PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Rodriguez will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Martin
vs
Rodriguez

195 cm
22
280 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
240 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dean Martin !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rodriguez closes the distance and clinches.
Martin pushes Rodriguez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Martin gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Rodriguez looks like he's trying to stand up.
Martin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rodriguez does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ground and pound from Martin .
Martin trying to control from half guard but Rodriguez is working away.
Rodriguez landing strikes from the bottom.
Martin could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Martin not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rodriguez gets back to full guard.
Martin connects with a couple of short punches.
Martin landing some decent shots from guard.
Martin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Martin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Martin chips away with some ground and pound.
Martin is working Rodriguez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin postures up in Rodriguez's guard and throws a big left but Rodriguez blocks it.
Martin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rodriguez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Martin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Martin looking to sit in guard and control but Rodriguez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Rodriguez won't allow Martin to sweep him here.
Martin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rodriguez!
Martin 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.
Martin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rodriguez hang on?
Rodriguez is bucking up trying to escape but Martin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Martin landing shots from mount.
Rodriguez is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Martin with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Martin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodriguez is trying to escape the mount.
Martin lands a big shot there that rocks Rodriguez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Martin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Martin cracks Rodriguez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Rodriguez wants to try and get back to his feet.
Rodriguez looks gassed!
Martin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Martin with a couple of short strikes.
Martin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rodriguez?
Martin punishing his opponent with strikes.
Martin breaks from Rodriguez's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Martin landing shots from mount.

Rodriguez is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin scoring with strikes but Rodriguez is staying in there.
Rodriguez is still in real trouble! Can Martin finish him?
Rodriguez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Martin is landing with some decent strikes but Rodriguez is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Martin lands a big shot there that rocks Rodriguez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Martin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rodriguez tries to reverse the position but Martin maintains control.
Martin is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Martin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rodriguez?
Martin working the ground and pound effectively.
Martin cracks Rodriguez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Martin raining down shots from the mount!
Rodriguez is squirming around, avoiding Martin 's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Martin lands a big shot there that rocks Rodriguez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Martin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
BOOM! Martin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Rodriguez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Martin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Martin working the ground and pound effectively.
Martin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Martin .
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Martin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Martin landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Rodriguez that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Martin dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Martin throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rodriguez slips a straight right by Martin .

Martin forces Rodriguez back against the cage and clinches.
Rodriguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Martin is trying to trip Rodriguez. He has hold of a leg but Rodriguez is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Martin persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Martin working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rodriguez's head.
Martin slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Martin lands a nice forearm strike.
Rodriguez is not content to let Martin control the position.
Rodriguez seems to have recovered his senses.
Martin cracks Rodriguez with a big elbow.

Martin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Martin lands an elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Martin lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Rodriguez taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rodriguez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Martin trying to control the action but Rodriguez is working from the bottom.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Martin wants to control but Rodriguez is keeping him busy.
Martin cracks Rodriguez with a big right hand but Rodriguez just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Rodriguez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Martin lands some shots froms side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rodriguez prevents Martin from moving into mount.
Rodriguez is trying to escape the position but Martin is controlling the position.
Martin wants to control but Rodriguez is keeping him busy.
Martin working the ground and pound from side control.
Martin lands a decent elbow from side control.
Martin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Martin moves into full mount!
Martin controlling the pace for now.
Rodriguez tries to reverse the position but Martin maintains control.
Martin with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin cracks Rodriguez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Martin scoring with strikes but Rodriguez is staying in there.
Martin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Martin dominating with strikes here.
Martin with good strikes from the mount here!
Martin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Martin working the ground and pound effectively.
Martin controlling the position easily from mount.
Martin unloading with bombs!
Martin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rodriguez hang on?

Martin moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Rodriguez has worked his arm free - good work by Rodriguez!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Rodriguez taking punishment in the form of punches.
Martin scores with a couple of short elbows.
Martin cracks Rodriguez with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Martin creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Dean Martin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martin working the ground and pound.
Martin is putting a hurting on Rodriguez here, landing some big shots from side control.
Martin in side control lands a decent elbow.
Martin landing a few strikes.

Martin looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Martin dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Martin rushes Rodriguez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martin tries to score a body lock takedown but Rodriguez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Martin tries to stall but Rodriguez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martin wants a takedown but no success here.
Martin pushes Rodriguez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martin is trying to maintain a safe position but Rodriguez gets an underhook and turns Martin into the cage.
Rodriguez is trying to break free.
Rodriguez tries for a takedown but Martin manages to get underhooks.
Rodriguez lands with a left to the head.
Come on Martin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Martin has him pressed against the cage.
Martin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Martin has hold of one of Rodriguez's legs. Rodriguez is fighting the takedown attempt but Martin gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Martin is working Rodriguez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Martin cracks Rodriguez with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez wants to stand up but Martin is controlling him.
Martin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Martin wants to pass the guard but Rodriguez is keeping the position.
Martin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Martin works his way into full mount!
Martin landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Martin .
Rodriguez is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
A nice elbow there by Martin .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Martin unloads with some shots from mount but Rodriguez bucks and avoids them well.
Rodriguez blocking the ground and pound.
Rodriguez regains half guard.
Rodriguez is trying to stand.
Martin misses with a head shot. Rodriguez uses the momentum to regain guard.
Rodriguez wants to get back to his feet but Martin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Martin thows a big elbow that misses.
Rodriguez keeping moving, preventing Martin from controlling successfully.
Martin prevents Rodriguez from getting back to his feet.
Martin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin throwing strikes from guard but Rodriguez blocks nicely.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Martin drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Rodriguez wants to stand and escape but Martin is having none of it.
Rodriguez trying to keep a closed guard but Martin is proving a slippery customer.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Rodriguez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martin stands up over Rodriguez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Martin throws a big right hand that misses.
Martin pushes down on Rodriguez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Martin lands with a punch from half guard.
Rodriguez is trying to stand.
Martin is nestled in close to Rodriguez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is trying to get back to full guard.
Martin working Rodriguez over with strikes.
Martin is looking to take a break and control but Rodriguez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Martin has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Martin lands with some strikes.
Martin working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Martin moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Rodriguez has worked his arm free - good work by Rodriguez!
Rodriguez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dean Martin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Martin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dean Martin !