PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dilan Rossi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nuno Martins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rossi comes to the cage accompanied by Never Surrender by Lion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rossi
vs
Martins

181 cm
21
165 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

173 cm
19
166 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dilan Rossi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nuno Martins!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rossi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martins.
Rossi misses with a hook. Martins ducked under it nicely.
Rossi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martins throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rossi.
Rossi throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Good leg kick by Martins there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Martins works Rossi's body with a nice hook.
Rossi throws a series of punches but Martins avoids them all with ease.
A shot to the body from Rossi misses
and Martins counters with a stiff right hand.
Martins turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Martins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Rossi moves into the clinch successfully.
Rossi throws a punch but it's blocked by Martins.
Martins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Rossi - that landed with a thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossi misses with a punch to the body.
Martins tries to work over Rossi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rossi.
A nice left hand lands by Rossi.
Rossi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rossi lands a body punch.
Martins lands with a short shot to the head.
Martins is trying to maintain a safe position but Rossi gets an underhook and turns Martins into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Rossi fails to land.

Martins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rossi swings for the body but Martins moves out of range.
Martins tries to work over Rossi's front leg with a kick but Rossi checks it.
Rossi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martins.
Martins lands a leg kick that knocks Rossi off balance momentarily.
Martins throws a nice inside leg kick.
Martins throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rossi feints a jab promting Martins to slip. Rossi then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Martins slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Rossi clinches.
Rossi lands with a light punch inside.

Martins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice uppercut lands for Rossi. That snapped Martins's head back.
Martins fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rossi.
Rossi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rossi misses with an uppercut.
Dilan Rossi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rossi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Martins counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rossi thinking.
Martins cracks the inside of Rossi's front leg.

Rossi closes the distance and pushes Martins back into the cage.
Martins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rossi is keeping busy.
Rossi swings wildly with an uppercut but Martins uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rossi.

Martins manages to break the clinch.
Rossi smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Martins wants to slow Rossi down by chopping away at his legs.
Martins scoring well with a low kick there.
Martins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rossi looks to score with a jab to the body but Martins is just out of range.
Rossi is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Martins drops his hands momentarily and Rossi takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rossi misses with a left hand
and Martins counters with a nice uppercut.
An inside leg kick lands from Martins.
Rossi throws a sloppy body shot
and Martins counters with a stiff right hand.
Martins moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rossi throws a lazy right hand but Martins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rossi misses with a double jab
and Martins counters with a body kick that stops Rossi in his tracks momentarily.
Rossi throws a combination that misses
and Martins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rossi looks to score with a jab to the body but Martins is just out of range.
Rossi tries to close the distance and clinch but Martins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martins fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rossi checks it well.
Rossi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Rossi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Martins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rossi throws a sloppy body shot
and Martins counters with a low kick, right behind Rossi 's knee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martins staying out of range there.
Martins moves out of range of the strikes.
Rossi misses with a hook.
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 Dilan Rossi will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Martins misses with a kick to the body.
Rossi swinging wildly here.
A slapping body kick lands there for Martins.
Rossi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Martins scores with a leg kick.
Rossi on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Martins. Martins obviously looking to wear him down.
A good leg kick by Martins.
Rossi cracks a nice hook into Martins's ribs.
Rossi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Martins counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dilan Rossi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rossi lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rossi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A punch lands to the side of Martins 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martins tries a head kick but it misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rossi. Martins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rossi wants to clinch.
A head kick from Martins lands but Rossi takes it in his stride.
Rossi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Martins circles away quickly and effectively.
Rossi swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Martins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Martins with a nice cross.
Rossi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Martins.
Martins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rossi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Martins pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Martins scores with a jab to the body.
Martins ducks under a wild hook from Rossi.
Nuno Martins seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Rossi rushes Martins and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rossi tries to throw a body punch but Martins avoids it by throwing Rossi back against the cage.

Martins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
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!
Rossi misses with a straight right.
Rossi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rossi tries to close the distance and clinch but Martins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rossi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rossi swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rossi misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Martins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martins avoids the body shot from Rossi.
Martins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Martins ducks under a wild hook from Rossi.
Rossi just misses with a punch to the body.
Martins moves out of range as Rossi strikes.
Martins lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rossi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Martins can pounce on him.
Martins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Martins.
Martins throws a head kick but Rossi moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rossi misses with a body shot
and Martins counters with a low kick, right behind Rossi 's knee.
Rossi tries to clinch up but Martins circles away and keeps his distance.

Rossi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Martins tries a body shot but Rossi blocks it.
Martins tries a body shot but Rossi blocks it.
Martins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rossi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Rossi.
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!
Rossi tries to work over Martins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rossi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martins tries to throw a body punch but Rossi avoids it by throwing Martins back against the cage.
Rossi content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Martins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martins is trying to force a seperation but Rossi has the dominant position.
Rossi prevents Martins from breaking the clinch.
Rossi works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dilan Rossi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Martins working aggressively here.
A short left from Rossi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Nuno Martins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Rossi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Martins avoids the body shot from Rossi.
Rossi throws a series of punches but Martins moves out of range.
Martins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rossi.
Rossi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Martins tries a head kick but it misses.
Rossi tries to bum rush Martins with a series of wild strikes but Martins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rossi with a jab.
Martins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rossi misses with a hook.
Martins scores with a nice body kick.
Martins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rossi manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martins. Rossi does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martins lands a leg kick that knocks Rossi off balance momentarily.

Rossi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Martins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rossi tries a body shot but Martins blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Rossi.
Rossi misses with a punch on the inside.
Rossi misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martins.
Martins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rossi misses with some punches.
Martins tries to work over Rossi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martins misses with a body punch.

Martins breaks the clinch.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rossi checks a leg kick.
Good work by Rossi as he checks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rossi clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hand to the body from Rossi.
Martins is trying to stall.
Martins can't find room to land a body shot as Rossi controls the action.
Rossi misses with some punches.

Martins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rossi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martins just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Martins.
Rossi lands with a cross.
Rossi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Martins's head.
Rossi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Martins can pounce on him.
Martins throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rossi throws a series of punches but Martins moves out of range.
Martins connects with an inside leg kick.
Rossi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rossi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martins moves away.
Rossi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Martins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rossi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martins.
A jab lands there for Martins.
Martins throws a leg kick but Rossi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Martins scores with a nice head shot.
Martins fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martins pushes Rossi away with a front kick.
Rossi looks to land a right hand but Martins moved out of range.

Rossi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rossi is pushing Martins up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Martins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rossi throws out the jab.
Martins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rossi.
Martins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Martins lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rossi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Martins connects with a leg kick. Rossi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nuno Martins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Martins has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nuno Martins!
Our winner, Nuno Martins, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.