PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 257 p4p, 2878 weight class) and Daniel Grigoryan (ranked 37 p4p, 322 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Javier Martinez has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Javier Martinez seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Martinez
vs
Grigoryan

188 cm
29
200
28 - 3 - 0

188 cm
47
212
28 - 6 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Conquer

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 28 - 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 28 - 6 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Grigoryan!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez throws a shot from downtown. Grigoryan moves away and avoids it.
Grigoryan misses with a kick to the body.
Grigoryan just misses with a punch to the body.
Martinez has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Deep waters in the buildup to the fight.

Martinez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Martinez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Grigoryan defending well though.
Grigoryan is trying is best to control the position here.
Martinez is trying to control. Grigoryan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Martinez not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grigoryan wants to control but Martinez is keeping busy.
Martinez thows a huge punch but Grigoryan dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoryan trying to hold on to Martinez's head to control him but Martinez postures up.
Martinez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Grigoryan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Grigoryan is controlling Martinez's trapped leg to prevent Martinez from advancing to side control.
Martinez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Grigoryan keeping hold of Martinez's head, controlling as best he can.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Grigoryan looks to land a combination but Martinez avoids it well.
Grigoryan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Martinez throws a hook but Grigoryan avoids it easily.

Martinez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Grigoryan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Grigoryan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Martinez looking to sit in guard and control but Grigoryan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Grigoryan wants to get up but he can't break Martinez's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Grigoryan prevents Martinez from getting back to his feet.

Martinez pushes Grigoryan off and scrambles back to his feet.
Daniel Grigoryan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigoryan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grigoryan throws a push kick but Martinez slaps the foot to one side.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Grigoryan. Martinez shrugs it off though.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Grigoryan.
Martinez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grigoryan throws the kick towards the body but Martinez avoids it.
Martinez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grigoryan slips a jab from Martinez.
Martinez throws a jab but it's blocked by Grigoryan.
Nice defenses there by Grigoryan.
Martinez misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Grigoryan to counter with a crisp jab.
Grigoryan throws a nice looking combination but Martinez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A little feinted left hand from Martinez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice straight punches there by Martinez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Martinez.

Grigoryan gets caught napping as Martinez dives in and scores a takedown. Grigoryan manages to retain guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez is looking to work some ground and pound but Grigoryan has wrist control.
Grigoryan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Martinez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grigoryan pulls Martinez in to control the position.
Martinez landing with the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grigoryan working a defensive guard here.
Grigoryan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Grigoryan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Martinez dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Grigoryan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Martinez backs up against the cage.
Grigoryan misses with a kick to the body
and Martinez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grigoryan throws a push kick but Martinez slaps the foot to one side.
Martinez dodges the punch combination from Grigoryan.
Martinez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grigoryan can do to turn this around?
Grigoryan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Martinez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Grigoryan has Martinez pulled in close to control his posture.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Martinez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Martinez looking to sit in guard and control but Grigoryan gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grigoryan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Martinez is proving hard to escape from.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Grigoryan gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Martinez closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Grigoryan's guard.
Grigoryan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martinez.
Grigoryan working a defensive guard here.
Martinez scoring with punches to the head and body.
Grigoryan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Martinez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Grigoryan holds on and takes a little breather.
Martinez throws a strike but Grigoryan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Grigoryan wants to stand and escape but instead Martinez has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Grigoryan is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Martinez stands up over Grigoryan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grigoryan is controlling Martinez's posture.
Martinez postures up and lands a big shot to Grigoryan's brow.
Martinez working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Grigoryan's head.
Grigoryan pulls Martinez in close to prevent any damage.
Martinez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Javier Martinez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Martinez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Martinez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Martinez stays in close to Grigoryan's body and controls the position.
Martinez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Martinez throws a big elbow that misses.
Martinez works over Grigoryan with some ground and pound from guard.
Grigoryan controls Martinez momentarily but Martinez frees himself.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martinez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Martinez cracks Grigoryan with a solid left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Javier Martinez dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Martinez moves out of range as Grigoryan throws a body kick.
Grigoryan gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Martinez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grigoryan misses with a kick to the body
and Martinez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Daniel Grigoryan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grigoryan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Grigoryan throws a combination that misses
and Martinez counters with a straight right hand.
Grigoryan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grigoryan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Martinez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Martinez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grigoryan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Martinez.
Grigoryan keeping hold of Martinez's head, controlling as best he can.
Martinez thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grigoryan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Martinez.
Martinez throwing shots but Grigoryan is blocking nicely.
Martinez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Grigoryan trying to control from the bottom.
Grigoryan has hold of Martinez's hands but Martinez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Grigoryan trying to control but Martinez postures up.
Martinez is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Grigoryan gets back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martinez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Martinez makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Martinez scoring with some ground and pound.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Grigoryan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Martinez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Martinez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Grigoryan is trying to control the position but Martinez postures up.
Grigoryan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Martinez connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martinez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Martinez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Martinez connects with a couple of short punches.
Martinez landing some decent shots from guard.
Grigoryan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Martinez postures up in Grigoryan's guard and throws a big left but Grigoryan blocks it.
Martinez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Grigoryan keeping moving, preventing Martinez from controlling successfully.
Grigoryan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Martinez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Grigoryan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Martinez throws a big shot that misses.
Grigoryan misses with a series of wild punches.

Martinez feints and as Grigoryan raises his hands in defense, Martinez changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Martinez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Daniel Grigoryan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martinez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martinez is looking to work some ground and pound but Grigoryan has wrist control.
Grigoryan controlling the position.
Martinez missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Javier Martinez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Martinez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith 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.