PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tom King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dwayne Martel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

King
vs
Martel

180 cm
22
150 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

174 cm
18
147 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dwayne Martel!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Martel closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Martel lands in his opponent's guard.
King being controlled here, momentarily.

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

King is working an open guard so Martel takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
King is looking to clinch but Martel is avoiding it.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Martel moves out of range easily.
Martel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Martel swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
Martel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Martel scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
King is trying to work for a sweep but Martel has mounted him!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Martel.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King is trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martel content just to control the position here.
King really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Martel scoring with strikes but King is staying in there.
Martel takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Martel in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
King is working to get back to half guard.
Martel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
King is bucking up trying to escape but Martel cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Martel cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Martel looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

King is rocked!
Martel drops a big elbow. That's hurt King! More shots from Martel and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dwayne Martel!