PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Barnett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martin comes to the cage accompanied by Chow Time!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martin
vs
Barnett

170 cm
34
350 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

200 cm
23
300 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tim Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Fedor Barnett !
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barnett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tim Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin tries to bum rush Barnett with a series of wild strikes but Barnett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barnett slips a jab and a cross from Martin.
Barnett tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Martin swivels and escapes.
Nice takedown defense from Martin. No joy for Barnett on that attempt.
Tim Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fedor Barnett .
Barnett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martin.
Martin throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Barnett shoots in looking for a takedown but Martin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Barnett 's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Martin takes a swing at Barnett 's ribcage but misses.
Barnett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martin jabs at Barnett 's body.
Barnett looks winded!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barnett was well out of range. Poor timing from Martin.
A decent looking cross lands there for Martin.
Martin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Martin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martin shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Barnett eats them both and turns towards Martin to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Martin scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Martin lands with a hook. Barnett tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Martin drops Barnett with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Barnett looks back up at him and smiles so Martin waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Barnett is rocked!
Martin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Barnett is still on wobbly legs! Can Martin finish him?
Martin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Barnett seems to have recovered his senses.
Some wild striking there from Martin.
Tim Martin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Martin is looking to wear down Barnett with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Martin lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Barnett can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Martin and Barnett drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Martin.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Martin!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Tim Martin waved his t-shirt featuring Mango Nutrition 's logo in front of the cameras.