PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Carioca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Martin
vs
Carioca

196 cm
32
221 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

190 cm
28
215 lbs
12 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Carioca!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Martin instigates a clinch.
Martin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carioca is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Martin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Carioca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
A big right from Martin misses.

Carioca moves into the clinch.
Martin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Martin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carioca putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Martin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Martin tries to break the clinch but Carioca is controlling the position.

Martin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carioca throws a head kick that misses.
Martin scores with a jab. Carioca acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Carioca tries to clinch up.
Carioca tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
Carioca misses with a head kick.
Martin scores with a nice strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carioca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carioca takes a jab right on the kisser.
Carioca tries to clinch up.
Martin misses with a hook. Carioca ducked under it nicely.
Carioca tries to clinch up but Martin circles away and keeps his distance.

Martin drives through and clinches with Carioca against the cage.

Carioca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martin thuds his right hand into Carioca's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin swats away the attempt to clinch by Carioca.
Martin tries to clinch up.
Martin tries to close the distance and clinch but Carioca swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Martin clinches up with Carioca and pushes him back against the cage.
Carioca missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carioca is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Carioca tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Carioca misses with an elbow strike.
Martin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Carioca taking a breather.
Carioca stalling in the clinch.

Martin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carioca moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Martin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Carioca wants to clinch
and Martin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Martin misses with a hook
and Martin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carioca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martin scores with a jab to the head.
Carioca slips a jab from Martin.
Carioca misses with a straight right.
Carioca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Martin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Carioca. That did some damage!
Martin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martin misses with a looping right.

Martin takes the fight into the clinch.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carioca keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Martin's efforts to push away.
Martin tries to break the clinch but Carioca is controlling the position.

Martin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carioca moves in looking to clinch but Martin pushes him off.
Carioca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Carioca pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martin misses with an uppercut.
Martin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martin throws a jab but it's blocked by Carioca.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carioca lands a head kick!

It looks like Michael Martin has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice cross by Martin.
Martin avoids the head kick by Carioca.
Martin tries to clinch but Carioca is having none of it.
Carioca tries to clinch up but Martin circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Carioca misses.
Martin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A telegraphed right hand from Martin misses the target.
Carioca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carioca throws a head kick that half lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martin connects with a nice looking jab.
Carioca on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Martin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Carioca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Martin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Michael Martin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Carioca tries to clinch up but Martin circles away and keeps his distance.
Carioca goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carioca moves away.
Martin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Martin moves out of range of the body kick.
Martin lands a glancing blow to the side of Carioca's head.
Carioca misses with a leg kick.
Michael Martin is winning the standup battle so far.
Martin throws a lazy uppercut

and Carioca holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Carioca.
Martin tries to circle away but Carioca has him pinned against the cage.
Carioca throws an elbow that misses.
Carioca tries a body shot but Martin blocks it.
Carioca connects with a nasty looking knee right to Martin's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin can't break the clinch.
Carioca using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Martin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Martin.
Carioca struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Martin prevents a body shot from Carioca.
Carioca is trying to stall.
Carioca throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Carioca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Carioca fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Martin throws a jab when Carioca was well out of range.

Martin clinches.
Carioca lands a body punch.
Martin working hard to break the clinch.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Martin forces Carioca back against the cage and clinches.
Carioca lands a body punch in the clinch.
Carioca creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martin working hard to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carioca lands a good knee to the midsection. Martin won't want to take too many of those.
A right handed body shot lands from Martin.
Carioca is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Martin is keeping busy.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Martin is trying to break the clinch but Carioca has him pressed against the cage.
Carioca swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Carioca breaks the clinch.
Michael Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Carioca throws out a loose jab but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carioca misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Martin manages to break the clinch.
Martin tries to clinch but Carioca is having none of it.
Carioca lands with a thumping leg kick.
Carioca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carioca ducks under a wild hook from Martin.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carioca cracks Martin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A jab from Martin misses.
Carioca feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Martins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Martin's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Martin duly obliges.
Martin throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Martin tries to clinch but Carioca moves out of range.
Martin cracks Carioca with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carioca's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Martin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Carioca scrambles back to his feet.
Paulo Carioca is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carioca fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martin misses with a left hand
and Carioca counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Carioca throws a head kick that Martin semi-blocks.

Martin is rocked!
Carioca seems to be stalking Martin here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Martin drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Paulo Carioca!
Paulo Carioca decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.