PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dallas Riley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dallas Riley looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Riley
vs
Martinez

200 cm
18
155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

178 cm
25
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dallas Riley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riley takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Riley looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Riley on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Martinez slaps away a takedown attempt from Riley, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Riley misses with a wild combination.

Riley closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Riley lands in his opponent's guard.
Riley stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Martinez swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Riley stops Martinez from standing up.
Riley pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Martinez is keeping the position for now.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Dallas Riley just wasn't active enough.
Riley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Martinez.
Martinez misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Martinez.
Riley really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Riley misses with a hook
and Martinez counters with a low kick, right behind Riley 's knee.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Riley is defended easily by Martinez.
Martinez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Martinez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a chopping leg kick but Riley manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A head kick by Riley misses
and Martinez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sergio Martinez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Riley throws a head kick that misses
and Martinez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Riley's knee momentarily.
Martinez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Riley's calf.
Riley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Martinez.
Riley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Martinez.

Riley changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Martinez looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riley tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Riley grinds an elbow into Martinez's temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riley advances to full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Dallas Riley will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Riley closes the distance and pushes Martinez back into the cage.
Martinez is trying to push Riley away but Riley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Martinez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Riley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riley misses with a wild combination.
Dallas Riley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez circles away from the clinch attempt
and Martinez counters with a good low kick that Riley was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Martinez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martinez checks a leg kick.
Riley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Martinez avoids it really well and circles away.
Martinez misses with a wild combination.
Martinez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dallas Riley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riley avoids a punch combination nicely.

Riley rushes Martinez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Martinez can't break the clinch.
Martinez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Riley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Riley manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Martinez wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Riley's closed guard. He's half up but Riley has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Riley pivots and extends the arm, Martinez falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Riley! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dallas Riley!