PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Swole Ricky Martin (ranked 60 p4p, 610 weight class) and Jimmy Nitro (ranked 9 p4p, 85 weight class). Nitro has chosen A Perfect Hero - Super Eurobeat as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Martin
vs
Nitro

183 cm
31
208
17 - 6 - 0

190 cm
29
206
14 - 9 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
© Trap House

Hoarse Pills
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Swole Ricky Martin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Nitro!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nitro slips a straight right by Martin.
Nitro throws a hook to the side of Martin's head but Martin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nitro throws a shot to the body.
Martin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Nitro tries to keep at a distance but Martin has taken the fight into the clinch.

Nitro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nitro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Martin. Martin obviously looking to wear him down.

Martin rushes Nitro and presses him up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Nitro.
Nitro can't find room to land a body shot as Martin controls the action.
Nitro tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin digs a right hand into Nitro's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nitro's gas tank.

Nitro breaks from the clinch.
Martin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nitro counters with a solid body kick.
Nitro misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martin is looking to chop away at Nitro's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Martin there.
Martin walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nitro checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nitro with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Martin to score with a decent uppercut.
Good work by Nitro as he checks the leg kick.
Nitro on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nitro blocks a jab.
Martin misses with an uppercut. Nitro saw that one coming.
Martin throws a leg kick
and Nitro counters with a two punch combo.
Nitro throws out a powerful jab.
Martin misses with a kick to the body.
A jab from Martin misses.
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 punch lands to the side of Nitro 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin tries to clinch but Nitro moves away
and Nitro counters with a solid body kick.

Martin forces Nitro back against the cage and clinches.
Martin scores with a hook to the body.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martin gets through Nitro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Martin struggles to land a body shot inside as Nitro controls his hands.
Nitro misses with a punch to the body.
Nitro missing with knees to the body.
Nitro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nitro blocks an uppercut.
Martin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Martin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nitro's elbow.
Nitro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martin misses with a body punch.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from Nitro.
Martin misses with a punch on the inside.
Martin tries to throw a body punch but Nitro avoids it by throwing Martin back against the cage.
Martin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nitros head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nitro's elbow.
Nitro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martin misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
Martin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Martin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Martin cracks Nitro with a nice body shot.
Martin tries to throw a body punch but Nitro avoids it by throwing Martin back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Martin.
Nitro looks winded!
Martin leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Nitro fails to land.
Nitro tries to throw a body punch but Martin avoids it by throwing Nitro back against the cage.
Martin presses Nitro against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martin.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Martin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Martin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nitro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Martin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nitro crunches a lovely knee into Martin's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Martin struggles to land a body shot inside as Nitro controls his hands.
A short right from Martin on the inside.
Martin taking a breather.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martin misses with a punch on the inside.
Nitro working aggressively here.
Nitro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
Martin tries a body shot but Nitro blocks it.
A left hand lands to the body for Martin.
Martin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Martin struggles to land a body shot inside as Nitro controls his hands.
Nitro swings wildly with an uppercut but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nitro stalling the fight.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nitro backwards.
Martin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nitro.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Swole Ricky Martin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A telegraphed right hand from Nitro misses the target.

Martin cracks Nitro with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Martin has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Nitro to stand back up!

Nitro is rocked!

It looks like Jimmy Nitro has been cut.
Nitro circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Martin. Nitro falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Martin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Swole Ricky Martin!
Swole Ricky Martin retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Swole Ricky Martin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.