PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Pearson (ranked 579 p4p, 524 weight class) and Mikhail Martynov (ranked 79 p4p, 76 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Pearson
vs
Martynov

180 cm
33
261
23 - 14 - 0

175 cm
29
275
12 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Pearson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Martynov!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Martynov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martynov lands a nice hook to Pearson's body. Pearson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Pearson. That snapped Martynov's head back.

It looks like Mikhail Martynov has been cut.

Martynov has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nice body punch from Pearson - that landed with a thud.
Pearson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Martynov looks winded!
Pearson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pearson struggles to land a body shot inside as Martynov controls his hands.
Pearson misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pearson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Pearson breaks from the clinch.
Martynov misses with a left hand
and Pearson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Martynov looks to throw the jab but Pearson is out of range.
Pearson dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martynov. That did some damage!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pearson throws a head kick that misses.
Pearson lands with an uppercut that bounces Martynov off the cage and back into range.
Martynov tries to clinch there but Pearson circles away.
Pearson scores with a punch to the head.
Martynov misses with a hook
and Pearson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pearson knocks out Martynov with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Pearson before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Pearson picks up the big W with a huge KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Pearson!
An out of breath James Pearson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.