PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angelo Villar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Villar is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kamao. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martin
vs
Villar

182 cm
31
185 lbs
16 - 22 - 0

170 cm
31
197 lbs
8 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angelo Villar!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Villar sprawls well. Villar wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Martin gets slowly back to his feet.
Martin shoots for a double leg takedown but Villar sprawls well. He's pushed Martin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Villar scores with a one two! Martin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Villar shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Martin manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Villar is working Martin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Villar is working Martin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martin is looking to stand up but Villar isn't so interested in that idea.
Martin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Martin working for a triangle but Villar defends it easily.
Villar throws a big right hand that misses.
Villar stands up over Martin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Martin wants to stand up but Villar is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villar connects with a couple of short punches.
Villar landing some decent shots from guard.
Villar landing some decent shots from guard.
Villar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Villar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Martin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Villar throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Villar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Villar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Martin is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martin trying to control but Villar is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Villar can do anything to dispel that myth.
Villar is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Martin is controlling him.
Villar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Martin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Villar scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Villar shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Villar showed some decent athleticism there.
Villar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Villar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Villar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Villar stops Martin from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are battling for position here. Martin manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Martin trying to keep a closed guard but Villar is proving a slippery customer.

Martin has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Villar off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
James Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Villar tries to avoid it but Martin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Villar to the ground. Villar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Martin. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Villar scores with a takedown into Martin's guard.
Villar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Villar trying to stand up but can't free himself from Martin's guard.
Villar content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villar works over Martin with some ground and pound from guard.
Villar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villar stands up over Martin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Villar distracts Martin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Martin wants to get back to his feet but Villar is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Villar postures up in Martin's guard and throws a big left but Martin blocks it.
Villar throwing strikes but missing.
Martin is trying to keep Villar in close.

Martin scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Martin shoots for a double leg takedown but Villar sprawls well. He's pushed Martin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Villar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Villar drops an elbow to the side of Martin's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Villar 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.

Villar gets the takedown into side control.
Villar in side control lands a decent elbow.
Villar lands some shots froms side control.
Villar landing a few strikes.
Martin is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Martin throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Villar landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin blocking the ground and pound attempt from Villar.
Villar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Martin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Villar.
Martin is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Villar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Martin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Villar.

Martin pushes Villar off and gets back to his feet.
Martin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Martin shoots in but no luck this time.
Martin with a poor takedown
and Villar counters with a head kick.

Martin is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Villar to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Oh Martin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Villar chips away with some ground and pound.
Villar won't allow Martin to sweep him here.
Martin seems to have got his legs back now.
Villar cracks Martin with a solid left hand.
Villar is working Martin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Villar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Martin is on top in guard.

Martin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Martin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Martin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin wants to control from the top but Villar keeps moving.
Villar wants to stand but Martin is controlling the position.
Martin controlling from the top position.
Martin wants to control from the top but Villar keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin postures up in Villar's guard and throws a big left but Villar blocks it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Villar looks to score with a jab to the body but Martin is just out of range.
Martin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Villar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Villar throws a right hand that Martin ducks under and follows up with a left that Martin also avoids with ease.

Villar shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Martin napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Villar working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Villar has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Martin is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Villar is pressing down on Martin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Martin is holding on for now.
Martin gets back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villar stops Martin from standing up.
Angelo Villar has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villar lands a couple of elbows.
Martin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Villar manages to get himself to full guard.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Villar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martin trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Martin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martin throws a strike but Villar rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Villar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Martin closes the distance and clinches up with Villar, looking for a takedown. Martin pushes Villar against the cage but Villar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Martin is looking to clinch.
Villar tries a head kick but it misses.
Villar connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

It looks like James Martin has been cut.
Martin leaves Villar with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Martin closes the distance and clinches up with Villar, looking for a takedown. Martin pushes Villar against the cage but Villar circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Villar leaves Martin with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Martin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Villar lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Villar closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ground and pound from Villar.

Martin looking for submissions off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martin makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Martin.

Martin is working an open guard so Villar takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
James Martin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martin shoots for a double leg takedown but Villar sprawls well. He's pushed Martin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Villar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Villar tries to avoid it but Martin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Villar to the ground. Villar escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Martin gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Villar to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Villar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Martin's head.
Martin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Villar scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Villar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Villar decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Martin tries to clinch up

so Villar counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Villar scoring with punches to the head and body.
Villar cracks Martin with a solid left hand.
Villar postures up in Martin's guard and throws a big left but Martin blocks it.
Martin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Martin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Martin misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martin is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Villar is surviving well by controlling Martin's body position as best he can.

Martin looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Martin looking to ground and pound but Villar is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Martin wants to control the pace but Villar is squirming around nicely.
Villar blocking the ground and pound.

Martin jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Villar is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Villar and Martin has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Martin prevents Villar from escaping the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Martin is trying to get an arm triangle but Villar is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angelo Villar really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Martin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Villar walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Martin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Martin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Villar closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Martin quickly recovers to half guard.
Villar thows a huge punch but Martin dodges it nicely.
Martin is trying to stand back up but Villar is controlling him
Martin manages to get to full guard.

Martin is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martin.
A frustrated look appears on Villar's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Martin is fighting off a takedown attempt but Villar is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Martin to the mat. Martin regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Villar cracks Martin with a solid left hand.
Villar is working Martin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Martin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Martin controls Villar momentarily but Villar frees himself.
Martin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Villar's guard.
Martin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Martin trying to control but Villar is working from the bottom.
Villar keeping full guard, as Martin tries to pass.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Martin has gone for a leg lock! Villar slips out almost immediately though and dives into Martin's guard.
Villar working some strikes from top position.
Villar with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villar stops Martin from standing up.
Martin has momentary wrist control but Villar slips an elbow through the middle.
Villar content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Martin has momentary wrist control but Villar slips an elbow through the middle.
Villar won't allow Martin to get back to his feet.
Villar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Martin wants to sweep but no luck.
Villar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villar postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Martin covers up, he's hurt! Villar keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Villar and the ref steps in to end the fight! Villar can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Angelo Villar!
A victorious Angelo Villar thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.