PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Winston Churchill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Martino (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.

Churchill
vs
Martino

170 cm
21
165 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

178 cm
26
158 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Winston Churchill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrick Martino!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Martino clinches with his opponent.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Churchill creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Churchill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Martino.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Martino working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Martino fails to land.
Martino blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Churchill lands a left hand.
Churchill lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martino backwards.
Churchill scores with a shoulder strike.
Churchill lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martino working aggressively here.
Martino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martino blocks an uppercut.
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!
Churchill lands a shoulder strike.
Martino digs a right hand into Churchill's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Churchill's gas tank.

Churchill breaks the clinch.
Churchill misses with a series of wild punches.
Churchill ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martino moves away.
Churchill fails in his attempt to clinch.
Martino throws a series of punches but Churchill avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martino misses with a jab, cross combination.
Martino throws a left and a right that both miss
and Churchill counters with a one-two to the body.

Churchill drives through and clinches with Martino against the cage.
Martino lands a shoulder strike.
I was talking to Churchill's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Churchill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martino keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Churchill.
Churchill checks a low kick from Martino.
Churchill on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Martino throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Churchill.

Martino takes the fight into the clinch.
Churchill lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Churchill lands a hook that snaps the head of Martino backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Churchill.

Churchill pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Churchill takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Churchill tries to clinch there but Martino circles away.
Martino scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martino fails to land with a series of punches.
Churchill misses with a wild combination.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martino paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Martino scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Churchill on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Martino throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Martino throws a series of punches but Churchill moves out of range.

Churchill moves into the clinch successfully.
Martino goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martino tries to work over Churchill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martino is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

Churchill breaks from the clinch.
Martino throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch but Martino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martino misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Churchill.
Churchill gets through Martino's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martino.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Churchill misses with some punches.
Churchill softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Churchill swings wildly with an uppercut but Martino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martino throws a head punch that misses.
Martino blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Churchill.
Churchill blocks a body shot from Martino.
Churchill lands with a short shot to the head.
Martino misses with a hook to the ribs.
Churchill lands a left hand.
Churchill blocking some punches.
Churchill has a couple of punches blocked by Martino.
Churchill lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martino misses with a hook to the ribs.
Churchill lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Churchill prevents a body shot from Martino.
Martino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martino digs a right hand into Churchill's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Churchill's gas tank.
Martino misses with a body punch.
Martino misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Churchill fails to land.
Martino throws a head punch that misses.
Martino misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Churchill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martino misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martino's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Churchill throws a punch but it's blocked by Martino.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Churchill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Churchill misses with the head strike.
Martino lands a right hand that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
Churchill misses with some punches.
Martino misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martino misses with some punches.
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 Winston Churchill will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Martino looks to land a left hand but Churchill moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Churchill was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Martino.

Martino takes the fight into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martino.
Churchill lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Martino lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martino blocks an uppercut.
Martino misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martino tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martino trying to control the position but instead, Churchill has worked for underhooks and has pushed Martino into the cage.
Churchill lands a left hand that snaps the head of Martino backwards.
Churchill misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill swings wildly with an uppercut but Martino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martino lands a right hand.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Churchill as Martino tries to tie him up.
Churchill lands with a left to the head.
Martino scores with a shot to the side of Churchill's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Churchill throws a head punch that misses.
Churchill throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martinos head.
Churchill has had enough of the clinch but Martino keeps him there for the moment.
A hook to the body from Martino.
Martino scores with a nice hook to the head.
Churchill lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Churchill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Churchill rushes Martino and presses him up against the cage.
Churchill working aggressively here.
Martino blocking some punches.
Martino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martino looking to stall.
Martino tries to stall but Churchill uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martino is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Churchill has denied him.
Churchill wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Martino lands a right hand that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
Churchill pushes Martino back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Martino lands a shoulder strike.
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!
Churchill misses with some punches.
Martino blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martino takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Martino.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Churchill working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Churchill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Martino lands an uppercut.
Churchill misses with some punches.

Churchill breaks from the clinch.

Martino clinches.
Churchill working aggressively here.
Churchill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Churchill.
Churchill swings wildly with an uppercut but Martino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Churchill swings wildly with an uppercut but Martino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Churchill lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Churchill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martino misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martino throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Churchill gets a clinch.
Churchill misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martino working aggressively here.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Churchill manages to break the clinch.
Churchill looks to throw the jab but Martino is out of range.
Martino throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Martino misses with a double jab.
Martino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Churchill counters with a nice uppercut.
Churchill tries to clinch but Martino is having none of it.
Churchill is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martino fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Churchill moves out of range as Martino strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martino throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Martino misses with a body punch
and Churchill counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch but Martino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martino looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Martino.
Martino is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Churchill rather than just go for the knockout.
Churchill scores with a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Martino misses.
Churchill went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Martino throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Martino.
Churchill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martino.
Martino stuns Churchill with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Churchill tries to clinch but Martino is having none of it.
Martino swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Martino has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Patrick Martino will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Churchill tries to clinch up but Martino circles away and keeps his distance.
Martino falls off balance throwing a combination
and Churchill counters with a two punch combo.
Martino pivots, looking for a leg kick but Churchill is out of range and Martino settles back down.
A little feinted left hand from Churchill on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Martino scores with a body shot.
Martino throws a right and a left that Churchill avoids nicely.
Churchill appears to be looking for a big counter.
Martino looks to land a combination but Churchill avoids it well.
Patrick Martino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Churchill lands with a nice body punch.
Patrick Martino seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Churchill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Martino throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Churchill.
Churchill misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Churchill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martino manages to avoid it.
Martino looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Martino misses with a wild combination.
Churchill fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martino swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch but Martino swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martino throws a lazy right hand but Churchill sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Churchill tries to clinch but Martino is having none of it.
Martino will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Winston Churchill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Churchill tries to clinch up but Martino circles away and keeps his distance.
Churchill is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Martino has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Martino there as he acknowledges the shot.
Martino scores with a hook.
Churchill tries to clinch up.
A big left from Churchill misses.
Churchill has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Churchill uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martino.
Martino lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Churchill fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martino with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Martino misses with a wild combination.
Churchill throws a right hand that Martino ducks under and follows up with a left that Martino also avoids with ease.
Martino moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Churchill is rocked!
Churchill fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oh Churchill is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Churchill steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Martino.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martino swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Churchill moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Martino misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Martino has Churchill up against the cage in a clinch.
Churchill working aggressively here.
Martino works on Churchill's body with a couple of short punches.
Churchill seems to have got his legs back now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martino.
Churchill blocks an uppercut.
Churchill blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martino misses with a body punch.
Churchill working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Churchill breaks the clinch.
A combination from Martino does no damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Churchill misses the target.

Churchill rushes Martino and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Churchill blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Churchill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martino throws a right hand that Churchill ducks under and follows up with a left that Churchill also avoids with ease.
Churchill misses with a few strikes there.
Martino lands a nice shot that snaps Churchill's head back.

Churchill has taken the fight to the clinch.
Churchill throws a punch but it's blocked by Martino.
Martino blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Churchill misses with a punch on the inside.
Martino is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Martino.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Churchill has a couple of punches blocked by Martino.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Churchill fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Churchill breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martino swings for the body but Churchill moves out of range.

Churchill moves into the clinch.
Martino blocks an uppercut.
Martino tries to stall but Churchill uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Martino lands a right hand that snaps the head of Churchill backwards.
Churchill throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martinos head.
Winston Churchill has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Churchill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martino misses with a body shot.
Martino scores with a one two! Churchill had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Churchill wants to clinch up but Martino keeps it at a distance.
Churchill bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Martino tries a low kick but Churchill avoids it.
Churchill tries to clinch but Martino is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Patrick Martino comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Martino has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Patrick Martino!