PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luzhin comes into the arena with Toccata and Fugue blaring out of the sound system. Jackson Martinez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Luzhin
vs
Martinez

181 cm
22
174 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

178 cm
22
170 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent knees
Good gas tank

KAISER

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158
Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Nikolai Luzhin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jackson Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luzhin swings for the body but Martinez moves out of range.
Luzhin changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Martinez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Luzhin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Luzhin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Luzhin connects with a leg kick. Martinez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Luzhin throws a low kick but Martinez moves out of range easily.
Luzhin stuffs the takedown attempt from Martinez. Martinez gets slowly back to his feet.
Martinez tries a low kick but Luzhin avoids it.
Luzhin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Martinez shoots for a takedown but Luzhin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Luzhin checks the leg kick nicely there.
Luzhin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martinez wants to land a leg kick but Luzhin is out of range.
Luzhin throws a leg kick that misses.
Luzhin throws a low kick but Martinez moves out of range easily.
Martinez wants to slow Luzhin down by chopping away at his legs.
Luzhin moves out of range of the body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez shoots in but no luck this time.
Nikolai Luzhin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jackson Martinez.
Luzhin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Martinez moves out of range of the strikes.
Martinez misses with a low kick.
Luzhin scores with a nice head shot.
Luzhin lands with a shot to the body.
Luzhin missing with a left hand there. Martinez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martinez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Martinez throws a low kick but Luzhin avoids it.
Luzhin misses with a low kick.
An inside leg kick from Martinez misses.
Luzhin tries to work over Martinez's front leg with a kick but Martinez checks it.

Luzhin lands a big head kick that sends Martinez tumbling to the mat! Luzhin takes a step backwards and waves Martinez back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Martinez is trying desperately to land a takedown but Luzhin is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Martinez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Luzhin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Martinez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Martinez is rocked!
Luzhin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Martinez is still on wobbly legs! Can Luzhin finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin cracks Martinez with a hook to the temple - Martinez is on wobbly legs here! Luzhin swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Martinez falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Luzhin wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nikolai Luzhin!
Nikolai Luzhin retains his welterweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Nikolai Luzhin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.