PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Jennings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lenny Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jennings comes to the cage accompanied by Ruff Ryders' Anthem. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jennings
vs
Martin

185 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 8 - 0

180 cm
28
176 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced

Good takedowns
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Xavier Jennings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lenny Martin!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Martin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Martin looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Martin trying to control but Jennings is working from the bottom.
Jennings is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin trying to control but Jennings is working from the bottom.
Martin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Martin looking to pass the guard.
Martin wants to control from the top but Jennings keeps moving.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Lenny Martin hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Martin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Jennings gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jennings wants to break free but Martin has control.
Martin looking to stall.
Jennings has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Martin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jennings misses the shot to the body.
Martin tests Jennings's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jennings tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Martin, right into the meat.
Jennings tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Martin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Martin lands a leg kick that knocks Jennings off balance momentarily.
Jennings stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Martin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jennings moves in looking to clinch but Martin pushes him off.
Jennings shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Martin as he avoids it easily.
Martin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Martin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin throws a quick inside leg kick.

Martin darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Martin is looking for a kimura here.

Martin is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jennings sees it coming and defends easily.

Martin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Martin wants to work for an arm triangle but Jennings is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Martin works his way into full mount!
Martin tries to control but Jennings wriggling away.

Martin jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Jennings is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Jennings and Martin has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Jennings prevents Martin from improving position.
Martin trying to control the position but Jennings is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Martin swings around for an armbar but Jennings sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Martin's guard.
Martin keeping moving, preventing Jennings from controlling successfully.

Martin is looking for a triangle but Jennings pushes his legs off easily.
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 is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Martin working for a triangle but Jennings defends it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jennings pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Martin is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lenny Martin dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Martin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A solid body kick from Martin.
Martin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jennings's sensitive parts.
Jennings walks forward, straight into a front kick from Martin.
Martin is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jennings sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Martin looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jennings!
Martin trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Martin is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Jennings has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Martin goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Jennings is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Jennings stands up and waves to Martin to follow him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jennings closes the distance and clinches up with Martin, looking for a takedown. Jennings pushes Martin against the cage but Martin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Martin gets tackled into the cage by Jennings. Jennings maintains the clinch.
Jennings fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Martin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jennings gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jennings tries for a takedown but Martin manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xavier Jennings. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jennings manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Martin tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jennings misses with a knee to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Martin.
Jennings has Martin pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Martin manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Jennings manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Jennings is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jennings is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin stands and throws Jennings's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Martin is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Jennings's shoulder. That is not cool.

Martin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Martin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Martin tries to advance to mount but can't.
Martin advances to full mount.

Martin throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Jennings has his hands clasped together but Martin breaks the hold and Jennings is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Martin!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lenny Martin!