PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between carlos martins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yushin Okami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

martins
vs
Okami

150 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Enjoys gardening

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, carlos martins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yushin Okami!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okami changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. martins tries to avoid it but Okami manages to keep hold of a leg and drag martins to the ground. martins escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Okami fails with the takedown.
Okami uses good head movement to avoid the hook from martins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
martins stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and martins wants it to stay on the feet.
carlos martins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yushin Okami.

That's one minute gone in the round.
martins slaps away a takedown attempt from Okami, before circling back to the center of the mat.
martins keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Okami shoots in for a double leg but martins sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
martins stuffs the takedown attempt from Okami. Okami gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okami is trying hard to land a takedown here. martins sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Okami uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from martins.

That's four 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.

martins scores with a takedown into Okami's guard.
martins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
martins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
martins trying to control but Okami is working from the bottom.
martins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

carlos martins dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Okami with a poor takedown

and martins counters with a nice double leg into guard.
martins cracks Okami with a solid left hand.
martins is looking to work some ground and pound but Okami has wrist control.
martins won't allow Okami to get back to his feet.
Okami avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
martins postures up in Okami's guard and throws a big left but Okami blocks it.
martins sitting in guard, not really doing much.
martins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okami wants to stand up but martins is controlling him.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Okami can do anything to dispel that myth.
Okami is breathing heavily.
Okami is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
martins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
martins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Okami is keeping the position for now.
martins is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
martins really is a fat lump.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Okami shoots and misses

and martins counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
martins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
martins lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with martins in particular looking to stall.
martins thows a huge punch but Okami dodges it nicely.
martins with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Okami taking some punishment here, with martins in his half guard.
martins slips a nice elbow through Okami's hands, connecting with Okami's forehead.
martins performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
martins drops an elbow to the side of Okami's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
martins lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Okami tries to kick martins off but martins keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Okami really doesn't want to stay on the ground with martins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
martins lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. martins lands a nice short elbow.
Okami wants to get back to his feet.
Ground and pound from martins.
Okami is trying to stand back up but martins is controlling him
martins is figuring out what he wants to do next.
martins takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
martins keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
martins is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
martins lands with a punch from half guard.
martins looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
martins scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Still in half guard, martins seems content to control.
martins looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Okami with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
martins controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

carlos martins dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Okami doesn't succeed with the takedown

and martins counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
martins controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice strikes from martins there.
martins thows a huge punch but Okami dodges it nicely.
Okami wants to get back to his feet.
martins trying to control from half guard but Okami is working away.
martins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Okami defending well though.
martins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Okami pushes martins off looking to stand but martins dives back in and keeps control.
Okami takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
martins slows the pace down in half guard.
martins lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
martins stalling.
Okami tries to push off, looking to stand up, but martins manages to move to mount!
martins with the ground and pound from mount.
martins controlling from the full mount.
Okami wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
martins is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Okami can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
carlos martins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
martins raining down shots from the mount!
martins punishing his opponent with strikes.
martins lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
carlos martins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
martins landing strikes from the mount.
martins lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
martins scoring with strikes but Okami is staying in there.
martins tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
martins connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
martins working Okami over with strikes here.
martins connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
martins raining down shots from the mount!
martins putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Okami is in a horrible position here. martins smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Okami's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
martins controlling his opponent.
martins looking to finish Okami with some ground and pound. This is bad for Okami!

And that's the end of the fight!
carlos martins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well martins has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... carlos martins!