PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dante Firm (ranked 1460 p4p, 176 weight class) and Frank Martin (ranked 2357 p4p, 254 weight class). Martin has chosen Henry V as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Firm
vs
Martin

180 cm
34
171 lbs
17 - 7 - 1

184 cm
33
185 lbs
17 - 8 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Firm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Martin!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Firm throws a good cross that connects.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martin. Firm does a little dance to reset his feet.
Firm just misses with a punch to the body.

Martin closes the distance and pushes Firm back into the cage.
Martin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Firm misses with a hook from the clinch.
Firm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Firm fails to land.
Firm throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Martins head.
Firm has a couple of punches blocked by Martin.
Firm throws a head punch that misses.
Martin is trying to maintain a safe position but Firm gets an underhook and turns Martin into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Firm.
Martin slows down the pace here.
Firm lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martin backwards.

Martin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Martin lands but Firm takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Firm misses with an uppercut
and Martin counters with a body kick that stops Firm in his tracks momentarily.
Firm throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Martin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin scoring well with a low kick there.
Firm throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Martin connects with a solid leg kick.
Martin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Firm throws the left hand but Martin avoids the punch easily.
Firm moves out of range of the body kick from Martin.

Firm closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by Firm.
Firm lands an uppercut.

Martin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Martin misses with a body kick.
Firm misses the jab.
A punch lands to the side of Martin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Martin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Firm is able to avoid easily.
A quick step to the side and Firm tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Firm misses with a hook. Martin ducked under it nicely.
Martin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Firm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin avoids the body shot from Firm.
Martin misses with a body shot

and Firm counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Firm misses with a punch to the body.
Firm fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Firm tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
Martin tries to land a knee to the head but Firm blocks with his arms.
Firm goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Firm scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Firm as Martin tries to tie him up.
Martin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Firm blocks it with crossed arms.
Firm misses with a punch on the inside.
Martin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Firm.
I was talking to Firm's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Firm working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Firm.
Firm softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Firm.
Firm working aggressively here.
Firm lands with a left to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Firm avoids it.
Firm throws a head punch that misses.
Firm scores with a shoulder strike.
Martin missing with knees to the body.
Martin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Firm is working Martin over against the cage.
A hook to the body from Firm.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Firm fails to land.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Firm.
Firm throws a head punch that misses.
Martin tries to land a knee to the head but Firm blocks with his arms.
Martin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Martin blocks an uppercut.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Firm backwards.
Firm scores with a shot to the side of Martin's head.
Martin blocks an uppercut.
Martin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Firm has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Firm lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martin backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Firm scores with a shot to the side of Martin's head.
Firm lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Martin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Firm has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Firm throws a punch but it's blocked by Martin.
Martin trying to land knees to the body.
Firm blocks an uppercut.
Martin looking to throw knees to the head but Firm is blocking nicely.
Martin takes a shot to the head.
Martin missing with knees to the body.
Firm misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Firm managing to block the knees to the body from Martin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Firm.
Firm misses with a punch on the inside.
Martin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Firm lands a right hand that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Firm keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Martin's efforts to push away.
Firm tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Firm blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Firm dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Martin lands with a kick to the temple. Firm shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Firm throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Firm throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Firm keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Firm checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Martin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Firm checks it well.
Martin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Firm catches Martin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dante Firm is winning the standup battle so far.
Martin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Firm.
Martin scores with a head kick.
Firm fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Martin on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Firm throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Firm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martin manages to avoid it.

Firm fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Martin, pushing him back against the cage.

Martin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Firm scores with a jab to the body.
Dante Firm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Firm on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Firm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martin was well out of range. Poor timing from Firm.
Martin connects with a leg kick. Firm looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Firm connects with a nice looking jab.
Martin slips a straight right by Firm.

Firm gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short uppercut from Firm.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Firm.
Martin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Firm is defending well for now.
Martin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Firm struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
Martin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Firm is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Martin can do to turn this around?
Martin lands with a right to the head.
Dante Firm has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Martin blocking some punches.
Martin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Firm.
Firm misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Firm lands on the inside with 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!
A nice right hand lands inside from Firm.
Firm lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Firm.
Martin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martin looking to throw knees to the head but Firm is blocking nicely.
Firm keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Martin's efforts to push away.
Martin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Firm has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Martin misses with a knee to the head.
Firm scores with a shot to the side of Martin's head.
Firm lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Firm misses with a body punch.
Martin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Firm managing to block the knees to the body from Martin.
Firm misses with a short punch on the inside.
Firm working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Martin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Firm misses with some punches.
Firm misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Firm lands a hook that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
Firm lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Martin.
Firm scores with a shoulder strike.
Martin tries to land knees in the clinch but Firm avoids the damage to the body.
Firm can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
Firm lands with a right to the head.
Firm lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by Firm.
Firm lands a right hand.
Martin blocks an uppercut.
Martin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Firm is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from Firm.
A head punch on the inside from Firm fails to land.
A short left from Firm.
Martin tries to land knees in the clinch but Firm avoids the damage to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Firm misses with some punches.
Firm digs a right hand underneath Martin's ribcage. Martin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Martin lands a knee to the head.
Martin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Martin is breathing heavily.
Firm misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Firm throws a head punch that misses.
Firm pushes Martin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Firm fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martin missing with knees to the body.
Firm working aggressively here.

Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Martin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Firm blocks a head kick by Martin.
Martin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Firm.
A leg kick checked by Firm.
Firm works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Firm throws a body shot but no joy.
Firm throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Firm blocks a head kick by Martin.
A little feinted left hand from Firm on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Martin darts in and clinches Firm up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Martin.
Firm lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Firm dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Firm jabs at Martin's body.
Firm moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Firm circles away from the clinch attempt
and Firm counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Firm manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Martin throws a nice outside leg kick.
Martin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A bone on bone clash there as Firm blocks the leg kick.
Firm throws a jab when Martin was well out of range.
Martin scores with a nice body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Firm lands a body shot.
Martin moves away from the strike by Firm.
Martin takes one on the button.
Martin takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Firm wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin defending well as Firm loads up on a big left hand.
Firm moves away from the strike by Martin.
Martin looks for the body kick but Firm saw that one coming.
Firm lands with a cross.
Firm throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Martin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Firm feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Martins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Firm moves away.
Firm slips under a jab.
Firm scores with a punch to the head.
Martin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Martin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Firm uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martin.
Firm circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice defenses there by Martin.
Firm drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Martin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Firm throws out the jab.
Frank Martin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Firm throws a series of punches but Martin avoids them all with ease.
Martin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Firm moves into range and connects with a jab.
A slow jab from Firm misses its intended target.
Martin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Martin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Martin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Martin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Firm.
Martin throws a leg kick but Firm sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Martin slips a jab and a cross from Firm.
Martin tries to clinch but Firm moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Firm misses the target.
Firm takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice cross by Firm.
A decent looking cross lands there for Firm.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Martin.
A slow jab from Firm misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Firm cracks Martin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Firm fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martin manages to avoid it.
Firm feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Martins jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Martin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Firm throws a body punch but Martin moves out of range.
Firm lands a jab to Martin's midsection.
Martin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dante Firm is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Firm missing with a left hand there. Martin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Firm throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Firm scores with a punch to the head.
Martin tries to work over Firm's front leg with a kick but Firm checks it.
Martin throws a wild body kick that Firm sees coming a mile off.
Firm tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Martin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Firm ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Martin thumps Firm with a low kick.
Firm lands a really nice looking cross but Martin seems unphased.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A decent looking cross lands there for Firm.
Martin throws a low kick but Firm avoids it.
Firm digs a good hook to Martin's body.
Firm digs a good hook to Martin's body.
Martin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Firm checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Firm lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Firm closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Firm takes a knee right on the jaw!
Firm stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Martin lands an uppercut.
Martin misses with a knee to the head.
Martin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Martin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dante Firm showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Firm has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dante Firm!
Dante Firm bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Frank Martin was interviewed post fight and said 'Ohhhhhh no!!!'.