PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Masaru Hideki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesus Martinez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hideki kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sparzanza - Temple Of The Red - Eyed Pigs. Martinez has chosen Puya -- Sal Pa' Fuera as his entrance music. Masaru Hideki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hideki
vs
Martinez

172 cm
27
178 lbs
17 - 3 - 1

165 cm
33
167 lbs
24 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Valhalla Fight Wear
Conviction

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients
{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

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 17 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Masaru Hideki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jesus Martinez!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hideki connects with a body shot that sends Martinez's belly button to the back.
Martinez tries a head kick but it misses.
Hideki lands a lovely overhand right.
That kick from Martinez tenderised Hideki's leg. Hideki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Martinez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hideki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Martinez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hideki to the ground. Martinez is now in Hideki's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Hideki wants to hit a switch here but Martinez passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Hideki there!
Martinez trying to control but Hideki is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hideki keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinez lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Martinez throwing strikes here but Hideki is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Martinez lands a heavy elbow.
Hideki wants to control but Martinez is having none of it.
Martinez lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hideki wants to hold on but Martinez pushes him away.
Martinez throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Martinez cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Martinez punching from mount but Hideki doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Martinez with the ground and pound from mount.

It looks like Masaru Hideki has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hideki is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Martinez scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Martinez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Martinez landing punches.

Hideki is rocked!
Martinez lands a big elbow.
Oh Hideki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Martinez breaks from Hideki's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Martinez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Martinez cracks Hideki with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Masaru Hideki's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Martinez is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Hideki goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Martinez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jesus Martinez!
After winning the bout, Jesus Martinez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.