PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Duawne Bradberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryce Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Bradberry
vs
Martin

170 cm
19
158 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight 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, Duawne Bradberry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryce Martin!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bradberry eats them both and turns towards Martin to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bradberry walks into a stiff left hand from Martin.
Bradberry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bradberry fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A clash of legs there as Bradberry blocks the low kick.

Martin drops Bradberry with a beautiful combination! Bradberry stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Martin is looking for the KO!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Martin.
Martin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Bradberry is rocked!
Martin works Bradberry's body with a nice hook.
Bradberry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Martin.
Martin keeps the fight on the outside.
Martin lands a body shot.
Bradberry misses with a hook.
Martin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bradberry looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Martin with a jab.
Martin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bradberry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martin sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin lands a jab to the nose.
Bradberry wants to clinch.

Bradberry shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Martin napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Bradberry sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Martin is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin dodges the ground and pound from Bradberry.
Bradberry postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Bradberry fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The strikes coming from Bradberry are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Bradberry throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradberry throws a strike aimed at the side of Martin's head but Martin avoids it well.
Bradberry wants to stand but Martin has his arm trapped.
The ground and pound from Bradberry seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Bradberry working the ground and pound but Martin is defending the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bradberry is controlling him well.
Bradberry lands a few punches from side control.
Martin taking a bit of punishment here - Bradberry scoring with strikes.

Bradberry is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Martin has escaped the position, nice work there.
Bradberry misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradberry working the ground and pound but Martin is defending the strikes.

Bradberry is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Martin is trying to escape and Bradberry transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Martin is forced to tap! Nice work there by Bradberry! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Duawne Bradberry!