PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 280 p4p, 19643 weight class) and Patrick Chaelsson (ranked 42 p4p, 536 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Martinez
vs
Chaelsson

188 cm
28
200
26 - 3 - 0

185 cm
42
270
48 - 21 - 2

World class boxer
KO power

Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 48 - 21 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrick Chaelsson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez misses with a combination
and Chaelsson counters with a straight right hand.
Chaelsson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Martinez throws a combination that misses
and Chaelsson counters with a stiff right hand.
Martinez lands with an overhand left.
Martinez misses with a left hand
and Martinez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martinez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Deep waters in the buildup to the fight.
Martinez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Martinez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A slow jab from Martinez misses its intended target.
Martinez connects with a jab.
Chaelsson dodges the punch combination from Martinez.
Chaelsson throws out a counter right but Martinez avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaelsson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Martinez misses the target.
Chaelsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Martinez misses with a looping left.
Chaelsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Martinez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chaelsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinez.
Chaelsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Martinez throws a right and a left that Chaelsson avoids nicely.
Martinez misses with a left hand
enabling Chaelsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Chaelsson slips a straight right by Martinez.
Martinez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Chaelsson back to the ropes. Martinez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaelsson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martinez.
Chaelsson slips a straight right by Martinez.
A little jabbing left from Chaelsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
No joy there for Martinez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It seemed like Chaelsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chaelsson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martinez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Martinez scores with a nice head shot.
Chaelsson slips a jab from Martinez.
Chaelsson throws out a counter right but Martinez avoids it with no problem.
Martinez throws a hook but Chaelsson avoids it easily.
Chaelsson slips a straight right by Martinez.
Martinez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaelsson slips a jab and a cross from Martinez.
Chaelsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Martinez loads up on a big right hand but Chaelsson slips the punch.
Chaelsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Martinez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Chaelsson backs up against the ropes.
Chaelsson defending well as Martinez loads up on a big left hand.
Danga de danga de dang - Martinez scores with a four punch combination!
Martinez misses with a hook
and Chaelsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Martinez misses with a wild combination.
Chaelsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Martinez throws a shot from downtown. Chaelsson moves away and avoids it.
Chaelsson throws out a counter right but Martinez avoids it with no problem.
Martinez misses with a right hand
and Martinez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It seemed like Chaelsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Martinez throws a right and a left that both miss.
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!
Martinez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chaelsson throws out a counter right but Martinez avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martinez. Chaelsson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Martinez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Martinez misses with a left hand
and Chaelsson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Martinez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chaelsson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chaelsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A punch lands to the side of Chaelsson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chaelsson defending well as Martinez loads up on a big left hand.
Chaelsson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Martinez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Chaelsson scrambles back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Martinez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Martinez cracks a nice hook into Chaelsson's ribs.
Martinez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chaelsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little jabbing left from Chaelsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Javier Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chaelsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Martinez throws an off balance right hand
enabling Chaelsson to counter with a crisp jab.
Martinez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Martinez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martinez misses with a hook to the body
and Chaelsson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Martinez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chaelsson's head backwards.
Patrick Chaelsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martinez misses with an uppercut
and Chaelsson counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chaelsson counters with a nice uppercut.
Martinez misses with a right hand
and Martinez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martinez misses with a right hand
and Chaelsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martinez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chaelsson.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Martinez here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Martinez throws a shot from downtown. Chaelsson moves away and avoids it.
Martinez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Chaelsson counter with a right hand.
Javier Martinez is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice shot lands for Martinez.
Martinez scores with a one two! Chaelsson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Martinez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaelsson defending well as Martinez loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Martinez misses the target.
Chaelsson throws out a counter right but Martinez avoids it with no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Martinez does no damage.
A little jabbing left from Chaelsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Martinez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chaelsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martinez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chaelsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Martinez.
Martinez misses with a wild combination.
Chaelsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
No joy there for Martinez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chaelsson drops his hands momentarily and Martinez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Martinez misses with a hook
and Chaelsson counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Martinez throws the left hand but Chaelsson avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - Martinez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martinez misses with an uppercut. Chaelsson saw that one coming.
Martinez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Martinez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chaelsson throws out a counter right but Martinez avoids it with no problem.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chaelsson can do to turn this around?
Martinez throws a hook but Chaelsson blocks it.
A jab from Martinez misses.
Chaelsson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martinez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a combination
and Chaelsson counters with a stiff right hand.
Martinez throws a jab but it's blocked by Chaelsson.
Chaelsson throws out a counter right but Martinez avoids it with no problem.
Martinez misses with a right hand
and Chaelsson counters with a straight right hand.
Martinez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Chaelsson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chaelsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martinez throws out the jab.
A little jabbing left from Chaelsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Martinez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chaelsson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Martinez misses with a body shot.
Chaelsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Martinez dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Martinez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Martinez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Martinez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Martinez looks to score with a jab to the body but Chaelsson is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Chaelsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Martinez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chaelsson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Chaelsson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Martinez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Chaelsson! But no joy.
Chaelsson slips a jab from Martinez.
Martinez throws a lazy uppercut
and Chaelsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chaelsson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Chaelsson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Chaelsson defending well as Martinez loads up on a big left hand.
Chaelsson throws out a counter right but Martinez avoids it with no problem.
Martinez misses with a combination
and Chaelsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chaelsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martinez throws a body punch but Chaelsson moves out of range.
Chaelsson blocks a jab.
Martinez misses with a right hand
and Chaelsson counters with a straight right hand.
Martinez misses with a left hand
letting Chaelsson counter with a right hand.
Martinez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Martinez misses the target.
Chaelsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Martinez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Chaelsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Martinez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chaelsson moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chaelsson throws out a counter right but Martinez avoids it with no problem.
Martinez misses with a right hand
and Chaelsson counters with a straight right hand.
Martinez throws a right hand that Chaelsson ducks under and follows up with a left that Chaelsson also avoids with ease.
Martinez throws an off balance right hand
and Chaelsson counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Martinez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chaelsson counters with a stiff right hand.
A shot to the body from Martinez misses
and Martinez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martinez connects with a single shot there.
Martinez throws a hook but Chaelsson avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with a looping right.
Chaelsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Martinez misses with an uppercut
and Chaelsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Chaelsson.
Martinez misses with a body punch
and Chaelsson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chaelsson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Martinez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martinez misses with a lunging right hand
and Chaelsson counters with a nice uppercut.
Martinez cracks Chaelsson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Martinez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Chaelsson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Martinez throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez misses with an uppercut. Chaelsson saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Chaelsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chaelsson staying out of range there.
Martinez swinging wildly here.
A little jabbing left from Chaelsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Martinez misses.
Martinez connects with a crisp jab.
Martinez swings widly with a right hand
and Chaelsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Martinez lands a nice shot that snaps Chaelsson's head back.
Patrick Chaelsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Chaelsson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Javier Martinez.
Well Martinez 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Javier Martinez!
Javier Martinez retains his heavyweight title!
Javier Martinez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Patrick Chaelsson was interviewed post fight and said 'WTF???'.