PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jean Deschamps (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Deschamps
vs
Martinez

170 cm
21
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
21
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jean Deschamps!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcos Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. Deschamps does a little dance to reset his feet.

Deschamps closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Martinez to the mat! Martinez manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Deschamps tries to free his leg and advance position but Martinez is retaining full guard.
Deschamps trying to control the position from guard on top but Martinez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Deschamps throws a big elbow that misses.
Martinez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Martinez is controlling Deschamps's posture.
Deschamps controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Marcos Martinez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Deschamps drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Martinez is letting Deschamps control him for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Deschamps is looking to take a break and control but Martinez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Check out the look on Deschamps's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee asks Deschamps politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Deschamps prefers to stall for the moment though.
Deschamps wants to lay and pray for a moment but Martinez keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Martinez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Martinez is being controlled here.
Martinez is trying to control Deschamps's posture but Deschamps avoids it.
Sloppy strikes there by Deschamps.
Deschamps trying to control the position but Martinez is working away.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Deschamps taking a breather here.
Deschamps is chipping away with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is trying to improve his position.
Deschamps lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Deschamps 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.
Deschamps wants to control but Martinez is keeping him busy.
Martinez parries the strikes from Deschamps easily there. Deschamps is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Martinez to escape.
Deschamps wants to lay and pray for a moment but Martinez keeps working.
A lull in the action here as Deschamps stalls from top position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Deschamps trying to control the position but Martinez is working away.
Deschamps working the ground and pound but Martinez is defending the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Deschamps landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Martinez is trying to control Deschamps's posture but Deschamps avoids it.
Deschamps is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Martinez's shoulder. That is not cool.
Martinez is trying to control Deschamps's posture but Deschamps avoids it.
Martinez tries to improve position but can't.
Deschamps wants to lay and pray for a moment but Martinez keeps working.
Martinez is trying to control Deschamps's posture but Deschamps avoids it.
Deschamps scores with a couple of short elbows.
Deschamps moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Deschamps working the head with strikes.
Deschamps trying to control the action but Martinez is working from the bottom.
Deschamps taking a breather here.
Deschamps's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
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!
Deschamps lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martinez is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Martinez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Deschamps is staying tight to Martinez's torso, preventing him from escaping.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Deschamps dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Nice takedown defense from Martinez. No joy for Deschamps on that attempt.
Deschamps has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Martinez swinging wildly here.
Martinez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
A swing and a miss from Martinez.
Martinez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Martinez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Martinez wants it to stay on the feet.
Deschamps fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jean Deschamps. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez throws a left and a right that both miss

and Deschamps counters with a single leg into guard. Martinez didn't expect that.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Deschamps throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martinez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez being controlled here, momentarily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Deschamps accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Martinez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Deschamps manages to get himself to full guard.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Deschamps keeps moving.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Deschamps looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Deschamps is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Deschamps seems keen to control Martinez's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Deschamps is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Marcos Martinez hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Nice takedown defense from Martinez. No joy for Deschamps on that attempt.
Martinez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Martinez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Deschamps.
Deschamps takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martinez throws a series of strikes that have Deschamps backpedaling.
Martinez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Deschamps tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Martinez swivels and escapes.
Martinez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Deschamps eats them both and turns towards Martinez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Deschamps darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Deschamps is controlling the pace.
Martinez is pressing down on Deschamps's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Deschamps trying to control but Martinez is working from the bottom.
Deschamps sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jean Deschamps overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Deschamps lands a couple of digs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Deschamps won't allow Martinez to get back to his feet.
Martinez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Deschamps.
Martinez is trying to keep Deschamps in close.
Deschamps postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Deschamps pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Martinez is keeping the position for now.
Deschamps has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Deschamps is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Martinez is trying to control the position but Deschamps postures up.
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 Jean Deschamps will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A big left from Martinez misses.
Martinez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Deschamps closes the distance and clinches up with Martinez, looking for a takedown. Deschamps pushes Martinez against the cage but Martinez circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Martinez cracks Deschamps with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Deschamps.
Deschamps changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Martinez tries to avoid it but Deschamps manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Martinez to the ground. Martinez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jean Deschamps. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Deschamps looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Martinez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Deschamps takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Martinez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Deschamps shoots for a double leg takedown but Martinez sprawls well. He's pushed Deschamps's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Martinez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Martinez misses with the combination.
Deschamps takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Martinez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Marcos Martinez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martinez dips to his left and cracks Deschamps with an uppercut!
Martinez looks to score with a jab to the body but Deschamps is just out of range.
Martinez scores with a sloppy right hand. Deschamps should have avoided that one.
Deschamps shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Martinez sprawls well. Martinez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Deschamps gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Deschamps manages to avoid it.
Deschamps looks for a takedown but Martinez sprawls well.
Martinez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Deschamps rather than just go for the knockout.
A right-left combo lands from Martinez.
Deschamps tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Martinez swivels and escapes.
Martinez misses with a wild combination.
Deschamps takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Martinez misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deschamps shoots in for a takedown but Martinez shows good takedown defense.
Martinez stuffs the takedown.
Martinez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Deschamps shoots in but no luck this time.
Deschamps fails with the takedown.
Deschamps shoots in and drives through. Martinez sprawls well.
Martinez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Martinez misses with a two punch combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Deschamps.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lands with a hook. Deschamps tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Deschamps closes this distance looking for a takedown but Martinez circles away.
Martinez throws a one two combo.
Deschamps tries to score a power double leg takedown but Martinez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Deschamps somewhat.
Martinez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martinez throws a combination. Deschamps tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Deschamps shoots for a double leg takedown but Martinez sprawls well. He's pushed Deschamps's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marcos Martinez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Deschamps has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Jean Deschamps!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Jean Deschamps!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Jean Deschamps!

Jean Deschamps wins by unanimous decision!