PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alun James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martinez comes into the arena with Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling blaring out of the sound system. James has chosen Carry Me Home as his entrance music. Alun James acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Martinez
vs
James

186 cm
27
182 lbs
20 - 7 - 2

190 cm
32
175 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Valhalla 160
Valhalla 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Jose Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alun James!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Hugh Johnson and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
James throws a right and a left that Martinez avoids nicely.
Martinez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Martinez looks to land a right hand but James moved out of range.
A cross from Martinez lands.
Martinez sizes up James with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
James shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Martinez works the jab nicely.
Martinez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Martinez moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
Martinez tries to move into range but James moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
James misses with a wild body shot.
Martinez missing with a left hand there. James was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Martinez tries to bum rush James with a series of wild strikes but James uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Martinez lunges at James with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by James's hand.
Martinez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches James on the side of the head.
James throws a jab when Martinez was well out of range.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch up but James swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez cracks James with a good jab.
James scores with the left hand. Martinez knows he should have avoided that one.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinez.
Martinez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martinez throws a looping overhand right but James ducks down to avoid it.
Martinez looks to score with a jab to the body but James is just out of range.
Martinez scores with a nice strike.
A combination from James does no damage.

Martinez moves into the clinch successfully.
Still in the clinch, James scores with a nice short uppercut.
James digs a right hand into Martinez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Martinez's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for James.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike.
Martinez scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A body shot lands from Martinez.
A right hand to the body from Martinez.
James has a couple of punches blocked by Martinez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James blocks a body shot from Martinez.
Martinez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martinez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martinez tries to work over James's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martinez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Martinez as James tries to tie him up.
A short left from Martinez.
Martinez lands a left hand that snaps the head of James backwards.
Martinez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jamess head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martinez.
Martinez lands a body punch.
James working aggressively here.

James jumps into guard, dragging Martinez to the mat.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Martinez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Martinez scores with a crisp jab that stopped James in his tracks.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinez.
Martinez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez wants to clinch up but James keeps it at a distance.
James looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
James takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jose Martinez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martinez tries to clinch but James is having none of it.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
James slips a jab and a cross from Martinez.
James throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jose Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A head kick by James misses
and Martinez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps James thinking.
Martinez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
James does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Martinez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James is on the wrong end of a nice combination 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!
James lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
James looks to land a combination but Martinez avoids it well.
Martinez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decent striking displayed by Martinez there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
James gets cracked there but stands up to it.
James dodges the punch combination from Martinez.
A jab from James misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martinez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
James throws a poor cross that misses
letting Martinez counter with a right hand.
Martinez cracks James with an open hand slap.
James walks into a straight right hand from Martinez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Martinez dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Martinez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martinez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Martinez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Martinez ducks under a wild hook from James.
Martinez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and James counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martinez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
James throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martinez tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
James throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from James.
Nice uppercut lands for James. That snapped Martinez's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An inside leg kick from James misses.
James missing with a left hand there. Martinez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martinez scores with a jab. James acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Martinez looks to land a combination but James avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martinez has James up against the cage in a clinch.
James has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Martinez misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from James on the inside.
James's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
James misses with a short punch on the inside.
James misses with some punches.
James blocks an uppercut.
James prevents a body shot from Martinez.
Martinez blocks an uppercut.
James works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Martinez blocks an uppercut.
James is pushing Martinez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
James blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from James.
James misses with a hook from the clinch.
James fails to pull guard.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
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!
James tries to pull guard but Martinez holds him up against the cage and eventually James drops back down to his feet.
James prevents a body shot from Martinez.
Martinez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by James.
Martinez digs a right hand into James's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on James's gas tank.
Martinez tries a body shot but James blocks it.
A short uppercut from James.
Martinez throws a head punch that misses.
James goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a punch but it's blocked by Martinez.
James misses with a short punch on the inside.
James swings wildly with an uppercut but Martinez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinez lands a nice shot to the body.

James pulls guard effortlessly.

Martinez gets to his feet - James follows without any prompting.

James closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Martinez's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martinez is looking to stand up but James isn't so interested in that idea.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Martinez has his feet on James's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a body shot.
Martinez throws a body punch but James moves out of range.
Martinez doesn't manage to clinch there - James circles away.
Martinez misses with an uppercut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts James, as that shot connected.
James misses the shot to the body.
Martinez checks a leg kick nicely.
Jose Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Martinez tries to clinch but James moves away
and James counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martinez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from James.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James throws a left and a right that both miss
and James takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martinez checks a leg kick.
Martinez tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Martinez blocks the leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alun James will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Martinez misses the jab.
Martinez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
James misses with a double jab.
Martinez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling James to score with a decent uppercut.
Martinez staying out of range there.
Martinez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
James shoots in and drives through. Martinez sprawls well.
Martinez throws the left hand but James avoids the punch easily.
Martinez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martinez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from James.
Martinez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
Some wild striking there from Martinez.
Martinez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Martinez tries to clinch there but James circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from James misses.
James swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Martinez counter with a right hand.
James throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Martinez on the side of the head.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James slips a jab and a cross from Martinez.
James keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinez.
Martinez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from James.
Martinez just misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martinez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract James.
James throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by James. That's going to slow Martinez down.
James dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martinez. That did some damage!
Martinez tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
Martinez misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big right from Martinez misses.
Martinez misses with a few strikes there.
Martinez misses the shot to the body.
Martinez scores with a nice right hand.
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!
James throws a looping overhand right but Martinez ducks down to avoid it.
Martinez missing with a left hand there. James was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martinez is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
James has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Martinez gets a clinch.
James tries to pull guard but Martinez won't allow it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by James.
Martinez lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Martinez.
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James wants to stall.

James jumps guard and drags Martinez to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Martinez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. James swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Martinez wants to stand and escape but instead James has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
James wants to control from the top but Martinez keeps moving.
Martinez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from James.
Martinez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
James is looking to work some ground and pound but Martinez has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James advances to half guard.
James trying to advance position but Martinez counters by regaining guard.
Martinez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst James is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
James pushing down on Martinez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
James looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez blocking the ground and pound attempt from James.
James not landing any meaningful shots this time.
James drops an elbow to the side of Martinez's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alun James.
I think James has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Alun James!
After winning the bout, Alun James thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.