PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Puppy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love has chosen Otherside by Mackemore X Ryan Lewis as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martin
vs
Love

190 cm
33
215 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

187 cm
33
217 lbs
23 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

LOD: Affordable Quality
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puppy Love!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Martin misses with a looping right.
Martin connects with a body shot that sends Love's belly button to the back.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Martin lands with a hook. Love tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Martin ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Love uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martin.
Love ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Martin staying out of range there.
Martin misses with an uppercut.
Love changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Martin tries to avoid it but Love manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Martin to the ground. Martin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Martin gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Martin has his foot on Love's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Love works his way back into a safe position though.
Love slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Martin wants to control but Love is keeping busy.
Love not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Martin actively working from the bottom here.

Martin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Love thows a huge punch but Martin dodges it nicely.

Martin actively working from the bottom here.
Love perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Martin wants to control but Love is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Martin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Martin looking for submissions off his back.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Love connects with a nice short shot to Martin's temple.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin tries to roll over but Love keeps him under control.
Martin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Martin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
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!
Love scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Love scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Love drops an elbow to the side of Martin's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Martin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Love throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Martin to regain full guard.
Love has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Love trying to control but Martin is working from the bottom.

Martin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Love is aware though and is defending well.
Love is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Love passes into half guard.
Martin moves into full guard.
Love slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Martin tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Love wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Martin wants to control but Love postures up.
Love is looking to take a break and control but Martin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love working away.
Martin is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Love's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
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!
Love thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Martin's head.
Martin is staying active underneath Love, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Love prevents Martin from improving his position.
Martin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Love avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Puppy Love will probably get the nod.
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.

Martin throws a right hand that misses
and Love counters with a nice uppercut.
Martin misses with an uppercut. Love saw that one coming.
Love ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Martin misses with a series of wild punches.
Love throws a shot to the body.

Martin drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Love manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Martin manages to get himself to full guard.
Love distracts Martin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Love wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.

Martin is looking for a triangle but Love pushes his legs off easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love scoring with some ground and pound.
Love is working Martin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Love with a nice head shot there.
Martin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Love is one step ahead there.
Love postures up and lands a big shot to Martin's brow.

Martin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Love is aware though and is defending well.

Martin throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Love escapes and throws Martin's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Love working the ground and pound.
Martin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Martin struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love wants to lay and pray for a moment but Martin keeps working.
Martin taking a bit of punishment here - Love scoring with strikes.
Martin is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Love cracks Martin with a big elbow.
Love creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Love scores with a couple of short elbows.
Love grinds an elbow into Martin's temple.
Martin is looking to regain half guard here but Love keeps moving and retains side control.
Martin is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Martin is working to avoid the ground and pound but Love connects with a decent elbow.
Martin gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love is thwarting Martin's attempts to control the position.
Love slips a nice elbow through Martin's hands, connecting with Martin's forehead.

Love is looking for a kimura here.

Love seems to be working for a kimura but Martin defends the submission attempt.
Love throwing shots but Martin is blocking nicely.

Martin looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Love prevents Martin from improving his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin wants to sweep but Love has passed to side control!
Martin taking a bit of punishment here - Love scoring with strikes.
Martin regains half guard.
Martin has hold of Love's hands but Love slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Martin wants to improve his position but Love is controlling well.
Martin manages to get to full guard.
Love keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Martin's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Love postures up in Martin's guard and throws a big left but Martin blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Puppy Love showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Martin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Love blocks a jab.
Love keeps the fight on the outside.
Love scores with a decent looking hook.
Love throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Martin moves away from the strike by Love.
Love displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martin throws out the jab.

Martin feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Martin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Love utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Martin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Love is proving hard to escape from.
Martin cracks Love with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love controls Martin momentarily but Martin frees himself.
Martin throwing strikes but missing.
Love tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Martin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Martin throwing strikes but missing.
Martin throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin throws a big right hand that misses.
Martin wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
Love managing to control the position.
Puppy Love is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Puppy Love was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Love looking to score a takedown here. Martin is defending well but Love drives through and ends up in Martin's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Love avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Martin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Love preventing the sweep.

Martin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Frank Martin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Love controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Let's hope that Love has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Love chips away with some ground and pound.

Martin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Love can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Love stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Martin swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love is stalling in the full guard.

Martin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Martin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Love defends well.
Love is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Frank Martin.
I think Love 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Puppy Love!
After winning the bout, Puppy Love thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.