PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Charles Martel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alphons Draclau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Charles Martel has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Charles Martel seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Martel
vs
Draclau

170 cm
41
145 lbs
48 - 16 - 0

168 cm
35
143 lbs
28 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zipp Zapp

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 48 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Charles Martel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alphons Draclau!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draclau misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Draclau checks a leg kick.
Draclau connects with a looping right hand.
Martel thows a body shot but no joy.
Draclau bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Martel's head.
Draclau lands with a nice body punch.
Draclau comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Draclau throws a head kick that misses
and Martel counters with an outside leg kick.
Draclau takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Martel misses with an uppercut. Draclau saw that one coming.
Draclau jabs Martel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Martel looks to throw a body kick

and Draclau counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Martel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martel is trying to force a seperation but Draclau has the dominant position.
Martel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martel blocking some punches.
Martel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Draclau's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Martel can't break the clinch.
Draclau presses Martel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Draclau lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martel backwards.
Draclau prevents a body shot from Martel.
Draclau misses with some punches.
Martel can't find room to land a body shot as Draclau controls the action.
Martel tries to work over Draclau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Draclau lands a shot to the body.
Martel lands a shoulder strike.
Draclau blocks an uppercut.
Martel stalling against the cage.
Martel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Draclau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martel can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draclau lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martel backwards.
Martel lands a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martel misses with a body punch.
Martel is leaning against Draclau and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Draclau up against the cage.
Draclau is looking to control Martel's arms but Martel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Draclau has his back to the cage.
Draclau prevents a body shot from Martel.
Martel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Draclaus head.
Draclau blocks a body shot from Martel.
Draclau lands an uppercut.
Martel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martel struggles to land a body shot inside as Draclau controls his hands.
Draclau has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Martel after a bit of a struggle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martel.
Draclau pushes Martel back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Martel breaks the clinch.
Martel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Draclau throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Draclau.
Draclau closes this distance looking for a takedown but Martel circles away.
Draclau misses with a leg kick
and Martel counters with an outside leg kick.
Draclau throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Draclau.
Martel thows a leg kick but Draclau checks it

and Draclau counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martel trying to control from the bottom.
Draclau wants to pass to mount but Martel is defending the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martel is looking for a sweep. Draclau is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Martel regains full guard. Nicely done.
Draclau wants to control from the top but Martel keeps moving.
Martel wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Martel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Martel trying to control the position here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Draclau moves out of range of the leg kick from Martel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Charles Martel will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Martel doesn't manage to clinch there - Draclau circles away.
Martel takes a swing at Draclau's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by Draclau.
Draclau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martel.
Martel tests Draclau's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Martel throws a leg kick that is checked
and Draclau counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martel tries to clinch but Draclau is having none of it.
Draclau shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Martel pinned against the cage. Martel gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Draclau throws a low kick, looking for Martel's leg but Martel calmly moves out of range.
Draclau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draclau was well out of range. Poor timing from Martel.
Draclau doesn't manage to clinch there - Martel circles away.
Draclau on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Draclau throws a head kick that misses.
Martel jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Draclau shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Martel defends it nicely.
Martel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draclau.
Martel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Draclau.
Martel lands a head shot.
Draclau throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Martel.
Draclau throws a hook but Martel blocks it.
Draclau's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Martel connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Draclau scrambles back to his feet.
Martel thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice cross by Draclau.
Martel throws a series of punches but Draclau avoids them all with ease.

Draclau shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Martel napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Draclau is trying to get an arm triangle but Martel is defending well.
Martel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Martel holding on.
Martel looking for a sweep but Draclau has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Martel tries to hold on but Draclau postures up.
Draclau wants to control the pace but Martel is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martel is wriggling around trying to escape.
Martel just holding on.
Draclau pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Draclau lands a couple of good shots and Martel has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Martel is trapped and Draclau is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Alphons Draclau has got the better of the ground game so far.
Martel breaks Draclau's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Draclau trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martel sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Draclau keeping full guard, as Martel tries to pass.
Draclau being controlled here, momentarily.
Martel works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Draclau is looking to improve his position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Draclau is refusing to be controlled, as Martel sits in half guard.
Draclau tries to get to full guard but Martel has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Martel dominated that second round.
That's time! Martel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Draclau shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Martel as he avoids it easily.
Martel lands a jab to Draclau's midsection.
Draclau scoring well with a low kick there.
Draclau throws a lazy body kick
and Martel counters with an outside leg kick.
Draclau just misses with a punch to the body.
Draclau takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Martel is looking to clinch.
Martel moves in looking to clinch but Draclau pushes him off.
Draclau lands with a thumping leg kick.
Draclau scores with a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Martel. Beautiful body shot.

Draclau shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Draclau showed some decent athleticism there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martel pushes Draclau off looking to stand but Draclau dives back in and keeps control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martel trying to control here.
Draclau missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Martel trying to hold on to Draclau's head to control him but Draclau postures up.
Martel regains full guard. Nicely done.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Draclau accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Draclau stopping the sweep attempt from Martel.
Draclau is pushing down on Martel's leg trying to pass to half guard. Martel is fighting to maintain full guard but Draclau has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martel is doing well to control the position and prevent Draclau from advancing to side control.
Martel is refusing to be controlled, as Draclau sits in half guard.
Martel wants to control but Draclau is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Draclau is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Martel is just riding it out for now. Draclau eventually gives up the hold.
Martel has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Draclau is working away from the top position though.
Alphons Draclau has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martel tries to get to full guard but Draclau has control of the leg.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Draclau working his ground and pound in the gym.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martel is doing well to control the position and prevent Draclau from advancing to side control.
Martel is looking for a sweep. Draclau is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Martel keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Martel trying to control from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Charles Martel just wasn't active enough.
Martel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Draclau.
Charles Martel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Draclau throws a head kick but Martel moves out of range.
Martel jabs Draclau to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Charles Martel is winning the standup battle so far.
Draclau misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draclau throws out a leg kick but Martel moves out of range and Draclau only half commits.
Martel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Martel tries a head kick but it misses.
Martel swings for the body but Draclau moves out of range.
Draclau throws a jab but it's blocked by Martel.
Draclau tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martel scores with a spinning back kick!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Martel.
Martel digs a good body shot into Draclau's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Draclau doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Martel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Draclau connects with a good right hand that stumbles Martel. Martel circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

It looks like Charles Martel has been cut.
Draclau misses with a wild combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Martel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Martel, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Martel!
Charles Martel took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Milwaukee's Best Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.