PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chew Bacca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bacca
vs
Martin

190 cm
29
185 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

184 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 1

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chew Bacca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Frank Martin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bacca is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bacca tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martin flicks out a counter leg kick but Bacca steps away.
Martin lands with a kick to the temple. Bacca shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

It looks like Chew Bacca has been cut.
Bacca's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Martin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bacca scrambles back to his feet.
Bacca walks into a stiff left hand from Martin.
Martin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Bacca clinches up with Martin and pushes him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Bacca.
Bacca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bacca keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Martin's efforts to push away.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bacca cracks Martin with a nice body shot.
Martin lands with a left to the head.
Bacca lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bacca misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bacca working aggressively here.
Bacca tries to work over Martin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bacca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bacca lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Martin is trying to break the clinch but Bacca has him pressed against the cage.
Martin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bacca throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bacca.

Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bacca has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Martin.
Martin throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bacca stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Bacca misses with a hook
and Martin counters with a good, hard body kick but Bacca shrugs it off.
Martin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Bacca closes the distance and clinches.
Still in the clinch, Bacca scores with a nice short 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!
Martin working aggressively here.
Bacca lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Martin or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bacca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Martin lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Bacca.
Bacca tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.

Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martin lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Martin throws a sloppy head kick and Bacca moves out of range easily.
Frank Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin is looking to slow Bacca down with leg kicks.
Martin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Martin scores with a shot to the body.

Bacca rushes Martin and presses him up against the cage.
Bacca swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martin scores with a hook to the body.

Martin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Martin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bacca stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Martin.
Martin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Martin throws a front kick that sends Bacca stumbling back into the cage.
Martin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Martin throws a head kick that misses.
Bacca wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Martin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bacca wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Martin throws a leg kick which misses Bacca's front leg but catches the back leg as Bacca tries to avoid it.
Bacca tries to clinch up but Martin circles away and keeps his distance.
Martin follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.

Bacca instigates a clinch.
Martin lands a hook that snaps the head of Bacca backwards.
Martin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bacca backwards.
Martin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bacca seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Martin can turn it around.
Martin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Martin tries to work over Bacca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martin tries to work over Bacca's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands an uppercut.
Bacca scores with a shoulder strike.
Bacca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bacca misses with the head strike.
Bacca pushes Martin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Bacca fails to land.
A body shot lands from Martin.
Martin scores with a hook to the body.
Bacca throws a punch but it's blocked by Martin.
Still in the clinch, Martin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bacca lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bacca scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bacca swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bacca can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Martin breaks the clinch.

Bacca clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Martin.
Bacca lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Martin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chew Bacca's cut.
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.

That kick from Martin tenderised Bacca's leg. Bacca is trying to keep his angry face on.
Martin lands with a nice body kick.
Martin darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Martin connects with a solid leg kick.
Martin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bacca is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Martin connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Martin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bacca.
Martin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bacca.

Bacca is rocked!
Martin circles away from the clinch attempt.
A good leg kick by Martin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bacca on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Martin. Martin obviously looking to wear him down.
Martin pushes Bacca away with a front kick.
Martin thumps Bacca with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Martin lands a big head kick that sends Bacca tumbling to the mat! Martin takes a step backwards and waves Bacca back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Bacca is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martin seems to be stalking Bacca here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastating head kick! Bacca drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Frank Martin!
A very excited looking Frank Martin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.