PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Burton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson Martinez is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Burton
vs
Martinez

180 cm
24
158 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

178 cm
26
170 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Burton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackson Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez throws a body kick that misses.
Martinez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Burton.
Martinez blocks a leg kick.
Martinez looks to land a body kick but Burton moved away.

Martinez closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Burton quickly recovers to half guard.
Burton manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martinez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Martinez throws a big elbow that misses.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Burton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Burton working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Martinez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Martinez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burton controls Martinez momentarily but Martinez frees himself.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Burton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martinez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burton is trying to improve his position.
Martinez works to advance to full mount. Burton defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Martinez throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Burton because Martinez loaded up on that one.
Burton is looking to improve his position but Martinez isn't that keen on the idea.
Burton is working hard here to advance position.
Burton tries to hold on but Martinez postures up.
Martinez breaks from Burton's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Martinez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Martinez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Burton is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton can't escape the position.
Burton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Burton regains half guard.
Martinez passes the guard and advances to mount!
Martinez lands a nice shot to the head.
Burton is bucking up trying to escape but Martinez cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez landing strikes from the mount and Burton is in trouble!
Martinez landing shots from mount.
Burton is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at WarZone Training Facility 2, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martinez prevents Burton from getting the reversal.
Martinez looking to finish with strikes here!
Burton is trying desperately to improve position.
Burton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Martinez lands with some strikes.
Martinez landing strikes from the mount and Burton is in trouble!
Martinez cracks Burton with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Martinez is trying to control here but Burton has managed to regain half guard.
Martinez prevents Burton from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Martinez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Martinez misses with a head kick.

Martinez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Burton manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Martinez looking to pass the guard.

Burton throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Martinez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Burton is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Martinez looking to pass the guard.
Martinez throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

Burton looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Burton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Burton lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Martinez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Burton is aware though and is defending well.
Burton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Martinez throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Burton escapes and throws Martinez's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Burton in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burton staying calm.
Martinez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Martinez is looking for a sweep.
Martinez tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Burton presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Martinez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton scoring with strikes but Martinez is staying in there.
Burton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Martinez gets back to half guard.
Burton is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Martinez!
BOOM! Burton connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Martinez is working to get back to half guard.
Martinez regains half guard.
Martinez is looking for a sweep. Burton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Burton trying to control from half guard but Martinez is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Martinez keeping moving, preventing Burton from controlling successfully.
Jackson Martinez has got the better of the ground game so far.

Martinez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Burton is aware though and is defending well.
Martinez keeping full guard, as Burton tries to pass.
Burton preventing the sweep.

Martinez looking for a guillotine here but Burton defends easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martinez wants to sweep here but Burton controlling him for the moment.
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 Jack Burton will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Burton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Martinez checks a leg kick.

Burton feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Martinez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Burton is aware though and is defending well.
Burton wants to control from the top but Martinez keeps moving.

Martinez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Burton doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Burton manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Martinez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Burton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burton wants to control from the top but Martinez keeps moving.

Burton got a little sloppy there for a moment and Martinez has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Burton has managed to get both his arms back between Martinez's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martinez isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Burton stacks Martinez on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Burton!
Martinez is working to avoid the ground and pound but Burton connects with a decent elbow.
Martinez is looking to regain half guard here but Burton keeps moving and retains side control.
Burton cracks Martinez with a big elbow.
Martinez manages to work his way to half guard, despite Burton's best efforts.

Martinez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Burton stalling.

Martinez actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is looking for a sweep. Burton is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Martinez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Burton pulls his head out easily.

Burton is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Martinez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Burton looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Burton 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.
Martinez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Martinez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burton tries to free his leg and advance position but Martinez is retaining full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Burton's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Burton forces his way into half guard.
Martinez is trying to get back to full guard.
Martinez is refusing to be controlled, as Burton sits in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Martinez moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Martinez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Burton working some strikes from top position.
Martinez keeping moving, preventing Burton from controlling successfully.

Martinez working for a triangle but Burton defends it easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burton is in close to Martinez's body, working some short punches and elbows.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Burton showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Burton 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Burton!
Jack Burton seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.