PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Delphino Atlantis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Atlantis
vs
Martinez

175 cm
18
159 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

169 cm
25
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Delphino Atlantis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez looks to clinch

and Atlantis counters with a shoot takedown. Martinez fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Martinez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Atlantis looking to pass the guard.
Atlantis pushing down on Martinez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Atlantis is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Martinez defends it well.
Atlantis tries to pass to full mount but Martinez defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Atlantis looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Atlantis is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Martinez sees it coming and defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Atlantis seems to be working for a kimura but Martinez defends the submission attempt.
Martinez pushes Atlantis off looking to stand but Atlantis dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Atlantis is thwarting Martinez's attempts to control the position.

Atlantis is looking for a kimura but Martinez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Atlantis to get the leverage.
Martinez wants to control but Atlantis passes into side.
Atlantis just content to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atlantis is looking to take a break and control but Martinez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Martinez's face as Atlantis controls the position.
Martinez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Atlantis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Martinez can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is trying to improve his position.
Martinez stops Atlantis from passing to mount.
Atlantis trying to control the position but Martinez is working away.
You can see the frustration on Martinez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez tries to improve position but can't.
Atlantis moves into full mount!

Atlantis working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Atlantis is looking to work his way around to Martinez's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.

Atlantis working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Atlantis is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Martinez to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Martinez shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Delphino Atlantis dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Martinez tries for a takedown but Atlantis circles away easily

and Atlantis counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Atlantis.
Atlantis sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Martinez's guard.
Martinez has a hand on Atlantis's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Atlantis takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Martinez sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

Atlantis is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Martinez is looking for a sweep. Atlantis is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Atlantis works his foot free and advances to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atlantis takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atlantis wants to control the pace but Martinez is squirming around nicely.

Martinez has left one of his arms exposed and Atlantis doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Martinez screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Delphino Atlantis!