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Adam looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinez is just out of range.
Martinez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Adam.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez is looking to clinch.
Adam walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Adam waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martinez.
Martinez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martinez connects with a nice looking jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jose Martinez will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Adam dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Adam misses with an uppercut.
Adam wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Adam misses with a straight left.
Martinez is looking to clinch.
Martinez connects with a right hand. Adam shakes it off.
Adam throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martinez lands a head shot.

Adam is rocked!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Martinez, as that shot connected.
Adam is still on wobbly legs! Can Martinez finish him?
Adam looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
BOOM! Martinez lands a beautiful left hook that drops Adam. Adam tries to recover but Martinez is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Adam lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Martinez!
Jose Martinez retains his welterweight title!