PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chen Shui Bai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Shui Bai
vs
Martinez

191 cm
23
217 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

194 cm
24
210 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chen Shui Bai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martinez scores with a one two! Shui Bai had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Martinez misses with a two punch combination.
Shui Bai misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Martinez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shui Bai.
Shui Bai connects with a solid leg kick.
Martinez avoids a kick to the body.
Martinez leaves Shui Bai with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Good leg kick by Martinez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Shui Bai throws a low kick but Martinez avoids it.
Shui Bai takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shui Bai shoots in for a double leg but Martinez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chen Shui Bai. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez thows a body kick. Shui Bai tries to catch it but that hurt him.

Shui Bai darts in and clinches Martinez up against the cage.
Martinez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shui Bai obliges.
Shui Bai is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Martinez with a knee to the head.
Martinez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Shui Bai.
Shui Bai tries for a takedown but Martinez manages to get underhooks.

Martinez ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Martinez no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Shui Bai prevents Martinez from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shui Bai looking to pass the guard.
Martinez wants to stand up but Shui Bai is controlling him.
Shui Bai slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Martinez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Martinez kicks Shui Bai off and gets to his feet.
Shui Bai dives in and grabs Martinez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Martinez pushes down on Shui Bai's head and hops out.
Martinez lands with a slapping head kick.
Martinez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shui Bai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martinez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shui Bai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martinez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A combination from Martinez does no damage.
Martinez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Shui Bai's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shui Bai tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Martinez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Martinez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martinez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Martinez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shui Bai circles away quickly and effectively.
Martinez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martinez looks to land a combination but Shui Bai avoids it well.
Shui Bai shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Martinez but Martinez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A thudding body kick lands there by Martinez!
Shui Bai misses with a low kick.
Martinez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shui Bai closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Shui Bai shoots in for a takedown but Martinez shows good takedown defense.
Martinez scores with a head kick.
Shui Bai showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Martinez.

Shui Bai has Martinez up against the cage in a clinch.
Shui Bai tries to pull guard but Martinez won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shui Bai has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Martinez is trying to keep an underhook but Shui Bai manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Martinez manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Martinez lands a leg kick that knocks Shui Bai off balance momentarily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Martinez.
Martinez lands with an uppercut that bounces Shui Bai off the cage and back into rage.
Martinez tries to bum rush Shui Bai with a series of wild strikes but Shui Bai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A head kick by Shui Bai misses
and Martinez counters with a slapping leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Martinez.
Martinez lands with a slapping head kick.
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!
Martinez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A combination from Martinez does no damage.
Martinez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shui Bai drops his hands momentarily and Martinez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Martinez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shui Bai attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Martinez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Shui Bai.
Martinez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Martinez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Martinez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Martinez!
Martinez lands a front kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Martinez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Shui Bai takes a kick to the side of the head.

Shui Bai is rocked!
Martinez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Shui Bai eats them both and turns towards Martinez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Oh Shui Bai is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martinez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Martinez lands a front kick.
Shui Bai seems to have got his legs back now.
Martinez lands a head kick!
Martinez scores with a head kick. Shui Bai tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Shui Bai has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Martinez lands a jab-cross combination.
Martinez feints and then cracks Shui Bai's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Shui Bai down.
Martinez scoring well with a low kick there.
Martinez scores with a jab.
Martinez lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice combination there by Martinez.
Martinez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Shui Bai has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Martinez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Danga de danga de dang - Martinez scores with a four punch combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fernando Martinez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Martinez lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Shui Bai has his takedown stuffed
and Martinez counters with a nice uppercut.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Shui Bai chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Martinez can pounce on him.
Shui Bai on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Shui Bai has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Martinez.
Shui Bai takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Martinez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Martinez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Martinez lands with a good body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez lands a nice shot to the body.
Martinez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Martinez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shui Bai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martinez lands with a slapping head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Martinez.
Martinez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Martinez connects with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martinez thuds his right hand into Shui Bai's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A nice combination there by Martinez.
Shui Bai is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Martinez scores with a nice head shot.
Martinez misses with a few strikes there.
Martinez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Shui Bai looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice jab there from Martinez.
Shui Bai throws a head kick that misses
and Martinez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Martinez lands a leg kick that knocks Shui Bai off balance momentarily.
Fernando Martinez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martinez connects with a high kick.
Martinez lands a two punch combo.
A shot to the liver by Martinez. Beautiful body shot.
Martinez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Martinez throws a sloppy head kick and Shui Bai moves out of range easily.
Martinez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shui Bai.
A left and a right from Martinez both land. Nice combination.
Martinez connects with a high kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Martinez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Shui Bai fails with the takedown
and Martinez counters with a slapping leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Martinez.
An inside leg kick lands from Martinez.
Martinez scores with a decent looking hook.
Martinez misses with the combination.
Shui Bai shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Martinez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chen Shui Bai. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shui Bai gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Martinez.
Martinez is working the combinations to good effect here.
Shui Bai tries to clinch but Martinez is having none of it.
Martinez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Shui Bai will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Martinez lands a high kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Shui Bai looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martinez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fernando Martinez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shui Bai takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Martinez scores with a leg kick.
Martinez connects with a leg kick. Shui Bai looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Martinez looks to land a combination. Shui Bai sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Shui Bai with a lazy takedown attempt
and Martinez counters with a leg kick.
Martinez keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

Martinez lands a big head kick that sends Shui Bai tumbling to the mat! Martinez takes a step backwards and waves Shui Bai back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Martinez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Martinez lands a big head kick that sends Shui Bai to the canvas! Martinez follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fernando Martinez!