PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian Neffgen (ranked 24060 p4p, 797 weight class) and Santiago Martinez (ranked 3915 p4p, 441 weight class). Christian Neffgen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Neffgen
vs
Martinez

200 cm
26
195 lbs
4 - 12 - 1

186 cm
26
192 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 4 - 12 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Christian Neffgen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Santiago Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Martinez misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Martinez.
Neffgen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Martinez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Neffgen to score with a decent uppercut.
Martinez looks to throw the jab but Neffgen is out of range.
Neffgen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Neffgen.
Martinez throws a big shot that misses.
Neffgen is looking for a counter combo.
Martinez jabs Neffgen to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Martinez rushes Neffgen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Martinez.
Neffgen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Martinez.
Martinez lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neffgen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinez lands a shoulder strike.
Martinez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Neffgen backwards.
Martinez lands a nice uppercut.
Martinez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Martinez presses Neffgen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Neffgen is breathing heavily.
Martinez scores with a shot to the side of Neffgen's head.
Martinez lands with a left to the head.
Martinez lands a hook that snaps the head of Neffgen backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Martinez.

Neffgen is rocked!
Martinez is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Neffgen.
Oh Neffgen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martinez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Neffgen blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neffgen.
Martinez throws a punch but it's blocked by Neffgen.
Martinez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Martinez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Martinez fails to land.
Neffgen seems to have got his legs back now.
Martinez digs a right hand into Neffgen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Neffgen's gas tank.
Martinez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Neffgens head.
A short uppercut from Martinez.
Martinez lands with a right to the head.
Martinez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Neffgens head.
Martinez pushes Neffgen against the cage. Martinez is working some dirty boxing. Martinez pushes off with a quick right hook! Neffgen goes down! Neffgen tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Martinez moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santiago Martinez!
Santiago Martinez decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.