PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jean Descharme (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oberyn Martell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Descharme
vs
Martell

186 cm
30
176 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

184 cm
28
183 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Descharme!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oberyn Martell!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Descharme rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Martell counters with a straight right hand.
Martell throws a leg kick but Descharme checks it.
Martell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Descharme.
Jean Descharme seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Descharme misses the shot to the body.
Martell cracks Descharme with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Martell has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Martell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Descharme.
We've been hearing reports that Descharme has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Martell checks the leg kick nicely there.

Martell closes the distance and clinches.
Descharme throws an elbow that misses.

Descharme escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Descharme throws out the jab.
Descharme misses with a body shot.
Martell wants to clinch up but Descharme keeps it at a distance.

Descharme shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Descharme lands with a punch from half guard.

Descharme is working for a kimura but Martell is defending it quite comfortably.
Descharme has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Descharme is trying to control the action in half guard but Martell is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Martell is looking to control Descharme's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Martell avoid being mounted?
Descharme prevents Martell from improving his position.
Martell is trying to maintain the position but Descharme is very close to passing his half guard.
Descharme is nestled in close to Martell, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Descharme lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Descharme misses with a head shot. Martell uses the momentum to regain guard.
Descharme postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Martell is looking to stand up but Descharme isn't so interested in that idea.
Descharme working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Descharme postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Descharme distracts Martell with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Descharme throws a big right hand that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Descharme working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Martell's head.
Martell avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Descharme landing some decent shots from guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Descharme is working Martell over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Martell is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Descharme is controlling him.
Martell looking to hit a scissor sweep but Descharme is one step ahead there.
Descharme wants to control from the top but Martell keeps moving.
Martell working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Descharme.
Martell wants to get back to his feet but Descharme is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Descharme slips nicely into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martell avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Descharme.
Descharme winds up and cracks Martell with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Descharme trying to pass the guard but Martell defending well.
Martell is trying to stand.
Descharme working Martell over with strikes.
Descharme wants to control but Martell is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Descharme working the head and body with strikes.
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!
Descharme is looking to advance position but Martell won't allow it.
Descharme sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Martell defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Descharme dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Martell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Descharme throws out the jab.
Descharme throws a leg kick but Martell moved away.
Martell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Descharme uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martell.
A bone on bone clash there as Descharme blocks the leg kick.
Martell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Descharme.
Descharme lands with a nice combination. Martell backs away looking to recover.
Martell throws a low kick but Descharme avoids it.
Descharme digs a good hook to Martell's body.
Martell leaves Descharme with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Martell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Descharme dips to his left and cracks Martell with an uppercut!
Martell slips a jab and a cross from Descharme.
Martell throws a head kick but Descharme moves out of range.
Martell checks the leg kick nicely there.
Martell is looking to chop away at Descharme's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Descharme tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Descharme throws out a loose jab but Martell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Descharme misses with a leg kick
and Martell finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Descharme tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martell was well out of range. Poor timing from Descharme.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Descharme!
Descharme lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Martell lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Descharme throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martell looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Descharme gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Martell drops his hands momentarily and Descharme takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Martell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oberyn Martell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martell moves out of range as Descharme throws a body kick.
Descharme misses with a straight left.
Descharme buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martell tries to score with a low kick but Descharme moves his leg out of the way.
Martell dips to his left and cracks Descharme with an uppercut!
Descharme throws a leg kick but Martell sees it coming and moves out of range.
Descharme circles away from the clinch attempt.
Descharme moves into range and connects with a jab.
A shot to the liver by Martell. Beautiful body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Descharme 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 Martell has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Martell and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Martell takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Descharme lands a lovely overhand right.
Martell connects with a jab.
A combination from Descharme does no damage.
Martell throws a hook but Descharme avoids it easily.
Oberyn Martell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Descharme misses with a lunging right hand
and Martell counters with a good low kick that Descharme was not able to check.
Martell throws an overhand right that lands on Descharme's shoulder, as Descharme tries to avoid the shot.
Descharme bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Martell's head backwards.

Martell has Descharme up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Descharme prevents a body shot from Martell.

Descharme has Martell pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Descharme pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Martell tumbling to the mat - Descharme dives into Martell's guard.
Martell working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Descharme.
Martell pulls Descharme in close to his closed guard and prevents Descharme from doing any damage or advancing position.
Descharme stops Martell from standing up.
Martell wants to sweep here but Descharme controlling him for the moment.
Descharme trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Descharme cracks Martell with a solid left hand.
Descharme postures up.
Descharme trying to stand up but can't free himself from Martell's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Descharme accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Descharme trying to control the position from guard on top but Martell is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Martell is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Martell looking to hit a scissor sweep but Descharme is one step ahead there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Descharme loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jean Descharme will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Descharme checks a leg kick.
Martell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Descharme.
Descharme dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donk. Martell catches Descharme right on the button with a cross.
Descharme throws a head kick but Martell moves out of range.
Descharme slips under a jab.
Descharme missing with a left hand there. Martell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martell moves out of range of the leg kick from Descharme.
Descharme misses with a hook. Martell ducked under it nicely.
Descharme scores with a hook.
Descharme misses with a body shot
and Martell counters with a nice body shot.
Descharme throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Descharme scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Descharme keeps the fight on the outside.
Martell displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Descharme.
Martell uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martell misses with a body shot.
Descharme throws a leg kick but Martell checks it.
Martell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Descharme swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Descharme rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Descharme misses with a straight right.
Descharme on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Good exchange - Martell coming out on top.
Descharme throws a nice outside leg kick.
Descharme avoids the body shot from Martell.
Martell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Descharme lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Martell scores with a spinning back kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Descharme takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Descharme tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martell misses with a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Descharme throws a hook but Martell avoids it easily.
Martell scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Martell's corner calls for a 1-2. Martell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Descharme lands a jab to the head.
Descharme misses with a right hand
and Martell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Descharme will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Descharme rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Martell counters with an outside leg kick.
Martell dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martell throws a chopping leg kick but Descharme manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Martell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Descharme circles away from the clinch attempt.
Descharme throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Martell to counter with a crisp jab.
Martell throws the left hand but Descharme avoids the punch easily.
Martell throws a hook but Descharme blocks it.
Jean Descharme is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martell misses with a low kick.
Martell tried to score with a low kick but Descharme checks it.
Descharme takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Martell throws a jab when Descharme was well out of range.
Descharme fails with a takedown attempt.
Martell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Descharme.
Descharme keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martell.
Descharme bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Descharme throws a right and a left that Martell avoids nicely.
A low kick from Descharme is predictable there
and Martell counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Descharme fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Martell is out of range.
Martell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Descharme misses the shot to the body.
Descharme just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oberyn Martell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Martell. That's going to slow Descharme down.
Descharme takes a kick to the side of the head.
No joy there for Descharme, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martell scores with a kick to the midsection.
A decent looking cross lands there for Martell.
Martell lands a jab to the head.
Martell throws a leg kick but Descharme sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Martell loads up on a big right hand but Descharme slips the punch.
Descharme scores with a head kick. Martell tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Martell fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Descharme checks it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Descharme misses with the body kick
and Descharme takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Descharme throws a low kick but it's checked well by Martell.
Descharme lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Descharme swings away with a leg kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oberyn Martell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Descharme has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Descharme!
After winning the bout, Jean Descharme thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Oberyn Martell was interviewed post fight and said 'Through adversity we triumph. Can't know the glory of Success without failure.'.