PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Oberyn Martell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cumhur Kaplan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Martell's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dreaming of You. Martell is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Martell
vs
Kaplan

176 cm
19
175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Enjoys gardening

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Oberyn Martell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cumhur Kaplan!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kaplan moves in looking to clinch but Martell pushes him off.
Martell is breathing heavily.

Kaplan throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Martell was covering up waiting for the punch and Kaplan finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Kaplan trying to control but Martell is working from the bottom.
Kaplan tries to free his leg and advance position but Martell is retaining full guard.
Kaplan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kaplan is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kaplan has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Martell is proving hard to escape from.
Kaplan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Martell is keeping the position for now.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Cumhur Kaplan wasn't active enough on the ground.

Kaplan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kaplan trying to control the position but Martell is working away.
Martell is looking for a sweep.
Martell is working hard here to advance position.
Martell is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kaplan wants to stand but Martell has his arm trapped.
Martell tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kaplan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kaplan working the ground and pound.
Martell tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kaplan wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Kaplan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Martell. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kaplan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Martell keeps working.
Kaplan postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaplan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Martell keeps working.
Kaplan lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Martell down.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Martell manages to get back to half guard.
Kaplan seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The fighters are battling for position here. Martell manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Martell looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Kaplan is defending well. Martell quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Kaplan has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Martell celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Oberyn Martell!
Oberyn Martell very nearly forgot to thank Hell's Balls Recovery (160) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.