PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Javier Martinez (ranked 150 p4p, 4407 weight class) and Jimmy Uso (ranked 16 p4p, 442 weight class). Jimmy Uso has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Martinez
vs
Uso

188 cm
34
200
36 - 3 - 0

190 cm
29
195
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

30th Century Beer Store
NARCOS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Martinez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Uso!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uso tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Martinez counters with a straight right hand.
Uso takes one to the chin there.

Martinez dives in and scores a takedown into Uso's guard.
Martinez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Uso manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Martinez manages to get himself to full guard.

Uso throws an elbow that misses. Martinez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Uso's guard. Nice move by Martinez!

Uso throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Uso throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Martinez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Uso throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Uso can do anything to dispel that myth.
Martinez scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Uso keeps moving.
Martinez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Martinez postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Uso throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Martinez content to stall in guard here.
Uso wants to sweep here but Martinez controlling him for the moment.
Martinez wants to control from the top but Uso keeps moving.
Uso trying to strike off his back.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Uso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Uso tries to strike from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Martinez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Martinez trying to control the position from guard on top but Uso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Martinez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Martinez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Uso tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Martinez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Uso on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Uso tries to clinch up
letting Martinez counter with a right hand.
Uso gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Uso moves to clinch but Martinez breaks away
and Martinez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Uso closes the distance but Martinez moves to the side
and Martinez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Martinez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Uso drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Uso wants to clinch but Martinez slips to the side
enabling Martinez to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uso tries to clinch
and Martinez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Martinez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Martinez instigates a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Uso.
Martinez lands an elbow just above Uso 's eye.

It looks like Jimmy Uso has been cut.
Martinez blocking some punches.
Martinez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Uso tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martinez lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Martinez lands a nice elbow.

That has opened up Jimmy Uso's cut even more.
Martinez lands a damaging elbow.
Uso misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martinez lands an elbow that stopped Uso in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez leaning against his opponent.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Martinez.

The cut above Jimmy Uso's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
Uso swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martinez is pushing Uso up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martinez.
Martinez stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Uso's defenses.

Jimmy Uso's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jimmy Uso's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Javier Martinez!
Javier Martinez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.