PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Naiki Nekele (ranked 1077 p4p, 991 weight class) and Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 138 p4p, 131 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Naiki Nekele has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Naiki Nekele seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Nekele
vs
Martinyuk

210 cm
36
275
31 - 21 - 0

200 cm
33
233
22 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Altitude Clothing

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 31 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Naiki Nekele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ben Watson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Martinyuk lands an impressive looking overhand right. Nekele doesn't seem phased though.
Nekele connects with a body shot.
Naiki Nekele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nekele throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nekele swings away with a body shot that misses
and Martinyuk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nekele takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martinyuk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nekele scores with a nice strike.
Nekele throws a head kick that misses.
Nekele misses with a hook
and Martinyuk counters with a left to the body.
Martinyuk lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nekele dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nekele throws a head kick but Martinyuk moves out of range.
Nekele fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Martinyuk is out of range.
Nekele throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Martinyuk throws a body punch but Nekele moves out of range.
Martinyuk lunges at Nekele with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nekele's hand.
Nekele lands a head kick. Martinyuk smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Martinyuk connects with a nice looking jab.
Nekele takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nekele on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinyuk cracks Nekele with a right hand to the side of the head.
Martinyuk avoids the body shot from Nekele.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Martinyuk! But no joy.
Nekele swings for the body but Martinyuk moves out of range.
Nekele throws a body punch but Martinyuk moves out of range.
Martinyuk looks to throw the jab but Nekele is out of range.
It looked like Nekele was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Martinyuk.
Nekele misses with a body punch
and Martinyuk counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nekele. Martinyuk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nekele takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Martinyuk throws a shot to the body.
Nekele moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Martinyuk throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
No joy there for Martinyuk, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Nekele misses the target.
Nekele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Martinyuk avoids a kick to the body.
Nekele is looking to wear down Martinyuk with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nekele takes a swing at Martinyuk's ribcage but misses.
Martinyuk swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Martinyuk throws a jab when Nekele was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinyuk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Martinyuk has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Martinyuk scores with a hook to the body. Nekele takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nekele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martinyuk manages to avoid it.
Martinyuk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nekele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Martinyuk avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martinyuk takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Martinyuk, as that shot connected.
Martinyuk scores with a punch to the head.
Martinyuk is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nekele had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Martinyuk digs a good body shot into Nekele's ribs.
Nekele looks to throw the jab but Martinyuk is out of range.
Nekele defending well as Martinyuk loads up on a big left hand.
Martinyuk shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nekele eats them both and turns towards Martinyuk to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nekele stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Martinyuk needs to keep his hands up - Nekele had a free shot at his head there.
Nekele tries to score with a low kick but Martinyuk moves his leg out of the way.
Martinyuk moves away from the strike by Nekele.
Nekele lands a leg kick that knocks Martinyuk off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nekele walks into a jab.
Nekele throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Martinyuk swings widly with a right hand
and Nekele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martinyuk throws a series of punches but Nekele moves out of range.
Nekele connects with a looping right hand.
Nekele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martinyuk.
Nekele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Martinyuk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Martinyuk checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nekele throws a body shot but no joy.
Nekele takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Martinyuk ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nekele lands a leg kick that knocks Martinyuk off balance momentarily.
Martinyuk slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martinyuk lands with a hook. Nekele tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nekele throws a predictable looking body shot
and Martinyuk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martinyuk lands a right hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nekele swings for the body but Martinyuk moves out of range.
Nekele lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nekele throws a shot from downtown. Martinyuk moves away and avoids it.
Nekele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice cross by Martinyuk.
Martinyuk scores with a jab to the body.
Martinyuk connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nekele misses with a lunging right hand
letting Martinyuk counter with a right hand.
Nekele walks into a straight right hand from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk moves out of range as Nekele strikes.
Nice jab there from Nekele.
Nekele seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Nekele looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinyuk is just out of range.
Martinyuk lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Nekele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nekele throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nekele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Nekele misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Nekele. That snapped Martinyuk's head back.
Nekele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Leonid Martinyuk will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nekele throws a right hand that misses
letting Martinyuk counter with a right hand.
Nekele scores with the left hand. Martinyuk knows he should have avoided that one.
Nekele misses with a straight right.
Martinyuk looks to score with a jab to the body but Nekele is just out of range.
Nekele feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nekele misses with an uppercut.
Nekele takes a swing at Martinyuk's ribcage but misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nekele. Martinyuk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martinyuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martinyuk throws out a counter right but Nekele avoids it with no problem.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nekele lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Martinyuk has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Martinyuk and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nekele has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nekele there as he acknowledges the shot.
Martinyuk's jab looks to have found its range, popping Nekele under the eye.
Martinyuk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nekele's hands.
Martinyuk lands a really nice looking cross but Nekele seems unphased.
Martinyuk ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nekele lands a head kick. Martinyuk smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Martinyuk lunges at Nekele with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nekele's hand.
Nekele looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Martinyuk uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nekele.
Nekele fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nekele misses with an uppercut
and Martinyuk counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Martinyuk connects with a looping right hand.
Nekele uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk connects with a single shot there.
Martinyuk cracks Nekele with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Martinyuk takes one on the button.
Nekele throws a jab but it's blocked by Martinyuk.
Nekele takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nekele throws a half hearted mid kick.
Martinyuk moves out of range as Nekele throws a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nekele. Martinyuk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nekele misses with a body shot.
A jab from Martinyuk finds it's way through Nekele's defenses.
Nekele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martinyuk moves away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nekele swings for the body but Martinyuk moves out of range.
Leonid Martinyuk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Martinyuk lands with a cross.
Nekele fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nekele throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nekele throws a good cross that connects.
Martinyuk jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Martinyuk. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Martinyuk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nekele keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk moves out of range of the body kick.
Nekele throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Martinyuk to counter with a crisp jab.
Martinyuk fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nekele on the side of the head.
Nekele throws an overhand right that lands on Martinyuk's shoulder, as Martinyuk tries to avoid the shot.
Nekele throws a head kick but Martinyuk moves out of range.
Nekele misses with a right hand
letting Martinyuk counter with a right hand.
Martinyuk misses with a wild body shot.
Nekele lands a lovely overhand right.
Nekele misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Martinyuk lands an overhand right.
Martinyuk connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nekele walks into a straight right hand from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nekele throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nekele misses the jab.
Martinyuk is trying to counter with his kicks.
A slow jab from Nekele misses its intended target.
Nekele just misses with a punch to the body.
Martinyuk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nekele manages to avoid it.
Martinyuk lands a right hook to the body.
Nekele throws the kick towards the body but Martinyuk avoids it.
Nekele thuds a left hand into Martinyuk's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nekele. Martinyuk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nekele misses with a hook.
Martinyuk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Nekele might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Martinyuk's corner calls for a 1-2. Martinyuk obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Martinyuk looks to throw the jab but Nekele is out of range.
Nekele uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Martinyuk has time to react.
Martinyuk throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Martinyuk lands with a hook. Nekele tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nekele sizes up Martinyuk with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinyuk uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Martinyuk.
Martinyuk's corner calls for a 1-2. Martinyuk obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Martinyuk.
Martinyuk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nekele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nekele throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Martinyuk lands a head shot.
Martinyuk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nekele misses with a low kick as Martinyuk jumps back.
Martinyuk is trying to counter with his kicks.
Martinyuk cracks Nekele with a right hand to the side of the head.
Martinyuk lands a jab to the head.
The fighters circling - Nekele throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nekele throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nekele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Martinyuk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nekele walks into a stiff left hand from Martinyuk.
Martinyuk's corner calls for a 1-2. Martinyuk obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Leonid Martinyuk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Martinyuk throws an overhand right that lands on Nekele's shoulder, as Nekele tries to avoid the shot.
Nekele misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Martinyuk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A head kick by Nekele misses
and Martinyuk counters with a nice body kick.
Nekele takes a swing at Martinyuk's ribcage but misses.
Martinyuk thuds his right hand into Nekele's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Martinyuk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nekele.
Martinyuk fakes the leg kick and cracks Nekele in the body.
Martinyuk throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Martinyuk throws a front kick that sends Nekele stumbling back into the cage.
Nekele throws an off balance right hand
and Martinyuk counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nekele walks into a jab.
Nekele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nekele misses with a body shot.
Martinyuk scores with a jab to the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinyuk scores with a decent looking hook.
Martinyuk scores with a hook.
Nekele misses with an uppercut. Martinyuk saw that one coming.
Martinyuk uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinyuk avoids the body shot from Nekele.
Martinyuk with a jab.
Nekele takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nekele looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nekele throws out a loose jab but Martinyuk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nekele takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Martinyuk thuds his right hand into Nekele's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A jab from Nekele misses.
It seemed like Martinyuk was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Martinyuk avoids the body shot from Nekele.
Martinyuk scores with a hook.
A jab lands there for Martinyuk.
Martinyuk throws out a powerful jab.
Martinyuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nekele misses the shot to the body.
Martinyuk connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A cross from Martinyuk lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk lands a glancing blow to the side of Nekele's head.
Martinyuk scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nekele doesn't seem bothered though.
Nekele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martinyuk lands a jab to the nose.
Martinyuk listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nekele paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Martinyuk paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Martinyuk lands a nice looking body shot.
Nekele takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Martinyuk gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A low kick from Nekele misses
and Martinyuk counters with a nice body shot.
Martinyuk connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nekele moves out of range as Martinyuk throws a body kick.
Nekele fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Martinyuk on the side of the head.
Nekele misses the jab.
Nekele throws a head kick but Martinyuk moves out of range.
Nekele looks to score with a jab to the body but Martinyuk is just out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinyuk scores with a nice head shot.
Nekele misses with a right hand
and Martinyuk counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nekele throws a looping overhand right but Martinyuk ducks down to avoid it.
Nekele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nekele throws a body punch but Martinyuk moves out of range.
Nekele looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Martinyuk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nekele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Martinyuk looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nekele misses with a jab to the body
and Martinyuk counters with a stiff right hand.
Nekele takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nekele misses with an uppercut.
Martinyuk moves away from the strike by Nekele.
Sloppy strikes from Martinyuk. Those never looked like landing.
Martinyuk connects with a high kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinyuk lands with an overhand left.
Martinyuk feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nekeles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nekele misses with a hook
and Martinyuk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nekele misses with a body shot.
Nekele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Martinyuk scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Nekele doesn't seem bothered though.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Nekele crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Martinyuk - the referee stops the clock and Nekele gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Martinyuk. Nekele manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Martinyuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martinyuk scores with a push kick.
Nekele with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Martinyuk to score with a decent uppercut.
Martinyuk connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Martinyuk connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Martinyuk thuds his shin into the meat of Nekele's side.
Nekele walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Martinyuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nekele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Martinyuk was well out of range. Poor timing from Nekele.
Martinyuk slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Naiki Nekele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinyuk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nekele is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Leonid Martinyuk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Martinyuk has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonid Martinyuk!
Our winner, Leonid Martinyuk, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.