PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bald Martin (ranked 2449 p4p, 3889 weight class) and Rapido Nadadora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Martin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I�m Bald And I Know It . Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Martin
vs
Nadadora

182 cm
37
161
19 - 14 - 2

177 cm
39
161
17 - 24 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 14 - 2, fighting out of London, Bald Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 24 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rapido Nadadora!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nadadora misses with a double jab
and Martin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Martin with the inside leg kick.
Martin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nadadora on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Martin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nadadora's head.
A shot to the liver by Martin. Beautiful body shot.
Nadadora closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Martin dodges the punch combination from Nadadora.
Nadadora throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Martin counters with a three punch combo that has Nadadora backing up. Nadadora nods at Martin to acknowledge the strikes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Martin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nadadora misses with a wild combination.
A counter left hand to the body from Martin misses its target.
Nadadora swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Martin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martin throws a big shot that misses.
A combination from Martin does no damage.
Nadadora is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Martin lands with an uppercut that bounces Nadadora off the cage and back into range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Martin.
Martin throws out a loose jab but Nadadora uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nadadora misses with a wild combination.
Martin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nadadora.
Nadadora lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Nadadora keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Martin misses the target.
Nadadora tries to bum rush Martin with a series of wild strikes but Martin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Martin slips a jab and a cross from Nadadora.
Nadadora throws a combination that misses
and Martin counters with a nice uppercut.
Rapido Nadadora is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Martin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nadadora's sensitive parts.
Nadadora blocks a jab.
Nadadora is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Martin connects with a body shot that sends Nadadora's belly button to the back.
A telegraphed right hand from Martin misses the target.
Nadadora throws a right and a left that Martin avoids nicely.
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!
Martin will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bald Martin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nadadora drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadadora staying out of range there.
Nadadora takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nadadora ducks under a wild hook from Martin.
Nadadora misses with a combination
and Martin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Martin with a jab.
Martin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martin. Nadadora does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nadadora unleashes a big counter combination but Martin bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nadadora throws a right and a left that Martin avoids nicely.
Martin is looking to counter punch.
Martin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nadadora.
Martin lands with a hook. Nadadora tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nadadora fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nadadora misses with a two punch combination.
Martin scores with a nice head shot.
Martin with a jab.
Nadadora fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martin misses with a straight right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Martin, as that shot connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nadadora drops his hands momentarily and Martin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Martin slips a jab and a cross from Nadadora.
Martin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Martin tries to land a leg kick but Nadadora saw it coming and moves away.

Martin looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Nadadora!
Martin controls the position.
Martin tries to advance to mount but can't.

Martin has an Americana. Nadadora didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Martin is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Martin hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Bald Martin!
After winning the bout, Bald Martin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.