PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kitaru Yoshizawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martinez
vs
Yoshizawa

186 cm
25
192 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
193 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Santiago Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kitaru Yoshizawa!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Martinez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Martinez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Yoshizawa backwards.
Yoshizawa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Martinez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martinez.
Yoshizawa lands a shoulder strike.
Yoshizawa lands with a left to the head.
Yoshizawa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martinez blocks a body shot from Yoshizawa.
Martinez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Martinez swings wildly with an uppercut but Yoshizawa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martinez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

It looks like Kitaru Yoshizawa has been cut.
Martinez blocking some punches.
Yoshizawa lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez blocks a body shot from Yoshizawa.
Martinez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yoshizawa tries to throw a body punch but Martinez avoids it by throwing Yoshizawa back against the cage.
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Yoshizawa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Yoshizawa.
Martinez working aggressively here.
Yoshizawa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martinezs head.
Martinez prevents a body shot from Yoshizawa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshizawa can't find room to land a body shot as Martinez controls the action.
Yoshizawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Yoshizawa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Yoshizawa working aggressively here.
Yoshizawa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martinez's elbow.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Martinez has a couple of punches blocked by Yoshizawa.
Yoshizawa tries to throw a body punch but Martinez avoids it by throwing Yoshizawa back against the cage.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Martinez lands with a right to the head.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Yoshizawa.
A hook to the body from Martinez.
Martinez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yoshizawa.
Yoshizawa looks winded!
A right handed body shot lands from Martinez.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez pushes Yoshizawa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinez.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Yoshizawa takes a shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez lands with a right to the head.
Martinez works on Yoshizawa's body with a couple of short punches.
Yoshizawa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Martinez.
Martinez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yoshizawa misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Martinez.
Martinez misses with some punches.
Martinez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yoshizawas head.
Yoshizawa misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Martinez.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martinez.
Martinez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Martinez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Martinez scores with a shot to the side of Yoshizawa's head.

Yoshizawa is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yoshizawa.
Yoshizawa is still on wobbly legs! Can Martinez finish him?
Yoshizawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yoshizawa blocking some punches.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yoshizawa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Yoshizawa seems to have recovered his senses.
Martinez lands a right hand.
Martinez creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Yoshizawa's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Yoshizawa drops to his knees and Martinez pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santiago Martinez!
Santiago Martinez gave a mention to Hope MMA: Island Nutritions in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).