PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rab Rehab (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carter Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rehab's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, saturday nights alright for fighting. This should be fireworks!

Rehab
vs
Martin

185 cm
34
177 lbs
22 - 16 - 0

190 cm
28
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
KO power

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rab Rehab!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carter Martin!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rehab connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Martin scrambles back to his feet.
A punch lands to the side of Martin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice sprawl there from Martin as Rehab shoots in.
Rehab throws a jab when Martin was well out of range.
Martin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rehab counters with a left to the body.

Martin clinches up with Rehab and pushes him back against the cage.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martin is trying to break the clinch but Rehab has him pressed against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martin.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by Rehab.
Martin swings wildly with an uppercut but Rehab uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rehab misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martin throws a punch but it's blocked by Rehab.
Rehab lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Rehab tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Martin working aggressively here.

Rehab drags the fight down to the ground.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Martin stopping the sweep attempt from Rehab.
Martin throwing strikes from guard but Rehab blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rehab is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Martin postures up and lands a big shot to Rehab's brow.
Rehab not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Martin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martin throwing strikes but missing.
Martin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rehab controls Martin momentarily but Martin frees himself.
Martin told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Martin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rehab's head.

Rehab is rocked!
Martin arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Rehab's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Carter Martin!
After the fight, Carter Martin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.