PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between marcos martini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michaelangelo Van Der Poel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Der Poel has chosen Potemkin City limits as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

martini
vs
Van Der Poel

175 cm
21
157 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

180 cm
21
157 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, marcos martini!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michaelangelo Van Der Poel!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
martini tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Der Poel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

martini closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from martini.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Van Der Poel is trying to break the clinch but martini has him pressed against the cage.
martini taking a breather.
Van Der Poel misses with the head strike.
martini landing knees to the body.
Van Der Poel looks gassed!
martini scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Van Der Poel misses with some punches.
martini with a knee to the head.
martini lands a nice elbow.
martini comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
martini lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
martini landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
martini landing knees to the head.
Van Der Poel takes a knee to the side of the body.
martini scores with a nice hook to the head.
martini lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Der Poel takes a knee right on the jaw!
martini lands a nice elbow.
martini scores with an uppercut up the middle.
martini landing knees to the head.
martini connects with a knee to the head.
martini lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
martini lands an elbow inside that Van Der Poel shrugs off.
martini scores with a knee to the head.
martini scores with a knee to the head.
martini blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by martini.
Van Der Poel takes an elbow to the temple.
martini lands an elbow inside.
Van Der Poel takes an elbow to the temple.
martini with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
martini landing knees to the body.
Van Der Poel managing to block the knees to the body from martini.
Van Der Poel misses with the head strike.
martini scores with a knee to the head.
Van Der Poel misses with a short punch on the inside.
martini misses with a knee strike.
Van Der Poel tries to break free but martini pushes him back against the cage.
Van Der Poel lands a right hand that snaps the head of martini backwards.
martini looking to throw knees to the head but Van Der Poel is blocking nicely.
Van Der Poel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
martini with an attempt at a knee that misses.
martini tries to land knees in the clinch but Van Der Poel avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by martini.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Der Poel.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Van Der Poel.
martini lands an elbow just above Van Der Poel 's eye.
martini lands an elbow inside.
martini utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Van Der Poel throws a head punch that misses.
Van Der Poel tries to circle away but martini has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
martini missing with knees to the body.
Van Der Poel pressing his opponent against the cage.
Van Der Poel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Van Der Poel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Van Der Poel misses with an elbow over the top.
Van Der Poel is trying to break the clinch but martini is controlling him.
martini prevents Van Der Poel from breaking the clinch.
martini with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
martini lands a nice elbow.
Van Der Poel taking a breather.
martini comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Der Poel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of martini backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by martini.
martini landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van Der Poel takes a knee right on the jaw!
Van Der Poel swings wildly with an uppercut but martini uses good head movement to avoid it.
martini lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
martini lands an elbow that stopped Van Der Poel in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from martini.
martini lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
martini working Van Der Poel over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Poel is looking to break free of the clinch but martini has double underhooks.
Van Der Poel misses with a punch on the inside.
Van Der Poel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
martini is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
martini connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Der Poel's face.
martini misses with a knee to the head.
Van Der Poel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
martini looking to throw knees to the head but Van Der Poel is blocking nicely.

Van Der Poel escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Van Der Poel misses with a jab, cross combination.
martini scores with a nice body kick.
A jab from Van Der Poel does it's job there.
martini is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
martini checks the leg kick nicely there.

martini clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Van Der Poel.
Nice elbow from martini.
martini scores with a knee to the head.
Van Der Poel takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Der Poel pushes martini back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Der Poel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Poel takes a knee to the side of the body.
martini connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Der Poel's face.
martini lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Der Poel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
martini scores with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Van Der Poel.
Van Der Poel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Der Poel takes an elbow to the temple.
martini with a knee to the head.
Van Der Poel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van Der Poel taking a breather.
Van Der Poel wants to break free but martini has control.
Van Der Poel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
martini tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Van Der Poel avoids it.
martini looking to throw knees to the head but Van Der Poel is blocking nicely.
Van Der Poel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Van Der Poel tries to circle away but martini has him pinned against the cage.
martini makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
martini cracks Van Der Poel with a nice body shot.
martini landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Van Der Poel throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Der Poel.
A head punch on the inside from Van Der Poel fails to land.
Van Der Poel on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
martini tries to land a knee to the head but Van Der Poel blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

marcos martini dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Van Der Poel connects with a right hand. martini shakes it off.
martini closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Van Der Poel swinging wildly here.
Van Der Poel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by martini.

martini gets a clinch.
martini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Der Poel is defending well for now.
martini blocking some punches.
martini misses with a hook to the ribs.
martini comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
martini keeps control of Van Der Poel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
martini landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
martini scores with a knee to the head.
Van Der Poel misses with a short punch on the inside.
martini stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
martini landing knees to the head.
martini lands a damaging elbow.
martini working Van Der Poel over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
marcos martini has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from martini on the inside.
Van Der Poel takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Poel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
martini lands an elbow that stopped Van Der Poel in his tracks for a moment.
martini lands a damaging elbow.
martini lands a hook that snaps the head of Van Der Poel backwards.
martini has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
martini lands an elbow inside.
martini lands a nice elbow.
martini pushes Van Der Poel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Der Poel is trying to stall.
Van Der Poel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of martini backwards.
martini scores with a shoulder strike.
Van Der Poel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning martini up against the cage.
A short right from martini.
martini lands a nice knee to the body.
martini connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Der Poel's face.
Van Der Poel swings wildly with an uppercut but martini uses good head movement to avoid it.
martini lands a knee to the head.
Van Der Poel managing to block the knees to the body from martini.
Van Der Poel lands a right hand.
martini working aggressively here.
martini trying to land knees to the body.
Van Der Poel working hard to break the clinch.
martini landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Van Der Poel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Der Poel trying to control the position but instead, martini has worked for underhooks and has pushed Van Der Poel into the cage.
martini scores a nice knee to the body.
Van Der Poel working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by martini.
A nice left hand lands by martini.
martini scores with a knee to the head.
Van Der Poel taking a breather.
Van Der Poel stalling in the clinch but martini improves position.
martini lands a hook that snaps the head of Van Der Poel backwards.
martini throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Der Poels head.
A head punch on the inside from Van Der Poel fails to land.
martini scores with a hook to the body.
martini lands an elbow just above Van Der Poel 's eye.
Van Der Poel misses with a punch on the inside.
martini blocking some punches.
martini misses with a knee to the head.
martini creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van Der Poel's defenses.
Van Der Poel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for martini.
Van Der Poel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
martini lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Poel trying to control the position but instead, martini has worked for underhooks and has pushed Van Der Poel into the cage.
martini dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Van Der Poel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Van Der Poel does no damage.

martini rushes Van Der Poel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
martini utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
martini putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Der Poel in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
martini lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Van Der Poel is trying to force a seperation but martini has the dominant position.
Van Der Poel takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Der Poel misses with the head strike.
martini lands an elbow inside that Van Der Poel shrugs off.
martini landing knees to the head.
Van Der Poel wants to stall.
martini comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Der Poel wants to get back to striking at distance but martini won't allow it.
Van Der Poel misses with a punch on the inside.
martini gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
martini lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Poel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
martini lands an elbow just above Van Der Poel 's eye.
martini creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Van Der Poel's defenses.
Nice elbow from martini.
martini lands an elbow inside.
martini misses with a knee strike.
Van Der Poel takes an elbow to the temple.
Van Der Poel working hard to break the clinch.
martini misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Der Poel.
Van Der Poel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but martini is keeping busy.
Knees to the body from martini.
Van Der Poel misses with some punches.
Van Der Poel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. martini obliges.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Van Der Poel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
martini lands a knee to the body.
martini keeps control of Van Der Poel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by martini.
Van Der Poel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
martini scores with a knee to the head.
martini landing knees to the body.
Van Der Poel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

marcos martini dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

martini tries to clinch up but Van Der Poel circles away and keeps his distance.
martini tries to close the distance and clinch but Van Der Poel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
martini blocks a jab.
Van Der Poel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Van Der Poel throws a leg kick that misses.
Van Der Poel throws a nice looking combination but martini bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Michaelangelo Van Der Poel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

martini moves into the clinch.
A knee to the head by martini.
martini working Van Der Poel over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. martini obliges.
martini lands a damaging elbow.
martini crunches a lovely knee into Van Der Poel's ribcage.
A knee to the head by martini.
martini with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Van Der Poel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Van Der Poel misses with a short punch on the inside.
martini comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Der Poel has a couple of punches blocked by martini.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Van Der Poel working hard to break the clinch.
Van Der Poel takes an elbow to the forehead.
martini lands an elbow inside that Van Der Poel shrugs off.
A head punch on the inside from Van Der Poel fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
martini lands an elbow inside that Van Der Poel shrugs off.
martini lands a nice elbow.
Van Der Poel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
martini lands a nice elbow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
martini scores a nice knee to the body.
Van Der Poel can't break the clinch.
martini gets through Van Der Poel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
martini unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van Der Poel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
martini landing knees to the body.
martini scores with a knee to the head.
Van Der Poel lands a right hand.
Van Der Poel blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van Der Poel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Van Der Poel misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from martini.
Van Der Poel wants to break free but martini has control.
martini lands a left hand that snaps the head of Van Der Poel backwards.
martini unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van Der Poel lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Van Der Poel throws a punch but it's blocked by martini.
martini lands a nice knee to the body.
martini misses with a knee to the head.
Van Der Poel takes an elbow to the temple.
Still in the clinch, Van Der Poel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. martini obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Van Der Poel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
martini lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Van Der Poel tries to stall but martini uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
martini comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
martini crunches a lovely knee into Van Der Poel's ribcage.
martini tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Der Poel misses with a hook from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Van Der Poel is trying to force a seperation but martini has the dominant position.
martini connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Der Poel's face.

Van Der Poel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
martini is looking to clinch.
Van Der Poel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Van Der Poel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
martini is looking to clinch.
Van Der Poel closes the distance and lands a one-two.

martini fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van Der Poel, pushing him back against the cage.
martini tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van Der Poel lands a left hand that snaps the head of martini backwards.
Van Der Poel is trying to force a seperation but martini has the dominant position.
martini lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
martini lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van Der Poel can't break the clinch.
Van Der Poel throws a head punch that misses.
Van Der Poel throws a head punch that misses.
Michaelangelo Van Der Poel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Der Poel takes an elbow to the temple.
martini lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by martini.
martini working Van Der Poel over with knees to the body.
Van Der Poel takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from martini.
martini using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Van Der Poel has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Van Der Poel throws a punch but it's blocked by martini.
martini utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Van Der Poel swings wildly with an uppercut but martini uses good head movement to avoid it.
martini tries a knee to the head but Van Der Poel blocks it.
Van Der Poel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van Der Poel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Van Der Poel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of martini backwards.
martini scores a nice knee to the body.
martini lands an elbow just above Van Der Poel 's eye.
Van Der Poel wants to get back to striking at distance but martini won't allow it.
martini blocking some punches.
martini scores a nice knee to the body.
martini connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Der Poel's face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
martini scores with a knee to the head.
Van Der Poel looking to slow down the pace here.
Van Der Poel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Der Poel working aggressively here.
martini with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Der Poel throws a head punch that misses.
martini lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Der Poel backwards.
Van Der Poel is trying to force a seperation but martini has the dominant position.
martini working Van Der Poel over with knees to the body.
martini is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van Der Poel is defending well for now.

Van Der Poel pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Van Der Poel keeps the fight on the outside.
marcos martini is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
martini slips a straight right by Van Der Poel.
martini looks to land a combination but Van Der Poel avoids it well.
martini moves out of range as Van Der Poel strikes.
martini wants to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van Der Poel thows a left - swing and a miss!

martini instigates a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
marcos martini showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for martini, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... marcos martini!